As someone who’s no. 1 podcast used to be TYT, this was great to watch. It’s really uplifting to know you’re not the only one who feels this way. Thanks Sam and The Majority Report.
Same. Used to love TYT. After you watch enough of their videos, you kind of don’t need to watch any more. They all have the same conclusion: the main stream media isn’t good and you should only trust TYT. It’s profoundly boring.
Def not the only one. I left after the whole birthing person/crime wave shit Anna kept talking about, too. Already couldn't stand Cenk's incessant argue yelling at that point, so I just left them behind.
Does anyone have a link to the segment, or the title? It sounds insane, I want to watch it. EDIT: Never mind I found it myself, it's a video from September 16th called "Krystal and Saagar DEBATE Haitian pets controversy"
What I like about that show is that you get to see someone with appalling views like Sagar being slashed by someone smart, collected and well-researched like Krystal.
Nice to see TYT's right wing BS, being addressed. And this also makes me feel better, about the fact that it's pretty much not been mentioned (even though TYT has condemned people like MR, and at least once explicitly referred to MR as contemptible, for denying the "facts" that TYT are pushing), when I hear that Sam indicates that it's because he simply just generally ignores them.
Is there a particular clip where TYT (I presume it's Ana) called MR contemptible? Like I said in the call, I don't watch them anymore but I'd like to see this clip
@@anakoz Yes. Several. With at least one, where MR are explicitly called out (as an MR clip is shown, as an example of the people they are fervently condemning), but many more, where people who make certain claims (like that crime is down, for example) are condemned. As for providing a link or video title... I'd have to find it again, to do that...
@@anakoz I mean here is a clip of what I think the original commenter was referring to. This is done via different channel showing the clip & talking about it. I tried, briefly, to find the video based off the title of the UA-cam video they are playing, but was unable to find it... though I didn't look a ton for it. Nonetheless this video does show the video. UA-cam doesn't like links in comments, but after the "/" the address is: watch?v=vwZXBU0aciw The video title is "Ana Kasparian CALLS OUT Emma Vigeland & Sam Seder of The Majority Report - TMR Fires Back" from a channel called "The Vanguard".
Have you seen the latest ad he cut into the middle of tyt videos? " Hey! Don't click away! Durdurdur." LMAO. I get it he needs the revenue but they're not getting it from me I can't skip ahead fast enough lol. @@KirkHammettBitMe
Dude, cenk's gone off the deep end recently. For a decade, he said that progressives needed to be more radical and the second progressives move half a millimeter to the left, he's all of a sudden on all kinds of anti-trans and conspiracy shit. He straight up bought into the "transition surgery for immigrants in holding" thing; that's like QAnon/MAGA-level stuff.
The Majority Report : "Free Palestine!" Also, The Majority Report : "Voting for the exact same administration who is destroying Gaza is 'the only choice' "
@@ErenYaegar-Usurper there’s one party who might fix it and another who won’t. The majority report has not been inconsistent on this matter, get your head out of the sand
@ErenYaegar-Usurper please present an actual, real alternative to that approach. Voting for a sure loss in a third-party party candidate does nothing, and voting for Republicans will only make the problem significantly worse. At least with Kamala, she can be pressured/petitioned to from the left.
Idk why more people haven't called out saagar for going mask off with that racist rant in breaking points Sept 16 video. Especially people close to him, like Kyle Kulinski. He lost a lot of credibility by giving saagar a pass and ignoring that. It's more important for people close to him to call it out than other random youtubers, even though, aside from Vanguard, not many of them have done it either.
I have to imagine there's a conflict of interest because Kyle's wife's income is directly tied to Saagar. Due to audience capture and Krystal's ability to criticize democrats juxtaposed against Saagar's inability, their business model depends on right leaning fans.
@@vistaiscool2It’s wild because back when they were starting their show on The Hill a few years ago, both Krystal and Saagar presented themselves as anti-establishment populists who were capable of criticising their own sides - Krystal still does that, to be fair, but Saagar…not so much 🤔 the fact that the Breaking Points audience never seem to hold him accountable for his dishonesty is just ridiculous as well 🙄
The thing I never understood is that if Cenk and Ana don’t think progressives should talk about trans women in men’s sports, why don’t they just not talk about it? It’s so strange.
because they want to prove a point about supposed (lack of) value of trans people. we don't go around shitting on homeless advocacy because it's only a fraction of population, because it's obvious it's beneficial to our cause and like human race. somehow it's different for trans people for ... some reason
I just thought that too, it's so hypocritical and it feels like virtue singling. The shit Emma has said about women sports is honestly disgusting and gross and she should probably just stop talking about them if they feel like it's not important at all.
I watch pretty much every clip from both shows and haven't seen what y'all are talking about from either show. Maybe there's something in the full shows that isn't being shared in clips, but what I've seen from everyone who actively participates in either show is honest opinions from a much more progressive perspective than nearly every other show on the Internet. People nitpicking about statements that are being overanalyzed for unintended meaning aren't helping anyone on the broader left.
I think I always liked Krystal because I never watched BP. So I never got to see her through a lens in which she's deferring to someone like that on a daily basis.
there is no good part of breaking points, krystal doesn't do nearly enough to push back on his incoherent fascist nonsense and she'll lie straight to your face too
@@themoops4006I dunno, I think she does try her best - she has been pushing back more on his anti-immigration talking points, especially lately…unfortunately, fascists like Saagar tend to be so obnoxiously loud and confidently wrong that there’s probably no getting through to someone like anyways 🤷🏼♂️ I’m sure it also can’t help that about 90% of Breaking Points audience are right wing Saagar fanboys, so she probably feels like she has to pick her battles wisely
It is interesting that Ana made a HARD right turn after Michael passed. It like he was pulling her leftward. She is the executive producer of the main show - I am thinking that she is in her own echo chamber.
Exactly right on responsible reporting of your opinions. Francesca Fiorentini DIRECTLY CONFRONTED Cenk as they were all defending that Olympic Gold Medal boxer (Imane?), that it is this trans in sports BS that leads to what she went through and he COULD NOT accept it, or any responsibility, or show ANY willingness to change.
Definitely, one of the best things to come out of TYT since Hasan (Emma being the best obviously 😂). Join the Frantifa! (The Bituation Room is a great show)
Well Cenk and Anna are transphobic and disgusting. Their slander of the Trans community is horrible and is what led to further misgony against that female born boxer who just wanted to respresent her country in her sport.
sam putting tyt and crowder in the same sentence is no accident, that’s a deep burn. also “my heart rate is fine, that’s the problem” - it’s not stressful to call out tyt this hard because he’s completely written them off and probably thinks they’re on the take. and he’s probably right
Glad to see this. I helped unionize TYT. Worked there off and on since 2013 & Dore in 2016 (confirmable). It's a big labor story that got memory-holed because Cenk misled his audience about why the union formed, that it was an op by his political foes. The union came forward while he was running for Congress but organizing began long before because of ongoing grievances. In my case I worked full-time as a video editor for zero benefits. I've come forward about it because it was incredibly unethical - from the aggressive union-busting itself (NLRB cases, anti-worker law firms, fired someone, etc; ask for article links if curious) to the insulting lie that we were tricked by Dem party operatives to my rotten working conditions, which is what Cenk doesn't want his audience to find out about. They covered it up. No one has ever asked them about it and that doesn't sit right with me. I didn't move across the country in 2013 for a job at The Young Turks so I could stay silent about powerful people doing bad things like using classification games to deny benefits. Plus it's a wild and unique political story overall: a Progressive running for Congress while union-busting. Ana played a role too but as we like to say, "The fish rots from the head down." Happy to answer questions if anyone's interested. More people need to know about this IMO.
This is interesting to read about. I just sense that Cenk and Ana are Southern California grifters like a million others. As I grow older I realize more and more that it's better to live among self-described "moderates" or "conservatives" than fake Progressives.
@@anakoz Thanks for saying that. Agreed. I was classified as an "independent contractor" and then "part-time" despite working 40-hr weeks. Very stressful. It was a core reason we started secretly organizing but if you believe TYT's version, we were tricked by Pelosi's minions into unionizing as a ploy to hurt our boss's campaign. Dishonest, to say the least. They never retracted.
