img align="left" border="0" height="1" width="1" style="border:0;float:left;margin:0" vspace="0" hspace="0" src="http://feeds.feedblitz.com/~/i/982439/altck/alternet">Glenn Beck spent last week smearing Van Jones with misinformation and outright lies. Here's setting the record straight.
Van has never served time in any prison....And there are more claims by Glenn that are refuted. But wait, it's Beck. Do we really expect Glennie to take the time to do research, to stick with facts, to tell only the truth? Can we really expect reality from a man who cries on command for the camera?Beck has said repeatedly that Van is some kind of a mysterious "czar," accountable to no one but the President. A simple Internet search shows that this claim is false. A March 10, 2009, press release announced that Van was hired by the Chair of the White House Council on Environmental Quality - to work on her staff as a "special advisor.
Beck has implied on two occasions that Van Jones and other Obama appointees were not vetted by the FBI. False. I was interviewed in my own office by an FBI agent, dutifully vetting Van. Yet another fabrication on the part of Mr. Beck.
Beck also claims that Van has somehow gained control over $500 million in Green Jobs Act funding and can hand out millions of dollars at his whim. Again, that is patently ridiculous.
The law is clear that the Department of Labor has authority over the program, with normal rules governing the funds.
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