Cenk stands up to corporate media and deserves our support

[upi402]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5x7o0sNrulg
That link is his explanation for why he's off MSNBC.
He deserves our support for not taking double the money to play ball and STFU. His ratings were very good and they still pulled his slot from him.

MSNBC is spreading BS trying to cover-up already. I hope we all view this vid clip, and comment in support of his ethical stand against corporate media and it's fascistic alliance with governmental power brokers.

[truedelphi]

1. K & R for Cenk and

For later viewing.

[ihavenobias]

5. 4 Myths About Cenk Leaving MSNBC

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. 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 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), 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>

[upi402]

6. Nice compilation

I like the one about it being a lowly producer telling the head of MSNBC to bring him down.... sure, it works like that.
:puke:

[DJ13]

2. The way they treated Cenk makes me question if anyone on MSNBC

....can be trusted to tell us the truth.

[Raine]

12. I take everything they say with a grain of salt

they obviously don't dare step over the line MSNBC has drawn. :-(

[ihavenobias]

15. Cenk made it clear he was just speaking about himself and his experience.

And, for example, he had high praise for Rachel Maddow in his announcement in the last 6 minutes or so:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5x7o0sNrulg

[defendandprotect]

3. K/R -- Decades ago Phil Donahue made it clear to us -- if we couldn't see it with our own eyes!!

Everyone needs to turn off the TVs -- it's the propaganda box --

It's a way of teaching violence to kids and adults --

If we had to get to Cenk to understand this then everyone needs their

BS meters turned waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay up !!


And looking at the Obama fiasco, I'd say that's obvious!!




:nuke:

[RKP5637]

8. I now get most of my news from RT, AJZ and DU. Traditional TV is really

getting horrible for most things. I use Roku http://roku.com on the TVs here and far better for it. I also get KO live streaming on Roku for his nightly show on Current TV.

[girl gone mad]

4. k & r

[bluerum]

7. Totally fucking amazing. My view of Cenk just improved a billion percent.

When is he teaming up with Gore's network?

[RKP5637]

9. Hope so!!! I'd like to see alternative sources blast MSM to hell. I used to watch

MSNBC some, but since Cenk left I've hardly had MSNBC on.

[OhioChick]

10. K&R n/t

[CherylK]

11. K & R!!!

:patriot:

[Dappleganger]

13. When he gave his explanation to Keith, that completely changed my mind about MSNBC.

I won't be watching them again except for Rachel, and hope that she is gone very soon as they are dictating everyone's message.

[upi402]

14. I hung in there with Dylan, Ed, Cenk, and Rachel

But this is symptomatic of a pattern - kind of tells you why Tweety whips wildly one way then the other.

I even heard one 'off-the-cuff' comment from an MSNBC newsbabe saying, "Sure if you support my lifestyle I'll say something like that!" to a guest who jokingly challenged her.

[SoCalDem]

16. Ed's days are probably numbered n/t