Another problem you just reminded me Sam, is that Cenk and Ana seem to think that their individual opinion on EVERYTHING is definitely right, no question. It's ok to say, "I don't really think it's fair for trans women to be in competitive sports" but I leave it up to the experts. But they go beyond that.
Those two have always seemed like reactionary narcissists to me. But then again Sam Seder is the only political commentator I know of anywhere that I find worthy of listening to regularly. Social media has made so many people mentally ill; folks base their opinions off of videos and comment threads instead of just living their lives and using common sense and decency when deciding how they feel about issues.
I remember one time Cenk citing the "its biology bro" argument in defense of his shit opinion. I was thinking "Ok Cenk, are you an expert in biology, or are you saying the same thing as right wingers?"
Ive lived in new york since 2019, and i've had conservatives outright tell me that I'm wrong about the own damn city I live in. I feel safe in the city all the time, including at night, haven't been mugged or attacked since I've lived here, yet according to these clowns, you get shot or attacked every single time you walk outside here lmao The old rural, deeply conservative county in Arkansas I moved away from actually has a higher violent crime rate per capita than the county in New York City I live in now.
Same thing with LA. Sure, there are problems-cost of living is ridiculous and consequently there are a lot of homeless people-but things are reasonably safe and peaceful. By contrast, I’ve been to conservative cities in Texas that are much, much more dangerous.
Man, I know exactly what you're talking about, I live in Detroit... Hahaha, you would not believe the amount of "explaining your own city to you" that goes on when your city becomes the butt of every "shitty city" joke for several decades. With detroit, it's not even just from conservatives (although, it primarily is); even otherwise rational people will hop on that bandwagon. Idk why it's so unbelievable to people that places do, in fact, change over time. And the funniest part is that the ppl who talk the most shit are all too terrified to even step foot in the city and will tell you that, indicating that they know exactly nothing about the place. While we're here, I feel the need to spread the word about Detroit for anybody who reads this: it's been on the up and up in a BIG way for almost a decade now and is now largely safe unless you're an idiot, go into a neighborhood you shouldn't be in (which is easy to avoid nowadays, if you don't know the neighborhoods, literally just stay on the main roads and you're fine), or join a gang. For context, my 5'1" white partner from the suburbs goes on walks by herself virtually everyday (in our decidedly not rich neighborhood) and has never so much as had a weird or uncomfortable interaction with somebody. Obviously, everywhere has crime, but don't rip off a drug dealer and you'll be fine 99.99 times out of a hundred. And the downtown is genuinely great nowadays; it's safer and noticeably cleaner than basically every other major city's downtown. Also, the city invested so much into resources for the homeless that there isn't even much of a problem with that anymore. If you're lookin to buy a decent house for a reasonable price, come to detroit before all the investors and suburban white people figure out that they've fixed up the city and drive prices way up, hahaha. I think in the next decade or so, Detroit's gonna be a happening place to be and it'll become a climate change haven at some point in our lives.
@@nw42 Yeah, most all of the "most dangerous cities in america" lists cut off at a population number that's way too high to get the big picture. A lot of the actual most dangerous cities are places with like 30-80k people in red states. I can't link here, but if you dig around on google enough, you can find lists with more cities included and the picture looks WAY different.
I used to watch TYT all the time, more than this show even, now it's rare that I'll watch a video from anyone on their network. Cenk and Ana have become a disappointment in my mind as far as what they've chosen to do with their platform.
I definitely was falling off them and finding better sources but the crime stuff and the transphobia made me just unsubscribe and not even let one of their videos autoplay anymore.
I've been sick of Ana for a very long time...way before her alleged rightwing turn. She's been an overly emotional reactionary with sub par political analysis skills from day one. It may've been a bit endearing in a juvenile way when she was a 20 something yr old out of college, but it's just unbearable now.
@@romeoalpha68 Cenk has ALWAYS lauded capitalism. Instead of just throwing Dimmy Jore’s shitty show out, he literally sold it to him. It’s always business with him. And his ego is unmatched. He genuinely thought he could become an annoying rightward-turning faux-progressive UA-cam guy into a Congressman. And he never shuts up about how he, and he alone, created AOC. Glad I stopped watching everyone except MR (and occasionally Rational National) since 2016. Sam, Michael, Emma and Matt (+ Bradley) always are the absolute zenith of political commentary from a left winger perspective.
I stopped watching TYT over Ana and Cenk's transphobia and rightward tilt on crime it's gross and they have become unwatchable Ana start's screaming half the time about nonsense
@@BrankoRNtheotherBranko I live in SoCal and I’m not upset by the shoplifting. The tiny TV bobbleheads are in your head, steering you by your ears. Don’t let them. Go outside, enjoy the cool air, it’s a beautiful autumn day.
@@psyburn21Sam doesn’t realize how silly his viewers are. Just say either of their names and the rest of the audience just jumps and barks. Stop the pissy infighting. It’s stupid.
@@Vynjira-chan Hahahahahaha im one UA-cam frog. Meanwhile Sam Emma Ana Cenk Hasan Bonnel Pakman all keep themselves in their comfy little chambers. Left is best. But it’s also full of snobby, gatekeeping narcissists. Check your hosts, keep them accountable.
@@mackswellgg We do, thus Sam and Emma calling out TYT.. that's keeping them accountable.. it's not Gatekeeping.. it's also not infighting.. but right now you seem to be trying to start pissy fights by calling accountability "infighting". If Cenk R'd someone.. I would call for him to be arrested.. that's not pissy infighting.. I don't give a crap whose side he claims to be on.. Why would that be any different if he consistently attacks the Left.. from a Right Wing framing.. we call him out.. and you call that infighting.. ____ Pakman and I assume you're talking about Destiny are straight up Zionists.. so I dunno why you're mentioning them. I actually don't know anyone who listens to Pakman. ____ Also, what do you mean chambers? they are literally criticizing people because they disagree.. and thus it's not a chamber.
@@anakoz (They're right!) Since you actually do watch those shows, do you feel like you are better equipped to take on conservative talking points because you've seen them firsthand? Do the leftists on those shows properly fact check the right and vice versa, or do they just talk at each other and leave the responsibility to the viewers, with zero sourcing? I think it can be helpful to have a multi-pov show as long as people actually point to *facts* and boil things down properly. It's just that almost no 'journalist' does that anymore, and they just sit there talking in circles, which I don't think really helps anyone. But at the very least maybe it reminds people that *everyone* is just a human, and teaches listening skills? I dunno.
9:40 I agree. You can probably count on two hands the number of trans athlete there are that actually competing in women’s sports and actually impacting anyone unfortunately.
Yeah, there were 5 in high schools nationwide last year. Nearly 500 pieces of legislation for 5 athletes. The right is excellent at fighting imaginary issues
I gave up on tyt like a year ago. I am glad I found you guys and I do love John from the damage report but I can't stand them anymore. It's not just the transphobia and the crime freakout. It's also that Cenk is cashing in on debating people about Gaza while he continues to let a genocide denier co-host. That Ben guy has said many many times that there is no day after the war. For awhile I just clicked off a video when he popped up on it but now I just can't watch any of them.
Yeah, John seems like a good guy, but there’s just too much baggage with that whole platform. I hate to abandon DR, but I hate funding TYT’s inflammatory rhetoric even more.
This!! I stopped mid-November last year and haven’t looked back, when Ben was allowed to spew hateful rhetoric- it dawned on me that TYT is not what I thought it was but is in this for ratings and clicks…I don’t agree with everything Sam says but by gosh He is consistent and has integrity and so when he (or co-host) go a bit liberal dem for my liking I have grace and can let it go, Ana / Cenk I have lost all respect for their “analysis” of world events- I’m just waiting for Ana’s debut of “Why the left Left me🤦🏾♀️!’
I think I understand why cenk wanted to give ben a chance to present his perspective, and cenk was generally there disagreeing, they were friends and cenk probably didn't want to kick him off and have everyone start saying he was antisemitic for it but it definitely went too far. Ben cannot see past Israel's propaganda and it's gross. I kept thinking he'd see what was happening and shift his perspective. Realized eventually it's never going to happen.
