Glenn Beck and I usually find ourselves on opposite side of an issue. Interestingly enough, this is not one of those times. Apparently nowadays the oft hyperbolic former Fox News personality, fancies himself a film maker. One of these movies will explore the well know feud between inventors Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla. Beck hopes will "expose the truth" about Edison, whom he refers to a "bad man."
From National Review:
From National Review:
Though remembered as "this nice, kind of, good old Thomas," Beck explains, "he was really a bad man who was electrocuting animals." Edison,"was absolutely on the wrong end, and luckily for him the story ended happily with his name being taken off his own company and given to GE," he says. "And all the people he tried to destroy and screw — he was screwed."Beck is referring to the electrocution of Topsy the Elephant, an unwitting victim of Edison's war with Tesla and George Westinghouse over AC current. I have long been a fan of Tesla and have been know to call Edison: "History's Biggest Douche," so I am interested in a Telsa movie, but I don't think I would have chosen Glenn Beck to be his champion. It is unclear weather Beck will be making this a documentary or some sort of docu-drama, I guess we'll just have to wait and see Beck serves up.
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