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Afraid Of Unseemly Outbursts? MSNBC Pre-Empts Morning Joe
NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 07/15/2024 6:45:36 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest

Tuning in to MSNBC this morning, interested to get the take of Joe Scarborough and his cohort of fellow Trump haters on the attempted assassination, it was surprising to find that the show had been pre-empted in favor of generic coverage hosted by Ana Cabrera.

What was behind the decision to yank Joe and Mika off the air? CNN's Oliver Darcy, perhaps gloating over the temporary suspension of its early-morning rivals, ran an article on the matter, "‘Morning Joe’ pulled from air Monday because of Trump shooting," that included this line [emphasis added]:

"A person familiar with the matter told CNN that the decision was made to avoid a scenario in which one of the show’s stable of two dozen-plus guests might make an inappropriate comment on live television that could be used to assail the program and network as a whole."

A likely explanation. But odd that the unidentified source said that the concerns about an "inappropriate comment" centered on the show's regular guests. The biggest danger of someone popping off might surely have come from Scarborough himself.

Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

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1 posted on 07/15/2024 6:45:36 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
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To: miss marmelstein; patro; abb; SE Mom; HarleyLady27; connyankee; Behind Liberal Lines; KC_Lion; ...

Even the MSNBC suits don’t trust Joe Scarborough to behave decently!

Ping to Liberal Media Criticism list.


2 posted on 07/15/2024 6:46:31 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest (Please ping or FReepmail me to be added to the Liberal Media Criticism ping list.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

It was thought better to keep the rabid dogs in the kennel this morning


3 posted on 07/15/2024 6:46:33 AM PDT by j.havenfarm (23 years on Free Republic, 12/10/23! More than 8,000 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Maybe they are being retired?


4 posted on 07/15/2024 6:47:47 AM PDT by Reno89519 (Assassination Attempts Won't Stop Trump.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Donald Trump is worse than Hitler, because Donald Trump has been known to send mean tweets.

In other News — MSNBC needs to take some of its political commentators of the air for a bit, because those guys can’t control themselves at all and are likely to spew some wild and offensive stuff on the air for, like, an hour.


5 posted on 07/15/2024 6:49:02 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (It's not "Quiet Quitting" -- it's "Going Galt".)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

IOW, they are actually saying, “These people cannot control themselves and act like grown-up, sane, civilized individuals on a national TV show.”...............


6 posted on 07/15/2024 6:49:08 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

If I was to lay a wager as to the specific group, I’d say their legal department. One of their attorneys has a clue.


7 posted on 07/15/2024 6:49:56 AM PDT by HombreSecreto (The life of a repo man is always intense)
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To: Reno89519

Possibly, but apparently Joe and Mika will be back on the air tomorrow morning.


8 posted on 07/15/2024 6:50:58 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest (Please ping or FReepmail me to be added to the Liberal Media Criticism ping list.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Those guys are almost guaranteed to say something wingnut stupid.


9 posted on 07/15/2024 6:51:21 AM PDT by glorgau
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

No, they were still too drunk from both celebration of the event and sadness at the out come to go on air!


10 posted on 07/15/2024 6:52:23 AM PDT by Lockbox (politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Sting…)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Ah, but one can be hopeful.


11 posted on 07/15/2024 6:53:28 AM PDT by Reno89519 (Assassination Attempts Won't Stop Trump.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

They realized they had no way of figuring out how to run the show today. Just flummoxed.


12 posted on 07/15/2024 6:53:40 AM PDT by BillyBonebrake
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To: Reno89519
They are losing money. And Maddow etc lawsuits. Lester Holt doing the Biden interview. Joe wanted it. MSNBC as we know it is going away? Maybe they are shifting to more mainstream appearing NBC anchors. I assumed they would do a panel of MSNBC tonight and the 2 clowns would be there.
13 posted on 07/15/2024 6:55:21 AM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( I'm Proud To Be An Okie From Muskogee)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Morning Joe is a daily unseemly outburst.


14 posted on 07/15/2024 6:55:40 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: Reno89519

For sure!

Morning Joe is my main beat at NewsBusters [governsleast=Finkelstein]. So I’d kind of hate to see them go, since the show is such a gold mine of liberal lunacy!


15 posted on 07/15/2024 6:56:01 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest (Please ping or FReepmail me to be added to the Liberal Media Criticism ping list.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest
Biden in his oval office speech, claimed Americans settle political disagreements at the "Battle Box". He said it repeatedly.

Freudian slip much?

16 posted on 07/15/2024 7:05:05 AM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) Be careful what you say. Your refrigerator may be listening & reporting you.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Maybe The View will also be cancelled. Those B****** cannot be trusted.


17 posted on 07/15/2024 7:12:59 AM PDT by George J. Jetso
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To: Lockbox
No, they were still too drunk from both celebration of the event and sadness at the out come to go on air!

Heavy drinking would be my suspicion.

18 posted on 07/15/2024 7:14:06 AM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: George J. Jetso

Was after 9/11 and the news pretty much ran out of steam. So I channel surfed and came to “The View.” Within seconds I said “nothing could be this stupid. I was wrong. Watched the whole show just to be fair and it only got more moronic. At least I haven’t watched even one second of the show since.


19 posted on 07/15/2024 7:21:34 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (“History doesn’t repeat itself but it often rhymes” - Possibly Mark Twain.)
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To: George J. Jetso

Still on the schedule. On ABC at 11:00. I only post this for people an iron stomach and to warn channel surfers. Natalie Portman is their guest so expect tons of stupidity oozing from there.


20 posted on 07/15/2024 7:40:45 AM PDT by Hillarys Gate Cult (“History doesn’t repeat itself but it often rhymes” - Possibly Mark Twain.)
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