Over all my years of watching left wing political stuff on UA-cam, Sam is the one guy that hasn't disappointed me. I pretty much agree 100% with his takes on things which is very rare in any space.
@@Thezuule1 I think Sam is in a sweet spot, professionally. He’s been around long enough that he has some first-hand perspective and some financial security, but not so much as to become full of himself and stupid.
@@christophergreen6595 As an aside: it's amazing how much dumber things have gotten since those early post-9/11 years. For a minute towards the end of GW's regime I thought maybe we'd finally hit rock bottom, but no. Not even close.
Especially the "spin city" bit. The "different" sides thing is just a marketing campaign for laundering political rhetoric, more so for the right than the left. Its why Alex Jones and Tucker Carlson defended themselves in court as "entertainers". There should be no such thing as "news entertainment" (borrowed from Vince McMahon calling professional wrestling "sports entertainment" over the use of steroids), just get a comedian to tell the news and find the comedy within it to take the edge off it. That was the medieval jester's prerogative.
I used to watch The Young Turks everyday for almost 10 years, now because of the trajectory Ana has gone on, I've stopped. They don't even show up in my recommended videos anymore.
It's not just Ana's obstinate positions on trans issues that turned me off of TYT, it's their constant false equivalency in saying that the "far left" in this country is as bad as the far right, and it's seemingly always in the context of a story about the far right. I decided to watch them one more time to give them a chance because I had really been fond of their show at one point. They were reporting on the extreme measures that Ryan Walters, the Oklahoma education secretary, has been taking to force Christianity and the Bible on public school students and teachers there. When discussing this with the other hosts, she said that it's the same on the far right AND the far left, then mentioned some vague story about somebody in education saying phonics was racist. There is no leftist equivalent to people like Ryan Walters and to movements like the Christian right movement in this country. The Christian right is poised to take over our country with their specific brand of fascism should their candidate win the presidential election in about a month, and they would have the backing of the Supreme Court to help them dismantle our entire country using Project 2025 as their guide. I'm not saying they're a majority in America, but they know that. They know how unpopular their ideas are and that they don't have the support of a majority of Americans. That's why they have been organizing and unifying their movement and strategizing their takeover. They have been working on this for the last 50 years. There is nothing even close to this happening on the left. The closest we have to a leftist movement with any visibility in this country is about four representatives in Washington who, in any other context, would be considered almost centrists. But the Overton window in America is skewed really far right and so I guess they look like leftists to a lot of people because they want to use our own tax money for our own people instead of giving it away to large multinational corporations and the wealthy. Can anyone point to any robust and powerful far leftist, false populist movement or group in Anerica?
Thank you for calling out Cenk and Ana! Don't forget how they treated Bennie Carollo, raging at her on Twitter after she left. That was not cool. No respect for people who can't treat others with dignity and respect!
Glad I'm not the only one. Most of what he says is just stupid and wrong but then there's the times when he is just completely racist and transphobic and it's just like, I can't support this anymore.
See I can still watch breaking points despite how awful Sagaar is because he isn't pretending to be on the left. Krystal and Ryan are great, though they clearly try to be gentle with the right while on the show. I actually like getting the window into the right wing perspective. I know how nasty that perspective can be, but know thy enemy. I can't stand Ana pretending she hasn't moved to the right at all, while relying on cherry-picked right wing talking points. At least with Sagaar, I know what I am getting and he's not pretending to represent the left perspective.
Sam won't acknowledge it. The Majority Report likes to pretend that they're the only ones who are 'solid' about everything. Meanwhile, they continue to be perpetual cheerleaders for the exact same candidates who is funding the disaster in Gaza.
i would recommend ignoring BREAKING POINTS and TYT and instead focus on shows and podcasts that really know what is going on like THE SERFS, BEHIND THE BASTARDS, IT COULD HAPPEN HERE with robert evans, QANON ANONYMOUS, HANNAH RELOADED, they are much better
I used to monetarily support TYT but Ana & Was’s support of Trump in numerous broadcasts caused me to cancel my membership. I still watch John on the damage report and Cenk occasionally but not as much anymore thanks to Ana.
@@anakoz He made a lot of promos with Ana making excuses for Trump and minimizing his misdeeds while bashing Biden and Dems regularly. Look at my comment history. I would openly ask what is wrong with TYT? I used to love that channel
Saagar is a terrible person. He calls Kamala a DEI hire but doesn't look in the mirror...I'm SURE his wife's family gives Saagar the side eye and thinks he's a DEI hire himself....Ana never felt right. I've always thought she was off. They do have good ppl over there....John, JR Jackson. Dr Richie is ok. But man!!! SMH
I still watch all the other TYT channels, just not the main show. As much as Cenk and Ana still have good points, I cannot watch them if the UA-cam algorithm thinks I am also watching them for their bad points. I do not have that problem with any of the others (except Ben Gleib and maybe David Schuster for their Zionism).
I stopped watching TYT because I cannot stand the person Ana has become. She's angry and bitter about EVERYTHING and speaks as though her takes on women's perspectives on ANYTHING are the only correct ones and like she speaks for all of us when she absolutely doesn't. And don't get me my started on how she handles trans issues. 😑
TYT was my entry into watching political commentary on UA-cam and was my #1 show for a long time... but the more I discovered other shows, like majority report, humanist report, secular talk, breaking points for crystal only, and now Zeteo... I found myself watching less and less TYT. Ana's transphobic report was the nail in the coffin for me.
I'm going to make a prediction Anna from tyt will get a huge promotion and wind up in the mainstream media And it's going to be on the right wing mainstream media I don't watch a lot of tyt just like Sam, but from what I see it looks like she's doing an audition for Fox News
Majority Report, laying down facts. Thank you Sam, I will share this with all my friends. I know a lot of Trans people who will appreciate your support.
Wanna hear some facts ? 😉 Biden-Harris administration sent 8 billion to Israel in the last few days. You'll ignore the fact, and still vote for Harris with a big smile on your face. Right ?
The inclusive terms debate is infuriating in how frustratingly wrong people can be about such a simple issue. Nobody has EVER been called a _birthing person_ instead of a woman. Nobody. Ever. Not a single individual. A term "birthing people" refers to people who are capable of giving birth. That's it. It has never been nor was it ever intended to be a substitute for the word woman. Not to mention the fact that I've NEVER heard a single serious liberal or leftist use the term "birthing people" in the first place, however it is not uncommon to speak about (like I just did) "people who give birth" or "people who can get pregnant". The framing of matter is clearly mockery, something so absurd sounding it obviously makes trans allies and the defenders of precise and/or inclusive language sound unreasonable. But again, NO, nobody has EVER asked A SINGLE PERSON to NOT call themselves women - except for transphobes. NOBODY is asking ANYBODY to call themselves a "birthing person". The clear as day fact of the matter is, not all women are able to give birth, nor are all people who give birth women. That's literally it, there should not need to be any further discussion, there is nothing controversial about this. Transphobic freaks insist on alienating massive portions of _CIS PEOPLE_ when they make it their entire life mission to assimilate terms referring to groups of people sharing a physiological capacity or trait with words implying gender, just to cause harm to trans people. You can't just speak of "women" when you are specifically speaking about matters of reproductive health. Your mother probably isn't capable of giving birth by statistical probability. It's needless to forcefully include her in a conversation about people with the capacity to get pregnant at the moment. These people simply get it upside down. It's about specificity in subject where gender alone would not be sufficient to point out the shared quality of people to whon a subject applies to.
