>>WE HAVE BEEN DOING CAMPAIGNS TO HIRE JOURNALISTS AND HAVE
THEM BE REAL WATCHDOGS, WATCHERS ON THE WALL.
NOT GUARDIANS OF
THE GALAXY, BUT GUARDIANS OF DEMOCRACY.
AND YOU GUYS HAVE
BEEN AMAZING, WE WERE TRYING TO REACH 1 MILLION, WE DID.
WE SAID
EVERY 500,000 WOULD HIRE NEW FOLKS, WE DID.
WE WENT PAST 1
MILLION EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE DOUBTERS, AND NOW WE WERE TRYING
TO GET TO 2 MILLION SO WE COULD HIRE AT EVERY LEVEL.
THE NEXT
LEVEL AFTER 1 IS 1.5, YESTERDAY I ASKED YOU TO CHIP IN TO GET US
ABOVE 1.5 MILLION AND YOU DID.
WE ARE READY FOR THE
ANNOUNCEMENTS, BUT FIRST LET ME TELL YOU WHERE YOU CAN HIRE MORE
REPORTERS.
TYTNETWORK.COM/GO, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT YOU SEE WE
HAVE PASSED 1.5 MILLION THANKS TO YOU.
WE ARE AT 1.507 FIRST
LET ME SAY [STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER].
A GREAT
ACCOMPLISHMENT, THANK YOU GUYS.
OUT OF COURSE AS I HAVE DONE IN
PREVIOUS ROUNDS, YOU GET TO FIND OUT WHO YOU HIRED.
THIS IS THE
FUN PART.
COMES THE FIRST ONE -- GO AHEAD.
>>YOU ASKED ME EARLIER, WHY HAVE YOU BEEN IN INDEPENDENT MEDIA,
WHY HAS THAT BEEN THE ANCHOR OF YOUR CAREER?
AND I THINK IF YOU
LOOK AT TRADITIONAL LEGACY MEDIA WHAT YOU OFTEN SEE IS COVERAGE
THAT RIGHTS MONEY ALMOST COMPLETELY OUT OF THE STORY.
YOU
SEE THESE STORIES ABOUT HILLARY SAID THIS OR OBAMA DID THIS OR
TRUMP THAT THIS, WHATEVER, IT'S ALL ABOUT THE PERSONAL INTRIGUE
AND THE KIND OF GOSSIP AND GAMESMANSHIP, AND STRIPPED OUT
OF THE STORY IS ACTUALLY, WELL, WHAT MONEYED INTERESTS ARE
PAYING WHICH POLITICAL ACTORS TO SHAPE WHICH SPECIFIC PROVISIONS
THAT SERVE THOSE MONEYED INTERESTS.
THAT IS NOT OFTEN
PART OF THE STORY.
INDEPENDENT MEDIA IS ONE OF THE ONLY PLACES
WHERE YOU CAN DO THAT IN A SERIOUS WAY.
>>DAVID SIROTA!
ONE OF THE YOUNG TURKS!
IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME
COMING.
UPRISING.
WELCOME HOME.
FOR A LONG TIME I HAVE CALLED
DAVID -- HERE WE GO AGAIN -- I'VE CALLED DAVID THE UPRISING
BECAUSE THAT'S THE TITLE OF HIS SECOND BOOK, HE WROTE THE
HOSTILE TAKEOVER, THE UPRISING, HE CONTINUES TO BE A GREAT
REPORTER AT THE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES, HE WILL BE A
CONTRIBUTOR ON THE YOUNG TURKS, HE HAS WRITTEN FOR NEW YORK
TIMES, POLITICO, HARPERS, WIRED, SALON, THE LIST GOES ON, HE HAS
WRITTEN STORIES ABOUT WHAT THEY ARE DOING WITH OUR PENSIONS, THE
SCANDALS OF CHRIS CHRISTIE, A GREAT JOURNALISM BACKGROUND AND
NOW A CONTRIBUTOR TO THE YOUNG TURKS, I COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD
TO HAVE THEM ON.
THAT IS A PIECE OF AN INTERVIEW I DID WITH HIM
YOU CAN CHECK OUT ON YOUTUBE.COM/TYTINTERVIEWS VERY
SOON.
NOW LET'S GO TO THE SECOND HIRE.
NORMALLY WE DO TWO, THIS
TIME THREE, THERE IS A BONUS THAT YOU WILL LOVE THE NEXT TWO
FOLKS AS WELL.
