Countdown With KO: Cenk Opens Up About Leaving MSNBC

[CherylK]

Run time: 04:08 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3WvIyAgJX0   Posted on YouTube: July 22, 2011 By YouTube Member: Current Views on YouTube: 2381   Posted on DU: July 24, 2011 By DU Member: CherylK Views on DU: 1860

 
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/22/cenk-uygur-olbermann_n_906752.html

[ihavenobias]

1. 4 Myths About Cenk Leaving MSNBC

This probably deserves it's own thread, maybe I'll create one Sunday or Monday (light traffic at this time on Saturdays).

Myth 1 - Cenk was replaced because Sharpton got better ratings for two weeks while Cenk was on vacation.

Cenk was told he wouldn't be getting the show BEFORE Sharpton filled in for him. This was at the end of June. That in and of itself makes Sharpton's ratings totally irrelevant to this story, and it's unfortunate that some people are trying to make this Cenk Vs Sharpton (Cenk has nothing against Sharpton). In http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5x7o0sNrulg&feature=channel_video_title|his announcement> on TYT Cenk never talks about Sharpton's ratings (nothing negative about Sharpton at all). He just correctly points out that once he (to an extent) started doing the show his way the ratings went up AND that in the 3 months that make up Q2 of 2011 he beat CNN and improved on Schultz'z ratings from this time last year (he praises Schultz in that clip btw).

Myth 2 - Cenk claims the Obama White House came down on MSNBC.

Cenk never got more specific than what MSNBC president Phil Griffin told him. People in Washington may or may not include someone at the White House, and Cenk made a point to NOT say it was the White House, or even imply that it was the White House that Griffin was referring to.

Myth 3 - Cenk was demoted, then fired when he didn't accept the demotion.

Cenk was offered a weekend show/contributor role for double the money. Can you think of any other jobs in which you get less responsibility and exposure and a gigantic raise? Also, the NY Times reported that he was well liked at MSNBC but more importantly here's a direct quote from an http://www.huffingtonpost.com/democracy-now/cenk-uygur-leaves-msnbc_b_906708.html|MSNBC spokesman>:

...we were working on a new contract, to develop him into an even bigger television talent.

Myth 4 - Cenk is unemployed/he hosts some obscure web show.

Glossing over the fact that Cenk has been interviewing Senators (Ted Kennedy, Bernie Sanders, Harry Reid, etc.), Congressman (long list), former presidents (Jimmy Carter), Fed chairmen (Alan Greenspan), talk show hosts (Rachel Maddow, Lou Dobbs, Stephanie Miller, Thom Hartmann, etc.), filmmakers (Michael Moore, Robert Greenwald, Mel Brooks) and journalists/reporters (Matt Taibbi and people from the NY Times, WaPo, HuffPo and everything in between) there's this:

http://news.tubefilter.tv/2011/07/15/the-young-turks-breaks-500-million-views-1-million-in-revenue/|The Young Turks Breaks 500 Million Views, $1 Million in Revenue>

[7wo7rees]

2. Nice debunking

I support Cenk.

[Tarheel_Dem]

3. >>>>>

:spray:

[Tx4obama]

4. Here's a LINK below to the FULL Olbermann/Cenk segment

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=385&topic_id=602313&mesg_id=602313

[Volaris]

6. hahaHAHAHAha...The Alumni Association...that rocks...

If Current could get him as a lead-in for Keith and SOMEHOW pull Rachel from M$NBC to follow right after, the trifecta(sp?) would be complete (IMHO), their ratings would skyrocket, and the D.C. Establishment (both political and journalistic) would need a never-ending supply of aspirin for all the headaches the 3 of them would cause on a nearly-constant basis.

Oh well, I can dream (I don't think Rachel is planning on going anywhere for a while...)

Since I AM dreaming, I would think that a really good morning-type show over there might be Lawrence, Big Eddie and Chris Hays, but I know that others here with more and probably better experience than I, have differing opinions about those three.

All right, time to wake up now and go back to Algebra.
...damned filthy polynomials... and all their dirty Factors...

Peace,

[civilisation]

5. the system shuts down too much truth,. .

simple as that. To keep the people living in 'Disneyland' or what ever you want to call the dream-time like sleep-state that america maintains its population in, truth must be tightly controlled and kept under wraps. If you don't foment about "totmom" or the non news of the day then you risk the door being shown to you.

[The Wizard]

7. Somewhere in Dante's Ninth Circle

Joseph Goebbels is laughing.