Who is cenk on msnbc

Follow Us. Terms Privacy Policy. Jack Mirkinson. Suggest a correction. What's Hot. More In Media. That success lead him to appear as a commentator on numerous mainstream news programs, with Uygur eventually taking over the hosting of MSNBC Live. There he was told that he would no longer be hosting Live, and instead would be given a new contract that involved hosting a weekend show.

That would have be considered a demotion, even though Uygur was reportedly offered double the paycheck, according to his report on YouTube. We did have numerous conversations with Cenk about his style, not substance. So, well, Cenk Uygur is joining us himself from Los Angeles to speak for himself. You know, I was going along doing a program. You know, they did have, early on, some stylistic comments.

And, you know, taking those points is no problem at all. And then, if they like it, they like it. So I figured if I delivered good ratings, that that would probably do the job.

Donahue was the lone journalist daring to publicly oppose the war at its onset. It was—it was unpopular. This is what you get with corporate media. Do you think Al Sharpton would take a very different political line than you would? Take the money. It was unbelievable.

But the similarity is that it is corporate media, right? I think President Obama is clearly, you know, a Republican. Uygur turned it down saying he didn't want to work for a network that didn't "challenge power.

Sound familiar? Politico's Patrick Gavin notes Uygur sounds like he is applying for a post at Current For their part MSNBC tells the NYT the "people in Washington" were producers who were finding it hard to book guests because of Uygur's "aggressive body language and overall demeanor" and were advising him on how he might improve. Uygur will be replaced by Al Sharpton.

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