| Subject: Beck script |
| From: Caleb Pritchard <cpritchard2001@gmail.com> |
| Date: 7/19/10, 18:56 |
| To: Barrett Brown <barriticus@gmail.com> |
FOX NEWS PERSONALITY GLENN BECK MAKES A STARTLING ADMISSION ABOUT HIS HEALTH SATURDAY NIGHT.
SPEAKING BEFORE A CROWD IN SALT LAKE CITY.... BECK REVEALED HE'D BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH MACULAR DYSTROPHY.
IT'S A GENETIC DISORDER THAT COULD EVENTUALLY CAUSE HIM TO GO BLIND.
AFTER LAUGHING OFF THE OPEN-ENDED DIAGNOSIS... THE EVER EMOTIONAL BECK TOLD THE CROWD THAT HE HAD COME TO TERMS WITH THE CONDITION.
<SOUNDBITE>
"lord, if you need my eyes, they're yours. They were yours the whole time anyway....(pauses for tears).... Thank you for letting me see as long as I have. That's a blessing!"
ACCORDING TO WEB-M-D-DOT-COM... MOST PEOPLE WITH MACULAR DYSTROPHY EXPERIENCE SIGNIFCANT VISION LOSS BETWEEN THE AGES OF 20 AND 40.
BECK IS 46.