Question: Is Glenn Beck Mormon?
Internet searches by people who want to know hit all-time high
Questions about Glenn Beck's faith are being posed by thousands of Internet-browsing Americans still exploring affiliations of the wound-up fury of fiery conservatism.
Searches asking if Glenn Beck is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have recently reached an all-time high on the Web, according to an analysis of major Internet search engines.
Search no further, gaggle of Googlers. Yes, Beck is a member of the LDS Church.
"I presently serve as a ward missionary, elder's quorum teacher and serve with my wife in the stake's addiction-recovery program," Beck told the Deseret News on Thursday when asked about his church membership.
Not only is the rowdy international celebrity a member of the LDS Church, but he's also as active and passionate about his church involvement as he is about his booming career.
From Family Home Evening with "Primary song singing time" to attending church meetings, Beck said he and his "incredible" wife make it work.
The cresting wave of curiosity on the Web over Beck's membership into a religion widely perceived as peculiar may simply stem from his still-swelling fan base.
"I can't think of any specific reasons for the Mormon thing, but I can tell you his overall image is growing," said Greg Foster, director of programming for Salt Lake radio station KNRS, one of many stations carrying Beck's voice to his masses. "He's No. 1 in his time slot — not just for talk radio, either. He's just No. 1. I think it's because he represents the values and opinions of so many right now."
Beck's broadcast viewership more than doubled in January when he marched his liberal-thumping act from CNN's Headline News to Fox News, a station largely recognized as a preferred channel for politically conservatives.
The name of the lively host is searched more than twice as much as the name of the current U.S. president.
Google rates words and phrases on a scale from 0 to 100 depending on each query's reoccurrence. Beck's popularity in the past 12 months weighs in on Google's scale about 46, while Barack Obama searches landed around 12.
The specific search term "Glenn Beck Mormon" averages more that twice the searches of "Barack Obama" and even "American Idol," according to Google data.
Twitter analysis also shows a recent upswing for interest in Beck.
Research from software that takes data from several search engines indicated that Beck's name was the third-most searched item with the word "Mormon."
But Web popularity doesn't always amount to positive attention — or predict results.
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