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Viewing both the Democrats and Republicans as jointly-owned subsidiaries of those same multinational corporations, Cenk is frustrated with the continued capitulation of the Democrats, essentially viewing them as [[Dirty Coward|Dirty Cowards]], but he gives credit where it's due, particularly towards Alan Grayson, Russ Feingold, Anthony Wiener and [[Bill Clinton]], though he holds Clinton accountable for contributing to the economic recession and allowing corporate control of the media. His view on the Republicans is [[Always Chaotic Evil|even harsher]], but he still has a soft spot for old-school Republicans like Alan Simpson, who're dead-wrong on the policies, but right on the issues. Cenk believes that the mainstream media deliberately leads to an unwillingness to genuinely and forcefully challenge orthodox political positions and conventional wisdom. He has also argued that modern American political journalism fails to meet its obligation of reporting on the news in an objective manner, preferring a neutral approach to news stories, so as not to be accused of taking sides—even when there's already a clear distinction between fact and fiction.
To say that he disliked [[George W. Bush]]'s administration would be a '''massive''' understatement; he likens Bush as a [[Tyrant Takes the Helm]] type, with Vice President Cheney as the [[Man Behind the Man]]. Although initially positive of [[Barack Obama]], Cenk quickly took an increasingly critical attitude towards Obama's policies, repeatedly stating that Obama's administration is too concerned with conceding to the right on nearly every issue. Increasingly concerned that Obama's policies and initiatives were shifting further to the right, Cenk views that the President makes unnecessary and preemptive tangible and ideological concessions to his opponents. On October 21, 2010, Cenk became an official contributor and substitute anchor to MSNBC, filling in for Dylan Ratigan and Ed Schultz, among others. On January 21 of the following year, Cenk hosted his own segment on the 6 p.m. Eastern slot for MSNBC, after [[Keith Olbermann]] parted ways with the network. He earned ''immense'' ratings, enough that MSNBC beat CNN ''and'' [[Fox News]] by June, but his contract with MSNBC ended after he turned down an offer that involved more money, but less prominence. According to Cenk, the head of MSNBC told him "people in Washington were concerned about your tone".
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=== Tropes related to Cenk Uygur include: ===
* [[Always Chaotic Evil]]: His view of Republicans as a whole, with varying degrees of "chaotic" and "evil".
* [[Big Good]]: This is what fans of TYT actually view about ''Cenk himself''. That has some credence, actually, since he's the founder, host and CEO of ''[[The Young Turks]]''. In addition, he apparently spearheads, if not founded Wolf-Pac.
** He painted Obama in this light during the 2008 election, but [[Head
** In addition, he views [[Franklin Roosevelt]] and [[Bill Clinton]] in this light during their presidencies, but he's quick to [[What the Hell, Hero?|call them out for their bad decisions]] (internment of Japanese-Americans for Roosevelt; deregulating the markets, allowing corporate control of the media and signing the [
* [[Broken Pedestal]]: [[MSNBC]] after the mentioned [[Wham! Line]] by its President to him.
* [[Cassandra Truth]]: During a show on Current TV, Cenk had Ben, Jennifer Granholm, Michael Shure and Brian Unger discussing about a Republican debate. Halfway through, Cenk was the only one that predicted Obama would "buckle" on the Keystone Pipeline issue. The others didn't think Obama would do so. A day later, Obama backpedaled on a veto threat regarding the Keystone Pipeline.
* [[Catch Phrase]]: ''So many''.
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** This is exemplified by the duel for the 2012 Republican nomination. The presumptive frontrunner is Mitt Romney; the rest of the candidates style themselves as the "anti-Romney", with Rick Perry, Newt Gingrich, and Rick Santorum as his most notable opponents.
* [[Mr. Fanservice]]
* [[Full
* [[General Failure]]: His view of Don Rumsfeld as Defense Secretary.
* [[Girl
* [[Gratuitous Foreign Language]]: TYT pokes good-natured fun at all languages in general, though Cenk seems to be particularly fascinated with [[Gratuitous German|German]] words.
** Exhibit A: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFQcnN1le-8 Kartoffelsalat!]
* [[Hot
* [[Implacable Man]]: As [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl_gW0i1NUU&list=UUPahzXZvF8f5bRJ5TNvZS8w&index=1&feature=plcp this arm-wrestling match shows].
* [[Large Ham]]
* [[Morally
* [[No Pronunciation Guide]]: His first name is pronounced with a J (Jenk). "C" sounds like "J" in Turkish.
* [[Not So Different]]: [[Ronald Reagan]] (claimed to have) left the Democrats for the same reasons Cenk left the Republicans - the parties left ''them''.
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* [[The Rival]]: There are several for Cenk: in politics, one of his favorite guests is Ron Paul, despite their polarized political views. On the internet, one of his strongest rivals is Lee Doren, the Right-wing libertarian host of How The World Works(itself a popular Youtube channel) and former employee of the conservative Competitive Enterprise Institute think tank.
* [[Spin-Off]]: Back when Cenk was in MSNBC, most of his interviews were moved onto TYT Interviews.
* [[Wham! Line]]: Cenk experienced one when the head of MSNBC told him that "We are the establishment."
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: A frequent way that he criticizes the Obama administration.
** Gave a passing one to Mark Udall after his vote in support of the NDAA.
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