MS NOW LOL: Our Journalism Is 'Patriotism' and Trump's Quashing It
On Monday's Morning Joe, they naturally joined in the ongoing assault on Trump's attacks at the White House Correspondents Dinner on Friday night. Senior White House reporter Vaughn Hillyard used his time to insist Trump was attacking the highest “form of patriotism.”
'Pathetic!’ Scarborough Demands Head of Failing DNC Chair Ken Martin
Nothing is more apt to enrage Joe Scarborough than Democrats losing an election that by all rights, in his view, they should win. And thus it was that on today's Morning Joe, Scarborough unleashed one of his patented screaming, table-pounding rants. The object of his ire was DNC Chair Ken Martin.
MS NOW, Sharpton Compare Trump Election to 1898 White Supremacist Coup
Appearing as a guest on Tuesday's Morning Joe, New Yorker staff writer Lauren Collins joined show regular Al Sharpton in comparing the election of Donald Trump in 2016 to an 1898 coup by white supremacists in Wilmington, North Carolina.
'Morning Joe' Experts Admit Iran ‘Stuck, Demoralized, Weak Hand'
Morning Jo"more powerful than they've ever been." Contributing editor at the Financial Times Kim Ghattas, speaking with Scarborough, acknowledged that while Iran may appear to hold the upper hand with actions like threatening the Strait of Hormuz and inflicting casualties, the reality on the ground tells a different story. “They also feel quite stuck,” Ghattas said, reading the tea leaves from…
MS NOW: ‘Socialist Republicans’ Are ‘Seizing the Means of Production’
Recently, the Democratic Party has found itself divided between the establishment wing of the party and a new, much more radical gang of socialists calling for radical changes to party policy. After welcoming the socialist faction into the Democratic Party with open arms the previous day, on Tuesday’s Morning Joe, MS Now’s Joe Scarborough did a complete 180, attacking “socialist Republicans”…
Scarborough’s Response to Dems’ Socialist Insurgents: ‘We Hug Them’
The Democratic Party has found itself in the midst of an internal rift just as the midterms are looming. Between revolutionary democratic socialists and establishment liberals, even the media has struggled to pick sides in the battle for the heart of the party. MS NOW’s Joe Scarborough, however, seems to have settled on a choice. On Monday’s Morning Joe, he urged the establishment to let the…
Morning Joe Praises Media Coverage of Trump’s Primetime Address
After President Trump’s address on Thursday, MS NOW’s Morning Joe showed disdain for the speech and praised the decision from some broadcast networks, ABC and NBC, not to take the speech live. While CBS did air the speech, co-host Mika Brzezinski commended their fact-checking-heavy coverage, which she said was the result of anchor Tony Dokoupil being “kicked around a bit.”
NYT’s Mara Gay Labels Trump Officials 'White Supremacists' Over ICE
On Tuesday’s Morning Joe, the MS NOW’s morning talk program led with the news of an ICE-involved shooting death in Maine. Frequent guest and The New York Times opinion writer Mara Gay used the shooting discussion to label “many” Trump officials as “white supremacists” before she related the shooting to the removal of Temporary Protected Status and “anti-democratic behavior.”
Scarborough Uses Graham Tribute to Brag About Warning Trump on Iran
Joe Scarborough phoned in to today's edition of The Weekend on MS NOW to share remembrances of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who passed away suddenly Saturday at age 71. But Scarborough couldn't resist the opportunity to burnish his liberal street cred while inserting a self-serving anecdote about Iran policy.
Morning Joe Screams at ICE, Alleges Houston Shooting Conspiracy
After an ICE-involved shooting in Houston, Friday’s Morning Joe returned to the issue of immigration and deportation in coverage that harkened back to the Minneapolis unrest earlier this year. Co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski opened the show with talk of ICE, as Scarborough yelled at people who use “Don’t Tread On Me” license plates in Florida amid immigrant enforcement, and …
Morning Joe Continues Platner Defense and Gives Warning to D.C. Dems
After Democrat Graham Platner finally dropped out of the Maine Senate race on Wednesday night, Thursday’s Morning Joe continued to try to defend him. Co-host Joe Scarborough said Republicans would be “beyond hypocritical” to wade into the issue, as he said it was “fascinating” that some were “summarily calling him a rapist now.” His co-host, and wife, Mika Brzezinski also joined in as she…
'Don't Know If He Lied'? Mika Implies Platner Accusers Might Be Liars!
On Wednesday's Morning Joe, MS NOW's Mika Brzezinski served up a shocking bit of selective skepticism as scandals continued to engulf Maine Democratic Senate nominee Graham Platner. After John Heilemann stated that Platner had "lied" to prominent Democrats like Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders about whether more damaging revelations were coming, Brzezinski jumped in. "All right. Well, first…
After Downplaying, Morning Joe Spends Multiple Segments on Rise of DSA
After they minimized the influence of Democratic Socialists on the Democratic Party the week prior, Monday’s Morning Joe spent over two segments, elapsing over 20 minutes, on controversies related to the Democratic Socialists of America. Their first segment focused on the controversies surrounding radical DSA candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier, as co-host Mika Brzezinski bashed Senator Chris…
Morning Joe RIPS Trump's Smithsonian 'Takeover' -- Obama-Biden, Hello?
In their new book, "Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump," New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan devote considerable attention to the Trump administration’s efforts to influence Smithsonian exhibits. On a Morning Joe segment today, Haberman misleadingly framed it as Trump and his allies “wanting to leave their imprint on what art Americans can see…
