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Willie Geist: MSM Bias in 'Disgusting' WaPo Cartoon Mocking Cruz Kids

By Mark Finkelstein | December 23, 2015, 10:35 AM EST

There was surprising consensus on today's Morning Joe concerning the Washington Post cartoon that depicted Ted Cruz as an organ grinder and his youngs girls as monkeys. From Mika Brzezinski to Joe Scarborough to Harold Ford, Jr., there was universal ...

Scarborough: Lifelong Republicans Tell Me They'll Vote for Hillary Over Cruz/Trump

By Mark Finkelstein | December 14, 2015, 8:14 AM EST

Joe Scarborough prefaced his remarks this morning by saying "this is the sort of thing that right-wing bloggers get very angry about."  So let's oblige him...  On Morning Joe, Scarborough said "I am shocked by how many Republicans, tha ...

NBC Uses Cabdriver Jumping on Moving Car to Go After Uber

By Kyle Drennen | December 10, 2015, 3:19 PM EST

On Thursday, NBC’s Today seized on a cabdriver in Toronto attacking the car of an Uber driver as a chance to attack the entrepreneurial car service, with co-host Savannah Guthrie proclaiming: “A cabbie confronts an Uber driver and gets dragged 60 feet dow ...

Mournful Mika Wonders If Anyone Can Improve on Trump Muslim Ban

By Mark Finkelstein | December 10, 2015, 9:00 AM EST

The last person you'd imagine backing Donald Trump's Muslim ban might be Mika Brzezinski. Yet on today's Morning Joe, a reluctant Mika came close to doing just that. Brzezinski springboarded off the news that the visa screening program fail ...

When Obama Loses Mika's Daughter...

By Mark Finkelstein | December 7, 2015, 2:54 PM EST

Given the Morning Joe reviews, if President Obama's terrorism speech were a Broadway show, it would have closed after one night. From Richard Haass to Richard Engel, Joe Scarborough to Willie Geist, the prez's performance was universally panned. ...

Morning Joe Sees the President Disengaged Against ISIS

By Michael McKinney | November 16, 2015, 12:19 PM EST

Monday’s Morning Joe began with an evaluation of the actions of the White House prior to and after the attack on Paris Friday night. Joe Scarborough began by demanding to know if the roundtable thought the President actually looked involved and engaged in ...

Morning Joe: No Evidence Marco Rubio’s Finances Show He Went 'Wild'

By Michael McKinney | November 9, 2015, 4:44 PM EST

Even Joe Scarborough, who according to the National Review's Elaina Plott  has a "vehement" dislike of Marco Rubio, thinks there's nothing to the Florida Republican Senator's credit card issue. On Monday’s  Morning Joe, the roundt ...

Former Journalist Says 'One Journalist' Hostage Means Little Next to the Iran Deal

By Michael McKinney | November 2, 2015, 5:11 PM EST

Monday’s  Morning Joe  featured a discussion with Richard Stengel, the Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. Joe Scarborough felt it important to grill Stengel on hostages in Iran,  specifically Jason Rezaian. Stengel tried to j ...

Scarborough Accuses Kristol: 'You're Trying to Cover Your A--' About Trump

By Mark Finkelstein | October 22, 2015, 4:47 PM EDT

Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski were among the first in the media, going back months, to take Donald Trump seriously. In contrast, Bill Kristol has repeatedly declared that we have reached "peak Trump," only to find The Donald confoundingly ...

Willie Geist: 'Many of My Conservative Friends' Thought Cooper Would Go Easy on Dems

By Mark Finkelstein | October 14, 2015, 8:54 AM EDT

Wow: an MSMer who not only has "many" conservative friends, but is willing to admit it on live national TV? On today's Morning Joe, in the course of praising Anderson Cooper's performance as debate moderator, Geist let drop that prior ...

WaPo's Ignatius: Obama's Weird 'I Told You So' About His Own Failed Syria Policy

By Mark Finkelstein | October 13, 2015, 8:48 AM EDT

Michelle might want to gently tap the president on the shoulder and remind him "umm, Barack, you're not in the faculty lounge any more.  You're actually, uh, President and Commander-in-Chief.  So you don't get to criticize your own fai ...

Scarborough Slams CNN and Other MSM 'Trump Deniers'

By Mark Finkelstein | October 12, 2015, 8:50 AM EDT

Says Joe Scarborough, if Jeb Bush had Donald Trump's poll numbers, the media would proclaim the race "T-K-Over." Yet rather than touting Trump's commanding lead, the liberal media speculates instead on the Donald's "exit stra ...

Barnicle: 'Assault Weapon' Ban Would Take 'Real Courage'

By Michael McKinney | October 7, 2015, 1:19 AM EDT

On MSNBC’s Morning Joe   on Tuesday, the roundtable turned to the NBC "town hall" Secretary Hillary Clinton had on gun control and other topics. Mike Barnicle began the discussion by declaring that “it would require courage, commitment and a con ...

Willie Geist: More Laws Won't Stop Bad Guys from Getting Guns

By Mark Finkelstein | October 6, 2015, 7:56 AM EDT

A week ago, we noted that—negating Nicolle Wallace's notion that the woman who aided the New York prison break shouldn't do any time herself—Willie Geist observed "you can't help convicted murderers escape from jail."   An NB read ...

Hillary's Claim McCarthy Benghazi Comments 'Deeply Distressing' Makes Morning Joe Laugh

By Mark Finkelstein | October 1, 2015, 12:20 PM EDT

There was Hillary Clinton, telling Al Sharpton of all people that she found Kevin McCarthy's comments about the Benghazi hearings "deeply distressing."   That was too much for the Morning Joe panel, which just had to laugh.  As John Heilema ...