My fellow citizens:
MSNBC is looking for a new host for its 10PM timeslot. I hereby announce my
candidacy for this coveted position. I’m calling our new effort “Voices for Cenk.”
This page is where you can make your voice heard, and help us get The Young Turk
sensibility to even more folks.
"Hollywood Elsewhere strongly endorses the notion of Cenk Uygur, the liberal, blunt-spoken, sometimes combative host of Young Turks, being given the up-for-grabs 10 pm slot on MSNBC. .
The guy is in the same general bright-nervy-mouthy ballpark as Chris Matthews, only younger. (No offense but I don't know the other big candidate, Air America's Sam Seder.) MSNBC needs a young smart-ass GenXer on the team. "
Hollywood-Elsewhere This Turk for Hire.
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"There are two main places I get my news: Keith Olbermann and The Young Turks.
The Young Turks don't just have smart analysis of the news - they are
entertaining at the same time.
You learn, you chuckle, it's a great time. I highly recommend you consider them
for your 10 PM slot."
Adam Green, former Director of Strategic Campaigns for MoveOn.org
Co-Founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee
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"(The Young Turks are) changing the face of radio."
Harry Reid, Senate Majority Leader
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"MSNBC isn't ready for primetime until they add The Young Turks at 10 pm.
Matthews, Keith, Rachel, Cenk. That's a line-up I can believe in."
Jim Gilliam, White House 2 / Brave New Films
Producer of Outfoxed: Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism
Producer of Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price
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"The role and impact of new media on the electoral process grows every year.
The Young Turks get it. Their live webcast reaches and engages people where they
live and work.
It has become a part of the nationalconversation on the air and over the
Internet."
General Wesley Clark
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"Cenk Uygur is a rare voice in media--informative, entertaining, engaging,
funny, original and
compulsively listenable.I can't think of a better personality to bring to MSNBC.
I would watch the
show every night. And the trio of Olbermann, Maddow and Uygur would be
unbeatable. FOX, look out."
Stephanie Taylor, Co-Founder of the Progressive Change Campaign Committee
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"Day in and day out, one of the consistently most outstanding media shows there
is –
and that includes all kinds of media, new, old and everything in between. The
Young Turks are smart,
entertaining, and informative all at the same time: they tell it like it is."
Mike Lux, Clinton White House and Obama Transition Official, Co-Founder OpenLeft.com
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"Cenk would give MSNBC viewers complete fulfillment. You'll laugh, you'll think,
you'll cry, and you'll
keep coming back for more."
Faiz Shakir, Editor, ThinkProgress.org
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"Cenk Uygur might have a funny name, but he has proven himself to be a serious
on-air personality. The Young Turks
has earned the respect of the Netroots and the Washington establishment. That is
a feat rarely done
and a testament to the talent and professionalism of Cenk and his team. MSNBC
would be hiring
yet another rock star and complete the most solid prime time news show lineup
ever seen on cable television."
Lane Hudson, Founder, News for the Left
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"The Young Turks has consistently been on the cutting edge of progressive media
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both online and offline, and Cenk's combination of humor, honesty and analysis
brings
an angle to the news that is rarely seen in today's traditional media."
Adam Lambert, Contributing Editor at BlueJersey.com
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Other Endorsers:
Josh Nelson, Editor, The Seminal
Jane Hamsher, Fire Dog Lake
ZP Heller, Editorial Director, Brave New Films
Richard A. Smith, VetVoice
Matt Glazer, Editor-In-Chief, Burnt Orange Report
