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.
'This Is Coming': MS NOW Claims Trump Will Steal Midterms
Over the last week, the media have continuously ridiculed President Trump’s address to the nation, in which he pointed out major election security concerns. In typical hypocritical fashion, however, they have been actively entertaining Democrats’ conspiracy theories of rigged midterm elections instead. With a history of eagerly entertaining ridiculous theories about a Trumpist takeover, MS NOW…
Lemire Grossly Understates Number of Non-Citizens Added To NJ Rolls
On Thursday’s Morning Joe, MS NOW’s Jonathan Lemire grossly misrepresented the scale of New Jersey’s non-citizen voter registration scandal. Lemire claimed that the state “had to acknowledge that a few hundred voters were, you know, non-citizens were mistakenly added to the voting rolls.” That is false. According to multiple reports, including NBC News, roughly 6,600 non-citizens were…
Morning Joe Denies New Jersey Voting Errors Justify SAVE Act
On Tuesday, New Jersey Democratic Governor Mikie Sherrill made the bombshell announcement that in her state, a “software error” had mistakenly registered over 6,000 non-citizens to vote. Of that number, about 400 actually voted. The headline was shocking but not surprising. While this report may seem like the perfect reason to pass the SAVE Act, MS NOW’s Jonathan Lemire and Ali Vitali denied…
'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.”
‘What If’: MSNOW Spreads More Midterm Doom with Secretive Dem Meetings
In more lead-up and fearmongering ahead of the midterms, Thursday’s Morning Joe had a report from MS NOW congressional reporter Kevin Frey, where he described “secretive” House Democratic meetings where they were “prepping for this fall” in fear of President Trump “meddling” in the elections. Frey’s report seemed to build off conspiracies of a stolen midterm election, months before voting even…
'Stimulating Violence': Ex-NBC Exec Pushes Unhinged Election Theory
On Wednesday’s Morning Joe, in the midst of a summer lead-up to the November midterm elections, former NBC executive and CNBC founder Tom Rogers, who now writes for Newsweek, had a wild election conspiracy filled with predictions of violence and chaos in a theory that could be described as stochastic terrorism.
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 …
