Posted on 11/03/2020 9:57:01 AM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
There was an interesting moment on Monday as the hosts and guest on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” were discussing the coverage of the election. Willie Geist raised the possibility that President Trump could declare victory on election night before all the votes have been counted. Joe Scarborough responded that NBC would simply make a Twitter-like determination and not carry the speech. It would not be treated as obvious news but rather “disinformation” . . . regardless of what has transpired on election day.
What is ironic is the Geist had just slammed Trump for making plans to send in lawyers “no matter what happens.” Without missing a beat, Scarborough then announced that no matter what happens on the election (like a surprise victory), Trump’s speech would be blocked for NBC viewers.
“We’ll be doing coverage on Peacock and we can assure you if Trump declares victory we’ll say, don’t take the feed. It’s not going to happen. We won’t be part of any disinformation campaign, we’ll be doing election coverage until midnight or whenever is over.”
The point tracked a statement from Biden campaign manager Jen O’Malley Dillon who declared that “[u]nder no scenario will Donald Trump be declared a victor on election night, and that’s fundamentally how we want to approach tomorrow.” I can understand the mathematical point but the Biden campaign does not make such decision. Moreover, this appears only a bar on a Trump victory speech. Some Democrats like James Carville are predicting that they will know by 10 pm. I would find it difficult to see a scenario where an election night victory could be declared but we do not know what will occur today in terms of any surges or landslide. More importantly, the issue raised on Morning Joe goes to the coverage not the claims...
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Fine. We won’t be watching your channel anyway.
That’s fine. There are other, better sources than Tass and Izvestia, comrade.
Are they sick or just plain evil?
I vote evil.
L. O. S. E. R. S.
Nobody will be watching anyways..................
Lol, the Biden campaign manager is already saying Biden can win without PA or FL
Lol,
Who gives a crap what you air, Joke?
Their viewers will be watching reruns of Gilligan’s Island....................
Who cares? Hardly anybody watches that network anyway.
Interpretative statement:
We will no longer be covering the news.
Bet they DO know something.
Fine. Would not watch their brainwashed, commie loving network anyway.
Libtards will stick their heads in the sand and cover their ears... And look even dumber than they did last time.
Then up yours, Joe. We won’t be watching your network anyway.
The Scarboroughs are blinded by their Trump hatred.
Just wondering, what do they think happens if people actually hear what someone is saying?
EVERY President who EVER declared victory, did so before ALL the ballots were counted.
This whole line of argument is ridiculous.
Hopefully, tomorrow morning they’ll rename the show MoUrning Joe.
Who cares
Win-Win.
Our domestic enemies won’t watch it, and we’ll be ecstatic to watch it elsewhere.
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