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Cenk Uygur

Commentary Video (7min 17sec): How the Mainstream Media Actually Works. "Now Barack Obama has 'the power'. So what do these guys do? You think they've grown in wisdom or courage, these pundits? No. They've just turned to the next ass to kiss.

"You see what I'm saying? 'Cause their whole job is to suck up to power. It's not to challenge power.

"Now Obama's the new power, so they're like 'oh what wonderful intellectual curiousity. It turns out that if you're the president you have to do a lot of homework."

 

'Now it turns out..., now, David Gregory tells us, keen intellect is what people are looking for. Really? We weren't looking for a keen intellect earlier? We were looking for dummies. No, YOU told us that we should elect dummies 'cause you were kissing up to power back then..."