Specifically he made a show for them, out of a closet, that got decently popular. So, they were going to give him a new show with a bigger budget, called something like Agitprop.

That show was cancelled before it really got off the ground, because Hasan made his "America Deserved 9/11" comment, and Cenk paraded out Hasan to explain himself in a bizarre attempt at what felt like a humiliation ritual.

So after that, Hasan bailed from TYT and started doing his own thing on Twitch. Now that he's bigger than TYT ever was, Cenk seems incredibly jealous. And the "network, such as it exists, has been making these strange right wing pivots in order to try and garner a new audience, and its not working.

[–] TheBroodian@hexbear.net 1 points 19 hours ago

It's only just started to dawn on me that, I think it's possible that Cenk's entrance into conspiracy theory shit may be his stupid way of trying to recapture Hasan's popularity. Cenk doesn't really understand why TYT ever gained a following to begin with, because he isn't a Marxist, and he doesn't understand why Hasan is popular. I suspect that, from Cenk's perspective, Hasan is just a lucky conspiracy theorist, Cenk thinks he can tap into that just by 'getting wacky with it' or something. He has no framework of understanding to understand that Hasan doesn't just shoot from the hip and land on takes by vibes.