As for the trashy stories... well, a lot of TYT viewers stumbled upon TYT because they are gossip hounds or interested in some of the more sleazy stories... This was the way I found TYT... there was some scandal going on and I saw Cenk & Ana's take on it and I thought it was funny.
Then about a week later I stumbed upon Cenk and Ana doing another sleazy current events scandal. By this time they were familiar to me. At this point I started watching other TYT videos (the political ones) and then I became a devoted everyday listener.
So, I would say these sleazy stories are going to attract more viewers than they thwart.
I mean, who doesn't like a little sleaze once in a while? It's not like we're the Christian Right or anything.
