I can't stand The Young Turks.

[Writer]

So shoot me.

Love,

~Writer~

[mcctatas]

1. As long as we are confessing cardinal sins committed by

progressives, I can't stand Mike Malloy!

:hi:

[Occam Bandage]

3. And even more than Malloy, I hate that drunken idiot Randi Rhodes.

[Writer]

5. Come to think of it, I can't stand obviously partisan media.

Democracy Now! - while being excellent journalism - gets on my nerves, too.

[iamthebandfanman]

37. wow democracy now bothers you?

sheesh, of all the leaning media DN seems pretty fair to me.

[Number23]

41. *Applause*

I can't stand obviously partisan media.

Oh, but if everyone could feel this way....

[Raineyb]

51. Democracy Now! is not partisan media

They're probably the most fair news programming out there and they are not beholden to corporations.

Regards

[silverojo]

16. I despise that smirking idiot Rachel Maddow

All she gets done is criticizing Obama for every move he makes. Ship her ass to Fox News, for all I care.

[1corona4u]

25. LOL, ditto....

I think I will be using that word a few times in this thread...

[Beacool]

34. Hear, hear!!!!

I can't stand the mean spirited woman.

x(

[comrade snarky]

14. Me too!

I tried to listen but I get so annoyed when he talks down to his audience. Stop shouting at me, I'm on your side here!

That and Dick Van Patton. I can't stand that guy. Don't know why but the world would be better off without him. I just hate him so much!

[silverojo]

17. I like Mike Malloy's passion

That's why I like Keith Olbermann, too. :)

[illuminaughty]

60. He's my fave on Sirius Left

I just love it when he gets on a roll. I posted yesterday that he just tore a caller apart after the caller was stupid enough to declare it was "the union's fault" for the car industy's financial problems. It was a beautiful thing to hear.

[ecstatic]

22. My secret: Never tuned in to his show!

And I don't have a face to match the name even though I've seen him mentioned for years on DU!

:hide:

[Shiver]

28. I heard him once

That was enough. I've never listened to Thom Hartman either, although that's mostly because I turn off Ed Schultz at 1 when the Daily Show comes on.

I hate Bono. With a passion.

[iamthebandfanman]

38. i liked mike

until 2004.

[WeDidIt]

49. I couldn't agree with you more!

Malloy just makes my teeth ache. His tinfoilhat is attached a little too tightly to his head.

[Occam Bandage]

2. I've never felt the urge to pay any particular attention to The Young Turks. nt

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. My dear Writer!

:popcorn:

[Writer]

7. I have discovered recently that I'm made of Teflon.

Let's see how long that lasts. :P

[DJ13]

6. And I thought I was the only one

:toast:

[bookman]

8. I like them all.

Hell, a lot better than Rusbo, Hannity, etc.


They all have different styles.

I'm in Texas and I can only hear liberal people via satellite.


I'll take them anytime.


:)

[Writer]

9. I can see how they could serve as a life preserver for you.

I lived in Texas for 18 years. I understand.

But now that I'm in good ole Colorado - blech.

[a kennedy]

30. I listen to Joe Madison, then Warren Ballentine, on XM 169, the power.

:patriot:

[ashling]

10. You are not alone

and that's all I'm gonna' say

[Mist]

11. The Young Turks aren't my faves either, but they've been successful

enough at finding a niche. Somebody likes them!

[Confusious]

12. I like the turks

I like mike too, though he can get you in a frenzy mood, and then ou need to take a break. Randi I only listen too if nothing else is on.

to each their own. I just had to know that I wasn't going crazy and other people believed what I believed.

[gtar100]

13. Well I like listening to Cenk and his team. I must have better taste than you.

Bang! :evilgrin:

[blogslut]

15. I love Cenk

n/t

[autorank]

18. I can. Cenk will speak his mind and make a clear argument.

It's usually on an issue and not inside the beltway crap. It's commendable.

[coyotespaw]

19. But We All Agree

that Thom Hartmann kicks all kinds of ass, right???

[WeDidIt]

50. I can't agree

HArtmann gets on my nerves. The only reason I leave his show on is because Randi Rhodes is worse than Mike Malloy.

[springhill]

57. He gets on your nerves?

How exactly? He's one of the most rational, calm and level-headed political guys out there. He is so knowledgeable and backs up everything he says with facts. I'm a little stymied by your reaction to him; it really makes no sense.

[coyotespaw]

59. When he first took over after Franken

I found him a bit bland. But once I really started listening, I realized he is the anti-Limbaugh. He's one of the few hosts that can calmly and deliberately tear apart any RW talking point.

[psychopomp]

20. Cenk was my favorite commentator during the campaign season

I have not always been a fan but he won me over with his passion, straight-talk and heart.

[Dark]

21. Those damn turks have been uppity since the ottoman empire fell apart. give it time you'll

get used to it.

:evilgrin:

[mmonk]

23. I like

all of the above.

[1corona4u]

24. Ditto. You're not alone.

:Hi:

PS. I refer to it as "The Young Turds".

[nyc 4 Biden]

26. I Love The Young Turks

I don't see what's not to like.

Elbow from the top rope...

