Socialist Radio Host: Fox News Responsible For The “Unpardonable Error” Of Not Calling The Election For Al Gore In 2000

October 23rd, 2009 (17) Posted By Erik Wong.

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NewsBusters:

Cenk Uygur of the leftist “Young Turks” radio show wrote up a funny list of “three categories of media” for the Daily Kos, putting Fox News in the category “partisan press” with Mother Jones and National Review magazines, but putting ABC, CNN, the New York Times, and the MSNBC “News Programs” on a list called “Straight News.”

He also suggested they’re about as much a news organization as…Air America radio.

In a Monday blog post insisting the White House is “100% Right” to suggest Fox isn’t a real news network, Uygur insisted “The Obama White House has taken on Fox News channel in an effort to point out they are not a legitimate news network. This is very important because out of all the outlets mentioned above, they are the only ones being dishonest about what category they are in.” Here’s the list:

Opinion Outlets

– Keith Olbermann

– Bill O’Reilly

– The Young Turks

– Wall Street Journal Editorial Side

Partisan Press (Ideologically Driven Press)

– The Nation

– Fox News Channel

– National Review

– Mother Jones

– Drudge Report

Straight News

– CNN

– ABC News

– MSNBC News Programs

– New York Times

– Wall Street Journal (Non-Editorial)

Uygur went so far as to insist Fox News was more akin to Air America than CNN, and that they were responsible for the “unpardonable error” of not calling the election for Al Gore in 2000:

The problem is when partisan press gets confused for straight, unbiased news. The perfect example of this is when Fox News called the 2000 election for George W. Bush first – and every other news network followed like sheep. The person in charge of calling the 2000 election at Fox News was the cousin of George W. Bush. That is not some hyperbole. It was literally Bush’s cousin.

Would the other networks have panicked and called the election for Gore because Air America said he won? Would they have followed the lead of The Young Turks in calling the election for Gore if we had hired Gore’s uncle to tabulate the votes for us? It’s ridiculous and unthinkable, right (especially so, since Air America and The Young Turks weren’t around yet at the time of that election; but you get my point — there’s no way they would consider that legitimate, but yet they considered Fox’s call perfectly legitimate)?

So, why did they commit this unpardonable error in the 2000 election when Fox News was involved? Because Fox has purposely sold itself as straight news when they know that they are nothing of the sort – specifically to be able to influence the rest of the press in this way. And the rest of the media bought it.

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  • http://HBCIndy.com Dr. Jerry

    Stupid is as stupid does! And this dude is stupid with a captial S.

  • Smokey Behr

    Since he writes for the Daily Kos, we already know where he lies on the political spectrum, so of course he’s going to call FNC “opinionated.” MSNBC’s news programs are just as biased to the Left as the rest of their news organization.

  • nick

    GO BACK TO TURKEY!!!

  • Independent

    Jared Taylor went toe to toe with this punk and had him so frustrated he ended up cussing Taylor out and then proceeded to hang up on him.

    Real class act. Not

  • Professor Bill

    What a dolt.

  • Lock and Load

    When are the lib/commie whackos like this chump going to get over the 2000 election :!: :roll: What a bunch of damn crybabies :cry: :cry: That election was investigated by all the naysayers, and sweet dick all was found by any, and the lack of evidence was duly reported on page 50, if at all.
    As for his “list”, the “straight” news list is more like the straight jacket news :!: :roll: I am so sick and tired of these lunatics who are so far left that they have completely lost sight of reality, trying to tell us who we are and how “partisan” we are… :evil: :evil: :???:

    • cold soldier

      I keep asserting that they continue to cry about an election 9 years ago, with far less contoversy, as far as I’m concerned, than armed black panthers outside of polls, and a criminal organization falsely registering lord knows how many ficticous people.
      Had it been the republicans doing anything close to that to democrats, the matter would still be in court.

  • Spudman in GA

    You know, he should call Al Gore out. Al Gore was the one that called GW on the eve of the election night and conceded.

    Many people either forget this little fact or white-wash it over with remarks like “the election was so important it is OK to go back on your word.”

    What? A man is not a man if his word means nothing. Al Gore conceded. Then his cronies told him to go back on his word.

    What event is so important that makes your ‘word’ meaningless? You give your word at the alter when married. You give your word when you swear to uphold the constitution when being sworn in as a member of the armed forces. Where is the line?

  • Bobby E

    Get over it, shithead. Gore LOST and you know it. If anyone attempted to steal that election it was Democrats. Now you’ve succeeded in stealing the last one, but you’re going to pay a heavy price for it. The less you open your mouth, the more likely you are to survive what is to come.

  • mike k

    This guy gets a regular beat-down on the USA Today/AOL hotseat poll. He’ll post a post a question that is obviously born of a leftist mindset, and the result NEVER ends in his favor.

    http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/10/14/hot-seat-bushs-wars/

  • copperpeony

    ABC, CNN, the New York Times, and the MSNBC “News Programs” on a list called “Straight News.”

    That says it all. Yup yup, a stupid cockroach paid extra bucks by the DNC for every word he conjures up..

  • http://alcove-one.blogspot.com/ Rob

    Young Schmucks

  • puck30

    First off it should be called ‘Young Turk’ because his partner (Ben Mankiewicz) bailed on him. Then Air America Radio fired him. Now he does his show on Youtube (today’s public acess channel) along with one over the air radio station. KFH (1330 AM/98.7 FM) in Wichita, Kansas (not exactly a top ten market).

    Let’s call this for what it is. ‘Cenk Uygur, Whining Bitch’.

  • ODIN2012

    Hey young turd…Opps I mean turk :lol: … You really need to get laid and this time not by your mother. :shock:

    • puck30

      LMAO! :lol:

  • GRIZZ

    nobody sez what?

  • GretchenRPH

    anyone who thinks Cenk is a leftist doesn’t listen to his show.  He used to be a Republican.  He criticizes Obama all the time, along with people on the right he disagrees with.  You can dismiss Cenk Uygur if you disagree with him, but calling him a leftist just reveals you have nothing beyond a copy-paste quote and no real knowledge of the man on which to base a judgement.