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MSNBC’s Cenk Uygur Opens Exposé On Michele Bachmann By Attacking Her Looks

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It’s fair to say that TV pundits aren’t a particularly “nice” bunch – they’re tasked with taking a look at world events and the politicians who shape them through a (highly) critical lens. Sometimes – or, you know, most of the time – that criticism can take a turn for the personal, not only because individual people in politics often do or say incredibly stupid and/or hilarious things, but also because going after the person behind the policies more often than not makes for better ratings. But at what point does going after individuals become petty and mean and, well. Spectacularly lazy?

That’s the question I asked myself when watching MSNBC’s Cenk Uygur take on Republican Representative Michele Bachmann. Nine times out of ten, it’s easy to predict what a pundit will say about any given politician, and Bachmann is a frequent target for liberal TV hosts (Ahem. Cough. Wheeze.), so it was expected that Uygur would go for the jugular. But when he began making fun of her eyes, the only think I could think was, “Really?”

It’s just not all that funny to watch a grown man with a fairly serious job mock a woman for her appearance (or a man for his). But, more significantly, it makes Uygur look petty, unintelligent and lazy. My respect for and interest in any actually valid points he has to make about Bachmann wane in light of his impression, and it makes it seem like what he has to say about Bachmann is personal and emotional rather than thoughtful or intellectual. And, you know, I just don’t want to see someone go off on someone they personally hate, because it undermines their point. If I wanted to listen to gossip or the personal opinions of people who aren’t particularly qualified to weigh in on political matters, I’d watch The View. (Nothing personal, of course.) Plus, yeah, we get it: Michele Bachmann has wide eyes. John Boehner is very tan. Sarah Palin has a distinctive accent. I’m sure everyone has something about them others will find amusing or awkward. What does any of this have to do with that person’s ability – or inability – to be a thoughtful, productive lawmaker?

And it’s not just Uygur. His MSNBC colleague Chris Matthews routinely goes after Bachmann for her looks and mannerisms (you can check out a couple of examples in my coughing fit a few paragraphs back) to the point that he seems not only fascinated by Bachmann, but downright obsessed with the Congresswoman – which hurts his credibility each and every time he speaks about her. And, for what it’s worth, I just can’t see prominent Fox News personalities doing this. Bill O’Reilly, arguably the Poster Pundit for conservative opinion news, often takes jabs at the left, but I’m hard pressed to find an instance of him going after the looks or physical quirks of anyone with whom he disagrees. His takedowns can be downright acerbic and biting, but they never seem superficial.

My advice to Uygur (…advice for which, curiously, he’s yet to ask me) and is ilk would, then, be this: Don’t hesitate to be funny. Don’t back down from being brutal and nasty if the topic calls for it. Get angry, be snarky. But don’t make it personal. And, for the sake of God and/or Pete, stop pulling Bachmann’s pigtails in the sandbox. Not only is it petty, it’s gotten boring to watch.

Take a look at Uygur’s full segment for yourselves, courtesy MSNBC:

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  • Dem4Ever

    Why would a guy who looks like he does even consider making fun of someone else?

  • cjd ohio 1

    people in glass houses………..

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Chris-Jones/1384303476 Chris Jones

    I don’t think when Obama let those Uyghurs out of Gitmo he intended for MSNBC to make on of them a TV host.

  • BadGenome

    In Cenk’s defense, Alex, he doesn’t have a fairly serious job; he works for MSNBC.

  • illusive man

    MSNBC’s Cenk Uygur Opens Exposé On Michele Bachmann By Attacking Her Looks

    So that’s what it’s like to be born with out a sence of irony.

    The scientific world need’s to study this Uygur creature right away.

  • MrTPar_taY

    Wink’s always looked like a fat amphibian with a serious donut addiction.

  • tatboy

    He is the last one that should go after someones looks. And if he wants to start down that road google what this toolbox named his kid. Seriously… it’s funny. :)

  • Patrick

    I’ve said this before: any douchebag who names his son Maximus or whatever handle Uygur stuck that defenseless child with shouldn’t be taken seriously.

  • Nacho

    He is just jealous of her beautiful good looks.

    I bet he wants to nail her, nail her hard and good.

  • http://www.perceptionasreality.blogspot.com/ skoorbekim

    Why does Olbermann’s production value yesterday seem to be higher than Cenks?
    Cenk had better studio digs with the Young Turks…

  • http://mk-cultra.org fnordlord

    “I’m not sure if she can close her eyes.” That’s it? Alex Alvarez you are on top of the serious issues of our time, blog pundit.

  • unmutual

    This is what passed for journalism in his previous YouTube gig.

  • http://www.perceptionasreality.blogspot.com/ skoorbekim

    MSNBC’s Cenk set budget seems lacking…
    Talk about hacking on the cheap…

  • TfT

    Typical MSNBC BS – style over substance; can’t attack her on her policies so he attacks her on her looks. Just like he loves hehimself because he has a good smile (like Matthews said) but he couldn’t really speak knowledgeable about any of the one’s policies.

    MSNBC sucks,plain and simple.

    They hate conservative women over there, in deed, they hate all women (I recall they attacked Hillary also).

    Poor COMCAST.

  • dillhole

    The Young Turks? There is just something about that name that is just so F’n annoying! The dude looks like that fat dude on SNL! It’s really sad when unfunny people try to be funny. Michelle Bachman is a whackjob, he couldnt think of any jab that actually had a bit of wit?

  • http://www.perceptionasreality.blogspot.com/ skoorbekim

    I picture him in front of a green screen in an 64sq ft “studio”…

  • VW

    The Turk is only following in the footsteps of the great misogynists of his network – Chris Matthews, KO, and the man who gets mad at women in bars – Ed Shultz.

  • http://www.perceptionasreality.blogspot.com/ skoorbekim

    audition videos have higher production values…

  • murf

    Irony is dead .

