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| − | Former MSNBC anchor Cenk Uygur is the co-founder and main host of the left-leaning online media outlet ''‘The Young Turks’'', that according to him is the ''“biggest online news show in the world”''.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/media-network/2016/apr/01/cenk-uygur-the-young-turks-bernie-sanders-political-revolution-we-are-the-media-revolution Cenk Uygur: 'Bernie Sanders is the political revolution, we are the media revolution']</ref> | + | Former [[MSNBC]] anchor Cenk Uygur is the co-founder and main host of the left-leaning online media outlet ''‘The Young Turks’'', that according to him is the ''“biggest online news show in the world”''.<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/media-network/2016/apr/01/cenk-uygur-the-young-turks-bernie-sanders-political-revolution-we-are-the-media-revolution Cenk Uygur: 'Bernie Sanders is the political revolution, we are the media revolution']</ref> |
Despite good ratings while Uygur hosted ''MSNBC Live'' for six months, he was not offered a permanent role. <ref>"Despite a significant increase in ratings while Uygur hosted MSNBC Live, he was not offered a continued prime-time hosting role." Making the News Popular: Mobilizing U.S. News Audiences, Anthony Nadler, University of Illinois Press, 2016</ref>According to his version of events, his departure from the network was because MSNBC management considered him too combative towards ''"those in power"'' and wanted him to ''"tone it down"''.<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/cenk-uygur-msnbc-leaving_n_905415.html?section=australia Cenk Uygur On Leaving MSNBC]</ref> | Despite good ratings while Uygur hosted ''MSNBC Live'' for six months, he was not offered a permanent role. <ref>"Despite a significant increase in ratings while Uygur hosted MSNBC Live, he was not offered a continued prime-time hosting role." Making the News Popular: Mobilizing U.S. News Audiences, Anthony Nadler, University of Illinois Press, 2016</ref>According to his version of events, his departure from the network was because MSNBC management considered him too combative towards ''"those in power"'' and wanted him to ''"tone it down"''.<ref>[http://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/cenk-uygur-msnbc-leaving_n_905415.html?section=australia Cenk Uygur On Leaving MSNBC]</ref> | ||
Revision as of 03:10, September 2, 2016
Former MSNBC anchor Cenk Uygur is the co-founder and main host of the left-leaning online media outlet ‘The Young Turks’, that according to him is the “biggest online news show in the world”.[1]
Despite good ratings while Uygur hosted MSNBC Live for six months, he was not offered a permanent role. [2]According to his version of events, his departure from the network was because MSNBC management considered him too combative towards "those in power" and wanted him to "tone it down".[3]
Over recent years, he’s faced increasing pressure to address his past claims that the Armenian genocide didn’t actually happen.
References
- ↑ Cenk Uygur: 'Bernie Sanders is the political revolution, we are the media revolution'
- ↑ "Despite a significant increase in ratings while Uygur hosted MSNBC Live, he was not offered a continued prime-time hosting role." Making the News Popular: Mobilizing U.S. News Audiences, Anthony Nadler, University of Illinois Press, 2016
- ↑ Cenk Uygur On Leaving MSNBC