MSNBC's Cenk Uygur Wants to Put Fox News 'Back in the Cave They Came From'
In an interview with AlterNet's Don Hazen on Tuesday, MSNBC host Cenk Uygur slammed Fox News and bragged how he would take them on in the ratings: "For so long, they have controlled the national conversation....I want to drain them of that power. I want to put them back in the cave they came from....I also plan to beat them in the ratings and make them fear me."
Uygur, who also hosts the left-wing webcast The Young Yurks, has been filling in as anchor for the 6PM ET hour on MSNBC following the departure of Countdown host Keith Olbermann and the reshuffling of the cable news channel's prime time lineup. He is currently in negotiations with MSNBC for a permanent show. Despite Uygur's boasting, as of February 7, FNC's Special Report with Bret Baier was bringing in over 2.1 million viewers, MSNBC Live at 6PM ET had an audience just under 600,000.
In the interview, Uygur went on to rant: "I think defeating Fox – and more importantly, getting the rest of the media to understand they do not do legitimate news – is very important. I hope to do that through pointing out their hypocrisy, propaganda and general foolishness." When Hazen asked about the liberal commentator's "short-term vision," Uygur again proclaimed: "If I stay at 6pm on MSNBC, I plan to beat Fox and be number one in the ratings. On the internet, 'The Young Turks' is already the largest online news show in the world and I plan to continue that domination."
Earlier in the exchange, Uygur took a shot at network news, including his now colleagues at NBC News, "There are so many things that the mainstream media gets wrong that it's an awesome opportunity to be able to correct them from the inside. I hope I can be a progressive voice that presents our perspective without a filter – and does it with strength."
— Kyle Drennen is a news analyst at the Media Research Center. You can follow him on Twitter here.
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I wonder...
Submitted by BobcatConservative on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 5:57pm.
I wonder when Cenk will wake up from his dream and realize the living nightmare that MSNBC has become. He has got to be kidding himself. American TV viewers don't like getting their 'news' from smug liberals and that is exactly what Uygur is. I see his demise coming very, very soon.
???
Submitted by TexasMom0517 on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 8:04pm.
Who? Sink Someoneorother? Never heard of him.
Wait, is this one of the guys they released from Gitmo and sent to Bermuda?
It's nice too seeing the fine
Submitted by WarEagle66 on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 9:52pm.
It's nice too seeing the fine level of civility that those on the Left are showing.....
"hypocrisy, propaganda, and general foolishness"
Submitted by Phryj1 on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 6:04pm.
And he's saying this on MSNBC?!? How oblivious can he possibly be?
Oh, and the only reason TYT is as popular as it is, is because YouTube regularly promotes it and makes episodes of TYT "Featured Video" on every single news related video, including conservative leaning videos. Obnoxious, to say the least. What was that he was saying about hypocrisy, propaganda, controlling the national conversation, etc?
Progressives seem to be completely averse to facts and logic. Apparently, reality has a conservative bias.
"For so long, they have
Submitted by Newsbusterbrown on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 6:00pm.
"For so long, they have controlled the national conversation....I want to drain them of that power. I want to put them back in the cave they came from....I also plan to beat them in the ratings and make them fear me."
This is nuts. Unless he gains super powers, there's no way Uygur, or anybody else, is going to beat Fox in the ratings on a regular basis.
“There are no easy answers, but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.” - Ronald Reagan (1964 Republican Convention)
This coming from a dude who
Submitted by rwesley2.0 on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 6:03pm.
This coming from a dude who has to wax that unibrow so he doesn't look like he came out of a cave.
And what's with the "make them fear me" bit? Should we be concerned that he will purchase a firearm and come after the people at Fox studios? Will such rhetoric incite others to violence against Fox. Shame, shame MSNBC.
I fear him already
Submitted by syvyn11 on Thu, 02/10/2011 - 2:48pm.
I fear that he's going to make himself to be a fool.
Over 70 % of the country is NOT Liberal
Submitted by Red Jeep on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 6:04pm.
Cenk has a steep uphill battle on a loser network.
So MSNBC traded blowhard Special ed for this blowhard.at 6? Well...
Maybe they just should have kept Special ed at 6 and just reran that show at 10. Save some bucks.
He's just filling in. They
Submitted by johnsonl on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 6:07pm.