  • http://www.perceptionasreality.blogspot.com/ skoorbekim

    Cenk looks like a nerdy, but less successful, version of Artie Lange…

  • Mr.Papshmer

    He oughta instead have a good laugh at that skanky skeezer, Michelle Obama.

  • TillieGlockenspiel

    More proof to me that societally we have sunk to the lowest common denominator. What a pitiful human being. Disagree with Bachmann on policy, but Uygur’s puerile insults sound like they came straight out of “Mean Girls.”

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ellen-Carey-Rowe/683757018 ellie

    fnordlord said:
    “I’m not sure if she can close her eyes.” That’s it? Alex Alvarez you are on top of the serious issues of our time, blog pundit.

    He knows what stirs up the masses.

  • illusive man

    tatboy said:
    He is the last one that should go after someones looks. And if he wants to start down that road google what this toolbox named his kid. Seriously… it’s funny. :)

    For a proud turk, nameing your kid prometheus (Greek name) is a big spit into the eye of Turky.
    ( I assume you know of the bad history between Greece and Turky?)

  • http://www.perceptionasreality.blogspot.com/ skoorbekim

    Last one:
    Cenk looks like a media incarnation of Rupert Pupkin…
    Thank you everybody, good night and God bless…

  • illusive man

    illusive man said:
    For a proud turk, nameing your kid prometheus (Greek name) is a big spit into the eye of Turky.( I assume you know of the bad history between Greece and Turky?)

    *naming* not nameing

  • jbeast

    In all fairness, with KO gone, someone has to pick up the misogynistic mantle at MSNBC.

  • murf

    skoorbekim said:
    Cenk looks like a nerdy, but less successful, version of Artie Lange…

    I was thinking a full uni-brow away from Bert on Sesame Street .

  • illusive man

    illusive man said:
    For a proud turk, nameing your kid prometheus (Greek name) is a big spit into the eye of Turky.( I assume you know of the bad history between Greece and Turky?)

    *Turkey* not turky

    Note to self: stop drinking on weekdays.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ellen-Carey-Rowe/683757018 ellie

    He also knows that most won’t actually watch the video so he’s tells them what they should take away from it. The most shallow thing.

  • roxsteady

    Really? Bachmann routinely refers to this administration as “Ganster Government” and you’re upset because Cenk rightly points out that Congresswoman crazy eyes rivals Norma Desmond in that look of loon department? So, she’s allowed to name call and dog whistle but, when someone states the painfully obvious we should pretend he’s lying? Tell me, is he wrong about her eyes or are mine deceiving me and keep in mind that I have 20/20 vision!

    Tell the Truth and Duck, Cenk!

  • http://www.perceptionasreality.blogspot.com/ skoorbekim

    murf said:
    I was thinking a full uni-brow away from Bert on Sesame Street .

    One more…
    He looks like the biggest jerk you’ld meet at a college frat party…

  • illusive man

    illusive man said:
    *Turkey* not turky Note to self: stop drinking on weekdays.

    Ok, jumped the gun

    New note to self: Stop drinking *so much* on weekdays.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ellen-Carey-Rowe/683757018 ellie

    TfT said:
    Typical MSNBC BS – style over substance; can’t attack her on her policies so he attacks her on her looks. Just like he loves hehimself because he has a good smile (like Matthews said) but he couldn’t really speak knowledgeable about any of the one’s policies.

    MSNBC sucks,plain and simple.

    They hate conservative women over there, in deed, they hate all women (I recall they attacked Hillary also).

    See? Here’s a perfect example.

  • roxsteady

    By the way, I saw Cenk on that awful Dylan Ratigan’s show this afternoon and Cenk also pointed out that he is fat and loves to eat. I’m guessing that piece of truth is OK with you pearl clutchers?

  • http://www.perceptionasreality.blogspot.com/ skoorbekim

    Cenk is the guy you DON’T invite out for drinks after work…

  • tatboy

    illusive man said:
    For a proud turk, nameing your kid prometheus (Greek name) is a big spit into the eye of Turky.( I assume you know of the bad history between Greece and Turky?)

    Yes I do. I also know that someone as ugly and weird as this ballsack should walk a little more lightly around the personal insults. Unless he wants people to follow his example when his kid goes to school with a F’d up name like that. Reminds me of the song “A Boy Named Sue”. Hope that little shitbag learns how to fight.

  • tatboy

    illusive man said:
    *Turkey* not turky Note to self: stop drinking on weekdays.

    Don’t do it man. It makes the week go so much easier. :)

  • turk281

    fnordlord said:
    “I’m not sure if she can close her eyes.” That’s it? Alex Alvarez you are on top of the serious issues of our time, blog pundit.

    You’re not reading the New York Times blog. You’re reading a blog about media personalities. That’s what she’s supposed to do.

    Did Alex strike a nerve by pointing out the sexist diatribe passing for enlightened infotainment? And Cenk, coming from the far left who’s so insufferably politically correct makes it even more ridiculous.

    I applaud Alex for pointing out what will be most likely glossed over by folks who would crucify someone saying this from the other side.

  • http://www.perceptionasreality.blogspot.com/ skoorbekim

    Didn’t Cenk claim he was going to “defeat” or “destroy” FOXN?

  • ChrisNH

    TV media hacks are the amoebas of society. With no other redeeming skills, these dim-wits hurl discrimination lawsuits when they lose their jobs. “You unfairly stole the only job I know how to do, so I will SUE!’ This is a common refrain. This is the world Cink Yogurt toils in.

    I love the photo of Cink Yogurt that accompanies this story; it makes him look like a Jerry’s Kid.

    Anyway, it is a joy seeing rabid leftist media hacks on parade. It’s not a good time to be them, with ‘Their Boy’ being bludgeoned on a daily basis.

  • roxsteady

    Glad we’re all in agreement. Bachmann is a complete moron and an embarrassment to the idiots who voted for her.

  • http://www.perceptionasreality.blogspot.com/ skoorbekim

    Picture the fear that Cenk and Schultz put into the nerds in the MSNBC cafeteria…

  • TangledThorns

    Shouldn’t Mediaite post about shows that people watch or at least heard of?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ellen-Carey-Rowe/683757018 ellie

    turk281 said:
    Did Alex strike a nerve by pointing out the sexist diatribe passing for enlightened infotainment?

