so today was the last show for the Young Turks on current tv:
we're on for about to two years on current and
I feel really conflicted about the last show
and I guess I just wanted to share my thoughts with you guys
um the number one feeling I have
is honestly relief I
aid worse tremendous challenge
to do two shows in one day I mean doing it for three years now between MSNBC and
current and I we see doing the Young Turks on line for two hours a day
and gotta say a toll on and on her dog
don't ask me by Moriah back pain I
I get it right it's about a way to was a skinny guy to begin with
paid and and so persistent pretty hard for me I we see this law degree things
about it
I we have the spread our message to a lot more people that some TV money
always keepin it real okay arm
but I I want to talk about the upside as a colonel burden how I felt about those
two years
and a lot of people might look at it and go oh well you know it didn't work
so other sad day right I
honestly I know a lot more can't believe this
they're haters are always gonna hate but
I think that it didn't work now i think is a curious thing to say right
because we're off the air now you got by by Al Jazeera America
and a new their whole new slate of programming but term
it worked in a sense that in those times
the people that watched got something that they weren't seeing
anywhere else on television it wasn't just
pro-democratic party certain obviously wasn't for Republican Party
it was a prose that was when I was in pro-government wasn't pro-military
it was honest an real an independent and
will get a lot of that on television so for as long as it lasts it was great
and you know people sometimes conserve is not the point to air america
I whatever getting work but really
think about it this way now sure of course it was in business that no one
other business which by the way happens to a lot of people
into a lot of companies go and find your local circuit city and see how that
turned out
now does that mean the service he was a failure for its entire existence of
course not I mean you can
go company by company now why do I say america was a success in its own right
well
first of all what people don't talk about is that ratings wise
on small-market in small stations on in the big markets
actually love the program is had caught conserve talk
Thom Hartmann cock rush limbaugh in ratings
so that that actually happened already but but more much more importantly look
good
the seed that was planted and a mighty Oaks
it grew into al franken now senator Al Franken reach them out on all the top
rated
show on MSNBC mark maran was
on Air America let alone Thom Hartmann and Sam cedar
and brandy roseanne all other wonderful town and then the Young Turks
and we're on there were now by far the largest online new show we've got over a
billion views on YouTube alone
list goes on and on this month with 55 million views
151 million minutes viewed
now look our career was already
you in existence doing all right before america we're on Sirius Satellite Radio
on XM
obviously al franken at a career mark merritt says see all these guys the
rachel starr on Air America
but it all help to give us a further push
now war the cease planted by
current so we were on their jennifer Granholm was on there
Eliot Spitzer al gore obviously Michael sure who
got to host his own television show for the first time the war room
with Michael sure after gennifer grown Granholm step down John pupil saying
Stephanie Miller bill press et cetera right but look
it was ok for me while the greatest experience of my life to
to do election coverage with before a vice president al gore
oh yes mister jennifer Granholm people saying ensure
what an unbelievable team won a fountain of knowledge
I don't know how other people felt about it but
I felt terrific about it I thought we did some
great shows and I don't know
what those mighty oaks from current will be but I do know that it planted seeds
and I know that we had a great run where we got to try so many different things
on television that nobody else got to do
and I feel terrific about and finally I have to be honest I actually feel
really bad saying this in a lot of ways but I'm happy
that we're now moving up and I feel bad saying that because we work with some
great producers Inc
great guys behind the scenes on the Young Turks on current
and so I feel bad I feel guilty
saying that I'm happy to be moving on but the reality is both for personal
reasons that I explain
earlier in also for the purposes ok movie on
school when I call toll media domination
the Young Turks we've already you know Concord online
video news which is pretty significant thing to conquer
it doesn't mean we're not gonna fall of the perched this mean we're
you know can't do anything wrong it doesn't mean that we've made it and its
over a network retiring to the Bahamas et cetera
but there's so much more to do and I can't wait to give
all my time and energy to it that doesn't mean that the young terms are
going to other productions that I'm never gonna be on
TV is a guest contributor host whatever it might be
we're going to do so many deals some online some on TV
some in ways that you could possibly imagine today
but overall to build this machine that's already doing so well online
and a crush everything in our power well that's what I live for
I can't wait for tyte to send their regards
for the mainstream media there are ready
beginning to reveal day lose viewers every single day we gain viewers every
single day
so a today whether conservatives are all the doubters believe it or not I'm EU
you keep doubting while we keep doing right and whether you believe it or not
I'm very happy today because I'm incredibly optimistic about the future
I'm optimistic but the present this is going so well
an I can't wait to tackle
the rest so what's ahead of us so onward
to glory