He's just filling in. They would probably get higher ratings if they ran old Three Stooges shorts.
Hell yeah!!!
Submitted by Newsbubba on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 6:33pm.
I'd actually watch that. Besides Larry, Curly, and Mo make more sense than everybody else on MSNBCissy.
Another foreign born
Submitted by Thoreau on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 6:11pm.
Another foreign born communist muslim keepin it real dumb. Thanks for the update Turk Turk.
Let's see if I can summarize what he's going to say for the next 2 years:
"TeabaggerZ! Durka Durka Obama Jihad!"
"Palin hangs black people!"
"All Christians and Jews must die. No... Seriously. Kill them."
"FAUX NewZ Is NawT NeWZ Cawz I Haz ChEzBurGeR! Watch MeEZ!! WaCH MeeezZ!! **ROFLSTOMPZ**"
So mix it up a little bit to fit the situation, but that's pretty much it.
Thoreau ...
Submitted by Newsbubba on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 6:39pm.
... I've always suspected that KaChink was a muslime, but I'm not sure. Do you know that for sure?
Is he a full-of-Shiite or a Sunni-side-up?
This may be his attempt to meet virgins. I'm pretty sure that he doesn't have a lot of dates with that certain cave man quality he projects. I guess it's because so many of his ancestors were ACTUAL cave dwellers in Turkey.
Pretty sure Cenk is a Turkish
Submitted by Scout Finch on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 11:08pm.
Pretty sure Cenk is a Turkish Muslim.
Young Yurks? I'd change the
Submitted by tampamom25 on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 6:13pm.
Young Yurks? I'd change the name....that's way to close to sounding like young jerks. These left leaning, liberal wing nuts are always talking about equal time, putting someone else in their place, knocking someone out of the ratings. Intolerance is what they're talking about. Liberals are the most intolerant people I've ever had the misfortune to run into, and all think that their point of view is the only one that should be made available to the public. Maybe young jerks is a good name after all....
Who?????
Submitted by dcrews46 on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 6:14pm.
I seriously have never heard of this guy
Cenk, in the immortal words
Submitted by motherbelt on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 6:16pm.
Cenk, in the immortal words of Dirty Harry Callahan:
A man's got to know his limitations.
Cave? What the...?
Submitted by JLin on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 6:16pm.
That's pretty funny coming from a member of a genocidal ethnic group that prefer to marry their cousins.
Thanks
Submitted by Tuari on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 6:21pm.
Thanks, I needed a good laugh for today. This gave me quite a giggle. It would be quite sad and clinically delusional if he meant what he said. Only complete nut job totally detached from all reality would actually mean what he said...
Young Turks?
Submitted by GeneralAl on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 6:21pm.
Nah! How about Dumb Jerks?
"Old Soldiers never die, they just fade away"!
I Believe!
Submitted by stanmo42 on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 6:21pm.
I want to put them back in the cave they came from....I also plan to beat them in the ratings and make them fear me."
I also want to build a rocket and fly to the moon, Discover a cure for cancer, and coach the Cubs to a World Series Championship.
Crocky Balboa, the Turkish Scallion
Submitted by SickofLibs on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 6:24pm.
Glad to see MSNBC greenlighted 'Psycho Talk' again.
The charismatic multi-talented Olby couldn't even come close in 8 long years, and he had the exact same mission statement.
The definition of "delusional"...
Submitted by PrairieSky on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 6:28pm.
"A persistent false psychotic belief regarding the self or persons or objects outside the self that is maintained despite indisputable evidence to the contrary; also : the abnormal state marked by such beliefs."
"I plan to beat Fox and be number one in the ratings...I want to put them back in the cave they came from...make them fear me."
Cenk Uygur is obviously trying to position himself as the next Olbermann at MSNBC, and these ludicrous (and laughable) statements are indicative of that intent.
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction...It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them (our children) to do the same." ~President Ronald Reagan
Cent
Submitted by JeffC... on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 6:34pm.
Twice the jerk at a fraction of the price.Well said...
Submitted by PrairieSky on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 6:43pm.
A major jerk he is, and a bargain too! ;-)
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction...It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them (our children) to do the same." ~President Ronald Reagan
Uygur is the guy in the bar
Submitted by motherbelt on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 7:21pm.
