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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Trashing a Tea Partier: Top 10 Most Vicious Anti-Bachmann Quotes

By Geoffrey Dickens | April 25, 2015, 12:02 AM EDT

the Republican Party members and tea party members so receptive to getting together? Cenk, what’s going on here?” Cenk Uygur, host of MSNBC’s Young Turks: “Well, you took the words right out of my ...

Howard Kurtz Ridicules Media Freak Out on Sequester

By Matt Hadro | March 4, 2013, 12:36 PM EST

uber-liberal Cenk Uygur, a former MSNBC host, agreed with Kurtz's take: "'Everybody is getting ... It's less than three percent of a cut. And so, yeah, I think they're way overplaying it. CENK UYGUR, "The Young Turks": I actually agree with Tim, again, on this issue. You know, I love Ed, ...

Special Report: Taking ‘Christ’ Out of Christmas

By Paul Wilson | December 11, 2012, 2:23 PM EST

raise the subject. MSNBC washout and Current TV host Cenk Ugyur lashed out at Bill O’Reilly, jokingly  ... Stewart Cenk Ugyur Kate Sheppard Lisa Miller William McGurn Angela Merkel Billy Graham Colton Dixon Dan ...

Ed Asner: Sean Hannity's 'Behind On His Rabies Shots'

By Noel Sheppard | December 11, 2012, 3:11 PM EST

rabies shots" (video follows with transcript and commentary): CENK UYGUR, HOST: Now, obviously Fox ... Moore Show. (HT Mediaite) Current TV (Gore's channel) Fox News Channel Hannity Video Cenk Uygur ... I think, I think he's behind on his rabies shots. UYGUR: [Laughs] So, you're not too concerned ...

Media's Heavy-Handed Liberals Race to Exploit Hurricane Tragedy

By Rich Noyes | April 25, 2015, 12:02 AM EDT

warming and climate change.” And on Current-TV, left-wing hosts Cenk Uygur and Jennifer Granholm all but ... # Current-TV’s The Young Turks, 7:00pm ET hour Host CENK UYGUR (after reading a genuine Romney press statement): ... events is a clear sign that we’re in the middle of climate change. # 8:00 hour: CENK UYGUR: Obviously the ...

Al Gore: Current TV Convention Cub Reporter

By P.J. Gladnick | August 9, 2012, 6:51 PM EDT

Keith Olbermann replacement) and Young Turks host Cenk Uygur will join Gore during a nightly Here is the ...

Republican VP Short List = Nasty Media Hit List

By Kyle Drennen | August 8, 2012, 5:04 PM EDT

Pawlenty's tax plan with MSNBC's Cenk Uygur, June 8, 2011.   "Let's talk about, you know ...

Keith Olbermann Gets Rejected by Another Employer?

By Matthew Sheffield | December 30, 2011, 1:00 PM EST

Hampshire primary in January. Instead, Current’s other prime time anchors, Cenk Uygur and Jennifer Granholm, ... after Republican debates in mid-December. Those, too, were anchored by Mr. Uygur. These absences suggest ...

The War on the War on Christmas

By Erin R. Brown | December 13, 2011, 6:45 PM EST

counterterrorism efforts." Two days later, guest host Cenk Uygur, apparently unable to come up with anything ...

Al 'Resist We Much' Sharpton Calls Protests 'Occupation Wall Street' Four Times in One Show

By Noel Sheppard | October 11, 2011, 1:30 AM EDT

when he was subbing for the supposedly vacationing Cenk Uygur mumbling incoherently the words that will ...