Ohioan here. My daughter is transgender. Sam thank you so much for speaking on this. I used to love TYT and I really loved Ana, when she started down this transphobic fear monger hole I was beyond disappointed. Unsubscribed and haven’t watched since because she clearly has no idea pretty much anything about what transgender kids and their parents face. It’s truly horrifying. Singling our kids out and saying they specifically don’t believe they should have access to their gender affirming care having no understanding of what they are saying. We need to stand together in this we are all Americans and we have rights and we have the right to be who we are no matter what anyone else thinks or says. That’s literally the beauty of America. If your ok with some peoples rights being taken away your saying you don’t mind your own rights being taken away because that will happen this is always what happens conquer and divide. Conquer and divide guys. Don’t let it happen
Sam speaking out about transphobia with such conviction ❤. I like this callers question about should we dump an entire show over specific remarks when most of its other content is good, as it comes up for many of us. Sam nuanced response about knowing the difference btw platforming vs showcasing how to respond was wonderful
Yeah the point about which things people are talking about with their platforms is huge. I've never really followed TYT and just see the big clips of Ana and Cenk saying wild stuff. Both trans issues and crime they seem to just completely accept right wing framing
Thank you for speaking on this. It shows real integrity. Your point to Cenk about separating your barstool opinion from what you say on air is important. I don't care much if someone is opposed to trans athletes in sports (it's such a narrow issue that affects so few people). But when people fixate on it, it only acts as a way to push people against trans folk in general (how wedge issues are meant to work)
Invite fellow youtuber Dusty Smith on the show. A proven track record of being ahead of the curve and mostly on the right side of every issue. Very entertaining guy too.
Hadn't heard about that Breaking Points anti-Irish controversy so went to have a look - Jesus Christ Almighty it was like the spirit of a late-19th English landlord possessed Saagar for that segment.
@@i.quadmegistus5768 I think it’s his cadence, I kinda hear it. 10:12 “Snake, you have an editorial responsibility! What’s actually important? What’s being manipulated and being used?”
I don't think content creators like Sam, really know how much their work is appreciated by someone like myself. I remember years ago when 'Gamer Gate' first started. I thought the entire thing was BS and honestly thought I was the only one who felt this way because how many youtubers were celebrating it. All of that ended when I finally found 'James Stephanie Sterlings' youtube channel. For the first time in a long time I saw just how not crazy I was! Not only that, but her videos and comment section proved that I wasn't the only one who felt this way. That's why I'm very grateful to content creators like her and Sam. Well everyone on 'Majority Report' really.
I like Damage Report and Rebel HQ from TYT. Get being annoyed from the main peeps. I stopped watching over the trans women and the grossness of that whole convo. I like Krystal, and I'll admit, Kyle makes me giggle
I remember Ana saying something like “if you don’t like it you can leave” thought say no more and unsubscribed. Her and Cenk’s opinions don’t need to be everyone’s.
Thank you, Sam. You can articulate so well what so many can easily see. TYT is infotainment: pure and simple. Their incentives lean toward capturing an audience. Their enlightened centrist turn is designed for this. Also take a look at their list of dodgy alumni who have learnt at the feet of the masters.
Tyt always put a bad taste in my mouth. I think it us the used care salesman approach Cenk has. He talks down to his audience like they're rubes. Pun intended
3:25 made me laugh so hard. sam absolutely obliterating ana in four words. thanks for the solidarity with us transes! love the show! ❤
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The fact he justified the old anti-irish sentiment was surprising... I wondered if we'd devolve to that because of the obsession with "anglo saxon heritage"...
Much of the increase in shoplifting is self-induced by retailers due to their increased use of "self-checkout". Who would have thought that when you make customers responsible for making sure every item is scanned that some items get skipped and customers are walking out without paying for those items? Who could've seen THAT coming? But, hey, the "smash-and-grab" incidents make for great drama in the media.
That should also apply to people pretending to be something and and it eventually comes out that they're the exact opposite. Sinema is a perfect example of that. UGH. I will never forgive her for what she did.
As someone who’s no. 1 podcast used to be TYT, this was great to watch. It’s really uplifting to know you’re not the only one who feels this way. Thanks Sam and The Majority Report.
They are reactionaries
But TYT isn't one show. Damage Report is awesome
@@muskyoxes Yes, I do watch the Damage Report but no longer watch the main show.
Same. Used to love TYT. After you watch enough of their videos, you kind of don’t need to watch any more. They all have the same conclusion: the main stream media isn’t good and you should only trust TYT. It’s profoundly boring.
Def not the only one. I left after the whole birthing person/crime wave shit Anna kept talking about, too. Already couldn't stand Cenk's incessant argue yelling at that point, so I just left them behind.
Saager was so shameful in that segment. Thank you for calling out the BS, Sam.
@@Cauldron6 he got so petty with it he started trashing their food even, which has nothing to do with anything. Deep seated racism.
You could have left it at "Saager was so shameful".
Does anyone have a link to the segment, or the title? It sounds insane, I want to watch it.
EDIT: Never mind I found it myself, it's a video from September 16th called "Krystal and Saagar DEBATE Haitian pets controversy"
I was damn proud of Krystal calling him out. Saagar couldn't even admit that the lie about the Haitians was racist!!
What I like about that show is that you get to see someone with appalling views like Sagar being slashed by someone smart, collected and well-researched like Krystal.
Nice to see TYT's right wing BS, being addressed. And this also makes me feel better, about the fact that it's pretty much not been mentioned (even though TYT has condemned people like MR, and at least once explicitly referred to MR as contemptible, for denying the "facts" that TYT are pushing), when I hear that Sam indicates that it's because he simply just generally ignores them.
Is there a particular clip where TYT (I presume it's Ana) called MR contemptible? Like I said in the call, I don't watch them anymore but I'd like to see this clip
What right wing stuff? They are Liberal.
@anakoz it doesn't exist. Neither does Anna's transphobia.
@@anakoz Yes. Several. With at least one, where MR are explicitly called out (as an MR clip is shown, as an example of the people they are fervently condemning), but many more, where people who make certain claims (like that crime is down, for example) are condemned.
As for providing a link or video title...
I'd have to find it again, to do that...
@@anakoz
I mean here is a clip of what I think the original commenter was referring to. This is done via different channel showing the clip & talking about it. I tried, briefly, to find the video based off the title of the UA-cam video they are playing, but was unable to find it... though I didn't look a ton for it. Nonetheless this video does show the video.
UA-cam doesn't like links in comments, but after the "/" the address is:
watch?v=vwZXBU0aciw
The video title is "Ana Kasparian CALLS OUT Emma Vigeland & Sam Seder of The Majority Report - TMR Fires Back" from a channel called "The Vanguard".
Cenk and Ana crying right now
Only Ana's crying. Cenk's asking for money. 😅
Have you seen the latest ad he cut into the middle of tyt videos? " Hey! Don't click away! Durdurdur." LMAO. I get it he needs the revenue but they're not getting it from me I can't skip ahead fast enough lol. @@KirkHammettBitMe
Don't be surprised if Ana joins Dave Ruben, Jimmy Dore, Tulsi.....
Dude, cenk's gone off the deep end recently. For a decade, he said that progressives needed to be more radical and the second progressives move half a millimeter to the left, he's all of a sudden on all kinds of anti-trans and conspiracy shit. He straight up bought into the "transition surgery for immigrants in holding" thing; that's like QAnon/MAGA-level stuff.
@@KirkHammettBitMe Cenk loves dat money. I swear to god that dude will kiss anyone's ass to get a dollar.
I watch Tim Poole when I want to know what Russia is thinking .🤔
For 2 weeks his audience was actually aware of that incident
Or when I want to know what an imbecile is thinking...
@@wardragon670What do you mean by that?
This was so cathartic to watch.
yt censors hard at work🎉
I commented about a cheeto in adseg having difficulty meeting a directive about hands
I've come and gone from many sites. What keeps me coming back to MR is the integrity.
The Majority Report : "Free Palestine!"
Also, The Majority Report : "Voting for the exact same administration who is destroying Gaza is 'the only choice' "
@@ErenYaegar-Usurper there’s one party who might fix it and another who won’t. The majority report has not been inconsistent on this matter, get your head out of the sand
@ErenYaegar-Usurper being pragmatic does not make you a hypocrite; there really is only 2 choices, unfortunately
@@doctorriptide2264My father used to say "The ostrich hides it's head in the sand and people hide their heads up their azz".
@ErenYaegar-Usurper please present an actual, real alternative to that approach. Voting for a sure loss in a third-party party candidate does nothing, and voting for Republicans will only make the problem significantly worse. At least with Kamala, she can be pressured/petitioned to from the left.