Uygur is the guy in the bar who's yelling "Let me at 'im!!" while he thrusts out his elbows for his buddies to hold him back and then says "You're lucky; I wouldn't waste my time on you."
To mangle Margaret Thatcher's quote
Being tough [she said being powerful] is like being a lady. If you have to say you are, you aren't.
Perfect...
Submitted by PrairieSky on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 7:54pm.
and right on the money. This guy's a real buffoon.
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction...It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them (our children) to do the same." ~President Ronald Reagan
With a name like he has it
Submitted by Odin's Underling on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 6:29pm.
With a name like he has it sounds as if he knows what cave dwelling is all about. How is it that msnbc could beat FOX News or any other outlet in the ratings? Olberman's way of doing math? Man, do I ever need help with that.
Cenk? Cenk? Is That Like . . . .
Submitted by Bourbeau on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 6:30pm.
The MSNBC version of Shrek? Oh yeah, Fox is falling all over themsevles, wetting their pants, with this self-absorbed talking head spearheading their 6 PM hour. Okay Bret Baire you be really afraid; Cenk is coming.
One can only hope and pray that Comcast recognizes the stupidity being aired under it's masthead and decides to do a complete and thorough housecleaning from Mattthews, to Maddow to Scarborough. If they need a solid talking head citizen, they can steal Rick Santelli from CNBC; or maybe Kudlow.
Oh! Oh! And I Want a Pony...
Submitted by Abraxos on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 6:33pm.
"I want to drain them of that power. I want to put them back in the cave they came from....I also plan to beat them in the ratings and make them fear me."
And I want a pony, and a tractor, and a rollercoaster, and a giant water slide, and a candy store, and a tree house, and a billion dollars!
Awesome! LOL!
Submitted by PrairieSky on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 8:01pm.
Best laugh I've had all day! Thanks!
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction...It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them (our children) to do the same." ~President Ronald Reagan
I thought special Ed said the
Submitted by LAM SON 719 on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 6:32pm.
I thought special Ed said the same thing awhile back.
Did he actually say that on camera....?
Submitted by NeoKong on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 6:34pm.
Or was it to his bathroom mirror when he brushed his teeth this morning. Once again we have an MSNBC employee going on a delusional rant and insulting millions of Americans simply because they do not agree with the left. I swear they are getting crazier every day and by this time next year they will be openly threatening people.
And I just want them
Submitted by ProudAmerican58 on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 6:49pm.
to, as Olbermann would say, SHUT THE HELL UP!
re: MSNBC bluster
Submitted by shannon76 on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 7:17pm.
talk, talk, talk.......
sounds more like an inferiority complex....
still waiting for Piers Morgan's beatdowon of Hannity.....
Reminds me of this guy.
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 7:20pm.
Reminds me of this guy.
Cenk Uygur...sounds like...
Submitted by bigdaddy on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 7:23pm.
...a condition that can only be treated by a Proctologist.
Baghdad Bob if ever I have
Submitted by inquiringmind on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 7:28pm.
Baghdad Bob if ever I have seen one. All we need is a picture of an American tank rolling behind him.
Something like this:
Submitted by Beukeboom on Thu, 02/10/2011 - 11:10am.
Something like this: http://webmdev.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/iraq_baghdadbob.jpgUrkel
Submitted by well99 on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 7:29pm.
Needs to get back on his meds.He is back in the delusional stage.Take your meds Sank.
So, basically he's anti-democracy
Submitted by Russian55 on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 7:32pm.
This kind of statement can only come from someone who fears the free market of ideas and the FIrst Amendment.
Fox CONTROLS the national debate? With a couple of Cable channels and no massive briadcast news like ABC, CBS, NBC and PBS?
Wow. That's impressive. Must mean they have the message people want to hear...
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Those who beat their swords into plowshares will end up plowing for those who kept their swords in the first place!
I didn't think it possible...
Submitted by c5then on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 7:33pm.
But apparently MSNBC has found an even more extreme leftist egomaniac than Olberloon. So...while FOXNEWS goes after the 60%+ of the population with their center-right, tell both sides of the story, this Uygur guy is going to beat them by attempting to appeal to the far left 10% of the population? Do they measure ratings that are in the single digits?Madison and Jefferson and Franklin built a Republic - Roberts killed it!
