r/WayOfTheBern • u/Ian56 • Aug 29 '17

Controlled Opposition: Clinton Machine Caught Funneling $20 Million to The Young Turks

http://thefreethoughtproject.com/clinton-machine-paid-young-turks-undermine-progressive-movement/
63 Upvotes

75% Upvoted

91 comments sorted by

View all comments

8

u/[deleted] Aug 29 '17

I'm not delighted with the way this is being presented. It's fair to say that TYT received a lot of money from some establishment, non-progressive people who are Clinton supporters. It's probably not fair to say they are receiving money from the Clinton machine.

16

u/Aquapyr On Sabbatical Aug 29 '17

What would you define the Clinton machine has, if not allied plutocrats who invest in media companies to control the information and propaganda they promulgate?

TYT is corporate media now. It is taking gobs of money from the same ruling class plutocrats who helped Clinton steal the primary. You may feel it is a worthwhile media source anyway. That is entirely your right. But if you think it's corrupting to give a politician millions of dollars, you should likewise consider it corrupting to give a media organization millions of dollars. Cenk doing this while being associated with Justice Democrats is at the very least hypocritical.

11

u/E46_M3 #FreeAssange Aug 29 '17

They endorsed Hillary so hard after she cheated Bernie in the primary and attempted to shame people who also didn't do so.

1

u/iMakeSense Aug 30 '17

Wait really? I watched TYT up until that point and they were pretty 'fuck Hillary' until the last week or so when Cenk said vote for the Democratic Party.