Idk why more people haven't called out saagar for going mask off with that racist rant in breaking points Sept 16 video. Especially people close to him, like Kyle Kulinski. He lost a lot of credibility by giving saagar a pass and ignoring that. It's more important for people close to him to call it out than other random youtubers, even though, aside from Vanguard, not many of them have done it either.
Yeah, the Vanguard and Sam are basically the only ones that seem to be getting it right these days
Yt libs lol
I have to imagine there's a conflict of interest because Kyle's wife's income is directly tied to Saagar.
Due to audience capture and Krystal's ability to criticize democrats juxtaposed against Saagar's inability, their business model depends on right leaning fans.
@@vistaiscool2It’s wild because back when they were starting their show on The Hill a few years ago, both Krystal and Saagar presented themselves as anti-establishment populists who were capable of criticising their own sides - Krystal still does that, to be fair, but Saagar…not so much 🤔 the fact that the Breaking Points audience never seem to hold him accountable for his dishonesty is just ridiculous as well 🙄
Kyle isn’t going to call anyone out close to him. Remember the Jimmy Dore fiasco?
The thing I never understood is that if Cenk and Ana don’t think progressives should talk about trans women in men’s sports, why don’t they just not talk about it? It’s so strange.
because they want to prove a point about supposed (lack of) value of trans people. we don't go around shitting on homeless advocacy because it's only a fraction of population, because it's obvious it's beneficial to our cause and like human race. somehow it's different for trans people for ... some reason
I just thought that too, it's so hypocritical and it feels like virtue singling. The shit Emma has said about women sports is honestly disgusting and gross and she should probably just stop talking about them if they feel like it's not important at all.
@@nik4456
Emma? What are you talking about? Do you mean Ana? Emma is Sam’s co-host here on MR.
@@keirfarnum6811 I'm talking about Emma. She has said some dumb shit.
I watch pretty much every clip from both shows and haven't seen what y'all are talking about from either show. Maybe there's something in the full shows that isn't being shared in clips, but what I've seen from everyone who actively participates in either show is honest opinions from a much more progressive perspective than nearly every other show on the Internet. People nitpicking about statements that are being overanalyzed for unintended meaning aren't helping anyone on the broader left.
Saagar is the worst part of Breaking Points by far
I think I always liked Krystal because I never watched BP. So I never got to see her through a lens in which she's deferring to someone like that on a daily basis.
there is no good part of breaking points, krystal doesn't do nearly enough to push back on his incoherent fascist nonsense and she'll lie straight to your face too
@@themoops4006 I haven't really been keeping up with her and Kyle, lately, what do you mean she'll lie straight to your face?
@@themoops4006I dunno, I think she does try her best - she has been pushing back more on his anti-immigration talking points, especially lately…unfortunately, fascists like Saagar tend to be so obnoxiously loud and confidently wrong that there’s probably no getting through to someone like anyways 🤷🏼♂️ I’m sure it also can’t help that about 90% of Breaking Points audience are right wing Saagar fanboys, so she probably feels like she has to pick her battles wisely
Ryan Grim is the best part of that company, for sure - Krystal has her moments as well though.
Thank you Sam! Drives me insane
Absurd AND Michael would be ashamed of her for this.
It is interesting that Ana made a HARD right turn after Michael passed. It like he was pulling her leftward. She is the executive producer of the main show - I am thinking that she is in her own echo chamber.
Exactly right on responsible reporting of your opinions. Francesca Fiorentini DIRECTLY CONFRONTED Cenk as they were all defending that Olympic Gold Medal boxer (Imane?), that it is this trans in sports BS that leads to what she went through and he COULD NOT accept it, or any responsibility, or show ANY willingness to change.
Definitely, one of the best things to come out of TYT since Hasan (Emma being the best obviously 😂). Join the Frantifa! (The Bituation Room is a great show)
Fran and John are the only reason I still have a tiny amount of respect for TYT
John is great. He doesn't get enough credit. @@yiwuei
Well Cenk and Anna are transphobic and disgusting. Their slander of the Trans community is horrible and is what led to further misgony against that female born boxer who just wanted to respresent her country in her sport.
Sam is the GOAT.
lol at what?
sam putting tyt and crowder in the same sentence is no accident, that’s a deep burn. also “my heart rate is fine, that’s the problem” - it’s not stressful to call out tyt this hard because he’s completely written them off and probably thinks they’re on the take. and he’s probably right
Really comforting reading the comments and listening to Sam on this. Thanks to the MR team for being such great people.
Glad to see this. I helped unionize TYT. Worked there off and on since 2013 & Dore in 2016 (confirmable). It's a big labor story that got memory-holed because Cenk misled his audience about why the union formed, that it was an op by his political foes. The union came forward while he was running for Congress but organizing began long before because of ongoing grievances. In my case I worked full-time as a video editor for zero benefits.
I've come forward about it because it was incredibly unethical - from the aggressive union-busting itself (NLRB cases, anti-worker law firms, fired someone, etc; ask for article links if curious) to the insulting lie that we were tricked by Dem party operatives to my rotten working conditions, which is what Cenk doesn't want his audience to find out about. They covered it up. No one has ever asked them about it and that doesn't sit right with me. I didn't move across the country in 2013 for a job at The Young Turks so I could stay silent about powerful people doing bad things like using classification games to deny benefits. Plus it's a wild and unique political story overall: a Progressive running for Congress while union-busting. Ana played a role too but as we like to say, "The fish rots from the head down."
Happy to answer questions if anyone's interested. More people need to know about this IMO.
This is interesting to read about. I just sense that Cenk and Ana are Southern California grifters like a million others. As I grow older I realize more and more that it's better to live among self-described "moderates" or "conservatives" than fake Progressives.
Thanks for your work there with the union, there is no place for a progressive network where even their own contributors are being taken advantage of.
@@anakoz Thanks for saying that. Agreed. I was classified as an "independent contractor" and then "part-time" despite working 40-hr weeks. Very stressful. It was a core reason we started secretly organizing but if you believe TYT's version, we were tricked by Pelosi's minions into unionizing as a ploy to hurt our boss's campaign. Dishonest, to say the least. They never retracted.
@@anakoz I've replied to you twice but it keeps getting removed. Shrug. I'll keep this one simple: Thanks for saying that! I agree.
UA-cam censorship on odd words are insane, I barely bother posting anything longer than a sentence these days
Another problem you just reminded me Sam, is that Cenk and Ana seem to think that their individual opinion on EVERYTHING is definitely right, no question. It's ok to say, "I don't really think it's fair for trans women to be in competitive sports" but I leave it up to the experts. But they go beyond that.
Those two have always seemed like reactionary narcissists to me. But then again Sam Seder is the only political commentator I know of anywhere that I find worthy of listening to regularly. Social media has made so many people mentally ill; folks base their opinions off of videos and comment threads instead of just living their lives and using common sense and decency when deciding how they feel about issues.
Word. I’d maybe go a step further - they think their opinion is news!
Compared to the Majority Report, they’re shockingly ill-informed, too.
I remember one time Cenk citing the "its biology bro" argument in defense of his shit opinion.
I was thinking "Ok Cenk, are you an expert in biology, or are you saying the same thing as right wingers?"
Ive lived in new york since 2019, and i've had conservatives outright tell me that I'm wrong about the own damn city I live in. I feel safe in the city all the time, including at night, haven't been mugged or attacked since I've lived here, yet according to these clowns, you get shot or attacked every single time you walk outside here lmao
The old rural, deeply conservative county in Arkansas I moved away from actually has a higher violent crime rate per capita than the county in New York City I live in now.
Same thing with LA. Sure, there are problems-cost of living is ridiculous and consequently there are a lot of homeless people-but things are reasonably safe and peaceful. By contrast, I’ve been to conservative cities in Texas that are much, much more dangerous.