Cenk failed basic
Submitted by Beukeboom on Thu, 02/10/2011 - 11:06am.
Cenk failed basic math. Twice.Is that all they do???
Submitted by Rycher660 on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 7:32pm.
Over there on MSNBC??? Bitch about Palin, Fox News and stuff. They do the exact same things they bitch about Fox News doing...
I've got a better idea.
Submitted by KyWriter on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 7:33pm.
Let Cenk crawl back under the rock he came from.
Missed it by that much......
Submitted by Tomorama on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 7:36pm.
There is no way in hell he is going to outdo the best show on Fox next to Red eye....
He can turn in some of his 72 virgins as a down payment with Allah, so STINK, it aint gonna happen.
I am happily atching Brett right now, no yelling, no lies, straight news....
Fox could put up a test
Submitted by Beukeboom on Thu, 02/10/2011 - 11:05am.
Fox could put up a test pattern opposite Cenk's pitiful excuse for a show and still clobber him in the ratings.
Good luck
Submitted by Ozconservative on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 7:39pm.
Soooooooo Chunk or Clunk or whatever the hell your name is, you plan to lure a good portion of Bret Baiers 2.1 million predominately conservative viewers to a show presented by a guy whose name sounds like a horrible disease and whose life philosophy IS a horrible disease. Yeah.....good luck with that!!!!
Cenk is a Hypocrite!!
Submitted by Tenebrous on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 7:42pm.
He accuses Fox News of propoganda...
"I think defeating Fox – and more importantly, getting the rest of the media to understand they do not do legitimate news – is very important. I hope to do that through pointing out their hypocrisy, propaganda and general foolishness."
And then he admits his own penchant for propagandizing...
"There are so many things that the mainstream media gets wrong that it's an awesome opportunity to be able to correct them from the inside. I hope I can be a progressive voice that presents our perspective without a filter – and does it with strength."
And he thinks that people won't notice. Not only is he arrogant, but he's blindingly stupid.
Visions and Principles blog
Gee. Sounds like Hate Speech to me. What happened to civility?
Submitted by krendler on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 7:42pm.
Let me guess, Uygur. You're gonna be real shrill to satisfy MS-NBC kook-bat audience (seriously, who else would intentionally tune-in to that freak show?)
What's taking MSNBC so long
Submitted by Beukeboom on Thu, 02/10/2011 - 11:00am.
What's taking MSNBC so long to go ahead and hire Mike Malloy and Randi Rhodes to round out its hate-speech looney-tune left lineup?
Cenk - a must read for conservatives
Submitted by Agnostic on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 7:44pm.
It takes about 3 minutes on the internet to raise several questions about Cenk's ability to be impartial. Worked for a law firm with personal connections to President Obama and writes for Huffington Post such open minded pieces like, "The Six Degrees of Obama". I wasn't going to bother citing because this is a MSNBC personality but the article was just too funny if anyone wants to read it you really should for the laughs alone. But remember if you read it - this is an editorial by a professional journalist (so to speak) that represents how he sees reality.
The Nazi cast grows
Submitted by Agnostic on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 8:03pm.
Don't usually like to make fun of peoples names but - Colonel Cenk and Sergeant Shultz, that is just too funny.
Too high of a rank for Unimportant Uygar.
Submitted by Clutch1956 on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 9:11pm.
It's Corporal Cenk of the Commode Cleanin' Commandos, reportin' fer doo-ty!
I'm guessing Cenk Uygur has two blow up dolls
Submitted by Dave. on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 8:09pm.
They come two to a package, and their names are Obama and Osama.
I hope this fuzzy Turkish Muslim commie puke wears his lips out on them both, too.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Who the heck is this clown...
Submitted by BikerHoop on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 8:20pm.
and who the heck would give a kid a name like that?
Heck, I even tried to spell it backwards... it still didn't sound like a name to me. Guess I'm not gonna put a whole lotta stock in anything he has to say, either.
"who the heck would give a
Submitted by Beukeboom on Thu, 02/10/2011 - 10:54am.
"who the heck would give a kid a name like that?"
Momma Dink and Daddy Doink? They almost named him Dork but the vet...er...doctor told 'em the definition.
General Cenk
Submitted by markprice1983 on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 8:21pm.
Wasn't Cenk the leader of the Symbionese Liberation Army that ransomed Patty Hearst. I
"Cenk" he was.