FOR THE NEXT PERSON, SOME BACKGROUND.
LET ME
SHOW YOU WHO IT IS, IT'S JONATHAN LARSEN.
AND HE WILL BE
THE MANAGING EDITOR OF TYTPOLITICS AND THE EXECUTIVE
PRODUCER OF TYTPOLITICS.
SIROTA HIS MORE OUTWARD FACING AND SO
WAS THE THIRD PERSON, YOU WILL SEE IN A SECOND.
JONATHAN YOU
MIGHT NOT RECOGNIZE BECAUSE HE'S LARGELY BEHIND-THE-SCENES, WHAT
HAS HE DONE?
WELL, HIS RESUME IS A PROGRESSIVE DREAM.
FIRST OF
ALL, YES, HE HAS WORKED LOTS OF ROLES AS PRODUCER, REPORTER, AND
UNCOVERED MANY STORIES INCLUDING IN THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA ON ABC,
GOOD MORNING AMERICA, CNN, ANDERSON COOPER 360, BUT ALSO IF
YOU ARE PROGRESSIVE GET A LOAD OF THIS -- HE HAS WORKED ON THE
DAILY SHOW, MORNING SEDITION ON AIR AMERICA, HE WAS A HIGH-LEVEL
PRODUCER ON COUNTDOWN WITH KEITH OLDBERMANN.
WHEN I FILLED IN FOR
OLBERMANN, JONATHAN AND I WORKED TOGETHER BRIEFLY.
AND HE CREATED
UP WITH CHRIS HAYES.
IF YOU ARE A PROGRESSIVE AND YOU WATCH UP
WITH CHRIS HAYES, THERE ARE TWO PEOPLE DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR
THAT, CHRIS HAYES AND JONATHAN LARSEN.
AND IF YOU WERE AN UPPER
AND YOU LIKED WHAT THAT PROGRAM DID, SMART, PROGRESSIVE,
THOUGHTFUL PROGRAMMING, YOU WILL LOVE WHAT JONATHAN LARSEN WILL
DO HERE AT THE YOUNG TURKS.
HE IS GOING TO COORDINATE ALL OF
OUR REPORTERS AND CONTRIBUTORS.
I COULD GO ON AND ON ABOUT ALL
THE STORIES HE HAS BROKEN, HE BROKE THE STORY OF THE
POLITICIZATION OF THE BUSH OFFICE OF FAITH-BASED
INITIATIVES, PHIL GRAMM'S DUAL ROLE LOBBYING FOR WALL STREET
WHILE WORKING FOR THE MCCAIN CAMPAIGN AS THEIR TOP FINANCIAL
ADVISOR, AND ASKING THEM TO DEREGULATE.
HE TALKED ABOUT THE
MASSIVE GLOBAL COMPANIES THAT STOOD TO BENEFIT FROM SO-CALLED
SMALL BUSINESS TAX CUTS.
I TALKED TO HIM AS WELL, YOU WILL
SEE THAT INTERVIEW ON YOUTUBE, BUT I WANT TO GIVE YOU A SNIPPET
AS WELL TO GIVE YOU A SENSE OF HOW JONATHAN WAS IN THE BUILDING
IN THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA IN A LOT OF WAYS AND SAW SOME OF WHAT WAS
GOING WRONG AND HOW WE CAN FIX IT.
HERE IS A SMALL PART OF THAT.
>>WHAT'S THE QUOTE FROM HUNTER S THOMPSON WHERE HE TALKS ABOUT
THEM BEING FUCK OFFS AND MISFITS AND OUTSIDERS AND LOSERS -- THE
PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE AT THE WINDOW OF THE WHITE HOUSE
CORRESPONDENTS ASSOCIATION DINNER SAYING YOU GUYS SUCK
AS OPPOSED TO BEING INSIDE.
>>WE HAVE LOST THAT COMPLETELY.
>>IF YOU ARE HAPPY AND WEALTHY BEYOND ANY FINANCIAL CONCERNS IN
YOUR LIFE WHATSOEVER, WHY WOULD YOU BE WORRIED ABOUT MONEY IN
POLITICS?
>>TOTALLY.
>>BUT THE OTHER FACTOR I THINK IS THAT IF THEY DON'T -- IF THEY
ARE CONCERNED THAT THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO DO THE STORY WELL, I
THINK PEOPLE UNDERESTIMATE THE C.Y.A.
