On December 9th, 2009, Mr. Glenn Beck, television host of the Glenn Beck Program on FOX NEWS Channel, said these statements regarding the Ganges River:

Beck: I'm sure, no offense to India, I'm sure it's beautiful and everything. I've heard especially this time of year, especially by the - you know that one big river they have there that sounds like a disease? Come on, it does. I mean, if somebody said, ‘I'm sorry, you have a really bad case of Ganges,' you'd want Cipro."

Beck: The best I can figure is all that money goes to high-tech hospitals and doctors who studied at Harvard rather than Gajra Raja medical school.

His statements air across the nation throughout millions of televisions sets. It was not until recent that the controversial statements reached the Indian /South Asian communities (nationally & internationally).

Mr. Beck implied that there are no quality medical schools in India; implied that medical care in India is a shoddy imitation of real health care; implied that the entire nation is an undeveloped backwater without even so much as indoor plumbing; and compared the Ganges River, a holy body of water for one of the world's oldest and largest religions, to a disease.

YouTube Video Link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A7NUQZiWl6w

Transcript: This Is the Best America Has to Offer?
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,579877,00.html

American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin Response:
http://aapiusa.org/news/article/aapi-responds-to-glenn-becks-comments.aspx