Same here in Chicago!@@nw42
Man, I know exactly what you're talking about, I live in Detroit... Hahaha, you would not believe the amount of "explaining your own city to you" that goes on when your city becomes the butt of every "shitty city" joke for several decades. With detroit, it's not even just from conservatives (although, it primarily is); even otherwise rational people will hop on that bandwagon. Idk why it's so unbelievable to people that places do, in fact, change over time. And the funniest part is that the ppl who talk the most shit are all too terrified to even step foot in the city and will tell you that, indicating that they know exactly nothing about the place.
While we're here, I feel the need to spread the word about Detroit for anybody who reads this: it's been on the up and up in a BIG way for almost a decade now and is now largely safe unless you're an idiot, go into a neighborhood you shouldn't be in (which is easy to avoid nowadays, if you don't know the neighborhoods, literally just stay on the main roads and you're fine), or join a gang. For context, my 5'1" white partner from the suburbs goes on walks by herself virtually everyday (in our decidedly not rich neighborhood) and has never so much as had a weird or uncomfortable interaction with somebody. Obviously, everywhere has crime, but don't rip off a drug dealer and you'll be fine 99.99 times out of a hundred. And the downtown is genuinely great nowadays; it's safer and noticeably cleaner than basically every other major city's downtown. Also, the city invested so much into resources for the homeless that there isn't even much of a problem with that anymore. If you're lookin to buy a decent house for a reasonable price, come to detroit before all the investors and suburban white people figure out that they've fixed up the city and drive prices way up, hahaha. I think in the next decade or so, Detroit's gonna be a happening place to be and it'll become a climate change haven at some point in our lives.
@@nw42 Yeah, most all of the "most dangerous cities in america" lists cut off at a population number that's way too high to get the big picture. A lot of the actual most dangerous cities are places with like 30-80k people in red states. I can't link here, but if you dig around on google enough, you can find lists with more cities included and the picture looks WAY different.
I spent a week in Manhattan in the beginning of July, and I felt perfectly safe. Even when I was walking back to my hotel at 1AM.
I used to watch TYT all the time, more than this show even, now it's rare that I'll watch a video from anyone on their network. Cenk and Ana have become a disappointment in my mind as far as what they've chosen to do with their platform.
Thank you, Samuel! It drives me just as crazy, especially when talking to so-called “sensible folks.”
I'm a big ally of the LGBT community. I love Sam for using his platform to defend the most vulnerable among us😊👍👍
I think they’re just called gays and lesbians
@@beepinboopin6454 bait
@@joca2903 where? How?
Funny, I was with TYT for years for my news and quit for the same reason he did.
I was too, I watched them almost as long as I've watch MR but I gave up for the same reason.
I definitely was falling off them and finding better sources but the crime stuff and the transphobia made me just unsubscribe and not even let one of their videos autoplay anymore.
This is why I support your work, Sam. Thank you.
Ana Kasparian has become an unwatchable horrible person .
I'm sick of her right wing turn .
I've been sick of Ana for a very long time...way before her alleged rightwing turn. She's been an overly emotional reactionary with sub par political analysis skills from day one. It may've been a bit endearing in a juvenile way when she was a 20 something yr old out of college, but it's just unbearable now.
Become? She was an emotional loud mouthed reactionary from day one. Plus NOT a good political analyst...ever.
I remember watching one day as she got giddy talking about MAGA chads thinking she was hot. 🤮
@@romeoalpha68 Cenk has ALWAYS lauded capitalism. Instead of just throwing Dimmy Jore’s shitty show out, he literally sold it to him. It’s always business with him. And his ego is unmatched. He genuinely thought he could become an annoying rightward-turning faux-progressive UA-cam guy into a Congressman. And he never shuts up about how he, and he alone, created AOC. Glad I stopped watching everyone except MR (and occasionally Rational National) since 2016. Sam, Michael, Emma and Matt (+ Bradley) always are the absolute zenith of political commentary from a left winger perspective.
@@Israel-nb7ipShe has turned into a Karen.
Ana has gotten to hating the left as much as Emma hates Taylor Swift.
Sam Seder is the GOAT!
Absolutely. He tells everyone to vote for the corporate centrist warmongering zionist 😉
I stopped watching TYT over Ana and Cenk's transphobia and rightward tilt on crime it's gross and they have become unwatchable Ana start's screaming half the time about nonsense
Ana is weirdly angry lately
If you live in Southern California, you would be upset at the shoplifting.
@@BrankoRNtheotherBranko ok nazi
@@BrankoRNtheotherBranko
I live in SoCal and I’m not upset by the shoplifting. The tiny TV bobbleheads are in your head, steering you by your ears. Don’t let them. Go outside, enjoy the cool air, it’s a beautiful autumn day.
@@BrankoRNtheotherBrankoWhy would anyone be upset over shoplifting when wage theft is a far larger issue that remains unaddressed?
Wow. “Not so much the Young Turks”…
He's not wrong though.
@@psyburn21Sam doesn’t realize how silly his viewers are.
Just say either of their names and the rest of the audience just jumps and barks.
Stop the pissy infighting. It’s stupid.
@@mackswellgg Dude you're the one engaging in pissy infighting right now.. take your own advice.
@@Vynjira-chan Hahahahahaha im one UA-cam frog. Meanwhile Sam Emma Ana Cenk Hasan Bonnel Pakman all keep themselves in their comfy little chambers.
Left is best. But it’s also full of snobby, gatekeeping narcissists. Check your hosts, keep them accountable.
@@mackswellgg We do, thus Sam and Emma calling out TYT.. that's keeping them accountable.. it's not Gatekeeping.. it's also not infighting.. but right now you seem to be trying to start pissy fights by calling accountability "infighting".
If Cenk R'd someone.. I would call for him to be arrested.. that's not pissy infighting.. I don't give a crap whose side he claims to be on..
Why would that be any different if he consistently attacks the Left.. from a Right Wing framing.. we call him out.. and you call that infighting..
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Pakman and I assume you're talking about Destiny are straight up Zionists.. so I dunno why you're mentioning them.
I actually don't know anyone who listens to Pakman.
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Also, what do you mean chambers? they are literally criticizing people because they disagree.. and thus it's not a chamber.
Ana is very sensitive about her choosing not to have kids & any subject that reminds her of it, especially as she gets older.
Sam, I completely agree with you sir. Well done.
I'm sure once Ana said she hated being called "a birthing person" she got called it a lot more.
She is such a birthing person.
She did hahaha! At least by me... :P
The Streisand Effect is for real.
Stupid
I am 99.9% sure that she has never been called a birthing person in person in her life
Did Sam say something? I can’t get past that caller’s dreamy Irish accent.
Awe thank you 😅🫣🤭
@@anakoz (They're right!) Since you actually do watch those shows, do you feel like you are better equipped to take on conservative talking points because you've seen them firsthand? Do the leftists on those shows properly fact check the right and vice versa, or do they just talk at each other and leave the responsibility to the viewers, with zero sourcing? I think it can be helpful to have a multi-pov show as long as people actually point to *facts* and boil things down properly. It's just that almost no 'journalist' does that anymore, and they just sit there talking in circles, which I don't think really helps anyone. But at the very least maybe it reminds people that *everyone* is just a human, and teaches listening skills? I dunno.
9:40 I agree. You can probably count on two hands the number of trans athlete there are that actually competing in women’s sports and actually impacting anyone unfortunately.
There were literally zero trans women at the Olympics and look at the craziness that happened there
Yeah, there were 5 in high schools nationwide last year. Nearly 500 pieces of legislation for 5 athletes. The right is excellent at fighting imaginary issues
I gave up on tyt like a year ago. I am glad I found you guys and I do love John from the damage report but I can't stand them anymore. It's not just the transphobia and the crime freakout. It's also that Cenk is cashing in on debating people about Gaza while he continues to let a genocide denier co-host. That Ben guy has said many many times that there is no day after the war. For awhile I just clicked off a video when he popped up on it but now I just can't watch any of them.
Yeah, John seems like a good guy, but there’s just too much baggage with that whole platform. I hate to abandon DR, but I hate funding TYT’s inflammatory rhetoric even more.
John is the only I still watch. Definitely does his homework and has sensible opinions.
This!!