[BootinUp]

27. Lets all start threads

attacking one liberal media outlet or show.

[Ichingcarpenter]

46. TWO minute Hate Time

Orwell would approve.

[mrreowwr_kittty]

29. They used to be even worse when they had a young woman named Jill on.

Jill proudly proclaimed that she was "NOT a feminist!" What a great addition to a "progressive" show she was!

[Richardo]

31. I've been informed I'm a freep troll because I can't stand Michael Moore

...and yeah, TYT is like a video version of GD-P, only with worse delivery and lower production values. x(

[madinmaryland]

36. "a video version of GD-P" That's a really apt description of TYT.

It was like the Seinfeld gang talking about "politics". Inanely Boring.

[cooolandrew]

32. No-one is obliged to like anyone but I think Cenk has great insight myself. He called it for >>

Biden VP way back and what do you know. Everyones tastes are different but Cenk has been right on the money all down the line. I always listen to the folks who are right because my best fortunes lie with those people. Some broadcasters just bring you the issues Cenk he comes with a nice dose of solutions, it's the stuff we're looking for right now. Rhodes is also top of my list for calling it like it is. If you just want the facts in just a dry serious way democracy now is probably more suitable, but what the turks do is important they make politics palatable for the youth vote keeping them engaged is simply vital

[GreenEyedLefty]

33. Blam.

You're dead.

LOL

The Young Turks grew on me over the course of the election. In fact, I have a bit of a crush on Cenk.

[PassingFair]

40. He started off at the center, and tilted left as facts were made known to him.

I love him now.

I also love Randi Rhodes, and Rachel Maddow.
Thom Hartmann is the best of the bunch.

I don't understand why some of these haters
don't just go back to Limbaugh....

[PeaceNikki]

35. I agree.

:thumbsup:

[Radical Activist]

39. They annoy and irritate me.

[Number23]

42. They send the message that ANYONE can have a TV news show

Even if you are barely articulate. There used to be a time when you had to know things and be able to communicate to get your own television show.

I'm not saying that they're wrong, but the way they present themselves is so drunken frat boy-ish I can't click out of their videos fast enough.

And Rachel Maddow is just about the most annoying thing on television. She and Keith O. are so unprofessional it's astounding.

[kingpin8399]

43. I love TYT and Ed Shultz.....i haaaaate randi rhodes, she is the WORST

[Zombie2]

44. I can't stand Rush Limpballs... n/t

[SlowDownFast]

45. I only watch their vids to gaze at Anna Kasparian. *Drool*.

I lust her.

[calmblueocean]

47. "Of couuuuuuuuuuuurse!"

Hey, de gustibus non est disputandum, and all that, but I love Cenk. He talks about politics in a way that makes me laugh.

I'm sure there are lots of folks who hate your favorite shows, too! :)

[MoonRiver]

48. Air America and Keith Olberman lost me during the primaries.

I ain't looking back.

[tsuki]

52. This is great. I remember a time when we couldn't dislike progressive

media host because their weren't any, in my part of the country anyway.

Thanks to the computer and DSL, I, too, can dislike liberal media hosts.

But I don't dislike any of them...some I listen to...some I don't.

So shoot me.

[NashVegas]

53. Come SIt Here By Me

[AndrewP]

54. I thought "The Lionel Show" really sucked

It's not on XM radio anymore. I enjoy Stephanie Miller more.

I think Malloy is awesome. Sometimes he gives me a headache, but I love his passion.

[Phredicles]

55. Stephanie Miller kicks everyone else's asses;

but I gotta say I don't get where people think Maddow is so negative - maybe I miss something only listening to her on the radio? She can be very funny, and she is indeed smart, even if that HRC as convention-wrecker from hell scenario never did pan out, did it? I'm not saying she isn't pessimistic at all, just not as much as she's accused of. Still, I'll admit to flipping stations when she has der Buchanfuehrer on. And I hate, HATE, HATE the phrase "talk me down".

Hartmann is also very informative, although he has too many right-wing brain-deads on. While in theory I applaud his commitment to the exchange of ideas, in practice we already have plenty of opportunities to hear any of those knuckle-draggers. The music out of his breaks is very cool, I must say.

Randi Rhodes is unlistenable for more than a few minutes, though. I'm just grateful the LA station moved her show to early afternoons away from late afternoon drive-time; that bleeding-eardum-inducing shrieking and bellowing doesn't exactly make being stuck in traffic go by quicker. Her hyperbole wears thin, too; with Bush the unvarnished truth is bad enough. And does she a gum smacker, or does she just sound like the sort of person who smacks her gum on the air?

The Young Turks I haven't really heard, though. As a Hellenophile, I can't say it's a top priority.:P

[RollWithIt]

56. At least say why....

Gees

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

58. I've interviewed Cenk

besides being incredibly nice, he's brilliant and hilarious on the spot.
Couldn't have asked for a better guy for article.
That, and he was an Obama way before the primary voting started.

AAR threw away another opportunity by running off TYT. They could have had another Maddow on their hands.
The same goes with Seder. AAr had a great youthful line-up and Mark Green screwed it up to bring aging boomer douches like lionel the Libertarian and Kuby (in reruns in the TYT slot)