DYNAMIC THERE, WHICH IS
THAT EVERY DECISION THEY MAKE --
EVERYONE SAYS HOW RATINGS DRIVEN TV IS, WHICH SORT OF BEGS
THE QUESTION OF, WHAT DRIVES RATINGS?
AND TO A LARGE EXTENT THE ANSWER IS WE DON'T KNOW.
>>I WAS ABOUT TO ASK YOU THAT.
>>WHICH MEANS WHEN THEY MAKE DECISIONS ABOUT WHAT TO DO, THEY
WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY HAVE AN EXPLANATION FOR WHY THEY DID IT
WHEN IT FAILS.
MOST OF THESE DECISIONS ARE DRIVEN BY, WILL I
HAVE A GOOD EXPLANATION FOR WHEN IT FAILS?
>>WE WON'T OPERATE LIKE THAT, WE WILL DRIVE FOR SUCCESS.
WE
DEFINE SUCCESS AS DOING ACTUAL INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING.
YOU
WILL SEE THAT ON YOUTUBE.COM/TYTPOLITICS, ALL OF
OUR REPORTERS, THE ONES WE HAVE HIRED IN THE PAST, THE ONES YOU
HAVE HIRED IN THE PAST, INCLUDING THESE GUYS, WILL BE
DRIVEN TO BREAK STORIES, STICK TO THE FACTS, BUT ALSO BE
PASSIONATE ABOUT THE NEWS AND THE WORLD AROUND US.
YOU CAN DO
BOTH OF THOSE THINGS AND DELIVER GREAT NEWS.
ONE LAST FUN FACT
ABOUT JONATHAN LARSEN, HE ALSO WROTE TWO BATMAN STORIES FOR
DC COMICS.
JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT IT COULDN'T GET ANY BETTER.
AND NOW THE THIRD BONUS, NEW CONTRIBUTOR.
>>WE OWE $70 TRILLION.
DON'T WALK OUT A $4 TRILLION SOLUTION
WHICH IS JUST A WAY FOR THE DEMOCRATS TO AVOID DEALING WITH
THIS UNTIL 2017.
I'M NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT PLANS TO DEAL WITH
THIS IN 2017, I'M SAYING WE HAVE A PROBLEM AND I'M TIRED OF
REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS WHO WANT TO BURN THE
PLACE OF THE GROUND, AND DEMOCRATS WHO WANT TO OFFER A
PLAN THAT GETS IT THROUGH THE END OF THEIR SECOND TERM OF THE
PRESIDENCY AND THEN SCREWS ME AND MY KIDS WHEN IT'S OVER.
>>HERE COMES DYLAN RATIGAN OFF THE TOP ROPE!
I LOVE IT.
DYLAN
RATIGAN, CONTRIBUTOR TO THE YOUNG TURKS.
LONG TIME COMING,
BROTHER.
I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU AN OLD CLIP OF HIM HOSTING TYT
IN THE PAST, BUT OF COURSE HE'S A NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING
AUTHOR ON SUSTAINABILITY, AND OF COURSE ABOUT THE FINANCIAL
MISSED DEALINGS, HIS BOOK WAS GREEDY BASTARDS, HE IS A
SUSTAINABILITY ENTREPRENEUR IN THAT ROLE, HE HAS WORKED AT
BLOOMBERG, CNBC, MSNBC, AT CNBC HE COHOSTED CLOSING BELL AND
CREATED FAST MONEY, TWO OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL SHOWS.
HE LEFT
CNBC WHEN HE REALIZED YOU KNOW WHO CREATED THE FINANCIAL MESS
WE ARE IN?
THE BANKERS.
AT MSNBC HE WAS THERE FOR THREE YEARS, HE
BROUGHT ME ONTO MSNBC, THE FIRST TIME I EVER FILLED IN FOR ANYONE
WAS FOR DYLAN RATIGAN.
AND HE IS ALWAYS SEEING AHEAD AND SEEING
CLEARLY, HE HAS ALWAYS HELD GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS,
REPUBLICANS, DEMOCRATS, TO ACCOUNT.
SO WHEN PEOPLE SAW HIM
RAGING ON AIR LIKE THAT, IT WENT VIRAL BUT SOME IMPOLITE CIRCLES
IN THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA THOUGHT, TUT TUT, YOU AREN'T
SUPPOSED TO DO THAT ON THE AIR.
