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Journalists Freak Out on Twitter: Pro-Life 'Extremists 'Want to Kill' Women

By Kristine Marsh | December 1, 2015, 4:34 PM EST

(@JamilSmith) November 29, 2015 Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks claimed that “pro life’ terrorists” had killed ... infinitely more cops than Black Lives Matter activists (zero). What's wrong with their culture?! — Cenk Uygur (@cenkuygur) November 29, 2015 At the same time, Amanda Marcotte echoed that “anti-choice” people ...

Young Turks' Cenk Uygur: Ted Cruz is 'Dangerous' Demagogue, 'A Maniac'

By Jack Coleman | November 17, 2015, 8:21 PM EST

Yes, some things never change. According to ex-MSNBC pundit Cenk Uygur (pronounced Jenk U-gur),  that ... as a badge of honor. Uygur, creator of the The Young Turks, which claims to be the "largest ... "filibuster" of Samuel Alito's nomination to the Supreme Court in 2005, Uygur said this about Hillary ...

Liberal Journalists Whine This #GOPDebate Wasn't Tough Enough, Unlike CNBC’s

By Kristine Marsh | November 10, 2015, 11:42 PM EST

a real debate, just confirmation — Marc Caputo (@MarcACaputo) November 11, 2015 Cenk Uygur, former MSNBC ... question. #FBNGOPDebate — Cenk Uygur (@cenkuygur) November 11, 2015 Ana Marie Cox, columnist for the Daily ...

Lefties Whine at MSNBC: 'Being Progressive Isn't the Problem, It's the Solution'

By Tim Graham | August 9, 2015, 1:50 PM EDT

Forward Becomes Two Steps Backward." Chariton’s lead witness was disgruntled lefty host Cenk Uygur ... former MSNBC anchor and host of The Young Turks Cenk Uygur told TheWrap about the “Lean Forward” network. ... Reid, or The Cycle. It might have worked with Cenk Uygur had that relationship been given a chance to ...

Left-Wing 'Young Turks' Talk Show Insists Fox News Sets Back Race Relations

By Kristine Marsh | March 15, 2015, 1:36 PM EDT

The Young Turks, a popular left-wing talk show on Youtube ran by former MSNBC host  Cenk Uygur ... all along. Uygur disagreed vehemently with that claim, ranting “they [the protesters] didn’t want ... ignored these calls for violence.  Co-host Jimmy Dore did not agree or disagree with that Uygur but ...

‘Young Turks’ Host: ‘‘Fox News Sets Race Relations Back Every Single Day’

By Kristine Marsh | August 4, 2015, 10:49 AM EDT

“The Young Turks,” a popular left-wing talk show on Youtube ran by former MSNBC host Cenk Uygur ... all along. Uygur disagreed vehemently with that claim, ranting “they [the protesters] didn’t want ... ignored these calls for violence.  Co-host Jimmy Dore did not agree or disagree with that Uygur but ...

Entirely Serious Ex-MSNBC Host Claims Network Was 'Never Left Wing TV'

By Jack Coleman | February 25, 2015, 12:06 PM EST

laugh only when he's not kidding. You might remember Cenk Uygur-- pronounced "Jenk ... wrong, he was simply looking in the wrong direction. Anyway, things didn't work out for Uygur at ... that had he launched in 2002. The site's offerings have nothing to do with Uygur's Turkish ...

Will NBC Affiliates Allow an Attack on Comcast/NBC to Air?

By Jeffrey Lord | January 17, 2015, 2:15 PM EST

winds up with his own show. And there is the suggestion by ex-MSNBC host Cenk Uygur that he, Uygur, was replaced by Sharpton precisely because in spite of his own leftist views Uygur had been critical of the president from a leftist’s perspective. As Noel Sheppard reported and the CWC letter relates, Uygur ...

Actor Russell Brand Bizarrely Proclaims: MSNBC is 'Extremely Conservative'

By Geoffrey Dickens | March 26, 2015, 5:09 PM EDT

On Tuesday, former MSNBC host Cenk Uygur uttered some of the wackiest media analysis you’ll ever ... The Young Turks: CENK UYGUR: In American media conservatives dominated almost exclusively before Keith ... happened to both of us? Oh we’re not on MSNBC any more. (H/T) Mediaite MSNBC Cenk Uygur Russell Brand ...

Hannity in Israel: Moral Clarity in the Media

By Jeffrey Lord | August 9, 2014, 9:10 AM EDT

The Young Turks, Cenk Uygur was busy playing the moral relativity game and attacking Hannity’s ... was Cenk Uygur playing the oh-so-clever kid in the class, going after Hannity’s moral clarity with a pro-Palestinian guest shimmying around on whether Hamas was a terrorist organization. Has Uygur read the Hamas ...

It’s Not Just a Tweet: MSNBC’s Despicable Record of Smearing Republicans, Conservatives, and Tea Party as Racists

By Rich Noyes | February 3, 2014, 11:50 AM EST

They might as well hang a sign around their neck saying, ‘I hate myself.’” — Fill-in host Cenk Uygur on ...

Leftist Agitators Push Ed Schultz to Start Trouble and Take Labor's Side In NBC Union Dispute

By Tim Graham | December 19, 2013, 11:22 PM EST

bitterness since MSNBC didn't give him a show to attack Obama from the left (as Cenk Uygur discovered he ...

In Comparing Conservatives to Jonestown, Podesta Sounds a Lot Like Liberal Media

By Tim Graham | December 19, 2013, 3:55 PM EST

the debt-ceiling debate on MSNBC Live with Cenk Uygur, May 26, 2011. “This intellectual rigidity has ... 2010. “But let me tell you what this is, Cenk. This is classic political overreach. And Pat has seen it. ...

MSNBC's Chris Hayes Welcomes Ex-Reaganite to Say 'There Are No Moderate Republicans,' No Denouncing Right's 'Crazy People'

By Tim Graham | October 22, 2013, 7:09 AM EDT

Sheehan Left. Cenk Uygur was choking on his hummus at home. BARTLETT: Well, that`s exactly correct. But ...

Flashback: The Worst of the Media During Weiner's First Scandal

By Matt Hadro | July 24, 2013, 10:17 AM EDT

again. Why would anybody take this fool seriously?" asked MSNBC host Cenk Uygur on the 6 p.m. ET ...