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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’''. Over recent years, he’s faced increasing pressure to address his past claims that the Armenian genocide didn’t actually happen.

Former MSNBC anchor Cenk Uygur is the co-founder and main host of the left-leaning online media outlet ''‘The Young Turks’''. Despite good ratings while Uygur hosted ''MSNBC Live'', he was not offered a contract to keep presenting the show. <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>Over recent years, he’s faced increasing pressure to address his past claims that the Armenian genocide didn’t actually happen.