Morning Joe: Trump Has 'Death Wish,' Will 'Take Americans With Him'
Morning Joe regular Ed Luce of the Financial Times claims that President Trump is: "saying, if I’m going to go down, I’m going to take — I’m going to take you down with me. I think there’s a death wish in his approach to this election that is the mark of somebody who's got a very dark mind." Joe Scarborough adds, "It’s always been a fear about Donald Trump that if he was going to go down, he…
DELUGE: Morning Joe Dedicates 14 Minutes to 'Comey Rule' Promo
On Monday morning, MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough turned the last 14 minutes of Morning Joe into a promotional segment for Showtime’s newest political drama, The Comey Rule, which is based on disgraced former FBI Director James Comey’s autobiography, A Higher Loyalty.
Mika Slimes Fox Folks as 'Lobotomized,' Forgets When They Loved Trump
On Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski slimes Fox News hosts and anchors as "lobotomized" for their debate coverage of President Trump, calling it "pathetic." At the same time she was complaining, Brian Kilmeade criticized Trump for missing the "layup" of explicitly condemning white supremacy.
Scarborough: If Trump Loses, He Might Commit Treason to Pay Off Debts
On Morning Joe, Joe Scarborough alleges that if President Trump loses re-election, he might sell the "crown jewels" of US intel in order to pay off his business debts. He based this on a chat with his brother-in-law Mark Brzezinski, a former Obama campaign adviser, and Biden fundraiser!
MSNBC: System 'Designed' to Put Minorities 'At High Risk to Be Killed'
There was a very surprising twist in the dicussion of the Breonna Taylor case on today's Morning Joe. It started in predictable fashion. "Civil rights lawyer" Maya Wiley said: "The problem that we have here is that the system is working the way it’s designed to work. Which puts black people, which puts Latinos, which puts Native Americans at very high risk of being killed." But then…
Scarborough Mounts Hobby Horse Again with Word o' the Day: 'Fascist'
Somebody call the SPCA: Joe Scarborough has yet again ridden a hobbyhorse into the ground! Regular readers of NewsBusters are only too familiar with Scarborough's tiresome habit of fixating on a word, and…
After Sappy CNN Town Hall, Scarborough Hails Biden as 'Political Gold'
Willie Geist and Joe Scarborough, co-anchors of MSNBC’s Morning Joe, were delighted Friday morning when they had the pleasure of covering Thursday night’s CNN presidential town hall drive-in event in Moosic, Pennsylvania, in which Democratic nominee Joe Biden was treated to one gushing softball after another. Scarborough and Geist made sure to fulfill their role as Biden 2020 cheerleaders.
Wrong Narrative: Media Ignore Autistic White Teen Shot by Utah Police
Over the past several days, the media have been displaying a classic example of their double standard in which police shooting stories receive attention. If it bolsters the liberal narrative that police violence is motivated by racism, it is much more likely to receive attention than if a questionable case of police violence involves a white victim.
'Conservative' Scarborough Says 'Working Class' Shouldn't Vote GOP
On Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski quotes from her hubby's latest Washington Post column in which he wrote that "many working-class Americans have been voting against their own economic interests for so long," by which he meant, voting for Republicans. That is a notion popularized in the book What's the Matter with Kansas? by leftist author Thomas Frank.
NASTY Joe Scarborough: Trump 'Wanted to Sit by and Watch People Die'
"Donald Trump says he didn't want Americans to panic. No, he just wanted to sit by and watch them die."
Morning Joe Regular: Preferring Trump on Economy Equals 'Selfishness'
Morning Joe regular and Princeton professor Eddie Glaude Jr. says that people who prefer President Trump "because Joe Biden and the radical left will jeopardize their economic well-being, their 401(k)s and the like" are acting out of "selfishness and self-interest."
Al Sharpton: 'Defund the Police' Is Nonsense for 'Latte Liberals'
On Morning Joe, Al Sharpton expresses opposition to defunding the New York City police, saying it's something for "latte liberals" in the Hamptons. Joe Scarborough grudgingly admits things were safer in NYC under Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Willie Geist says he still feels safe in NYC, and that crime statistics are not up -- except for "shootings and murder."
As Polls Tighten, MSNBC Talks Vast Right-Wing Media 'Infrastructure'
On Morning Joe, Axios co-founder Jim VandeHei warns of a right-wing media "infrastructure" that is focused on violence in the streets. He warns that its impact could eventually be reflected in the polls.
MSNBC Contributor: No Need for Biden to Fret About Chaos in the Street
Willie Geist suggests to activist Errin Haines that images of violence in the streets is affecting voters, notably those in the suburbs, who don't want that coming to their neighborhoods. He asks how the Biden campaign is doing in responding to the issue. Haines takes it in an entirely different direction, saying that "there is unchecked, rampant violence in the streets of America. But it is…
