Current TV‘s Cenk Uygur Slams Fox News Over Stossel’s Poverty Experiment: ‘Is That What Jesus Christ Would Have Done?’
- Posted on July 6, 2012 at 8:51am by
Billy Hallowell
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On Thursday, The Blaze brought you footage of Fox Business Network host John Stossel posing as a homeless man in New York City. As we noted, on “Fox & Friends” yesterday morning, Stossel used the video in a discussion about freeloaders and the culture of dependency that he believes the federal government is breeding.
Not everyone found the segment to be enlightening. In fact, Current TV’s Cenk Uygur was less-than-pleased with Stossel’s commentary, calling both the host and Fox News out for standing against Christian values.
(Related: Have You Seen the Footage of John Stossel Posing as a Homeless Man in NYC?)
Uygur slammed Stossel’s experiment and mimicked it, saying, ”Yeah, you shouldn‘t give to street people because I did an experiment where I sat outside on my ass and some people were decent enough to think that I wasn’t messing with them — and thought I really needed help and they gave me money…”
The Current host went on to admit that many of the poor and homeless have addiction problems, but that those in need shouldn’t be derided due to their socioeconomic status. Then, he went on to claim that both Stossel and the network are acting against the “Christian values” they apparently claim to embrace.
“This is the channel that claims they’re in favor of Christian values. Is that what Jesus Christ would have done?,” Uygur asked. “A segment on how you shouldn’t help the poor and homeless? And they call it entitlement in the banner. Who’s entitled? They’re begging for money!”
And he wasn’t done there.
“It’s not the Christian thing to do to make fun of them. So stop pretending that you care about Christian values at all,” he continued.
Watch Uygur’s rant, below:
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Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:46amWho? Never heard of the guy.
Report Post »OniMan
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 10:14amya better start, cause the TYT Army is getting bigger everyday!
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 10:26amUmmmm I don’t have to pretend about not caring about the poor, I’ve been around them long enough to realize they are poor for a reason……..and our poor live like other actions rich……..they are lazy products of liberal schools and policies, the govt. needs poor people, it gives them a great excuse to pick your pocket and skim off 50% for themselves……poverty is a growth industry, and it a great profit margin,now I gotta get back to Orkney do I can pay for a few more of these lazy asses….
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 10:43amHey Barack, is you’re army of welfare recipients paying their FAIR SHARE……no, but they sure are taking their fair share…….
Report Post »the_system_disconnect
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 10:44amYay, an army of wrong people…
Report Post »Treaty
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 11:02amONIMAN “ya better start, cause the TYT Army is getting bigger everyday!”
not sure if serious. TYT is a joke much like PMSNBC.
Report Post »SLEAZYHIPPOs ILLEGITIMATE OFFSPRING
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 11:08amThis guy lecturing about what Christianity and Jesus taught is hilarious……better stick with the liberal talking points buster. If a man shall not work neither shall he eat…Wow wonder where that is written? To give money to an addict without accountability on how it is used is actually a form of hatred, but of course I wouldn’t expect a liberal to even comprehend that idea…much less that they are poor because of the emotional issues that cause their addictions. Not addicted because they became poor. Unless they change their ways they will always remain poor and downtrodden. This is an argument made from emotion with no intellect involved whatsoever.
Report Post »Hova
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 11:10amYes, because opinions only matter when they come from people you know.
Report Post »KICKILLEGALSOUT
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 11:16amA group of dictatorial government elite forcing you to give your money to them in the form of taxes so they can redistribute it in any way they see fit whether you agree with it or not is not Christian this is very evil and is Satanic and is just plain robbery. Christian giving is when a person in their daily lives with their own personal funds has the free right to choose whether to help someone in need.
Report Post »stephenb.net
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 11:17amI’m not a fan of this Cenk Uygur guy but this time he has a valid point. Stossel was being callous and elitest in this report. First we have to hear this hypocrite tell us that he took advantage of a government insurance deal when he built his beach house then he has the nerve to pretend he’s homeless and tell people NOT to give to them! Don’t tell me that my hand-outs to the homeless is a bad idea because they only spend it on alcohol, so what! It’s not up to me to tell these homeless people how to spend their money! Isn’t that one of our big complaints about government that they are always telling us that they know better than we do regarding how we spend our money? I give because Christ tells me to give. What the homeless do with it is their choice and they will be accountable for it. I on the other hand will be accountable for how I spend my money and if I choose to help a guy living on the streets so be it!
Report Post »silentwatcher
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 12:08pmfunny how certain people constantly slam certain beliefs,,,but use those beliefs to defend their lies and propaganda. Christianity and Patriotism are there favorite tools to lie. What an ogre,,,go back to your cave, you slug.
Report Post »ERP
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 12:15pm“ya better start, cause the TYT Army is getting bigger everyday!”