    What is sexist about saying someone looks like they never close their eyes. Be specific please.

  • labo

    Cenk couldn’t get laid in a morgue.

  • Raygun

    turk281 said:
    And Cenk, coming from the far left who’s so insufferably politically correct makes it even more ridiculous.

    The far right, who are so insufferably politically incorrect, getting offended and calling “sexist” is just as ridiculous.

  • Raygun

    Seriously though, Cenk Uygur is the most shrill human being in the history of mankind.

  • slickerwick

    MSNBC is known for its misogyny. It started back during the Dem primary with the attacks on Hillary and Chelsea. Then Palin and now Bachmann. It’s really offensive to all women and juvenile. I’m surprised how liberals can get away with their woman-hating and yes, it’s always personal. And you never hear a peep from NOW.

  • The Lantern of Truth

    Nicely done, Alex .

  • OxyCon

    They don’t call them “The Young Jurks” for nothing. Junk knows the maturity level of his minuscule audience and he gives the handful of them what thet want. As Bill Maher admitted to Rachel Maddow, it’s all about hatred as to which drives Leftists.

  • Zandandido

    And you, Cenk Uygur is fat. Boody-bloody-hoo. No one cares about you, except for your family and friends. Who really does this? Oh yeah, Chris Matthews and Ed Schultz (massive pot calling the massive kettle black). What a pool. And sorry Mr. T., I don’t pity this fool.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ellen-Carey-Rowe/683757018 ellie

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  • Sean68

    illusive man said:
    *Turkey* not turky Note to self: stop drinking on weekdays.

    LOL> A man after my own heart. Don’t drink and post political comments on the internet! Though, I’m a hypocrite, since I’m halfway through a bottle of cheap (but tasty) chardonnay.

  • turk281

    ellie said:
    What is sexist about saying someone looks like they never close their eyes. Be specific please.

    Sorry Ellie, If you’re watching Letterman or Conan, fine.

    But something about tearing down a woman who accomplished what she has in life based on her looks is gross. You may hate Bachmann’s politics, but when one relentlessly attack women by calling them stupid, weird or ugly one deserves………well, MSNBC type ratings.

    It says more about him and his intellect more than it does about whatever typical point he’s trying to mindlessly repeat.

    People like Cenk need to believe they’re smart, so they tear down and ridicule others. Once you’re going after someone’s looks you’ve already lost the intellectual debate.

  • tgk

    Maybe This idiot and Matthews see what an influence Jon Stewart has on liberals and are attempting (poorly) to copy it?

    This is no surprise at all and for Alex to act like it’s a “new” thing? Where have you been for the last 2 years? Personal attacks are all they’ve got and they’ve had. Palin ring a bell?

  • http://www.mediaite.com/tv/glenn-beck-explains-how-the-unions-are-using-teachers-firefighters-and-co ImNotBlue

    ellie said:
    Training Tea Party Activists In Guerilla Internet Tactics – BUSTED! http://tinyurl.com/2b6h92a

    Tell it to the SEIU.

  • Zandandido

    Nacho said:
    He is just jealous of her beautiful good looks.

    I bet he wants to nail her, nail her hard and good.

    You repulsive little man. VERY little.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ellen-Carey-Rowe/683757018 ellie

    slickerwick said:
    MSNBC is known for its misogyny. It started back during the Dem primary with the attacks on Hillary and Chelsea. Then Palin and now Bachmann. It’s really offensive to all women and juvenile. I’m surprised how liberals can get away with their woman-hating and yes, it’s always personal. And you never hear a peep from NOW.

    So tell me what is sexist about saying someone looks like they never close their eyes?

  • turk281

    Raygun said:
    The far right, who are so insufferably politically incorrect, getting offended and calling “sexist” is just as ridiculous.

    Never said I was offended. Or shocked. This is typical.

    But it surely reinforces every negative stereotype about unprincipled far left hacks.

  • Anne 1

    Zandandido said:
    You repulsive little man. VERY little.

    Nacho has issues .

    Nacho said:
    She needs that big black cock in her bad, maybe shed loosen up for the first time ever.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ellen-Carey-Rowe/683757018 ellie

    turk281 said:
    Sorry Ellie, If you’re watching Letterman or Conan, fine.

    What does this mean?

    turk281 said:
    But something about tearing down a woman who accomplished what she has in life based on her looks is gross. You may hate Bachmann’s politics, but when one relentlessly attack women by calling them stupid, weird or ugly one deserves………well, MSNBC type ratings.

    What about saying she looks like she doesn’t close her makes it sexist?

    turk281 said:
    It says more about him and his intellect more than it does about whatever typical point he’s trying to mindlessly repeat.

    But what makes it sexist?

    turk281 said:
    People like Cenk need to believe they’re smart, so they tear down and ridicule others. Once you’re going after someone’s looks you’ve already lost the intellectual debate.

    What makes it sexist? When someone comments on how another”s eyes look is that always sexist? If the comment is made about a male politician is that sexist too? Or is it only sexist if a comment is made about a woman?

  • TerryDo

    You Turkish piece of crap, how dare you attack an intelligent political candidate for the presidency of America on her looks; what do you think this is, you muslim woman hater, a beauty contest or could your problem be that you think she should be wearing a burka? Go and stuff your Turkish fat a*s.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ellen-Carey-Rowe/683757018 ellie

    turk281 said:
    Never said I was offended. Or shocked. This is typical.

    But it surely reinforces every negative stereotype about unprincipled far left hacks.

    What makes it sexist?

  • cjd ohio 1

    sexist is subjective

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ellen-Carey-Rowe/683757018 ellie

    TerryDo said:
    You Turkish piece of crap, how dare you attack an intelligent political candidate for the presidency of America on her looks; what do you think this is, you muslim woman hater, a beauty contest or could your problem be that you think she should be wearing a burka? Go and stuff your Turkish fat a*s.

