Is the Young Turks the most balanced show in america no the world | 26 comments (26 topical, 0 hidden)
I agree, it's about context (none / 0)
but also, what is balance? Around what centre do you have to measure balance. Because from a European perspective (or at least my perspective) you might find that Cenk is quite right wing. As far as news-facts go they seem to be on the level, there is no 'slant' (lying) in their reporting of facts, offc they play up certain polls, but they do not remain silent about ones that are less favorable) and they try to give background about who does and how a poll was done.

But that is on the facts side of the show, on the opinion side they are quite rightwing from my perspective, (remember here liberals are rightwing, but there is a lot less of a divide between the two sides here). Cenk seems  to have a naive view of the virtues of capitalism (I think he means free market capitalism in a liberal democraty by that, but it's telling that he doesn't seem to grasp the peculiarity of that kind of Capitalism), leftier ppl like me are a bit more sceptic about free market and see it as the role of the state of weaker actors in such a system.  This is because capitalist systems seem to favor those with a lot of capital,  not those that actually make that capital work. So all in all, the answers in this poll are very subjective.

by Nangijala on 11/08/2009 06:41:23 AM EST

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I agree (none / 0)
with you for the most part that from a Eurpean perspective some of Cenk's positions are quite to the right of the political spectrum. Cenk is mostly socially liberal which does not necessarily correlate with any particular economic postition in Europe and Cenk would find a home with many of the liberal European parties (that would be Republicans if transplanted into America). But liberal in the American sense does not translate into liberalism in Europe. European liberalism is vectorially libertarianism in America, while American liberalism is to the right - but in that direction - of European social(istic), green and progressive parties.

In other words: America is so far to the right, that most of the right wing extremists in Europe (many of which priding themselves with Nazi heritage and values) would be easily accepted by most mainstream Republicans but would be decried as too liberal by the teabaggers.

by eborujion on 11/08/2009 08:17:31 AM EST

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Cenk is a self-confessed conservative ... (none / 0)
... in some regards. Not surprising given his academic and familial background, not to mention that he was raised in the US.

He is also an amazingly effective conduit of information and ideas. It's fortunate that his stamina is used largely for good.

(And I nominate "vectorially" as the most impressive use of vocabulary on this thread. Seriously.)

by Landbeyond on 11/09/2009 03:27:32 AM EST

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Is the Young Turks the most balanced show in america no the world | 26 comments (26 topical, 0 hidden)