TYT Brings Huge Ratings on MSNBC

[mystieus]

Run time: 04:31 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTbCLZ421NI   Posted on YouTube: July 09, 2010 By YouTube Member: TheYoungTurks Views on YouTube: 304   Posted on DU: July 10, 2010 By DU Member: mystieus Views on DU: 4153

 
Cenk describes the ratings success of his guest host appearance on Dylan Ratigan's program from July 6 and 7.

[MedfordTim]

1. Yay!

[stlsaxman]

2. Congratulations to all!

fuckin-a right!

[lob1]

3. Cenk did a good job. I'd like to see MSNBC give him

his own show.

[jgraz]

4. Scoreboard, baby!

Who's a moron now? :rofl:

[sabrina 1]

5. Good for Cenk! Congratulations, it's good to have intelligent

people on TV for a change ~

[Plucketeer]

6. When you're good - you're good!

:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo:

[WillyT]

7. Yeah Baby !!! - K & R !!!

:toast::woohoo::toast:

:kick:

[truthrocks]

8. YAY for Cenk!

:bounce:

[Francisco]

9. This is awesome!

Love the TYT shows on the internet even tho I couldn't watch him on MSNBC I'm happy he did well and I hope he gets his own show. Keep kickin ass Cenk!

[Tx4obama]

10. Tues Weds vs. Thurs Fri

Loved Cenk on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Was VERY disappointed that MSNBC had Smerconish fill in on Thursday and Friday ;(
I wish MSNBC would have given Cenk all four days this week!

[malaise]

11. K & R

He was great.

[20score]

12. Very cool!

[jillan]

13. I usually turn Dylan off - but when I saw it was Cenk, I watched and loved it.

He deserves his own show on cable.

[FirstTimeVoterAt37]

15. Same here

I never watch Dylan. Nothing against him, really, I just don't watch him.

Damn straight the TYT Army's behind ya, Cenk!

[Rhiannon12866]

Oops, double post. Having computer issues today...

Run time: 04:31 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTbCLZ421NI   Posted on YouTube: July 09, 2010 By YouTube Member: TheYoungTurks Views on YouTube: 304   Posted on DU: July 10, 2010 By DU Member: Rhiannon12866 Views on DU: 4153

 
And I guess that DU is, as well... :shrug:

[Rhiannon12866]

27. K&R! Same for me, too...

I never watch Dylan Ratigan, but tuned in just to see Cenk. And I was not disappointed, he was terrific! And I agree that he'd be great on MSNBC. :applause:

[Grassy Knoll]

14. Cenk, You were great.....

:toast: :kick: :yourock:

[CLANG]

16. AWESOME!

[ooglymoogly]

17. Was that a victory lap or what? May the Gods bless you

Cenk, you deserve it. You are proving truth really is power. You got all the support I got.

[tbyg52]

18. Fantastic! Looking forward to a regular show. nt

[pam4water]

19. I like what the TYT cover in there show but that clip was mostly masturbation. How about

instead of another on air 'personality' MSNBC highers some field reports and start producing some hard news -- not just your choice of who reads you the feed form the AP.

[CherylK]

20. I love that he thanked the viewers!

:applause:

[libodem]

21. Woo Hoo

:woohoo:

[slay]

22. He was great

hope he's next to get a show.

[Ramulux]

23. Were coming for ya!

I think this could be a real turning point for TYT. I dont know if many of you know this, but most of the time when hosts have guest-hosts their ratings go down. I dont think MSNBC is going to be able to deny that Cenk has the power to draw huge audiences and this is going to result in many more appearances.

I would personally love to see Cenk on Countdown, Hardball and Rachel Maddow much more than the same 4 dudes they seem to recycle over and over.

Its only been two days and hes already a guest on some other show on MSNBC hes never been on.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x483295

[90-percent]

29. Craig Crawford

He's a former recycled dude on Keith. He bailed on doing the show any more. I don't know why? Craig also co-wrote Helen Thomas most recent book.

-90% Jimmy

[liquid diamond]

24. Congrats Cenk. I wish you guys even more luck. Maybe you'll

get the show you deserve on MSNBC.

[Enthusiast]

25. Ya done good, Cenk!

I hope you get more air-time, even your own show.

[Turborama]

26. K&R Anyone got the actual stats?

BTW I saw Palin on O'Lielly's show earlier and she totally tripped over the Ronald Reagan amnesty mine, it was hilarious!

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

28. Give Cenk Joedeadintern's timeslot

he'd turn Scabby's abysmal ratings into gold

[Dinger]

30. Works For Me:)

:thumbsup:

[spicegal]

31. I really like Cenk, and would love to see him given more air time.

It's kind of interesting that he a former right winger who finally saw the light.

[Joanne98]

32. YAY

[pleah]

33. K&R

:thumbsup:

[theFrankFactor]

34. TYT Brings Huge Ratings-People responding to a new political philosophy-Progressivism/Liberalsim

Cenk describes the ratings success of his guest host appearance on Dylan Ratigan's program from July 6 and 7.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTbCLZ421NI

Somehow Cenk's devoted efforts to promote actual Progressivism (which I embrace with hopeful aggression) are not being met with the rejection some would have us believe it deserves.