    Is this sexist? The comment is on his looks. If not, why not?

  • http://www.mediaite.com/tv/glenn-beck-explains-how-the-unions-are-using-teachers-firefighters-and-co ImNotBlue

    ellie said:
    What makes it sexist?

    Better yet, what WOULD make it sexist? What do you think needs to be said, before something is “sexist” to you?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ellen-Carey-Rowe/683757018 ellie

    ImNotBlue said:
    Better yet, what WOULD make it sexist? What do you think needs to be said, before something is “sexist” to you?

    A comment referring to her sex. What makes a comment about her looking like she doesn’t close her eyes makes it sexist?

  • Zandandido

    Ellie, women are based on their looks, you would say that? It’s not good, but it does happen. Whenever someone says about a women “oh that girl is hot/sexy or ugly/disgusting”, feminists say “how could you say that”. Instead of battling (if he did, he’d lose, he couldn’t win a spelling bee against a deaf and blind man), he attacks, her looks. He could have asked her to be a guest on his show, and debated her on the issues. Instead, he attacked her looks, and implying that she is deformed in some way. It is more misogynistic than it is sexist.

  • Zandandido

    Zandandido said:
    Ellie, women are based on their looks, you would say that? It’s not good, but it does happen. Whenever someone says about a women “oh that girl is hot/sexy or ugly/disgusting”, feminists say “how could you say that”. Instead of battling (if he did, he’d lose, he couldn’t win a spelling bee against a deaf and blind man), he attacks, her looks. He could have asked her to be a guest on his show, and debated her on the issues. Instead, he attacked her looks, and implying that she is deformed in some way. It is more misogynistic than it is sexist.

    Sorry, whenever a man says about a woman.

  • slickerwick

    ellie said:
    So tell me what is sexist about saying someone looks like they never close their eyes?

    When a so-called male pundit makes fun of a female politician’s looks, that’s sexism. He’s posing as a political analyst. What do her looks have to do with her job or ideology? Can she help how her eyes look? I bet if she was disfigured in an accident or had a limp he’d find that a source of hilarity. Do you have facial imperfections? Would you like a male pundit making fun of your facial imperfections that you were born with and can’t alter just because he disagrees with your politics? What Cenk is engaging in is schoolyard taunts; it’s unprofessional and he’s not a comedian; he’s supposed to be a pundit on a news channel. We really have sunk pretty low in today’s culture. Can you imagine Edward R. Murrow or Walter Cronkite making fun of a female politician’s looks? These MSNBC a-holes are given a pass because they’re liberals and because the women they mock are conservative. Hillary was perceived as a threat to Obama during the primary so she was fair game as well.

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    That Bachmann sure is dumb. Did you hear what she said the other day, she said the budget deal kept the Lincoln Memorial open for the kids. LOL everybody knows that the Memorial is outdoors and is never closed. She sure is stupid, oh wait, she didn’t say that is was President Obama that said that. Of course we all know he is not stupid?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ellen-Carey-Rowe/683757018 ellie

    Zandandido said:
    Ellie, women are based on their looks, you would say that?

    Only for those who base women on their looks.

    Zandandido said:
    It’s not good, but it does happen.

    That IS sexist.

    Zandandido said:
    Whenever someone says about a women “oh that girl is hot/sexy or ugly/disgusting”, feminists say “how could you say that”.

    Because those are comments based on a persons sex … so it’s sexist.

    Zandandido said:
    It is more misogynistic than it is sexist.

    It’s neither. It’s an unnecessary dig for sure but it has nothing to do with misogyny and it is not sexist. Both would require his comment be based on her sex.

  • cjd ohio 1

    A man demeaning or dismissing a womans idea based on her look or appearance. sexist?

  • turk281

    ellie said:
    What does this mean?

    What about saying she looks like she doesn’t close her makes it sexist?

    But what makes it sexist?

    What makes it sexist? When someone comments on how another”s eyes look is that always sexist? If the comment is made about a male politician is that sexist too? Or is it only sexist if a comment is made about a woman?

    Beginning your DNC/Media Matters talking points by attacking the physical appearance of an accomplished Congresswoman is sexist.

    It’s old, boring, and appeals to the lowest common denominator. People who don’t understand politics and need to be told why to hate the other side. It’s entertainment for people too dull to understand policy.

    Again, I’m not offended. It reflects the hypocrisy of the kind of people(liberals) who go out of their way to tell others how to live and what is and is not acceptable in their world of speech policing and sensitivity classes!

  • cjd ohio 1

    cjd ohio 1 said:
    A man demeaning or dismissing a womans idea based on her look or appearance. sexist?

    up to you

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ellen-Carey-Rowe/683757018 ellie

    slickerwick said:
    When a so-called male pundit makes fun of a female politician’s looks, that’s sexism. He’s posing as a political analyst. What do her looks have to do with her job or ideology?

    He wasn’t talking about “her looks” he was talking about something she does with her eyes. The same could be said about a man and has nothing to do with what sex she is. I’m not defending the comment because i do think it was in poor taste … but it’s not sexist. You guys trying to pick up this feminist mantle need to first understand what makes something sexist. You can’t just toss the word out because she’s female. THAT would be sexist!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ellen-Carey-Rowe/683757018 ellie

    I’m done. You really don’t know when something is sexist.

  • Anne 1

    ellie said:
    It’s neither. It’s an unnecessary dig for sure but it has nothing to do with misogyny and it is not sexist. Both would require his comment be based on her sex.

    You cannot be as obtuse as you pretend to be. The concept of sexism is not limited to only that behavior which is , but also takes into consideration inference and nuance .

  • Anne 1

    which is overt

  • TheRealRoyalQueen

    Cenk Uygur smells like hot dog water.

