Journalism Quotes by Cenk Uygur

10 Journalism quotes by Cenk Uygur

Uygur brings a progressive lens to ten brief statements on the press, emphasizing accountability and the power of investigative reporting in shaping policy.

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The right-wing wants to destroy all the media and replace it with their propaganda.

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When you lose power, then all of a sudden, the press are lions. When you have power, the press are lambs.

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The American media is delivering nothing but fakeness.

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I hire a lot of hosts, reporters, producers, and I hire people who care about the news.

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I don't really trust politicians, and our job is to call them out. It's old-school journalism.

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Cable news, by its very nature, by its formula, is very guest-heavy.

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It is inconceivable that CNN's morning show or any other show could be anything but horribly boring. Why? Because they won't let…

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I think defeating Fox - and more importantly, getting the rest of the media to understand they do not do legitimate news…

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You think that the CNN hosts can aggressively challenge government officials? I don't think so. It doesn't look that way at all.…

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When's the last time CNN broke an important story or really made the government angry? I literally can't remember. That's because they're…

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Obama spent the first two years of his administration practicing political unilateral disarmament.

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She's going to do what her donors want. That's who Nancy Pelosi is. Not remotely progressive.

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The right wing has an ecosystem that is funded by billionaires who want tax cuts.

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There are a lot of things wrong with the country, and that doesn't mean America sucks. It means we should improve it.

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The Democratic Party takes huge amounts of cash from corporations and unions to vote a certain way.

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Quietly, President Obama has done warrantless wire tapping. And it was hardly covered. I don't know if any of the mainstream press bothered to…

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You can't get any more patriotic than dying for the country.

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TV has made everyone so vanilla it's nearly impossible to tell one anchor apart from another.

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I don't really trust politicians, and our job is to call them out. It's old-school journalism.

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There is no greater threat to Washington, D.C., than Bernie Sanders, and they know it.

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It is fascinating. No matter where I go, people recognize me.

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When I was at MSNBC, I had issues with the Obama administration. I got told by the person who runs MSNBC... that Washington was…

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I want to interview Alec Baldwin.

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The withdrawal that Congress is debating now will only effect whether we leave somewhat gracefully or in complete panic and humiliation. Sistani has already…

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