Post Game: March 16, 2017

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Cenk, Michael Tracey, Nomiki Konst, and Jordan Chariton talk about their backgrounds and how they got started in journalism.

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  2. I gotta say, I love the fresh perspectives these three are bringing to the table. TYT has been in dire need of some diversity of opinion for years, and it seems they’re back on track in that regard with Jordan, Nomiki, and Michael.

    I would love seeing them on the show more often, instead of Cenk bouncing his tried, true, and tired talking points off of Ana or John.

    And please, please, *please* don’t train these guys to do the dread Buh-Bye Ritual too. I hope it’s not in their contracts.

      1. It’s a pointless, obscure reference that fails to resonate with 90% of the people watching or the people doing the damn thing. It’s Cenk’s dictatorial fiat – “Now, peasants, we shall all wave our hands in a way I find mildly entertaining! Yes, every damn time! I don’t care if it’s meaningless to you!”

        If he likes doing it – fine, I don’t care. If Ana likes parroting it – I couldn’t care less. But it’s when he *makes everybody else do it*, even the people who are hosting for the first time, that it gets obnoxious. The pained expression on those faces, Jesus fucking Christ…

        It’s the equivalent of Roger Ailes enforcing the unwritten “Female Hosts Must Show Off Gams” rule on Fox News. Cenk criticizes that all the time, and yet he does something eerily similar in his own company. (The fact that it’s not sexual or gender-exclusive is irrelevant here – its still “You all gotta do something that only I enjoy.”)

        AFAIK, only Ben has staunchly said no to the Buh-Bye, and I love him for it.

      2. Me too! I like the “buh-bye!” It’s fun! It’s a quasi-uniform way to end the show no matter how diverse the topics are that day. It’s a little goofy, but honestly, so are our anchors sometimes. I love it, two thumbs up!

  3. I KNEW Nomiki was a debate clubber. You can hear it when she gets really far into asking a question, her words speed up. If you have ever listened to a debate competition, it sounds like someone’s got a book on tape held on fast forward

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