MSNBC yanks anti-Trump 'Morning Joe' off air following assassination attempt

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MSNBC yanks anti-Trump 'Morning Joe' off air following assassination attempt​



MSNBC pulls 'Morning Joe' from air after Trump assassination attempt​

According to CNN, the MSNBC morning show was sidelined Monday morning out of concern over rhetoric following the Pennsylvania rally shooting.
MSNBC pulled its flagship AM program "Morning Joe" from airing on Monday in the wake of the assassination attempt on former President Trump.

Viewers who tuned in expecting to see the staunchly anti-Trump program, hosted by Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, were greeted instead by continued NBC News special reporting on the attempt on Trump's life on Saturday. A spokesperson said "Morning Joe" will resume airing on Tuesday.

According to a CNN report, a person familiar with the decision said it was made in part over fear that one of the show's many guests over a 4-hour broadcast "might make an inappropriate comment on live television that could be used to assail the program and network as a whole."


According to CNN's report, Cesar Conde, the chairman of NBCUniversal News Group, decided to yank the show in consultation with MSNBC president Rashida Jones, as well as the show's co-hosts.


MSNBC Morning Joe co-hosts

MSNBC yanked its flagship, staunchly anti-Trump show "Morning Joe" off the airwaves Monday in the wake of the assassination attempt on former President Trump.

Scarborough posted on X on Sunday, "Political violence has scarred America’s landscape from JFK through January 6th. Republican and Democratic politicians alike have been victims and this violence has caused incalculable harm to America. Thank God President Trump is safe."

He also wrote, "Our family is praying this morning for President Trump, those injured yesterday, and for the loved ones of the American tragically killed. May God grant mercy on them and deliver us from the violent political rhetoric that coursens [sic] debate and endangers public servants."

"We should also keep in our prayers Gabby Giffords, Steve Scalise, and Paul Pelosi—who all still suffer from the wounds inflicted upon them by political violence."

The call by MSNBC to keep "Morning Joe" off the airwaves shocked political observers, with some conservatives saying it demonstrated a lack of trust in one of its most high-profile shows to sensitively cover a fraught situation.

"The fact that Morning Joe's own network can't trust its flagship brand not to spew reckless and inflammatory crap during breaking news tells you all you need to know about the credibility of the MSNBC line-up," a veteran Republican consultant told Fox News Digital.

Others took to X to express thoughts on MSNBC scrapping its flagship morning show on a "huge day" in politics:

OutKick founder Clay Travis said it was the "biggest Monday" in Scarborough’s TV career, but MSNBC pulled him off the air "because they’re afraid of what the hosts or guests might say about the Trump assassination. Damn. I’d quit if any of my bosses tried this......
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:laugh: This is a slap in the face of Morning Joe. His own network cannot trust him. Will Joe just bend the knee and take it or will he quit?
 
martin said:
Not a good time for pointing out the myriad ways Trump is about the worst candidate for President imaginable, so they are taking a breather.
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The guy so many are saying will for sure be the next President, and has already been President once.....

The thing about lies is that for them to work they must be a least a little bit believable.
 
ExpressLane said:

MSNBC yanks anti-Trump 'Morning Joe' off air following assassination attempt​



MSNBC pulls 'Morning Joe' from air after Trump assassination attempt​

According to CNN, the MSNBC morning show was sidelined Monday morning out of concern over rhetoric following the Pennsylvania rally shooting.
MSNBC pulled its flagship AM program "Morning Joe" from airing on Monday in the wake of the assassination attempt on former President Trump.

Viewers who tuned in expecting to see the staunchly anti-Trump program, hosted by Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, were greeted instead by continued NBC News special reporting on the attempt on Trump's life on Saturday. A spokesperson said "Morning Joe" will resume airing on Tuesday.

According to a CNN report, a person familiar with the decision said it was made in part over fear that one of the show's many guests over a 4-hour broadcast "might make an inappropriate comment on live television that could be used to assail the program and network as a whole."


According to CNN's report, Cesar Conde, the chairman of NBCUniversal News Group, decided to yank the show in consultation with MSNBC president Rashida Jones, as well as the show's co-hosts.


MSNBC Morning Joe co-hosts

MSNBC yanked its flagship, staunchly anti-Trump show "Morning Joe" off the airwaves Monday in the wake of the assassination attempt on former President Trump.

Scarborough posted on X on Sunday, "Political violence has scarred America’s landscape from JFK through January 6th. Republican and Democratic politicians alike have been victims and this violence has caused incalculable harm to America. Thank God President Trump is safe."

He also wrote, "Our family is praying this morning for President Trump, those injured yesterday, and for the loved ones of the American tragically killed. May God grant mercy on them and deliver us from the violent political rhetoric that coursens [sic] debate and endangers public servants."

"We should also keep in our prayers Gabby Giffords, Steve Scalise, and Paul Pelosi—who all still suffer from the wounds inflicted upon them by political violence."

The call by MSNBC to keep "Morning Joe" off the airwaves shocked political observers, with some conservatives saying it demonstrated a lack of trust in one of its most high-profile shows to sensitively cover a fraught situation.

"The fact that Morning Joe's own network can't trust its flagship brand not to spew reckless and inflammatory crap during breaking news tells you all you need to know about the credibility of the MSNBC line-up," a veteran Republican consultant told Fox News Digital.

Others took to X to express thoughts on MSNBC scrapping its flagship morning show on a "huge day" in politics:

OutKick founder Clay Travis said it was the "biggest Monday" in Scarborough’s TV career, but MSNBC pulled him off the air "because they’re afraid of what the hosts or guests might say about the Trump assassination. Damn. I’d quit if any of my bosses tried this......
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:laugh: This is a slap in the face of Morning Joe. His own network cannot trust him. Will Joe just bend the knee and take it or will he quit?
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Off for one day, dummy.
 
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