Cenk Uygur

WATCH: Michelangelo Signorile Visits 'The Young Turks' To Talk About Richard Grenell

Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Richard Grenell Resigns, Video, Richard Grenell, Michelangelo Signorile the Young Turks, Michelangelo Signorile Richard Grenell, Cenk Uygur, Mitt Romney, The Young Turks Richard Grenell, The Young Turks, Mitt Romney Richard Grenell, Michelangelo Signorile, Gay Voices News

HuffPost Gay Voices Editor-at-Large Michelangelo Signorile visited Current TV's "The Young Turks" last night to chat about the controversy surrounding...

Read Whole Story

Friendly Advice to CNN -- Change Everything

Cenk Uygur | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Current TV, CNN Ratings Trouble, Erin Burnett Cnn, CNN Ratings, Cable News Ratings, Cenk Uygur, Cenk Uygur Current Tv, TV Canada, Media News

For the love of God, stop doing "he said, she said" crap that doesn't actually deliver the news to anyone. Democrats said this and Republicans said that -- who cares? What is the reality?! Your job is supposed to be to bring us facts.

Read Post

WATCH: Current TV Host Rages Against Bill O'Reilly

Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: The O'Reilly Factor, Young Turks, Video, Cenk Uygur Bill O'reilly, Cenk Uygur, The Young Turks, Fox News, Fox News O'reilly Factor, Cenk Uygur Current Tv, Bill O'Reilly the Factor, Fox News Channel, Bill O'Reilly Fox News, Media News

Current TV's Cenk Uygur attacked Bill O'Reilly on Tuesday night for saying that organizations on the far left "try to hurt families." Uygur discuss...

Read Whole Story

WATCH: 'The Young Turks' Turns Heat Up On Climate Change

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Education, Video, The Heartland Institute, Talk Nerdy to Me, Cenk Uygur, The Young Turks, Science, Climate Change, Climate Change Denial, Creationsim, Evolution, Cara Santa Maria, Current TV, Global Warming, Science News

As the science correspondent for The Huffington Post, I am often afforded the opportunity to discuss science topics on television and radio. This week...

Read Whole Story

Glenn Greenwald: Media 'Taking The Lead' In Hyping Iranian Threat

Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Glenn Greenwald Cenk Uygur, Video, Media Iran, Glenn Greenwald, Cenk Uygur, The Young Turks, Glenn Greenwald Iran, Current TV, Media News

Current's Cenk Uygur and blogger Glenn Greenwald talked about media coverage of Iran on Tuesday's "The Young Turks." Both agreed that large sections o...

Read Whole Story

A Bridge to Somewhere: Cenk Uygur and Foster Friess Manage a Respectful Discussion on Current TV (VIDEO)

Craig Crawford | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Rick Santorum, Cenk Uygur, Foster Friess, Cenk Uygur Foster Friess, Media News

Kudos to Friess for even agreeing to appear on a show, Cenk's The Young Turks, that is way outside his political lane. And kudos to Cenk for holding his ground without being rude, producing a constructive discussion.

Read Post

Progressives, Obamabots and a Realistic Evaluation of the President

Bob Cesca | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Conor Friedersdorf, Obamabots, President Barack Obama Achievements, President-Obama-Accomplishments, Andrew Sullivan, Glenn Greenwald, Progressives, Cenk Uygur, Progressive Movement, Obama Progressives, Megyn Kelly, Fox News Channel, Sarah Palin, Politics News

Should we undermine the most progressive-minded president in at least a generation and will his failure help or hurt the progressive cause? Will his failure pave the way for a more progressive president or a less progressive president? This is the debate on the left.

Read Post

Current TV at the Television Critics Association Tour: Gore Gores the Media

Ed Martin | Posted 03.17.2012

Read More: Msnbc, Cenk Uygur, Al Gore, Cnn, Current TV, Keith Olbermann, Jennifer Granholm, Media News

Current TV hasn't had much of a presence at the twice-yearly Television Critics Association gatherings since its initial presentation near the time of its launch at the Summer 2005 tour. That changed Friday.

Read Post

VP Gore Launches Political Comeback

Tammy Haddad | Posted 03.06.2012

Read More: Al Gore, Current TV, Msnbc, 2012 Election, Elections 2012, Cenk Uygur, The Young Turks, Iowa Caucus 2012, Media News

There was a moment of shock and awe as the former vice president and 2000 presidential candidate gave his political views on the Republican candidates, Supreme Court decisions, Karl Rove, the Koch brothers and the perils of being called a "flip flopper."

Read Post

How We Can Change the Media

Cenk Uygur | Posted 02.12.2012

Read More: The Young Turks, Cenk Uygur, Establishment Media, Change, Media, Punch, Media News

A quote you see everywhere is Gandhi's line about being the change you want to see in the world. Since I'm a corny guy, I took that to heart. Here are some of the main problems with the establishment media that I want to help change.

Read Post

Current TV's Gore and Granholm Weigh In On Mitt Romney's Debate Performance

Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: Video, Current Tv Al Gore, Al Gore Jennifer Granholm, Cenk Uygur, Al Gore Current Tv, Jennifer Granholm Al Gore, Current TV, Cenk Uygur Current Tv, Media News

Current TV's Cenk Uygur moderated a round table discussion of post-debate analysis Saturday night following the GOP debate in Iowa. Current TV chairma...

Read Whole Story

WATCH: Cenk Uygur Takes A Swipe At Sharpton

Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: The Young Turks, Cenk Uygur, Cenk Uygur Al Sharpton, Video, Current TV, Al Sharpton Msnbc, Al Sharpton, Media News

Newly minted Current TV host Cenk Uygur took another swipe at his cable news nemesis Al Sharpton on Thursday. Sharpton was Uygur's replacement afte...