Excuse me, did I miss
Submitted by DWoSD on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 8:29pm.
Excuse me, did I miss anything....I was out taking a Cenk.
Stop that!
Submitted by Clutch1956 on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 9:18pm.
Too much Cenking will make you go blind! And no, you can't do it just until you need glasses!
Did you have to . . .
Submitted by ConservaSerb on Thu, 02/10/2011 - 9:09am.
flush twice?
A wise & frugal government, which shall leave men free 2 regulate their own pursuits of industry & improvement, & shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government. T. Jefferson
Must've flushed twice...after
Submitted by Beukeboom on Thu, 02/10/2011 - 10:53am.
Must've flushed twice...after all, it's a long way to the MSNBC commisary.
That's a hoot
Submitted by Bob K on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 8:30pm.
"I also plan to beat them in the ratings and make them fear me."
I doubt anyone at FOX is losing sleep over this threat.
Like the old joke
Submitted by Clutch1956 on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 9:16pm.
of an ant having a opportunistic conjugal relationship with an elephant; the ant may think it is hot stuff putting it to the elephant, but the elephant doesn't have the slightest knowledge that anything is happening.
A casual brush of the tail would erase all traces that this little ant Uygar ever existed.
I gotta feeling...
Submitted by Rukus on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 8:39pm.
That FOX isn't really concerned about getting Cenked by a Yurk.
I wonder....
Submitted by theprofessor on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 9:18pm.
What hellish kind of crank they smoke over at MSNBC that makes them all so delusional when it comes to their self-worth.
Keep dreaming Libtard.
Submitted by rightwingchef on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 10:05pm.
What flavor Kool-Aide is this guy drinking ?eep
The Kitchen cenk
Submitted by Metsie62 on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 10:30pm.
Bring out the heavy artillery Fox News......here comes one of the cavemen from the Geiko commercials out to destroy you
Hey Cenk....ask Rick Sanchez how that's working out? I think he is living in crates of his unsold book on 3rd Ave...and working nights as an office cleaner at Comedy Central
Cenk and the young "burps" pound you cheap rhetoric during the afternoons at MSNBC where a loud microphone at a drive thru McDonalds gets a bigger audience
Ok, one more time...
Submitted by retrocon on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 11:28pm.
Cenk who?
I think....
Submitted by Ars21689 on Wed, 02/09/2011 - 11:56pm.
MSNBC's slogan should be: MSNBC- The place for delusion
This fella is a Turk right?
Submitted by ConservativeRex on Thu, 02/10/2011 - 1:07am.
This fella is a Turk right? You'd think he was the last person you'd expect to say anything about living in caves. While the Turks had a thriving civilization at one time, since the Ottoman Empires demise they've been heading back to the Stone Age. Now their arm and arm with the muslim brotherhood and we're expected to take Uygur seriously?
Hey Uygur, how many Armenians did your Great Grand Daddy slaughter? You've probably got a lot to answer for. A Turk on American television. Yeah CNN is an American enterprise....right.
Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum
Too bad for Uygur that a
Submitted by Cowboy on Thu, 02/10/2011 - 2:08am.
Too bad for Uygur that a "positive mental attitude" does not translate into either sanity or ratings.
gee cenk we have enough
Submitted by ElleZoe on Thu, 02/10/2011 - 9:16am.
gee cenk we have enough "progressive" voices out there already - why dont ya just deliver the news instead of attcking those who do
who?
Submitted by tinydancer on Thu, 02/10/2011 - 10:41am.
doesn't he mean the cave HE comes from.
what a neanderthal.
Not cave...rock.
Submitted by Beukeboom on Thu, 02/10/2011 - 10:52am.
Not cave...rock.
What has Cenk been
Submitted by Beukeboom on Thu, 02/10/2011 - 10:51am.
What has Cenk been smoking/taking/injecting?
Oh wait...I get it...he's trying out his pro wrestling schtick for when he no longer has a gig on MSNBC. Gotta work those indie dates. Doubt he's be over with the fans, though. Maybe make him the Great Khali's manager?
He'll be yanked in less than 6 months
Submitted by redright88 on Thu, 02/10/2011 - 1:21pm.
Back to his old job...selling Falafals and Fatoush salads from a cart