Loony Al Gore is teaming up with Google to launch another reactionary leftist media outlet aimed at America’s youth: Gore TV Network to Launch in August, Google Tie-In. (Hat tip: LGF readers.)

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore on Monday unveiled his new television network, “Current,” which aims to attract younger viewers with short videos and a tie-in with the popular Google Inc. search engine.

The network plans to debut on Aug. 1 and be available to 19 million subscription television viewers, Gore said at a news conference at the cable industry’s annual convention. Gore led an investment group that last May bought the network from Vivendi Universal for an undisclosed sum.

The channel will show professionally produced segments as well as viewer-produced videos mostly short in length, running from a few seconds to up to 15 minutes.

“We are about empowering this generation of young people in their 20s, the 18-34 population, to engage in a dialogue of democracy and to tell their stories about what’s going in their lives in the dominant media of our time,” he said. ...

“We’re starting something new and we’re trying to bring about a change in the way the television medium is used,” said Gore. “We know it’s hard, but we’re excited about trying.”

In addition to the videos, the new network reached a pact with the search firm to include Google data on the most popular Web searches.

The deal came despite early skepticism from Sergey Brin, a co-founder of Google, the No. 1 Web search engine that earlier this year stepped into the realm of entertainment by releasing a test video search service that pulls up still shots from such content providers as Fox News, PBS and the NBA. When first approached, “I thought it would be an extraordinarily challenging endeavor,” Brin said. “Having seen some of the work they’ve now put together, I think it’s an extraordinary opportunity.”

Google did not disclose the terms of the deal. Brin said the company is providing specialized data from its Zeitgeist service, which tracks search patterns and trends.