Read Whole Story

Cenk's Back

Alan Grayson | Posted 02.03.2012

Read More: Directv, Cenk Uygur, Media, Alan Grayson, Current TV, Election 2012, Media News

Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks and former MSNBC host, returns to TV tomorrow night, on Current TV. And he has invited me to be a guest on his first show.

Read Post

Cenk Uygur Launches New Effort To Separate Money And Politics

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Super Pac, Video, Wolf Pac, Progressives, Cenk Uygur, Money in Politics, Barack Obama, Campaign Finance, Politics News

NEW YORK -- The movement to separate money and politics is getting another champion. Progressive television and radio host Cenk Uygur has launched a s...

Read Whole Story

LA's 'Young Turk' Pundit Headed To Al Gore's Network

AP | FRAZIER MOORE | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Young Turk Cenk Uygur, Cenk Uygur, Video, Cenk Uygur Current Tv, Cenk Uygur Al Gore, Young Turks Current Tv, Los Angeles News

By FRAZIER MOORE, Associated Press NEW YORK — Current TV is bringing Cenk Uygur and "The Young Turks" to its prime-time lineup. Current will w...

Read Whole Story

Cenk Uygur Coming To Current TV

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Young Turks Current, Video, Cenk Uygur, The Young Turks, Current TV, Keith Olbermann, Cenk Uygur Current Tv, Cable News, Media News

Cenk Uygur is headed to Keith Olbermann's house. Current TV announced Tuesday that Uygur is bringing his Web show "The Young Turks" to its network....

Read Whole Story

Cenk Uygur Has a Tree in His Head

Mike Bonifer | Posted 11.02.2011

Read More: David Boje, Obama Leadership, Cenk Uygur, Digital Ecosystem, Barack Obama, Politics News

Cenk Uygur has a tree in his head. I am currently studying the world-shaking work on storytelling in organizations by Dr. David Boje, who teaches at ...

Read Post

Al Sharpton Brings Baggage, Conflict Of Interest And No Discernible Talent, To MSNBC

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 09.27.2011

Read More: Eat the Press, Msnbc, Al Sharpton, Al Sharpton Msnbc, Cenk Uygur MSNBC, Cenk Uygur, Media Criticism, Comcast Nbc Merger, Cenk Uygur Al Sharpton, Comcast, Wayne Barrett Al Sharpton, Nbc, Black Unemployment, Media News

It seems that during the time I was out of the country, The Powers That Be at MSNBC decided to replace "Young Turks" host Cenk Uygur with civil rights...

Read Whole Story

Ex-MSNBC Host Goes After Al Sharpton

Posted 09.24.2011

Read More: Cenk Uygur, Video, Msnbc, Al Sharpton Msnbc, Cenk Uygur MSNBC, Cenk Uygur Al Sharpton, Reliable Sources, Cenk Uygur Cnn, Media News

Cenk Uygur continued his anti-MSNBC tour on CNN's "Reliable Sources" Sunday--and he suggested that he was getting replaced because Al Sharpton, the ma...

Read Whole Story

Beck's Surprising Reaction To Cenk Uygur Ouster

Posted 09.22.2011

Read More: Cenk Uygur MSNBC, Cenk Uygur, Video, Glenn Beck, Glenn Beck Program, Glenn Beck Cenk Uygur, Cenk Uygur Out at Msnbc, Media News

Glenn Beck had a surprisingly sympathetic reaction to the departure of former MSNBC host Cenk Uygur from the network on his radio show on Thursday. MS...

Read Whole Story

WATCH: Former MSNBC Host Commiserates With Olbermann

The Huffington Post | Katherine Fung | Posted 09.21.2011

Read More: Video, Cenk Uygur Young Turks, Countdown With Keith Olbermann, Cenk Uygur MSNBC, Cenk Uygur, The Young Turks, Keith Olbermann, Keith Olbermann Countdown, Media News

Former MSNBC host Cenk Uygur appeared on "Countdown with Keith Olbermann" on Thursday night to talk about his departure from the network. Uygur tol...

Read Whole Story

Rejecting Lucrative Offer, Cenk Uygur Leaves MSNBC After Being Told to "Act Like An Insider" (VIDEO)

Democracy Now! | Posted 09.21.2011

Read More: Cenk Uygur Out at Msnbc, Cable News, Cenk Uygur MSNBC, Cenk Uygur, Msnbc, Media News, Al Sharpton Msnbc, Media News

This is not the first time a journalist has accused MSNBC of applying subtle, yet clear pressure to shape its political programming.

Read Post

Who's Afraid of Cenk Uygur?

Chez Pazienza | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Cenk Uygur, Al Sharpton, Phil Griffin, Msnbc, Media, Media News

Did Cenk Uygur stand up for what he believes in -- and what his online audience expects of him -- in the aftermath of his demotion from MSNBC? Sure looks that way. And for that he gets to walk out with his head held very high.

Read Post

WATCH: Ousted MSNBC Anchor HAMMERS Network

The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 09.20.2011

Read More: Cenk Uygur, Cenk Uygur MSNBC, Video, Msnbc, Cable News, Cenk Uygur Out at Msnbc, Al Sharpton Msnbc, Media News

Cenk Uygur--the progressive online talk show host whose brief tenure as an MSNBC anchor ended on Wednesday--tore into the network in a lengthy monolog...

Read Whole Story

Cenk Uygur Out At MSNBC

Deadline | DAVID LIEBERMAN | Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: Cenk Uygur, Cenk Uygur MSNBC, Cable News Ratings, Msnbc, Al Sharpton, Cable News, Reverend Al Sharpton, Media News

Cenk Uygur's run at MSNBC sure was short....

Read Whole Story