From the Thom Hartman Community Blog: RT America and Young Turks Blocked from Hulu

[1monster]

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RT America and Young Turks Blocked from Hulu

As a senior with limited funds, I stopped cable and learned to rely on alternate forms of information and entertainment. I opted, among other things, to subscribe to Hulu. It not only streams many MSM shows the day after broadcast, it has also streamed many alternate, and progressive shows such as The Big Picture, Redacted Tonight, and The Young Turks. All of that came to an end late March. I contacted Hulu and was told that it was official, but with no explanation.

ON EDIT: I somehow missed the paragraph regarding the speculation that Hillary was behind the blackout... I certainly have no reason to believe that is so and don't endorse it. I posted it because I thought it was interesting that Hulu had stopped broadcasting TYT... No conspiracy theory from me.

I urge everyone who is perturbed by this further blackout to email Hulu at support.hulu.com. Freedom of speech has never been more important than now. The rep I spoke with encouraged everyone to send an email questioning this action and requesting it be reversed. If we aren't covered by MSM, and are also blocked by alternate media, we have nowhere to turn.

[fasttense]

7. Way to minimize the poster's concerns

It's a valid concern since Hulu is owned by Disney, ABC, Walt Disney, Fox and Comcast. It's a corporate monster owned by monopolies. If they are successful at censoring the shows you seem to dislike, they will then move on to censoring the shows you Do like.

The PTB don't give a crap. As long as you don't know enough to change their control. Luckily for you, you like what TPTB are doing...for now.

[OwlinAZ]

12. After the bias and pro Hillary propaganda we have witnessed on the cable news channels

There is no reason to trust any of the corporate media.
This country is in big trouble, folks.

[gordyfl]

22. The Bias I've Witnessed on PBS and NPR

has been a real eye opener, as well. I've lost faith in the corporate media like never before.

[MynameisBlarney]

23. Somehow, we gotta take PBS and NPR back

from the koch bros.
They're killing those institutions.

[raindaddy]

10. That's easy to say when it was the Clinton money machine that helped consolidated the media

into the hands of a few billionaires..

So we get to hear the Clinton money machine's favorite propaganda 24/7 on all of the major networks...

[Bernardo de La Paz]

20. It's easy to SAY, but without facts (evidence) it is only speculation. . . nt

[haikugal]

27. Thinking people are able to take facts and trends and extrapolate. We see how things are done in thi

Country and this censorship is part of the propaganda.

[stonecutter357]

16. don't forget the ssuper beets.

[PADemD]

2. TYT and The Big Picture are available on my Hulu

But they are not the latest episode.

We watch TYT on YouTube and Thom Hartmann on thomhartmann.com.

[1monster]

3. Have they streamed the latest episodes in the past, or is this something new, or

is the poster mistaken?

[PADemD]

4. I've never used hulu to stream those programs.

I've always used the Internet.

There are also many channels on Newscaster on Roku, but it also does not have TYT or Thom Hartmann.

[MidwestTech]

14. try Roku

get the Roku 1 / refurbished or the stick for a low cost solution.
they had apps on there, including democracy now which streams video live and for the past two weeks of stephanie miller, thom hartmann and I think TyT has their own roku app.
it's all free after you buy the roku and I've seen them at the goodwill on a very regular basis.

cutting the cable is the hardest step, after that it's pretty easy to find local news as well as most of what you like to watch.

im fortunate to live in an area with a TON of digital over-the-air stations, so general entertainment is never a real problem for me anyway.

as far as conspiracy goes... it's not impossible

[LanternWaste]

5. I too implied Clinton was to blame when Gilligan's Island and Pettycoat Junction were cancelled.

I too implied Clinton was to blame when Gilligan's Island and Pettycoat Junction were cancelled. Granted, I had absolutely no evidence either, but it certainly allowed me to feel warm inside.

[1monster]

13. You know, I totally missed that paragraph... I was interested by the statement that

Hulu had stopped streaming The Young Turks.

That was apparently the poster's conclusion, not mine.

[Bluenorthwest]

6. Thing is those programs are products, to offer them Hulu has to pay for them, it is not

accurate to say they are blocking RT when they just don't want to buy RT. I do not blame them. I will now subscribe to Hulu whereas I previously boycotted them because they were paying fees to anti gay RT.

Hulu wanted to grow and go mainstream, they can't do that while also being a propaganda outlet for anti gay governments. The creative people who make and own content Hulu needs will NOT be associated with RT type content. They do not have to be.

Hulu has a few new programs I want to see, now I can subscribe and that's great news.

[1StrongBlackMan]

28. Now, here we agree ...

HULU, as a business enterprise, has to carry what sells ... and won't chase away other revenue. Apparently, RT, and its products, are not selling at the requisite level.

[barbtries]

8. i decided against hulu because commercials

but subscribe to the young turks and david pakman. direct media.

[ToxMarz]

9. Why the Clinton's and not Trump for your conspiracy theories

RT (Russia Today!) is sponsored by the Russian Govt (Putin has some influence there). Trump said Putin's praise of him was a great honor, and that he'd get on very well with him if he were President. Not to mention, if you didn't realize, Trump has somewhat of a close relationship with the MSM. Wouldn't Trump be just as suspect at taking your liberal voices away.

[1StrongBlackMan]

29. Good point. I would think Hartmann and TYT would go in hard on trump ...

in the run up to the G/E ... far more so, than going after HRC.

[talha]

30. Cool

Cool

[Overseas]

11. K&R. Very odd move by Hulu.

[MynameisBlarney]

15. Hulu sucks bawls anyway.

nt

[OilemFirchen]

17. And Blacklist too.

Damn you Hillary! Why do you hate James Spader?

[talha]

18. LOLW

LOLW

[McKim]

19. As the Progressive Left Grows....

As the Progressive Left grows in power, there will be more push back from the media outlets and carriers. We are becoming a threat to the status quo, that's when they begin to do things like this.

[stopbush]

21. Unless Hulu is owned by the government, this is not at all

a freedom of speech issue.

Any commercial service like Hulu is in business to make $. If certain shows or networks don't make them $, or lose $, they have every incentive to replace them. The handful of customers they lose will be more than made up for in new customers they acquire by offering programming that has a wider audience base.

[alp227]

24. TYT is free on YouTube

Why is this guy paying for hulu to watch it?

[INdemo]

25. Just go to YouTube and Searh

TYT at Thom Hartman and subscribe to both and you will have on the menus when you open YouTube

[ViseGrip]

26. Hulu costs money per month like Netflix. Get a ROKU streamer and watch for free!

[FSogol]

32. Even with a ROKU, you'd still have to subscribe to Hulu to watch it. n/t

[atcarr]

31. Hulu

One of my favorite shows Redacted Tonight from RT America was taken off Hulu too. I contacted Redacted (Lee Camp) through twitter and they told me it had to do with requiring closed captioning for all programs on Hulu and it would take a few months for the programs and RT America to comply.

I thought the same thing you did too because none of them where on but they should all be back on once they get CC.

[KamaAina]

33. Hulu = Big Media

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulu

Hulu is a subsidiary of Hulu, LLC, a joint venture of Disney–ABC Television Group (The Walt Disney Company), Fox Broadcasting Company (21st Century Fox), and NBCUniversal Television Group (Comcast).

[colsohlibgal]

34. Options

I can watch clips of the Young Turks, RT, Redacted Tonight, all of it, right on one of my TVs through a wifi enabled Blu ray player.

I will still give Hulu a piece of my mind as a subscriber.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

35. Well, THEY certainly have a conspiracy theory....

And it makes me very unlikely to care what they have to say anymore.