Joe Scarborough Slams MSNBC On Air For Dropping ‘Morning Joe’ After Attempted Assassination, Threatens To Leave Network
MSNBC’s flagship morning show, Morning Joe, hosted by Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, was unexpectedly pulled from the air on Monday in favor of news coverage of the alleged assassination attempt on the former president.
Scarborough, visibly frustrated, expressed his displeasure with the network’s decision by stating on-air that he and his co-host were “surprised” and “disappointed” by the move and threatened to leave the program if it were to happen again.
He said live on air Tuesday morning, “Next time we are told there will be a news feed replacing us, we will be in our chairs… And the news feed will be us, or they can get somebody else to host the show.”
NBC network executives decided to replace Morning Joe with continuous news coverage. They reportedly thought that left-leaning guests might make inappropriate comments in discussions related to the Trump incident.
However, Scarborough noted that...
Scarborough, visibly frustrated, expressed his displeasure with the network’s decision by stating on-air that he and his co-host were “surprised” and “disappointed” by the move and threatened to leave the program if it were to happen again.
He said live on air Tuesday morning, “Next time we are told there will be a news feed replacing us, we will be in our chairs… And the news feed will be us, or they can get somebody else to host the show.”
NBC network executives decided to replace Morning Joe with continuous news coverage. They reportedly thought that left-leaning guests might make inappropriate comments in discussions related to the Trump incident.
However, Scarborough noted that...
- 7/18/2024
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