Cenk Uygur
@TheYoungTurks·6.5M subscribers·72.8K videos
What Drives the Clinton Team Crazy?
Posted
October 25, 2016
Views
69,609
Likes
1,500
Comments
276
Engagement
2.55%
October 25, 2016
69,609
1,500
276
2.55%
Every word spoken in this episode is indexed. Type any phrase to jump straight to the moment it was said.
Type any word or phrase that may have been spoken. Click a result to seek the player to that exact moment.
Try a name, a topic, or a quoted line
See what was published immediately before and after this episode.
10:36Now PlayingThe website Think Progress sometimes has good articles with accurate information. Other times they are subservient lapdogs of the Hillary Clinton campaign. Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, breaks it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
"One of the things that has become clear in the wake of Wikileaks dump of Podesta emails is that a lot of journalists have a very cozy—one could even say sycophantic— relationship with Democrats...
There’s more from Harwood but let’s not forget TVOne’s Roland Martin passing a question to CNN’s Donna Brazile who then passed it to Clinton’s team in advance.
There is one notable exception to this trend and his name is Jake Tapper. Back in May 2009, Think Progress (a site connected to the Center for American Progress) contacted Tapper about a story it was preparing. The story Think Progress wanted to tell was simple, in fact it literally had three simple steps:
- Step one: “Right-Wing Radio Gives Corporate Hedge Funds A Venue To Attack Obama”
- Step two: “Right-Wing Pressures White House Reporters To Take Up Its Attack”
- Step three: “ABC’s Jake Tapper Picks It Up, Drudge Promotes It”
The problem is that the author of the piece knew steps one and two had no connection to step three before the story was published. We know this because Wikileaks released an email in which Tapper responded to TP’s request for clarification of how he learned about the story and why he decided to cover it. And, surprise, it did not involve listening to the pleas of right-wing radio hosts.
But Think Progress went ahead and published the piece anyway under the headline “Right-Wing Radio Successfully Gets ABC’s Jake Tapper To Take Up Its Attack Against Obama.” Here is Tapper’s understandably outraged response…”*
Read more here
Hosts: Cenk Uygur
Cast: Cenk Uygur
***
The Largest Online News Show in the World. Hosted by Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian. LIVE STREAMING weekdays 68pm ET.
Young Turk (n), 1. Young progressive or insurgent member of an institution, movement, or political party. 2. Young person who rebels against authority or societal expectations. (American Heritage Dictionary)
Download audio and video of the full two hour show ondemand + the membersonly post game show by becoming a member at Your membership supports the day to day operations and is vital for our continued success and growth.
Get The Young Turks Mobile App Today!
Download the iOS version here
Download the Android version here
Sentinel Indexing in Progress
Metadata and chapters are available. Claim extraction for this episode is pending.
All video content is delivered via YouTube embedded players in accordance with the YouTube Terms of Service. Sentinel provides research tools that promote discovery and accountability across political media.
