Cenk Uygur: I Want Fox News To 'Fear Me'

Cenk Uygur is not shy about his goals regarding Fox News, as he revealed in an interview with AlterNet.

Uygur, who is filling the 6 PM slot left by Ed Schultz when he moved to 10 PM, said that his aim is simple.

"I think defeating Fox -- and more importantly, getting the rest of the media to understand they do not do legitimate news -- is very important," he said. "I hope to do that through pointing out their hypocrisy, propaganda and general foolishness. But I also plan to beat them in the ratings and make them fear me."

Uygur faces an uphill battle--his last show drew 599,000 viewers opposite Fox News' 2,1 million.

In the interview, Uygur also spoke about what he thinks sets him apart from his fellow MSNBC hosts:

"My perspective that is a little different than the others is that I think our system is fundamentally broken. I think our politicians are bought by the highest bidder and that until we clean up our election system then we cannot make progress on any of the issues. That's what drives me -- we must restore our democracy."

Comments

[nathan007]

10:12 PM on 03/11/2011

I think its an uphill task to compete with fox, simply coz anytime in the world their are more masses then classes, they are people who love sensationalism n fear the unknown then sensible, fear the one that is potential danger n no fluke or media scar, Fox has that it caters to them n thus its tough

[INDIVIDUALTERRY]

05:04 PM on 02/24/2011

Sink Your Car ?

[Brazosmud]

04:43 PM on 02/24/2011

Another stooge addition to MSNBC's ship of fools. Maybe he could do better at "E" or be a water boy for Olbermeyer at his new "still not and never will be ready for primetime" gig. Not sure if FOX needs to fear this ankle biter.

[Jon Polm]

06:28 PM on 02/18/2011

It's truly a shame when entertainment trumps reality. A common shame.

[milkmanjk]

06:51 PM on 02/14/2011

I'm not sure what this guy is....he just spent 20 minutes attacking Obama and 10 minutes praising Ron Paul on MSNBC....frankly I think his brain is up there somewhere the sun don't shine. Guys like him that spend all their time attacking dems are the reason they lost 60 seats in the house...i think they want teepugs to get elected so they can raise their ratings....

[GlennBeckReview]

09:57 AM on 02/14/2011

Fox 'NEWS' has been exposed by a former insider. They purposely misinform and attack Dems. It is a propaganda outfit, not a news source by any stretch of the imagination. Shep Smith should find a new gig.
I sent this info to Cenk. Fox just makes things up!
http://www.sharethisurlaboutglennbeck.com/2011/02/fox-news-makes-things-up-and-programs.html

[INDIVIDUALTERRY]

05:07 PM on 02/24/2011

REALLY? Thats your link? A liburaal circlejurq ?
roflmao!

[tugboat9]

06:59 PM on 03/02/2011

Pipe down,worthless regressive.As if you have any credence in anything.( Y ) - hole.

[Cbrown90]

03:01 PM on 02/12/2011

Boy oh boy, are they afraid!

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2011/02/12/msnbcs-ratings-are-collapsing

[Athelstane]

10:47 AM on 02/12/2011

"Progressive" is a spin label that the liberals adopted when they realized the majority of the country would not agree with "liberals." Even in the depths of the Goldwater aftermath conservatives did not try to hide the fact that they are conservatives. Ergo, "liberals," oops, I mean "progressives" are deceitful, and lack the courage of their convictions.

[Totto]

03:21 PM on 02/13/2011

Learn, Bub. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressivism

[tugboat9]

01:33 PM on 02/17/2011

What a pantload unleashed by a worthless regressive.

[Bumble Bee]

07:44 AM on 02/12/2011

You don't become a success by chasing the tails of others.

[INDIVIDUALTERRY]

05:08 PM on 02/24/2011

THE BEES KNOW !

[Timothy Knight]

06:37 PM on 02/11/2011

Waiting to hear him. Good luck to anyone taking on Fox.

[edejan]

05:30 PM on 02/11/2011

Cenk is an up and coming, next gen progressive. He will help lead the march into the future. Cenk rules!!

[The Commish]

06:30 PM on 02/11/2011

Is he going to report and give opinion on the news, or on Fox? I'll put my money on Fox. Another robot obsessed with Fox.

[Cbrown90]

03:02 PM on 02/12/2011

He riles alright!

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2011/02/12/msnbcs-ratings-are-collapsing

[Athelstane]

05:24 PM on 02/11/2011

The upsurge in CNN viewership of the Egypt situation demonstrates how MSNBC has gutted their credibility as a news network with the Olberman-Maddow-Schultz-Mattews skewed rants against the Republicans and Fox.

[SeriousBlack]

06:21 PM on 02/11/2011

"Skewed rants"?

You mean, reporting the TRUTH about Republicans and Fox?

Sure does upset someone when you call them on their B.S., doesn't it?

[The Commish]

06:28 PM on 02/11/2011

Don't you think they might have more credibility, though, if they tried reporting on the news instead of reporting about Fox? MSNBC is a joke. Did you happen to watch their election coverage? That pretty much sums up the abilities of MSNBC.

[Totto]

03:24 PM on 02/13/2011

No one with a brain bothered to watch Fox Lies.

[JPMac]

05:10 PM on 02/11/2011

I like how all these folks on the left spend thier entire show talking about Fox and not actually doing a show of thier own. For all the rocks thrown at Glen Beck, how often does he mention the other networks. He does his show and they spend the next few days talking about his show!!

[somearelost]

04:48 PM on 02/11/2011

who??

[ESJ247]

03:12 PM on 02/11/2011

Uygur is no Keith Olbermann.

[PINAR300]

06:28 PM on 03/06/2011

Cenk Uygur believes in what he says . He is more genuine than Odonnell who is a phony Zionist kissup