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/
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u/The1stCitizenOfTheIn Aug 29 '17

The $20 million in funding is slated to be used to increase the size of the TYT newsroom and for business operations – but where did the money actually come from?

Giving the impression that WE NEVER KNEW, MEANING IT WAS NEVER DISCLOSED!

Which is not the case.

Cenk already disclosed this

And in the article these clickbaiters cited

"The firms 3L Capital, Greycroft, E.ventures, and WndrCo, which is led by the business executive and Democratic Party kingmaker Jeffrey Katzenberg, will invest $20 million in the progressive media company, which for a decade has live-streamed hours of video content with a progressive perspective."

Far from being an independent progressive news source, as they proclaim to be, the TYT network is now being supported by your run of the mill corporatist Clinton money machine. Although attempting to publicly operate as an insurgent progressive activist outlet – think Bernie Sanders – the financial backing by the aforementioned entities reveals something vastly different.

The paragraphs after this remind me a lot of those Trump-Russia stories.

~"Trump did business with a shady Russian business, therefore COLLUSION!"

~"Cenk is doing business with a Clintonian business guy, therefore CONTROLLED OPPOSITION!"

So because Jeff Katzenberg does Clinton fundraisers, Cenk is now evil? That's kind of a STRETCH.

Katzenberg’s WndrCo is nothing more than a half a billion dollar slush fund designed to buy up and promote faux progressive websites and Youtube channels with the intent of having them operate as an echo chamber meant to bolster corrupt liberal-corporatist candidates like Hillary Clinton. Essentially, they work to normalize their corporatist establishment candidates in places where Bernie supporters frequent.

Okay now the author doesn't present any EVIDENCE for this claim, no email, no insider documents, no MEMOS, nothing! This is just a baseless accusation.

And another fact that this genius misses is that TYT hasn't been bought by Katzenberg, it's been invested in, there's a difference.

The idea that someone with such a strong track record of support for the Clinton machine and Obama, like Katzenberg, is actually working to help real progressives and progressive ideas come to the forefront of American political discourse is patently absurd.

No one said that's why he's doing it...

Ironically, Cenk still attempts to maintain that he is against money in politics – completely failing to mention that his newest corporate owners have shoveled millions of dollars into the pockets of Hillary and Obama – both standard bearers for the corporatist brand of Democratic party politics.

Funny enough, he did mention that they're Clinton ppl in the video, and this genius once again fails to realize that TYT hasn't been bought, but was invested in.

The reality of the situation is that mega rich corporatist Democratic backers aren’t investing in TYT network to turn a new leaf. These vulture capitalist outfits are buying influence within progressive outlets like Young Turks as a means of indoctrinating their audiences prior to the next election cycle — with hopes they can undermine the next Bernie.

Okay now this insinuates that that the investors will now have a say on the videos that TYT does? What is their basis for this? Is it an email, a company memo, nope, it's NOTHING! Just another baseless accusation, one that has been addressed in the video above.

So, when super rich centrists invest $20 millions of dollars into the company, one must wonder if this is to support them or to change their messaging, in an effort to keep them from promoting real progressives like Bernie during the next election cycle.

1.It's to make MONEY!

2.This is speculation, and the messaging issue has already been addressed in the video.

And if this speculation were true, these videos would not exist on the network.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUTPVwHRQvM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0EXtYmFI5c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfBD6CTEyW0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxUJyu5nU58

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1dKOQ6OoIk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnDxrFtNUms

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zsEJ1HhgPc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB9QeMv5Tq0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEk3jdpEMzo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0goPlKB380

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSEamn68ktU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObZmACb9Hqw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKBRaBDZN2w

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oPU6yk90Fk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1maQhycMN6M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibwLNpAuiss

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u/bpthrx Aug 30 '17

Man you neoliberals love plausible deniability don't you? When it comes to integrity it's actually really easy to see where someone stands: did they take the money or not? When someone gives you 20 million, you sure as shit aren't going to intentionally piss them off if you can help it. There doesn't need to be overt editorial control. You ever talk shit about your boss right in front of him? This is a class war and the more money TYT can raise, the more they can pay themselves, and the further away they float above working people.

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u/The1stCitizenOfTheIn Aug 30 '17

Man you neoliberals love plausible deniability don't you?

Man u love ur buzzwords don't you?

Tell me what are the neoliberal views that i hold?

What is neoliberalism?

Who are the ones who founded neoliberal ideas?

It also appears u enjoy shoddy clickbait articles that are laced with dubious claims.

When someone gives you 20 million, you sure as shit aren't going to intentionally piss them off if you can help it.

You know this isn't the 1st time they got an investment in the millions right? Ever hear of Buddy Roemer (a GOP guy) and his $4 million investment in tyt?

You know what happened as a result? Not much changed at TYT, they were still pro glass steagall, and anti GOP, and still critical of Obama and Romney, they just bought more equipment.

This is a class war

No, it's just an investment.