If that’s really the case then that means more and more people hating America.
Funny, a radical like Cenk is a perfect fit for Current TV which is the wasteland for has-been or wanna be liberal talking mouths. If he was such a hit, he would be on one of those “other” networks and not just a YouTube staple.
Oh, um… WSJ just had a report out naming Current TV as one of the brands going BYE BYE in 2013 because they can’t financially sustain the business. Hmmmmm, I wonder why that would be the case?
But The Young Turks army is getting bigger….every day.
L-O-L
Report Post »ERP
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 12:19pm@stephenb.net
I think data would most likely support that most of the money given to homeless people directly on the streets will most likely be used to support an untreated drug or alcohol addiction.
But hey, you feel comfortable being an enabler, all the power to you.
Report Post »King Labron
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 12:49pmWell….thank God for The Blaze. With this moron on Current TV, none of us would’ve had the opportunity to see this piece of broadcast excellence….er…I mean…..excrement.
Report Post »laserblast92
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 1:14pmHe is a liberal hack who will say anything to get his ratings up.
Report Post »vivrobbins
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 2:44pmWhat would this donkey-head know about what Jesus would want? They make me sick.
Report Post »SLEAZYHIPPOs ILLEGITIMATE OFFSPRING
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 3:07pmOh wait…wait just a minute everyone. This happened on Current TV. No one even saw it air….
Report Post »CobraBill
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 3:39pmThey keep bringing up “is this what Jesus would have done”.
Report Post »They should ask “Would Jesus kill an unborn child in its mothers womb?”
Ramv36
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 3:50pmGiving money to an addict knowing that it will be used to fuel their addiction is a mental disorder in and of itself. It’s called Enabling, and it is/can be a form of co-dependency. Better to break the cycle early.
Report Post »Secret Squirrel
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 3:55pm.
Report Post »Busted.
The left is mad because their “base” got caught.
Secret Squirrel
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 3:57pm.
Report Post »Cenk got sunk.
Jesus didn’t steal from everyone else to feed the hungry.
He did it himself.
Progressives? What have YOU done lately?
no_more_harkin
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:41amUygur is a blathering progressive idiot – a carbon copy of every other lib talk show host. First, you’re an atheist, please don‘t use the bible as your ammo when you don’t even believe. Second this is a non-issue as this guy has fewer followers then O’Donnel from MSNBC, a fly-spec on the political scene. Not worth listening to.
Report Post »OniMan
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 10:17amHe uses the Bible to shed light on the contradictions Bible thumpers display so very often…..basically pointing out that you better practice what you preach or be held accountable. And he does it for both the positive and negative instructions the Bible lays out.
Report Post »trinity76
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 11:34amOniMan: I’m not sure about your bible (if you have one), but mine tells me to give to those in need BUT doesn’t tell me to give indiscriminately. I choose to give to organizations that will help the truly needy, like a local program that shelters the homeless in churches and provides a job training program for them.
Report Post »jwt
Posted on July 22, 2012 at 10:11pmWhat would Jesus do? He came to set free the captives, free the opressed which neither man did
Report Post »T-2
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:39amtips for getting your 15 minute:
Report Post »1. Hate the USA.
2. come out of the closet (didn’t work of AC).
3. Hate GOD.
OniMan
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 10:22am.1 he does not hate America, he has a law degree and defends the constitution daily…..
Report Post ».2 hes is gay? Seriously…. typically people that say they are straight and call others gay are the ones with homosexual tendencies, you may wanta do some souls searching of your own.
.3 He doesn’t hate your God, he just knows that God doesn’t exist…there is a difference….
RejectFalseIcons
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 12:15pmKrom laughs at your four winds.
Seriously though, if you believe in the christian mythology, wasn’t Jesus technically God pretending to be a hobo? He may have been raised a carpenter, but I don’t see any mention of 2×4s or hammers after age 8. Sort of an ironic choice, then, that TYT dude would ask “would jesus do this?”… because he sorta did. jus‘ sayin’.
Report Post »Git-R-Done
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 1:09pm1. Only an idiot thinks that someone with a Law degree automatically makes them smart and he’s so defending of the Constitution that he wants to take away my private property in order to redistribute it those in “need.”
2. No evidence of your stupid born this way garbage exists.
3. None of you idiots know that God doesn’t exist.
Report Post »angeleyes63
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:38amTypical head in the sand utopian Christian bashing no name progessive do as I say not as I do. Somehow exposing the lefts fraud is to be defended at all cost because if America would just wake up to the rampant waste fraud and abuse at every level it would subside. I doubt this Cenk would know a Christian value if he were gagging on it, and I doubt he has ever given a dime to anyone in need.