I SAW THAT AND I THOUGHT THAT IS MY KIND OF GUY, I LOVE IT.
THIS IS HIM ON THE YOUNG TURKS MANY YEARS AGO.
>>WHAT PEOPLE PROBABLY DON'T KNOW ABOUT ME BECAUSE WHEN I GO
ON CAMERA SO OFTEN I WILL BE ALL WORKED UP, THROWING PENS, ALL
WORKED UP -- WHICH IS TRUE, I AM ALL WORKED UP.
BUT WHEN I GO TO
BED AT NIGHT, WHEN I WAKE UP IN THE MORNING, AND WHEN I THINK
ABOUT THE WORK THAT I'M DOING, CENK IS DOING, ANYONE WHO IS
BASICALLY STEPPING INTO THE BREACH, THAT YOU ARE DOING WITH
EVERYBODY HERE, THAT THE PEOPLE THAT I WORK WITH TO EVERYDAY,
THE FACT THAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO IT IS UNBELIEVABLE, NO OTHER
COUNTRY IN THE WORLD HAS A PRESS LIKE THAT, A BOAT LIKE THAT, THE
ABILITY TO SPEND ITS MONEY THE WAY WE DO, WE ARE IN A POST
FEUDAL ERA, AND THE ROBOTS HAVEN'T TAKEN OVER YET.
AS FAR
AS I CAN SEE IF WE GET EFFICIENT GOVERNMENT AND DISCOVER FREE
ENERGY WE WILL BE GOOD TO GO.
>>NOW YOUNG TURKS IS GOOD TO GO.
HOW IS THAT FOR A POWER LINEUP?
IN FACT, LET ME SHOW YOU THE ENTIRE LINEUP.
AS YOU TAKE A
LOOK AT ALL THESE GUYS, ALL I CAN THINK OF IS [STARS AND
STRIPES FOREVER].
YOU HIRED EVERY SINGER ONE OF HIS GUYS,
JORDAN CHARITON WAS THE FIRST GUY HIRED, BASELY BUILT TYT
POLITICS, WE HIRED HIM BECAUSE YOU GUYS WERE MEMBERS AND JOINED
AT TYTNETWORK.COM/JOIN, WE STARTED THIS NEW CAMPAIGN AND
WERE ABLE TO HIRE NOMI FROM SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO, SHAWN
KING FROM THE DAILY NEWS, THEN JONATHAN LARSEN, AND OF COURSE
RYAN GRIMM, DAVID SIROTA, MICHAEL TRACEY USED TO BE VICE,
NOW HE IS WITH US, DYLAN RATIGAN AS A CONTRIBUTOR, THAT LINEUP,
ALL HIRED BY YOU GUYS.
THANK YOU, NOW IT'S OUR TURN AND WE
HAVE TO DELIVER.
ALREADY A LOT OF THOSE GUYS HAVE BROKEN HUGE
STORIES, JORDAN BROKE THE DONNA BRAZILE STORY, HE WAS
OUTSTANDING ROCK FIRST AND THE LONGEST, HE BROKE THE LEAD STORY
IN INDIANA.
NOMI COVERED THE DNC CHAIR RACE BUT NO ONE ELSE,
INTERVIEWED EVERY SINGER PERSON IN THE RACE, EXPOSED WHAT THE
DNC CONSULTANTS ARE DOING.
RYAN GRIMM INTERVIEWED ELIZABETH
WARREN RIGHT AFTER THE REPUBLICANS TRIED TO QUIET HER
AND HAVE HER NOT READ THE LETTER IN THE SENATE.
I'VE TOLD YOU ALL
THE STORIES SIROTA AND LARSEN HAVE BROKEN, YOU KNOW ABOUT
RATIGAN, MICHAEL TRACEY COVERING THE DEMOCRAT TOWN HALLS ALMOST
BETTER THAN ANYONE OUT THERE, I LOVE THESE GUYS.
THANK YOU FOR
MAKING THIS HAPPEN.
IF YOU THOUGHT THE STORIES THEY ALREADY
HAVE BROKEN ARE GREAT, WE ARE AT THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG.
WE HAVE
SO MUCH MORE TO COVER ALL THANKS TO YOU, WE HAVE BUILT THIS
TOGETHER, LET'S ROLL UP OUR SLEEVES AND DO MORE GREAT WORK
TOGETHER.