NK boat and Glen Beck

I was talking to a good friend about the so called, 'show-down' with North Korea. Here is what seems odd to me. Why have we given so much media attention to one boat? There hundreds of thousands ships at sea at any given time. Any one of them could be carrying a nuke right? When is someone going to tell us why this one single boat is more suspicious than any other? I'm not doubting that this could be a serious situation but so far it seems like media hysteria with no foundation in facts.

Next topic: Glen Beck
This is just my opinion but does anyone else think he is just a junior version of Rush Limbaugh? Glen is to conservative commentary as Anderson Cooper is to liberal commentary. Politically, those two are polar opposites but they are equally empty of substance or just plain bland in terms of creative thought.

Has anyone ever heard Beck utter one original, substantive, or creative thought? It seems like he just follows the headlines and spews out empty commentary based on what he thinks will sound good to conservative viewers. Anyone agree? Disagree?

Also, Glen Beck drank the 'Twitter Cool Aid". He likes to quote things on twitter as if it is a legitimate and accurate news source. Does he have an actual background in political science or knowledge of history? It does not appear that way.