  • TerryDo

    ellie says:
    April 13, 2011 at 10:35 pm (Quote)
    0 3
    TerryDo said:
    You Turkish piece of crap, how dare you attack an intelligent political candidate for the presidency of America on her looks; what do you think this is, you muslim woman hater, a beauty contest or could your problem be that you think she should be wearing a burka? Go and stuff your Turkish fat a*s.

    Is this sexist? The comment is on his looks. If not, why not?
    ************************
    Yes ellie, the comment is sexist, in your definition of sex (male female) because I am putting down a man because of his big fat Turkish ass. So what!

    You can even say it is racist calling him a Turkish piece of crap and prejudice because I am against misogynist muslims. You can also say it is no politically correct, so what is your point with all these “Is this sexist?”

  • http://www.mediaite.com/tv/glenn-beck-explains-how-the-unions-are-using-teachers-firefighters-and-co ImNotBlue

    ellie said:
    A comment referring to her sex. What makes a comment about her looking like she doesn’t close her eyes makes it sexist?

    So, unless he said, “I don’t like her BECAUSE she is a woman,” it’s not sexist? Does the same thing apply for racism too… because we’ve seen a lot of, “You’re just complaining because he’s Black” in the past few years.

    Just trying to hammer down a “standard.”

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ellen-Carey-Rowe/683757018 ellie

    Anne 1 said:
    You cannot be as obtuse as you pretend to be. The concept of sexism is not limited to only that behavior which is , but also takes into consideration inference and nuance .

    So his inference was sexist, you say. How?

  • WildMan

    cenk is the biggest idiot buffoon on TV. How that weirdo got his own show is beyond me. Wait, he works for LSDnbc where no one gives a rat’s ass about anything, especially so when it comes to making fun of women. cenkie, chrissy tingles, fatso edie, gay lawrence, and lez randy madcow love to poke fun at people better than them to help themselves deal with their shortcomings. PMSnbc has sunk to the bottom of the East river and you can smell them all over Manhattan. 30Rock has become a daycare nursery for the juvenile and childish talkingheads they put on the air. A real shame at how deep that place has sunk to.

    BTW, cenk wash your clothes and straighten your tie. Maybe some day you will be more than a sissified girlieman. Then again I doubt it. All of you PMSnbc’ers are scum.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ellen-Carey-Rowe/683757018 ellie

    TerryDo said:
    You can even say it is racist calling him a Turkish piece of crap and prejudice because I am against misogynist muslims. You can also say it is no politically correct, so what is your point with all these “Is this sexist?”

    I wanted to find out why you people saw it as sexist.

  • Anne 1

    ellie said:
    So his inference was sexist, you say. How?

    I was wrong , you don’t pretend to be obtuse .

  • turk281

    ellie said:
    So his inference was sexist, you say. How?

    Quit the deconstruction of the word, Ellie.

    By the standards set by the self appointed, self righteous people who claim to speak for all minorities, what he said was sexist. Got it? The irony is beyond rich.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ellen-Carey-Rowe/683757018 ellie

    ImNotBlue said:
    So, unless he said, “I don’t like her BECAUSE she is a woman,” it’s not sexist?

    No it’s only sexist if the comment is made because of her sex.

  • turk281

    Anne 1 said:
    I was wrong , you don’t pretend to be obtuse .

    Seriously!!

  • WaterLoo

    “If I wanted to listen to gossip or the personal opinions of people who aren’t particularly qualified to weigh in on political matters, I’d watch The View. (Nothing personal, of course.)”

    That might be the funniest and truthful comment I’ve ever heard on Mediate.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ellen-Carey-Rowe/683757018 ellie

    turk281 said:
    Got it?

    Nope. What I get is a lot of projection.

  • turk281

    ellie said:
    Nope. What I get is a lot of projection.

    You’re right. Now please, go fix your husband a snack and go cozy up to a nice Lifetime movie!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ellen-Carey-Rowe/683757018 ellie

    Anne 1 said:
    I was wrong , you don’t pretend to be obtuse .

    Still no answer to what makes it sexist.

  • Who is Salacious Crumb

    ellie said:
    He wasn’t talking about “her looks” he was talking about something she does with her eyes. The same could be said about a man and has nothing to do with what sex she is. I’m not defending the comment because i do think it was in poor taste … but it’s not sexist. You guys trying to pick up this feminist mantle need to first understand what makes something sexist. You can’t just toss the word out because she’s female. THAT would be sexist!

    Her eyes, and what she does with them, are part of her looks/appearance.

    In a world where we differentiate between “regular” violent crime and hate crime, a court of law would most likely define Cenk’s comments as sexist.

  • Anne 1

    turk281 said:
    You’re right. Now please, go fix your husband a snack and go cozy up to a nice Lifetime movie!

    * snicker *

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ellen-Carey-Rowe/683757018 ellie

    turk281 said:
    You’re right. Now please, go fix your husband a snack and go cozy up to a nice Lifetime movie!

    LOL

  • Resistance Is Futile

    This is dishonest journalism by Mediaite’s Alex Alvarez . Cenk Uygu does not mock Bachmann’s looks. This is a pathetic excuse for biased false reporting.

  • http://www.mediaite.com/tv/glenn-beck-explains-how-the-unions-are-using-teachers-firefighters-and-co ImNotBlue

    ellie said:
    No it’s only sexist if the comment is made because of her sex.

    So all the comments made suggesting that Republicans and Tea Partiers are “racist” because they disagree with Obama’s policies is bunk… so says you?

    And I assume that when that happens, you’ll defend said Republicans and TPs… right?

    Similarly, I’m allowed to criticize Michelle Obama’s appearance and dress, just so long as I don’t mention her race, or that she is female… is that correct?

  • Zandandido

    Well guess what Ellie. You said that in response for me saying “It’s not good, but it does happen”, you said “This IS sexist” about me saying “Ellie, women are based on their looks, you would say that?”. That is what Cenk did. Cenk based Bachmann on her looks. You proved my point.

  • Who is Salacious Crumb

    Resistance Is Futile said:
    This is dishonest journalism by Mediaite’s Alex Alvarez . Cenk Uygu does not mock Bachmann’s looks. This is a pathetic excuse for biased false reporting.