This dismal, lame-ass, slovenly SHIT that is supposed to be accepted as "Liberal", peddled 24/7 both here and in the media, may just turn out to be, not a "sensible", "centrist" philosophy but rather the product of weak political minds that welcome the propaganda served by corporate ad men who offer "Liberal" teases and crumbs as magnificent "change".

What remains to be seen is just how far Cenk will be allowed to stray from the village if in fact Comcast/NBC gives him a spot. There is one and only one mission in corporate media, a mission determined by the very nature of the corporate dicta - MAKE MONEY -.

I hope it becomes profitable to be sober, intelligent, skeptical and Progressive!

[fascisthunter]

35. Cenk, you are our vehicle

and you are proff we can be heard and that millions want to here more from you and our voices.

[Hamlette]

36. what were his ratings?

media bistro doesn't do 4 pm

[jgraz]

39. Even better, what were his ratings compared to Smerconish?

Smerc hosted Thursday and Friday. My guess is there was a significant dropoff in viewers.

[raouldukelives]

37. K&R! nt

[girl_interrupted]

38. K&R

[Kajsa]

40. Congratulations!

MSNBC execs,

Are you paying attention?

K&R

[jefferson_dem]

41. Meh...

I won't watch either Ratigan or Cenk as they are both blustery blowhards, in my opinion.

Did Cenk trot out his "Who is More Conservative: Ronald Reagan or Barack Obama?" clownshow? :dunce:

[ihavenobias]

42. Translation

I won't watch either Ratigan or Cenk as they both forcefully advocate views that differ from my own...sometimes. In my book that makes them 'blustery blowhards".

[jefferson_dem]

43. Not really.

I routinely watch/read those who hold political opinions different than my own. I appreciate the intellectual challenge.

My problem with Cenk and Ratigan is based as much on their substance as their style. Being "forceful" is one thing. Being regularly wrong (imo) and boorish is another. I don't watch Glenn Beck either, by the way.

[ihavenobias]

44. That's where credibility goes down the toilet

When you compare the crying, barking, pouring fake gasoline on guests and saying Obama is lighting us on fire Glenn Beck to Ratigan and Cenk. If the hosts are different sides of the same coin in your mind, that says all anyone needs to know.

PS---Lou Dobbs, the right wing NewsBusters, Free Republic and other such message boards all recently bashed Cenk and Ratigan as regularly wrong and boorish. Maybe you guys can all grab a beer!

;)

[jefferson_dem]

46. I didn't make a specific link between Cenk and Beck.

But i DID just watch the segment of Cenk's discussion on MSNBC about Obama versus Reagan. Good Lord. His presentation was a total cringe-worthy embarrassment -- even worse than I imagined. The guy cherry picks a tiny handful of half-baked random criteria on which to compare these two presidents and then makes "enormous" inferential leaps, with absolutely no substantiation.

For example, he tries to suggest Reagan was not a "fiscal conservative" because deficits went up. Um...he conveniently neglects to mention the bedrock of conservatism and Regan's signature domestic policy "achievement" - his tax cuts on the marginal rates for the most wealthy. Those same taxes will increase under Obama's administration. Cenk talks about amnesty for illegal immigrants under Reagan. He does know that Obama adamantly supports a "path to citizenship", right? I feel ridiculous having to state the utterly obvious, which Cenk either isn't aware of or totally ignores (I suspect the latter).

Sorry, I cannot take Cenk's shtick any more seriously than I can Beck's wild-eyed charge that Obama is a ... socialist because he has installed "czars" within the government. -- Idiocy on either extreme.

[ihavenobias]

48. It was a tight TV segment

Hosting TYT with less restrictions (time, etc.) he goes into detail on a regular basis on how Reagan blew up the debt with crazy defense spending and massive tax cuts for the rich.

You got too caught up on the people, the segment was about the much larger and important point that the political spectrum has moved so far to the right since Reagan and in some respects Reagan would be a radical liberal on some key issues (amnesty?) and be run out of the Republican party were he to run today. And Obama would be considered a right wing conservative on some key issues had he run back in the 80's. Yet nutjobs call him a socialist/communist/marxist, partly because they have no historical context of the political spectrum.

And Fox News and right wing talk radio make the absurd claim that the government has moved to the left which has no factual basis.

[jefferson_dem]

49. Points well taken.

Obama is no hard-core liberal, in the traditional sense. True. If Cenk has served to dispel some of that foolery, fine. I just wish he would do it without all the hyperbole.

[rhett o rick]

51. I disagree. It is about time we hear some hyperbole from our side. nm

[obxhead]

52. Obama adamantly supported a PO before he abandoned it

gaining nothing in return.

I'll believe Obama truly cares about immigration reform and a path to citizenship when he actually works on the issue, not just campaigns on it.

[ShamelessHussy]

45. lol

you shouldn't watch cable teeVee then, as they are all 'blowhards' these days (past decade or so)... but at least those 2 are ours ;)

[jefferson_dem]

47. I agree and rarely do.

But these two are not "ours".

Maddow...we can probably agree on. :)

[saracat]

50. Congrats to Cenk! He rocks! He is fearless!

[DeSwiss]

53. You Kick Ass Cenk!!!!

K&R!!!