Cenk Uygur

They're not pro-corruption. But the Republican politicians are, so it gets framed as a right-wing issue, right? So if you think that the corporate media is too populist, you just don't get it. They aren't. They hate populism. So now when you turn to tech— So tech's a complicated one because, yeah, people write the code.

If they're left-wingers, they're going to have certain assumptions, and they might write that into the codes or the rules. And so... But they're also, generally speaking, wealthy. They're usually white. They're usually male. And those biases also go in. And there's a lot of people on the left who object to that bias, right?

Okay, but that's a fair and interesting conversation and one we have to be careful of and one we could hopefully find a middle ground on. But that's not the major problem. The major reason why big tech gets attacked is because they are competitors of who? Social media competes with mainstream media.

So mainstream media has been attacking big tech from day one, pretending that they're really concerned. Yeah, they're really concerned because... that's their competition and they're getting their ass handed to them. So I did a story on the young Turks about CNN article about all the dangers of social media. I'm like, guys, this is written by their advertising department. Okay.

And the advert and they, in fact, they go to the advertisers and they find a rando video on YouTube or Facebook right out of billions of videos. And they're like, Look at your ad is on this video. Do you denounce and reject every big tech company and every member of social media? And the advertiser is like, shit. Yeah, I do. Right. Meanwhile, they're doing milf Island on TV. Okay.

I didn't know that. Okay. There's literally a show that came out recently where it's moms and their sons and they fuck each other. Oh, wow. Okay. They don't, they don't have sex with their mom. They have sex with a different mom or they date, but then the show is all, then they go off into a corner, et cetera. Right.

I'm like, you're doing this kind of like the worst degrading, ridiculous, immoral programming. And then you found a video on YouTube that has a problem. Get the fuck out of here. You're just trying to kneecap your competition.

Yeah, so about a year ago, I'm looking at the polling. And first of all, I have eyes, right, and ears. So whenever I see Biden, I'm like, this is a disaster. And then I go and talk to real people. And when I say real people, I mean not in politics. That's not their job, right? Because people involved in politics or media have...

a certain perspective, and it's colored by all of the exchanges in mainstream media, social media, et cetera. Real people aren't on Twitter having political fights. They're not watching CNN religiously, et cetera. Whenever I was at a barbecue, you guys all Democrats in some barbecues? Yeah. What do you guys think of Joe Biden? Like almost in unison, too old. Every real person said too old.

So I look at what real people are saying. That's why I thought Trump was going to win in 2016. I go in the middle of Ohio. I can't see a Hillary Clinton sign for hundreds of miles, right? There's Trump paraphernalia everywhere, right? So that's not end all be all. You could say it's anecdotal, but you begin to collect data points, right? But then the real data points are in polling. Okay.

So now I'm looking at Biden polling. He's in the 30s. No incumbent in the 30s has ever come back to win. So I'm like, it's already over. Then all of a sudden, oh my God, Trump takes the lead with Latinos. It's double over. Later in the process, Trump took the lead with young voters. I'm like, this is the most over election in history. A Democrat cannot win if they're not winning young voters.

That's impossible. Trump's cutting into his lead with black voters. This thing is over, right? And I go tell people and they're like, you're crazy. Why do they think I'm crazy? Because MSNBC is lying to them 24-7, telling them that Joe Biden created sliced bread and the wheel and fire. And my favorite talking point was, he's a dynamo behind the scenes. I'm like, okay, let me get this right.

It's like an SNL skit, right? I'm like, so behind the scenes, it's like, all right, Sally, get me the memo on that. And we're okay. We're going to do this. And I'm in command of the material. Then he goes in front of the cameras. Anyways, why would any politician do that? Why would they be terrible in front of the camera and great off camera? It doesn't make any sense.

But once you get people enough propaganda, And MSNBC created Blue MAGA, right? They'll believe anything. So they believe that Biden was dynamic and young and that he was the best possible candidate to beat Donald Trump. When in reality, he was about the only Democrat who couldn't beat Donald Trump. So number one, I don't co-sign on a bullshit. I don't care which side you're on.

Number two, as you heard earlier, I can't have Trump winning. It endangers the country. It endangers our constitution, et cetera. So I'm gonna do something about it. And so I start something called Operation Hope on the Young Turks. And we ask the audience, what should we do, right? So there's different projects in Operation Hope.

But the first project that pops up is knock Biden out of the race, okay? And so then I ask our paying members on TYT, I say, guys, you're going to vote, and then I'm going to do what you tell me to do. If you say, no, I like Biden, or I think Biden's the best candidate, or even if he isn't, we're not going to be able to win on this, so don't do it, right? Should I enter the primary against Biden?

Okay. 76-24, go. Enter, all right? I'm a populist. You tell me to go. You're my paying members. You're my boss. I'm going to go. Okay. So I enter the primary. Now I'm not born in the country. So people are going to freak out about that. I'm a talk show host. Like the establishment media despises me. Right. So I'm not going to get any airtime. In fact, we consider hiring the top.

booking agent in New York. We talked to him and he says, well, you know, I'm actually in New York this week. And he says, I'm going to go talk to those guys and I'll come, I'll come back to you. And he was really decent because normally, you know, he charges a lot. just take the money, right? And go, oh yeah, yeah, I'll get you on. But he was a wonderful guy.

He said, I talked to them, you're banned. So don't, don't do it. Like you're not, you're banned at CNN, you're banned at MSNBC. And I think you're banned on Fox news, but I'm not sure. Okay. So, so long odds, why do you do it? Because if you think we're going to crash into the iceberg, you might as well bum rush the captain's course, right? I'm lunging at the wheel. So what difference can I make?

Well, I can make a difference by going on every show on planet earth and going, he's too old. He's in the thirties. He has no chance of winning. No chance of winning. I go on Charlemagne show breakfast club, right? Charlemagne agrees. All of a sudden we're having buzz and then people go, oh, Charlemagne said he has no chance of winning. Then Charlamagne's on The Daily Show, talks to Jon Stewart.