    I’m guessing Alex doctored the video too.

  • George C

    Resistance Is Futile said:
    This is dishonest journalism by Mediaite’s Alex Alvarez . Cenk Uygu does not mock Bachmann’s looks. This is a pathetic excuse for biased false reporting.

    A poor education would lead you to that conclusion .

  • turk281

    Resistance Is Futile said:
    Resistance Is Futile

    Since your screen name is a Star trek reference, I’m gonna assume you’re not very attractive and probably don’t get laid much.

    Since that’s the case, I don’t think people should pay attention to your post. Your opinion is irrelevant…

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ellen-Carey-Rowe/683757018 ellie

    Who is Salacious Crumb said:
    Her eyes, and what she does with them, are part of her looks/appearance.

    So are comments about Cenk’s weight … about his looks. Does that make any comment about Cenk’s looks sexist?

    Who is Salacious Crumb said:
    In a world where we differentiate between “regular” violent crime and hate crime, a court of law would most likely define Cenk’s comments as sexist

    It would be laughed right out of court.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ellen-Carey-Rowe/683757018 ellie

    Only those who really (secretly perhaps) don’t see women as equal would cry sexist at that comment. It had nothing to do with what sex she is. But it’s fine with me if you want to look stupid.

  • Sean68

    Alex makes a good point about the difference between O’Reilly vis-a-vis Ugyar. I’m not an O’Reilly fan but Alex is right: I couldn;t imagine O’Reilly making fun of some liberal-let alone some liberal female’s physical appearance. I couldn’t imagine Hannity or Shep or Greta or Baier doing it either. I could, however, imagine any of MSNBC’s hosts doing this.

  • Barack Must Go

    Well it’s official. MSNBC has gone full blown gay. They failed with most other groups. They hate blacks outright so that won’t work. So the gays got it. Good luck with that move MSNBC.

  • GoneFishing

    The Young Turk sucked on YouTube and sadly, has not improved on MSNBC…hes still a tool.

  • Anne 1

    ellie said:
    So his inference was sexist, you say. How?

    “Sexism primarily involves hatred of, or prejudice towards, either sex as a whole (see misogyny and misandry), or the application of stereotypes of masculinity in relation to men, or of femininity in relation to women.”

    I’m at a loss as to why you don’t see or understand that comments about a prominent ( any ) woman’s looks when beginning an “ analysis “ , are designed to discredit by invoking deep and long held cultural archetypes regarding gender and appearance .

    At this point , your ignorance feigned or otherwise is boring .

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Patti-Rusth/100000029693537 Patti Rusth

    This poor guy born with no neck obviously was raised in a world with no mirrors … would rather look at her than him any day of the week … all you Democrats are people who make normal people cringe.

  • turk281

    At least the “Young” Turk can take comfort in the fact that Wolf Blitzer beats him in the key 25-54 demographic. That’s about as relevant as he is.

  • billwhit1357

    Why is this guy even on TV? Is he supposed to be funny? Another Chris Matthews getting tingles up his leg? Looks like some stupid Progressive Puke to me. Oh well, this is MSNBC is known for it’s lies and stupidity. You know when someone is a Good Conservative when they make the Left go crazy, like this fool is doing. They have a tendecy to make fun of those who make them nervous, it is like a tempature guage, the more someone makes the Leftist Pukes nuts, the better the Conservative is doing his job. Bachmann has more Testicles than this fool or Obama put together!

    Allen West 2012! A Proven Leader, Patriot, and a Born American with a Real Long Form BC that he is not afraid to show!

  • WildMan

    Barack Must Go said:
    Well it’s official. MSNBC has gone full blown gay. They failed with most other groups. They hate blacks outright so that won’t work. So the gays got it. Good luck with that move MSNBC.

    Let’s see…

    Chrissy ‘Tingles & Thrills’ Matthews—Gay as all get out
    Weird Sinkhole Turkish Dunderhead–Gay as Hell
    Laurie ‘NoPersonality’ O’Donnell—Can’t get any Gay’er.
    Randy Madcow—aka Lezzie Bordan
    Edie ‘Fatso’ Schultzie—Scary as a Obese Redheaded Gay

    Yep BarackMustGoNOW, you are so correct.

  • got a grip

    With his delivery drenched in snark, nastiness, and self-satisfaction, how anyone can listen to this guy for more than two minutes is beyond me. Looking at the ratings, I guess they don’t.

  • slickerwick

    Resistance Is Futile said:
    This is dishonest journalism by Mediaite’s Alex Alvarez . Cenk Uygu does not mock Bachmann’s looks. This is a pathetic excuse for biased false reporting.

    Her eyes aren’t part of her looks? What, in your alternate universe, constitutes looks?

  • BornToSynthesize

    Mr. Ugyur’s remark is sexist because he made it about a woman. And that makes him a hypocrite of gargantuan proportions, because he (presumably) is coming from a political viewpoint (Dem/lib) that is supposed to be sensitive (politically correct) to how all women are viewed, and that all women are to be respected because….they’re women. That’s what the hardline feminists have always stood for, or so I thought. The shameless lib/feminist hypocrisy parade began with Sarah Palin, the first conservative woman to run on a presidential ticket. It was open season (no pun intended) on her for liberals, because she is a conservative woman. But where is the sensitivity towards women, regardless of political persuasion, when it comes to women such as Bachmann or Palin, from people such as Ugyur et al who wouldn’t dream of snarking on the looks of say, Hillary or Nancy Pelosi? It appears that the ideal of feminism, respect for all women, has died at the altar of political persuasion, for Ugyur and all others of his ilk.

    Libs/feminists/Ugyur….thy name is HYPOCRITE.

  • http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

    Nice post Alex.

    Sadly, this is typical and common behavior at msnbc…

  • Probably NOT wrong

    What do you mean it “makes Chunk look petty, unintelligent and lazy”!
    The punk is a world class piece of shit!
    Plus he is ugly as a bucket of hog shit and has a very small
    viewership!
    There!
    But I am not going to insult him>

  • ChrisNH

    Why would someone with a stupid name like Cink Yogurt descend into the gutter like that?

