The audacity. A veritable infomercial on Morning Joe

[Ishoutandscream2]

Promoting Joe Scar's new book on Truman. And his guests coming on to congratulate him. Hey Joe, I'm sticking with David McCullough's excellent book on Truman. You ain't no David McCullough.

[dubyadiprecession]

1. I would rather buy a book from him..

Than anyone who comes from the trump whitehouse.
They get fired by trump, and the only people who would want to buy their books are on the left.
I don’t want to be apart of making them rich, and neither should the rest of you.

[hlthe2b]

2. At least the book is about Truman. As much as my indifference to Joe, Truman is worthy of

a respectful examination--especially since historians and political scientists have increasingly appraised his contributions as among our greatest Presidents.

[Ishoutandscream2]

4. Of course he is. But by a reputable historian

[hlthe2b]

6. Yes. I'd recommend David McCullough's excellent biography instead

[DeminPennswoods]

13. Seconded

It's long, but a terrific read as are all McCullough's books.

[madaboutharry]

3. People are always promoting their own books.

And that includes their own programs. He isn’t doing anything unusual. Rachel Maddow has talked about her books on her show.

[CTyankee]

8. I'd be interested in seeing what he has to say from a perspective further away than McCollough.

I am a tough critic on books as a writer myself. I'd like to see how diligent he is with footnotes and crediting others for what they have said. I know, though, that he has "people who do that." I write in the solitary place of my little office in my house.

It's laborious and time consuming. I suspect Joe doesn't bother with that, having a daily weekday show to get done every day.

[Ishoutandscream2]

14. You're understanding what I'm getting at, CT

As a minor historian, I respect research along with good writing. I don’t see Joe as necessarily a serious historian. I anticipate nothing new, and more of a “pop historian” look at Truman.

[CTyankee]

15. Well, I write about art history and am not an "art historian". I have no degrees in art altho I have

two. My master's in Liberal Studies. But I learned to do research. Just recently I was writing about Edgar Degas and took an idea a bit too far, checked it and found I really had no evidence to back up the point I was making. I was chuckling to myself that it was a nice story, too bad it wasn't true!

[cwydro]

10. Brian Stelter does it too.

Another CNN anchor too, but her name escapes me.

[USALiberal]

5. Normal stuff! Nt

[Firestorm49]

7. I have a hard time watching MSNBC in the morning.

Joe’s endless prattle drives me nuts. Mika would like to interject a comment, Joe acknowledges her and continues his endless diatribes. We’ve heard all of this stuff each and every day for four years. I don’t need to listen to him babble on relentlessly about what we already know. It should not take five minutes for him to get to the point of his question, which by the time he ends his rant, his responder forgot what the question was in the first place.

[brooklynite]

9. Then don't buy the book.

They also periodically discuss his musical accomplishments.

[Ishoutandscream2]

12. I won't. But thanks for playing.

The rudeness of DU

[BannonsLiver]

11. Cant believe people watch that dope every day.