Justin Elliott October 8, 2009, 8:58 AM

And the first cable news personality to take on the story of a private security firm taking over an empty Montana jail is … Glenn Beck!

Here’s the surprisingly fact-based segment from last night, in which Beck approaches the American Private Police Force story with relative calm, interviewing a local reporter:

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