    Oh, wait…It’s because he’s one of those ‘Big-Deal-Tee-Vee Nooze Guys.’

  • BornToSynthesize

    I should add that perhaps the blatant hypocrisy began with President “BJ” Clinton. Maybe even before him—I don’t know the exact date. But the Left and feminists have no excuse for tolerating sexist attacks on conservative women, or any women at all, especially from the very people who are supposed to be so supportive of feminism and women generally.

    Of course, there will always be the Mark Levins or Rush Limbaughs around, who have no problem occasionally criticizing women’s looks—-but at least they aren’t hypocrites.

  • ChrisNH

    Cink Yogurt chided Bachman’s EYES? Did you ever see creepier eyes in the photo of Cink Yogurt attached to this story? Like any typical Leftist media hack, Cink Yogurt will probably waddle over to Mediaite to see what’s being said about him.

    And then he’ll cry. If he can make his tear ducts work.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Aaron-Wysocki/1355859916 Aaron Wysocki

    I must have missed it where exactly does Cenk open expose by making fun of her looks?

  • Barack Must Go

    BornToSynthesize said:
    I should add that perhaps the blatant hypocrisy began with President “BJ” Clinton. Maybe even before him—I don’t know the exact date. But the Left and feminists have no excuse for tolerating sexist attacks on conservative women, or any women at all, especially from the very people who are supposed to be so supportive of feminism and women generally.

    Of course, there will always be the Mark Levins or Rush Limbaughs around, who have no problem occasionally criticizing women’s looks—-but at least they aren’t hypocrites.

    Quite simple actually. All on the left and feminists are all completely full of _____.

  • BornToSynthesize

    Barack Must Go said:
    Quite simple actually. All on the left and feminists are all completely full of _____.

    Well, I guess you summed it up, BMG. I could have said the same, but I thought I’d be a bit more articulate. You know, because we’re all supposed to be more “civil” nowadays, and all that BS. Interesting how that seems to be lost on Cenk and the like. Nobama suggested we’re all supposed to be civil to one another. What a load.

  • writer

    The left’s attitudes on conservative women remind me of the old joke:

    “What happened with that girl you were so hot on? Did you ask her out?”

    “Nah. She ran off and married some other guy, so I dumped her.”

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  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Timothy-Wright/774124882 Timothy Wright

    Michelle Bachman IS petty and mean. She is a homophobic bigoted member of the Christian Taliban.

    She makes no sense when she talks politics and she does, in fact, look like a possessed teabag zombie.

    Decorum is not in order for a public figure who has demonized gays, the poor, called her colleagues in government anti American traitors, is a welfare queen, and who has fueled violent hatred of Democrats and our President.

  • Jaurez

    Timothy Wright says:

    Why do you change names to say the same thing over and over?

  • BatBoy

    Timothy Wright said:
    Michelle Bachman IS petty and mean. She is a homophobic bigoted member of the Christian Taliban. She makes no sense when she talks politics and she does, in fact, look like a possessed teabag zombie. Decorum is not in order for a public figure who has demonized gays, the poor, called her colleagues in government anti American traitors, is a welfare queen, and who has fueled violent hatred of Democrats and our President.

    Now you did it Timmy….you just PO’ed a bunch of Waterloo women….you are in

  • fenngibbon

    Cenk Uygur looks and usually sounds like Horatio Sanz’s cousin — the one whose parents would both be calling his mom “sister” even if they weren’t married.

  • Barack Must Go

    BornToSynthesize said:
    Well, I guess you summed it up, BMG. I could have said the same, but I thought I’d be a bit more articulate. You know, because we’re all supposed to be more “civil” nowadays, and all that BS. Interesting how that seems to be lost on Cenk and the like. Nobama suggested we’re all supposed to be civil to one another. What a load.

    Obama’s a pussy. He sends his minions out to thash conservatives so he doesn’t break a nail. Then looks the other way while these same liberal losers summon the racist Holder justice department if a conservative fights back.

    That’s alright as he’ll be impeached by the end of the Summer anyway.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Timothy-Wright/774124882 Timothy Wright

    Jaurez said:
    Timothy Wright says:

    Why do you change names to say the same thing over and over?

    Who are you claiming I am other than myself?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Timothy-Wright/774124882 Timothy Wright

    BatBoy said:
    Now you did it Timmy….you just PO’ed a bunch of Waterloo women….you are in

    I have no idea what a Waterloo woman is nor do I care.

  • Colorado_Conservative

    MSNBC sure has a knack when it comes to hiring intelligence..(heavy sarc)

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Timothy-Wright/774124882 Timothy Wright

    Timothy Wright said:
    I have no idea what a Waterloo woman is nor do I care.

    Oh! Waterloo Iowa. Since I am from The Quad Cities and studied at the (VERY LIBERAL) University of Iowa I am not even slightly concerned about Waterloo women!

  • Penguin60

    Timothy Wright said:
    Decorum is not in order for a public figure who has demonized gays, the poor, called her colleagues in government anti American traitors, is a welfare queen, and who has fueled violent hatred of Democrats and our President.

    hmph, cough, wipes tear…. thanks for the laugh, I mean really, that was funny. You should take that on the road.

  • felixw

    No surprise here. Leftwing pundits never address issues, positions or ideas any more. It’s just ridicule, smears, insults and character assassination. The whole Saul Alinsky playbook taken to ridiculous extremes. If these folks were on high school debating teams, they would lose every round of every competition. So of course Michele Bachman’s are critiqued by the Left, who are afraid to respond to her demands for fiscal restraint and government accountability.

  • Eruptor75

    Should someone with the inverse of devastating handsome looks ,like Cenk SandNigguygar, be attacking another’s appearance? This guy looks like a cross between Ed Shultz, Rosie O’Donnoll, and some random arab.