I stopped mid-November last year and haven’t looked back, when Ben was allowed to spew hateful rhetoric- it dawned on me that TYT is not what I thought it was but is in this for ratings and clicks…I don’t agree with everything Sam says but by gosh He is consistent and has integrity and so when he (or co-host) go a bit liberal dem for my liking I have grace and can let it go, Ana / Cenk I have lost all respect for their “analysis” of world events- I’m just waiting for Ana’s debut of “Why the left Left me🤦🏾♀️!’
I've seen some of those clips with Ben and it is just horrendous
I think I understand why cenk wanted to give ben a chance to present his perspective, and cenk was generally there disagreeing, they were friends and cenk probably didn't want to kick him off and have everyone start saying he was antisemitic for it but it definitely went too far. Ben cannot see past Israel's propaganda and it's gross.
I kept thinking he'd see what was happening and shift his perspective. Realized eventually it's never going to happen.
Thank you Sam for keeping The Majority Report awesome. Young Turks have fallen off. Vaush was right
Over all my years of watching left wing political stuff on UA-cam, Sam is the one guy that hasn't disappointed me. I pretty much agree 100% with his takes on things which is very rare in any space.
@@Thezuule1 I think Sam is in a sweet spot, professionally. He’s been around long enough that he has some first-hand perspective and some financial security, but not so much as to become full of himself and stupid.
@@nw42 I would absolutely agree with that take.
@@christophergreen6595 As an aside: it's amazing how much dumber things have gotten since those early post-9/11 years. For a minute towards the end of GW's regime I thought maybe we'd finally hit rock bottom, but no. Not even close.
Vaush has some pretty bad takes too....
Sam's opinion: Political shows really aren't worth watching...
That's obviously not his opinion 😂 He just does his own show so that's his personal choice which makes sense
The "drunk Irish" comment reminds me of how people don't realize that "Paddy wagon" is a slur.
I didn’t twig it til now.
This is why Sam is my Uncle. 😊
Love the show. Left is best.
If 'Left is best', why have you pledged your undying loyalty to the corporate centrist warmongering zionists ?
Yea I un subscribed from tyt they went too far right and I can stand Ana
Anytime I think of watching two people that are on “different” sides of the spectrum I just think of Jon Stewart on crossfire.
Especially the "spin city" bit. The "different" sides thing is just a marketing campaign for laundering political rhetoric, more so for the right than the left. Its why Alex Jones and Tucker Carlson defended themselves in court as "entertainers".
There should be no such thing as "news entertainment" (borrowed from Vince McMahon calling professional wrestling "sports entertainment" over the use of steroids), just get a comedian to tell the news and find the comedy within it to take the edge off it. That was the medieval jester's prerogative.
I, too, was super grossed out by what Saagar said the other day about Haitian migrants.
This is the Sam I want to see every day.
Sam the fuckin GOAT
I used to watch The Young Turks everyday for almost 10 years, now because of the trajectory Ana has gone on, I've stopped. They don't even show up in my recommended videos anymore.
It's not just Ana's obstinate positions on trans issues that turned me off of TYT, it's their constant false equivalency in saying that the "far left" in this country is as bad as the far right, and it's seemingly always in the context of a story about the far right.
I decided to watch them one more time to give them a chance because I had really been fond of their show at one point. They were reporting on the extreme measures that Ryan Walters, the Oklahoma education secretary, has been taking to force Christianity and the Bible on public school students and teachers there. When discussing this with the other hosts, she said that it's the same on the far right AND the far left, then mentioned some vague story about somebody in education saying phonics was racist.
There is no leftist equivalent to people like Ryan Walters and to movements like the Christian right movement in this country.
The Christian right is poised to take over our country with their specific brand of fascism should their candidate win the presidential election in about a month, and they would have the backing of the Supreme Court to help them dismantle our entire country using Project 2025 as their guide. I'm not saying they're a majority in America, but they know that. They know how unpopular their ideas are and that they don't have the support of a majority of Americans. That's why they have been organizing and unifying their movement and strategizing their takeover. They have been working on this for the last 50 years.
There is nothing even close to this happening on the left.
The closest we have to a leftist movement with any visibility in this country is about four representatives in Washington who, in any other context, would be considered almost centrists. But the Overton window in America is skewed really far right and so I guess they look like leftists to a lot of people because they want to use our own tax money for our own people instead of giving it away to large multinational corporations and the wealthy.
Can anyone point to any robust and powerful far leftist, false populist movement or group in Anerica?
Thank you for calling out Cenk and Ana! Don't forget how they treated Bennie Carollo, raging at her on Twitter after she left. That was not cool.
No respect for people who can't treat others with dignity and respect!
Saagar lost his mind in that episode of Breaking Points. Comments lit him up. 45min video.
Same brother, Anna drove me away about 6 months ago or more. Sagaar also has made breaking points too difficult to watch these days
Glad I'm not the only one. Most of what he says is just stupid and wrong but then there's the times when he is just completely racist and transphobic and it's just like, I can't support this anymore.
See I can still watch breaking points despite how awful Sagaar is because he isn't pretending to be on the left. Krystal and Ryan are great, though they clearly try to be gentle with the right while on the show.
I actually like getting the window into the right wing perspective. I know how nasty that perspective can be, but know thy enemy.
I can't stand Ana pretending she hasn't moved to the right at all, while relying on cherry-picked right wing talking points.
At least with Sagaar, I know what I am getting and he's not pretending to represent the left perspective.
I agree with everything Sam has said about TYT, but at the same time you have to acknowledge that they have been solid about Gaza.
Sam won't acknowledge it. The Majority Report likes to pretend that they're the only ones who are 'solid' about everything. Meanwhile, they continue to be perpetual cheerleaders for the exact same candidates who is funding the disaster in Gaza.
Go off silver fox!
i would recommend ignoring BREAKING POINTS and TYT and instead focus on shows and podcasts that really know what is going on like THE SERFS, BEHIND THE BASTARDS, IT COULD HAPPEN HERE with robert evans, QANON ANONYMOUS, HANNAH RELOADED, they are much better
I used to monetarily support TYT but Ana & Was’s support of Trump in numerous broadcasts caused me to cancel my membership. I still watch John on the damage report and Cenk occasionally but not as much anymore thanks to Ana.
Was supports trump?! 😮
@@anakoz He made a lot of promos with Ana making excuses for Trump and minimizing his misdeeds while bashing Biden and Dems regularly. Look at my comment history. I would openly ask what is wrong with TYT? I used to love that channel
Saagar is a terrible person. He calls Kamala a DEI hire but doesn't look in the mirror...I'm SURE his wife's family gives Saagar the side eye and thinks he's a DEI hire himself....Ana never felt right. I've always thought she was off. They do have good ppl over there....John, JR Jackson. Dr Richie is ok. But man!!! SMH
I still watch all the other TYT channels, just not the main show. As much as Cenk and Ana still have good points, I cannot watch them if the UA-cam algorithm thinks I am also watching them for their bad points. I do not have that problem with any of the others (except Ben Gleib and maybe David Schuster for their Zionism).
@schoolfreak32 Idk about David...but Ben IS THE WORST!
ohh no wait, YES YES YES I *do* agree with the caller, I just remembers this now
Thank you, Sam for addressing the TYT BS!
I used to be a big fan of tyt.. i just can't watch anymore. I believe they're trying to capture a new audience..
I stopped watching TYT because I cannot stand the person Ana has become. She's angry and bitter about EVERYTHING and speaks as though her takes on women's perspectives on ANYTHING are the only correct ones and like she speaks for all of us when she absolutely doesn't. And don't get me my started on how she handles trans issues. 😑
She got her feelings hurt on twitter and she's turned it into her whole villain origin story.
TYT was my entry into watching political commentary on UA-cam and was my #1 show for a long time... but the more I discovered other shows, like majority report, humanist report, secular talk, breaking points for crystal only, and now Zeteo... I found myself watching less and less TYT. Ana's transphobic report was the nail in the coffin for me.
I'm going to make a prediction
Anna from tyt will get a huge promotion and wind up in the mainstream media
And it's going to be on the right wing mainstream media
I don't watch a lot of tyt just like Sam, but from what I see it looks like she's doing an audition for Fox News
Exactly this. She always had the right-wing fake outrage smug asshole schtick down pat. 😂
I predict your prediction is wrong. Haha.
