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thenewgreen  ·  4203 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Worst Interview Ever

I like what the Young Turks show is doing, it's cool. That said, I would have preferred to have seen the interview uncut. He did a fantastic job and it is a display of media "buffoonery".





b_b  ·  4203 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The uncut version is really hard to watch. I saw it the other day, and I couldn't get through the whole thing. A strange sense of shame overtakes you as you try to watch and eventually you just have to turn it off.

theadvancedapes  ·  4203 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The Young Turks is my favourite. Cenk Uygur is coming for the American media establishment. You can watch the interview uncut here.

thenewgreen  ·  4203 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Thanks for the link, you are right b_b it was difficult to watch. That said, he did a fantastic job keeping his cool and thinking on his feet. In fact, I may have never considered reading this book if I hadn't seen this interview, but now because of the respect he just garnered from me, I think I actually may.

humanodon  ·  4203 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I just noticed that Aslan did an AMA yesterday, though I can't say how "good" it is as I haven't checked it out yet. Still, it's a chance to see a little bit more of what makes the guy tick. Maybe.

ButterflyEffect  ·  4203 days ago  ·  link  ·  

r/askhistorians did a great job breaking down his book and Reza on inaccuracies and other points they had issues with. All in all though, I didn't notice them mention major credibility-destroying faults with the book.

humanodon  ·  4203 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Well that's good to hear. It seems like the kind of subject that someone is going to find inaccuracies in or question the sources used.

thenewgreen  ·  4203 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I can see why, in the interview he is well reasoned, calm and thoughtful in the face of ignorance. That's precisely the type of person I wouldn't want to be writing on this topic.