  • http://inyourfaceradio.net In Your Face Radio

    WOW …. That’s exactly what BATSH*T CRAZY looks like … good call Cenk

  • jackwilson

    I’m old enough to remember when liberals were thoughtful and tolerant.

  • http://cbcf.groupsite.com Miss Capri

    Get off the air, Cenk, you spineless, childish, brainless hack!

  • joe7

    Cenk has to hit the gym and lose a few chins before he can fairly judge the looks of anyone. Since its his own fault he looks the way he does. Why doesn’t he just go back to whining how biased everyone else is and how its ‘not teh same!’ ?

  • andthehorseyourodeinon

    All this from a clown with a name that sounds like a rare STD.

  • Chuck from Tacoma

    I really know little of Cenk Uygur, but would really like to know. Has he always been such a misogynistic phuck? I do see that he is another of the many MSNBC loosers that waste valuable air time blathering on endlessly about nothing.

  • Phocus2

    If there is anyone who should not speak of someone’s looks, it would be this piece of human debris. Where does MSNBC find all the vapid homely people?

  • http://gordonbloyershow.com gordonbloyershow

    Ellen Carey Rowe said:
    Only those who really (secretly perhaps) don’t see women as equal would cry sexist at that comment. It had nothing to do with what sex she is. But it’s fine with me if you want to look stupid.

    You have really made yourself a joke here. You need to go to the blogs for children. You don’t belong here.

  • MTinMO

    Bachmann’s looks are not the problem. What comes out of her mouth is the problem. I have to wonder at the kind of people who live in her district because the woman is sadly lacking in education and yet she was elected and re-elected. She regularly speaks about the most revised and rewritten American history I have ever heard. And we can’t allow her to get away with that. The founding fathers did not “work tirelessly for years to end slavery”. Didn’t happen. They were slave owners and they wrote the language that allowed blacks to be counted as 3/5′s a person. That is not fighting to end slavery. One or two may have changed their minds and attitudes, but they didn’t work tirelessly to end it. Why does she think the Civil War came along and does she realize the founding fathers and the Civil War were almost 100 years apart? Closer to 100 than to 50 anyway. Just like Texas has decided to remove a lot of Thomas Jefferson’s accomplishments from their history books and rewrite them to give Texas kids a very wrong view of American history, Bachmann regularly speaks of history and has her facts all wrong. Most of the time she won’t even acknowledge her error even when her words are played back to her. I have to conclude her education a Oral Roberts University was sadly lacking if she doesn’t know the basic history she tries to speak of.

    The one thing I would disagree with in this article is the authors depiction of Chris Matthews about Bachmann. Matthews isn’t personal as Ugyur evidently was- Matthews is talking about the things Bachmann says- some of it right on his show. (When she said the media needed to investigate members of the House and Senate for anti-American views and the Obama was anti-American and not like “the rest of us”- code for scary black man) I find it to be rather amazing that Bachmann would consider herself to be qualified to be president. I have seen absolutely nothing from her that would give me cause to think she is even remotely qualified- other than her age and citizenship.

  • Kined

    And this is why, even as a guy who other people would probably consider liberal, I dislike Cenk Uygur.

  • Michael_T

    Oh c’mom.

    This may be one of the most biased and misleading articles I’ve seen on the right-leaning Mediaite website. I cannot believe Mediaite is making an issue out of Cenk Uygur “attacking” Ms. Bachmann.

    Has Alex Alvarez never watched Fox News or listened to Rush Limbaugh. This is what male hosts do on Comedy Central, talk radio and cable news … whether it’s MSNBC or FNC. They make jokes about women politicians.

    Bill O’Reilly and Dennis Miller wallow in jokes about Nancy Pelosi and Ruth Bader Ginsberg all the time … and trust me it’s a lot meaner than some passing relatively innocuous comment about Bachmann’s dear in the headlights expression.

    Chris Matthews, Joe Scarborough, Keith Olbermann, Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck also have a long history of this kind of locker room ‘humor’.

  • fromthatshow

    Why isn’t Cenk on your power grid ranking yet?

  • mrunpc

    Cenk Uygur? Is he serious? With a name like that, who the hell would want ANYONE to know about it. let alone a TV audience, as small as I’m sure it is? It sounds (and he looks) like something I spit up in the morning when I clear my sinuses.

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  • oldbroad41

    I have seen bit of pieces of his program and did not know who he was…now that I can put a (barf,cough)name to him,LOL,LOL,i do protest his and mathews,fat ed,et al for their demeaning comments about women,conservative and sometimes liberal for being strong and outspoken…..SCARES THE HELL OUT OF THEM!

  • greenriverkate

    Since she opens her mouth and says “crazy crazy” things, she opens herself for critizism. It has been said she is under hypnosis and just continues to talk talk talk and never answers questions, I have seen it. NO, not the hypnosis but the stare of an ignorant woman. Perhaps you people just discovered her but her craziness has gone on for almost 3 years. How in the world she get elected is beyond me. Cenk was stating his opinion as Faux “news” so often does! This is a no news issue and a waste of time! Actually, anytime spend discussin her is a waste of time.

  • Gorgegirl

    I don’t care which political party a person represents, I don’t like to hear any commentators making remarks about a person’s appearance – women or men. I can recall Chris Matthews or someone getting suspended for making remarks about Hillary. The same should apply for Michelle Bachman or Sarah Palin. They should only be criticized for what they say and think or don’t think – not their appearance.

  • gottosay

    IT IS TRUE BACHMAN LOOKS LIKE SHE HAD SOME MEDICAL ISSUES OR SHE WAS HIGH ON SOMETHING OR OVER EXCITED TO BE NICE WHICH IS MORE THAN SHE GIVING AMERICA…WE HAVE ENOUGH OF THIS CRAZINESS AND I BET BACHMANN WILL CHANGE HER TUNE FOR WISCONSIN IS CHANGING AND THE PEOPLE THERE HAVE HAD ENOUGH…CENK IS RIGHT THERE WAS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE OVER EXCITED EYES

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