Ana is definitely the reason I stopped watching the main show. I still watch some of the other shows.
Majority Report, laying down facts. Thank you Sam, I will share this with all my friends. I know a lot of Trans people who will appreciate your support.
The only 2 lefty shows/content creators I tend to agree with 99% of the time is the Majority Report and Hasan Piker
I used to watch TYT but I quit. They angered me with their opinions I’m in it for facts.
Wanna hear some facts ? 😉 Biden-Harris administration sent 8 billion to Israel in the last few days. You'll ignore the fact, and still vote for Harris with a big smile on your face. Right ?
Ana has expressed that she isn't interested in motherhood. Why she's so upset about being called a birthing person is beyond me.
The inclusive terms debate is infuriating in how frustratingly wrong people can be about such a simple issue. Nobody has EVER been called a _birthing person_ instead of a woman. Nobody. Ever. Not a single individual. A term "birthing people" refers to people who are capable of giving birth. That's it. It has never been nor was it ever intended to be a substitute for the word woman. Not to mention the fact that I've NEVER heard a single serious liberal or leftist use the term "birthing people" in the first place, however it is not uncommon to speak about (like I just did) "people who give birth" or "people who can get pregnant". The framing of matter is clearly mockery, something so absurd sounding it obviously makes trans allies and the defenders of precise and/or inclusive language sound unreasonable. But again, NO, nobody has EVER asked A SINGLE PERSON to NOT call themselves women - except for transphobes. NOBODY is asking ANYBODY to call themselves a "birthing person". The clear as day fact of the matter is, not all women are able to give birth, nor are all people who give birth women. That's literally it, there should not need to be any further discussion, there is nothing controversial about this.
Transphobic freaks insist on alienating massive portions of _CIS PEOPLE_ when they make it their entire life mission to assimilate terms referring to groups of people sharing a physiological capacity or trait with words implying gender, just to cause harm to trans people. You can't just speak of "women" when you are specifically speaking about matters of reproductive health. Your mother probably isn't capable of giving birth by statistical probability. It's needless to forcefully include her in a conversation about people with the capacity to get pregnant at the moment. These people simply get it upside down. It's about specificity in subject where gender alone would not be sufficient to point out the shared quality of people to whon a subject applies to.
Ohioan here. My daughter is transgender. Sam thank you so much for speaking on this. I used to love TYT and I really loved Ana, when she started down this transphobic fear monger hole I was beyond disappointed. Unsubscribed and haven’t watched since because she clearly has no idea pretty much anything about what transgender kids and their parents face. It’s truly horrifying. Singling our kids out and saying they specifically don’t believe they should have access to their gender affirming care having no understanding of what they are saying. We need to stand together in this we are all Americans and we have rights and we have the right to be who we are no matter what anyone else thinks or says. That’s literally the beauty of America. If your ok with some peoples rights being taken away your saying you don’t mind your own rights being taken away because that will happen this is always what happens conquer and divide. Conquer and divide guys. Don’t let it happen
“I am a critic of B.S. though” 💀
Sam speaking out about transphobia with such conviction ❤. I like this callers question about should we dump an entire show over specific remarks when most of its other content is good, as it comes up for many of us. Sam nuanced response about knowing the difference btw platforming vs showcasing how to respond was wonderful
Saagar was despicable on that clip, specially for a first generation Indian whom parents was immigrants like myself I despise that guy now
100 percent, Sam.
What was floating in your mug Sam?😆😆
Yeah the point about which things people are talking about with their platforms is huge. I've never really followed TYT and just see the big clips of Ana and Cenk saying wild stuff. Both trans issues and crime they seem to just completely accept right wing framing
Haven't watched TYT in several years. Good to know I stopped wasting my time long ago.
Been watching MR for years and will continue.
Thank you for speaking on this. It shows real integrity. Your point to Cenk about separating your barstool opinion from what you say on air is important. I don't care much if someone is opposed to trans athletes in sports (it's such a narrow issue that affects so few people). But when people fixate on it, it only acts as a way to push people against trans folk in general (how wedge issues are meant to work)
Invite fellow youtuber Dusty Smith on the show. A proven track record of being ahead of the curve and mostly on the right side of every issue. Very entertaining guy too.
Dusty is AWESOME!!!
If Dusty can tone down his weird shouty voice, he could be a major contributor on the left.
Dusty and Sam are my two favorite youtubers.
Krystal Ball, Kyle Kulinski, Sam Sedar, Emma Vigland, and Ryan Grim are the best political reporters today
In Nevada, the Republican opposition candidate has a banner that just says "Susan Lee voted to allow men to participate in women's sports." Its crazy.
Hadn't heard about that Breaking Points anti-Irish controversy so went to have a look - Jesus Christ Almighty it was like the spirit of a late-19th English landlord possessed Saagar for that segment.
Man I've never heard that claptrap about the Irish. That is some old timey racism.
I just realized Sam kinda sounds like Huey Emmerich from MGS 😂
I don’t hear it…
@@i.quadmegistus5768 I think it’s his cadence, I kinda hear it. 10:12 “Snake, you have an editorial responsibility! What’s actually important? What’s being manipulated and being used?”
I don't think content creators like Sam, really know how much their work is appreciated by someone like myself. I remember years ago when 'Gamer Gate' first started. I thought the entire thing was BS and honestly thought I was the only one who felt this way because how many youtubers were celebrating it. All of that ended when I finally found 'James Stephanie Sterlings' youtube channel. For the first time in a long time I saw just how not crazy I was! Not only that, but her videos and comment section proved that I wasn't the only one who felt this way. That's why I'm very grateful to content creators like her and Sam. Well everyone on 'Majority Report' really.
Stephanie is great
I like Damage Report and Rebel HQ from TYT. Get being annoyed from the main peeps. I stopped watching over the trans women and the grossness of that whole convo. I like Krystal, and I'll admit, Kyle makes me giggle
Their hatred for the unhoused and all the right wing narratives on this topic they parrot is what makes me sick.
I’m becoming a member! Your a freaking OG SAMMY
I remember Ana saying something like “if you don’t like it you can leave” thought say no more and unsubscribed. Her and Cenk’s opinions don’t need to be everyone’s.
TYT the home of grifters
It has a record of churning out some of the worst people in online discourse. Rubin, Dore, Chariton, Michael Tracey…
At last someone correctly describes Saagar
IRISH PRIDE ☘️ BOSTON MA. 617
Thank you, Sam. You can articulate so well what so many can easily see.
TYT is infotainment: pure and simple. Their incentives lean toward capturing an audience. Their enlightened centrist turn is designed for this.
Also take a look at their list of dodgy alumni who have learnt at the feet of the masters.
Tyt always put a bad taste in my mouth. I think it us the used care salesman approach Cenk has. He talks down to his audience like they're rubes. Pun intended
And now Ana has officially posted her "Why i left the left" manifesto. Its time for you and Emm to cover this
I used to listen to TYT until they got really annoying. You and Emma are the best. I am 70 +.
3:25 made me laugh so hard. sam absolutely obliterating ana in four words. thanks for the solidarity with us transes! love the show! ❤
The fact he justified the old anti-irish sentiment was surprising... I wondered if we'd devolve to that because of the obsession with "anglo saxon heritage"...
Much of the increase in shoplifting is self-induced by retailers due to their increased use of "self-checkout". Who would have thought that when you make customers responsible for making sure every item is scanned that some items get skipped and customers are walking out without paying for those items? Who could've seen THAT coming? But, hey, the "smash-and-grab" incidents make for great drama in the media.
This is why I love Sam and Emma. 🙌
Be careful what you pretend to be, because you always wind up becoming what you pretend to be
Mother night, Kurt Vonnegut
That should also apply to people pretending to be something and and it eventually comes out that they're the exact opposite. Sinema is a perfect example of that. UGH. I will never forgive her for what she did.
I'm pretending to be rich and handsome. Any day now....
Been waiting for Ana's right-wing character arc to conclude.