Report Post »DesertRose1960
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 11:18amCenk would only know Christian values as he’s seen them portrayed by Christians. He is a secular Muslim of Turkish descent. If he has a bad view of Christians, maybe the fault lies with the examples he’s been shown? I’m Catholic, I almost never call myself a “Christian” because I don’t want to be guilty by association.
Report Post »Xyskalla
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 1:04pmI believe Stossel is an agnostic. He’s said as much on his show on numerous occasions, he even did a show about it once. He certainly isn’t making any claims about “Christian values”, as Uygur says.
Anyway, Jesus didn’t need to experiment about anything. He already knew. His word is authoritative and He spoke truth. He never said “Thus saith the Lord,” but instead He always said, “I say to you.”
Report Post »DIVINEPROVIDENCE1776
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:38amTaken from “On the Price of Corn and Management of the Poor”, 1766 by Benjamin Franklin:
I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion of the means. I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. In my youth I travelled much, and I observed in different countries, that the more public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer. There is no country in the world where so many provisions are established for them; so many hospitals to receive them when they are sick or lame, founded and maintained by voluntary charities; so many alms-houses for the aged of both sexes, together with a solemn general law made by the rich to subject their estates to a heavy tax for the support of the poor. Under all these obligations, are our poor modest, humble, and thankful; and do they use their best endeavors to maintain themselves, and lighten our shoulders of this burthen? (cont)
Report Post »angeleyes63
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 10:01am@DIVINEPROVIDENCE1776.
Report Post »Awesome. Bemlamine Franklin was and is 100% correct. Thank you for reminding me of this truth. This needs to be yelled to the highest mountains and every corner of America by any and all opos opponents.
DIVINEPROVIDENCE1776
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 10:19amIt’s a letter Franklin penned to the London Chronicle.
Report Post »deadend
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:34amThis Idiot Uygur takes it out of context, tipical liberal. This man needs to feal superior in that he is always right. Like most liberal he probably does not give skwat to charity.
Report Post »the_system_disconnect
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:47amThey think that paying taxes is their charity. They can‘t imagine a world where someone else doesn’t make decisions for them.
Report Post »RamonPreston
Posted on July 7, 2012 at 12:18amHow does all your spelling errors make you feel?
Report Post »nzkiwi
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:34amWhen I was in Washington DC some years ago, I saw a guy with a begging cup. Later that night I dropped into a nearby fast-food place for something to eat and there was the same guy with a couple of mates.
They were comparing their “take” for the evening. I don’t know how much money they made which they were counting, but there was a LOT of money in their hands.
In New York, I saw a crippled homeless woman on crutches who had a twisted foot and could hardly walk. She was getting a lot of money. I was curious because she also seemed to have a male minder, so I hung around and watched from a small distance.
Imagine my surprise when, after about half an hour, she suddenly stood up straight, eased her back muscles, and walked normally for a short distance before returning to her “crippled” pose.
Report Post »susie4dy
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:33amStop watching that program! I don’t waste time watching trash!
Report Post »the_system_disconnect
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:41amVote it down then comment to let them know how to really help poor people without mindlessly wasting your money.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:30am.
Giving anything to a homeless person just proves the old saying “A Fool and his Money”……
Need more proof even the Gay Dem Mayor here in Houston just made it a crime to feed them…….
Report Post »love the kids
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:29amDid he lie, cheat or alter the facts??? If he was a main stream media personality, I probably would think so. Jesus would have done this, because fixing this problem is what advances the person, not making them more dependent. Why can’t liberals see more than 10 days into the future?
Report Post »the_system_disconnect
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:41amIt‘s a good thing they can’t sometimes :P
Go vote their stupid video down. Let’s go tell them how we can actually help poor people without giving our money mindlessly.
Report Post »jaxboy
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:27amOh, no! Both of their viewers will be SO mad at Fox! And rightly so! I mean, this is Al Gore’s channel, and you know how he is such a stickler for truth and honesty in all matters! The thing about Al that I like personally is how he sets such a good example for others to follow, like having the same electricity bill as his neighbors – all of them – combined. And how he always makes sure that there’s at least one other person riding in his private jet when he goes to the climate change conferences – you know, jet-pooling. That way, he can fly in the jet-pool lane. Of course, since he invented the internet, almost all those conferences are done by teleconferencing – not.
Report Post »OKNative
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:27amWho is this Cenk Uygur anyway? Never heard of him and never care to hear his comments again. He wouldn’t know a homeless person if he saw one! What an idiot!
Report Post »OniMan
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 10:28amyour the one outa touch, TYT has been on air for over ten years now. the TYT army is 100K+ strong and they are going to take the country back from these Neo-Con fascist nut jobs that are turning America into a mockery of its former self.
Report Post »Altair
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 10:41amWhat the hell is TYT ?
