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It’s no secret that there is a dividing line between conservative and liberal media in 2024. But The Young Turks’ Cenk Uygur believes both sides are guilty of not reporting facts before the 2024 election.
Both Republicans and Democrats have been critical of the other side and the media coverage received by Democratic nominee Kamala Harris and Republican candidate Donald Trump.
But from Uygur’s view, both sides should be critical of how they portray themselves, too.
“If you’re a reporter and you think you shouldn’t report negative news about Kamala Harris because it might help Trump, you’re not a reporter,” Uygur wrote in a post on social media. “If you expect a news show to give you only positive coverage of Democrats, you’re not watching a news show, you’re watching a commercial.”
He continued by noting that it was likely that conservatives would applaud him for taking that stance. But he believes they are just as guilty.
“And Republicans, before you get too smug, this is even more true of right-wing media,” he countered. “Have you seen a lot of negative coverage of Trump in right-wing media? Do you think that’s because he’s never done anything wrong or because they’re doing propaganda instead of actual news?”
It isn’t the first time Cenk Uygur has been critical of the mainstream media on both sides. The Young Turks host previously alleged that liberal media outlets weren’t willing to welcome pundits critical of Joe Biden on their airwaves applauding a CNN commenter who took the time to argue the President Joe Biden was clearly in a cognitive decline earlier this year.
