"== Merge from Jill Pike == 

 Jill Pike's article has demonstrated no independent notability.   

 :Now she's an ABC News commentator which is independent to the Young Turks.   

 == Jill Pike Status == 
 Jill Pike is no longer a co-host of the ""The Young Turks"" talk-show, but is still member of team. Cenk Uygur has stated this many times on air, and on ""The Absolute Truth"" show.   

 == General Cleanup == 
 This article as it stands is just a bunch of random facts, many about former co-hosts. It should at least be broken into sections, if not all together rewritten.   

 :I did a lot of writing and re-writing of the sections.  It could use a lot of other edits i'm sure, but what I did should be a start.     

 == Political leanings == 

 Should there be more made of the political leanings of the show?  In general they are pushing democratic party/progressive/liberal views, and attacking the republicans/right wingers/neocons and Cenk makes no attempt to hide when he was shilling for Obama, he seems quite happy to talk about that. I think this would be in line with the treatment of other propagandists in talk like http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rush_Limbaugh    

 :Someone has noted ""Liberal"" at the top of the description (Citation Needed) so I assume that covers it. Like the wingnuts on ""Faux"" he is providing viewpoint, so that seems like the ""liberal "" tag is fair enough (Agree tho' that the citation to outside source is needed) My only hesitation is that from ""Old-Style"" definitions, he actually calls himself a ""moderate"" (Centrist orientation) But the ""Noveau-Reich"" have so polluted the Language & twisted definitions that there may not really BE a ""center"" any-more. When Jokers like O-reilly keep confusing meanings of words by lying about being ""independant"" -(So that then the vast unwashed right wingers THINK that a moderate is someone who holds those unsupported extremist viewpoints...) Cenk has stated many times that he believes in a 2 party system, & sometimes speaks favorably of some ""Common Sense "" republican positions. (He's a former Republican himself & holds some libertarian views) But since those are few & far between anymore... I guess that pushes empirical thinkers into being ""Labeled"" as ""liberal"" and there's no avoiding it. -Sigh- Makes me miss Gerald Ford sometimes. Or the original john McCain. (before the 2000 debacle in the GOP) Oh well. As it is, the article seems enough. The ""Young Turk"" Reference is good. There WAS an original split in the Young Turk movement between ""Young Turk Reformers"" who believed that the Armenians should be included; granted citizenship & Rights in Turkey Verses the Nationalist/militaristic ""Young Turks "" who eventually spearheaded the Armenian Massacre. So It fits the Inclusive views of the show.    -mbd-   

 ::By international standards I'd say he's roughly neutral, but by American standards he is definitely 'liberal' despite the contradiction in terms in American political parlance. But most importantly, this is wikipedia, a place for sources and not conjecture. So find a source that is reliable etc. etc. and put the information in the article if you really want it.   

 == Ben and TMZ == 
 Does anyone know the accuracy of this?  I believe Ben is doing movie reviews now, not working for TMZ     

 == Name of the show == 

 Does anyone know where the name of the show came from ? Seems like an important element of this article considering the large history of Young Turks   •   

 :Technically, the name of the show is an homage or allusion to the Young Turks, not a true pun. I've edited to reflect this.    

 == Timeline == 
 I came to this article to check for how long the show's been running, however I didn't see any info of this kind. Can anyone please add a few dates in there?