Report Post »RaydocX
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:26amCent, your taking an interesting social experiment and ignoring what was said to spin it for your perceived audience isn’t going to get me to watch… Or even think about you after I press ‘post’. All I will remember is another example of the left ignoring facts to cite support for a position… Like the biased and inaccurate ‘study’ still cited in psych books claiming groups of people won’t help victims… Kitty genoveeses story has been debunked but why stop using it to ‘teach’ college kids they can’t trust people, that only the government know and does what’s best for us… Oh, and msnb whtever that hack lefty current-lite channel is…
Report Post »momrules
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:24amI am so tired of Jesus and Christianity being used as a weapon AGAINST Christians by the pompous, self righteous, ungodly left.
Report Post »blanco5
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:31amNotice how BRAVE the leftys are constantly picking on Christianity? Why don’t they pick on islam?
Report Post »kickagrandma
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:35amMorning, MOM! You and me both. I bet JESUS is getting a little sick and tired of them, too. I can hardly wait to see their faces when they realize they have not only been “a little wrong” but totally, absolutely and completely W-R-O-N-G!
Report Post »sawbuck
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 10:09amblanco5
Why don’t they pick on islam?
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Report Post »OniMan
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 10:37amWatch their show, they pick on all Radicals, let that be Crazy Westboro churchies, Neo Nazis, radical Muslims….Cenk puts them all in the same category of “Insane Cults”…..get more informed before you speak again or you’ll look even more ignorant.
Report Post »sawbuck
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 10:55amOh look …!!!
Report Post »I’m always amazed when trolls form sentences .
DoctorRon
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:23amWhat’s a Cenk?
Report Post »brntout
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:38amChanged his name from Dink.
Report Post »brntout
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:59amOkay then Changed his name from D I N K. Blaze you are so insensitive.
Report Post »kaydeebeau
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:23amLove it when the anti-Christians, non-Christians toss out Christian principles like grenades. I don’t remember which Alinsky rule it is or the exact wording but it is something about making a group live up to its ideals and using that against them..
Yo Cenk…. we are on to your tactics and will not fall for it any more
Report Post »DesertRose1960
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 11:23amAlinsky was Jewish. Like Cenk, he only knows Christian values by what he sees. I see a lot of people on this site who proclaim themselves Christians yet post the most hateful, fearful comments. And this whole idea that Beck gives you about “making the poor uncomfortable with their poverty” is not something that Jesus would recognize as his teachings. Jesus was always kind and respectful to the poor. He did get very pointed about the rich and the comfortable, though. He told them to give it all away.
Report Post »SquidVetOhio
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 12:05pm@DESERTROSE
“He told them to give it all away”
He told one rich man to give it all away. Not because there’s virtue in giving your money away. It was to prove the man that if he wasn’t willing to forsake all to follow Him, he could not be born again.
And as far as christians posting “hateful’ comments… Boo hoo. Hate is the new racists. You guys have over played the hate card. You can’t scare us with it. Go cry somewhere else about all the “hate”. I’m frankly done with it. I’ll answer to God for any “hate” I have. (Some hate God likes btw) Not some whiney, godless liberal.
Report Post »kaydeebeau
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 6:34pm@ Rose – Squid is correct… The issue with the rich young ruler is who or what do your worship. And as for what would Jesus do, I seem to remember when He drove the money changers out of the Temple. There is such a thing as righteous anger. We have many “money changers” to throw out who have perverted this nation, just as the temple was perverted.
Report Post »sawbuck
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:22amWell the good news is that …Out of the ten people that watch this channel..
Report Post »Half of them were flipping back and forth trying to watch 30-Rock reruns….
The other half couldn’t hear it because of them sweeping their prayer rug..
TJeff2112
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:22amIt’s not Young Turks, it’s Young Turds.
Report Post »DeltaCharlieCain
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 1:10pmOr, the Young Jerks. Either one will work.
Report Post »kapu
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:15amreally looks like there are some that REALLY need to get both a life, AND A STINKIN’ CLUE—mannnnnnnnnn…….. BESIDES , who the heck is that slug anyways???
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:14am.
Report Post »Theory upheld………..
Gonzo
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:14amHey Cenk (? WTH) , if when you give a homeless person money and they spend it on booze, are you helping or hurting him?
Report Post »brntout
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 10:08amJon is doing it right.Hope he does a piece on how easy it is to go on the gov’t welfare system.
Report Post »Sophie47
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:13amI believe in selective giving, know your charity recipient. Give to a reputable church or organization. Street bums can go to the rescue missions to get fed. These panhandlers just want money for booze.
Report Post »leasecommander
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:12amDude, get over it, the experiment had nothing to do with Christian values.
Report Post »blanco5
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:11amThis idiot has never given a dime of his OWN money to any charitable cause—I’d bet money on it!
Report Post »contkmi
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:08amWho? From where?
Report Post »HKS
Posted on July 6, 2012 at 9:17amMy thoughts, exactly.
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