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onetexan

(12,994 posts)
Fri Mar 11, 2022, 12:49 PM Mar 2022

MSNBC Morning Joe: What the media doesn't show about Western support for Ukraine -- and can't

https://www.msnbc.com/morning-joe/watch/what-the-media-doesn-t-show-about-western-support-for-ukraine-and-can-t-135128133797

Joe Scarborough and Mika Brezinski discuss what the media doesn't — and can't — show about the Western world's support for Ukraine, and why. "There's a lack of proper context in news, in what Americans are seeing and what Americans are reading," Joe says. The "massive amount of weapons that are moving from Poland into Ukraine" have to be handled quietly by the government, and news media is not invited. "It's giving Americans a skewed sense."
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The hosts' blabbering & Joe's shouting at times gets to me, but in this case i agree with them and glad they're pointing out the fact all the work in the background on transfer of arms, intelligence support, etc. are not publicized (probably asked not to) by the American MSM.



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MSNBC Morning Joe: What the media doesn't show about Western support for Ukraine -- and can't (Original Post) onetexan Mar 2022 OP
I was hoping someone on tv would talk about this issue. The media makes it sound like USA FloridaBlues Mar 2022 #1
Yeah, I think (or hope) there's a lot more than meets the eye. lagomorph777 Mar 2022 #2
All those tanks are being killed by something lapfog_1 Mar 2022 #3
Neglect and corruption... Hugin Mar 2022 #5
Quiet and under the radar is nice... agingdem Mar 2022 #4
I have wondered if Zelensky and wnylib Mar 2022 #12
"Loose lips sink ships" 2naSalit Mar 2022 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Mar 2022 #8
I'm hoping those Polish planes are going to end up in Ukraine Tomconroy Mar 2022 #7
Exactly. Do it quietly, but document it to Ilsa Mar 2022 #17
Like soldiers fighting in foreign wars in the past LiberalFighter Mar 2022 #9
Yes, Scarborough has his moments PatSeg Mar 2022 #10
I find him and his wife insufferable Skittles Mar 2022 #15
I usually can take Mika PatSeg Mar 2022 #16
✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ ✔️ n/t msfiddlestix Mar 2022 #18
ugh Skittles Mar 2022 #19
I can't believe the show has lasted as long as it has PatSeg Mar 2022 #20
KR TY for this report Cha Mar 2022 #11
Yes, i figure many people are not aware & it makes sense onetexan Mar 2022 #13
So true when we're Cha Mar 2022 #14

FloridaBlues

(3,993 posts)
1. I was hoping someone on tv would talk about this issue. The media makes it sound like USA
Fri Mar 11, 2022, 12:55 PM
Mar 2022

Not doing much to support.

lagomorph777

(30,613 posts)
2. Yeah, I think (or hope) there's a lot more than meets the eye.
Fri Mar 11, 2022, 12:56 PM
Mar 2022

The jet fiasco looks pretty embarrassing (we can't seem to make up our minds). But there may be undercurrents that totally change the context.

lapfog_1

(29,166 posts)
3. All those tanks are being killed by something
Fri Mar 11, 2022, 12:57 PM
Mar 2022

and that something is USA provided Javelins.

At a cost of over $120,000 per missile.

agingdem

(7,759 posts)
4. Quiet and under the radar is nice...
Fri Mar 11, 2022, 01:06 PM
Mar 2022

Last edited Fri Mar 11, 2022, 01:43 PM - Edit history (1)

I think of idiots like Rubio and Daines sharing photos of Zelensky, a man survived 3 assassination attempts...do we want Cawthorn, Boebert, Greene, Gosar aware of what the US and its allies are doing in support of Ukraine...hell no!!!

wnylib

(21,146 posts)
12. I have wondered if Zelensky and
Fri Mar 11, 2022, 03:40 PM
Mar 2022

responsible US leaders anticipated such traitorous behavior from some members of Congress and took some precautions that we don't know about. Meantime, the traitors exposed themselves publicly for what they are

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Tomconroy

(7,611 posts)
7. I'm hoping those Polish planes are going to end up in Ukraine
Fri Mar 11, 2022, 01:43 PM
Mar 2022

Now that everyone has denied it will happen. If President Zelensky doesn't mention the subject again maybe that will tell us something.

Ilsa

(61,675 posts)
17. Exactly. Do it quietly, but document it to
Sat Mar 12, 2022, 10:37 AM
Mar 2022

combat the criticism of the Administration afterwards.

LiberalFighter

(50,504 posts)
9. Like soldiers fighting in foreign wars in the past
Fri Mar 11, 2022, 02:03 PM
Mar 2022

when writing back to family not allowed to provide military details. Sometimes not even where they were located.

PatSeg

(46,804 posts)
10. Yes, Scarborough has his moments
Fri Mar 11, 2022, 03:27 PM
Mar 2022

when he is spot-on. The rest of the time, I can only take him in very small doses.

It has dawned on me that clearly the government cannot tell us everything they are doing in real time.

PatSeg

(46,804 posts)
16. I usually can take Mika
Sat Mar 12, 2022, 10:19 AM
Mar 2022

when Joe isn't around. Then she acts relatively normal for the most part but together they are hard to watch. They are that couple that takes their marital problems with them wherever they go, making everyone else uncomfortable. Then Joe goes on his egotistical rants where he thinks he is the only person in the room, while everyone else tries to not roll their eyes on camera. We've all known people like them and would never want to watch them on TV.

PatSeg

(46,804 posts)
20. I can't believe the show has lasted as long as it has
Sat Mar 12, 2022, 06:39 PM
Mar 2022

They do have some good guests and cover a lot of relevant issues, but Joe for the most part is insufferable. He filibusters, interrupts people, talks over them, and bullies anyone who he disagrees with. I think Mika's late father summed him up perfectly when he said Joe was "stunningly superficial", something that Joe even admitted on TV.

Also if he doesn't like someone, he is blatantly rude and obnoxious on camera. I think he's even gotten some people fired. It is funny as he used to have a show called Scarborough Country that was on in primetime and he didn't act like that back then. I guess he figured that in the early morning he could let his hair down and do whatever he wanted and no one would care.

I rarely ever watch the show anymore, but I tuned in a couple times because of the invasion of Ukraine. Apparently some things don't change. He's not as conservative as he was years ago, but he's still insolent and overbearing.

onetexan

(12,994 posts)
13. Yes, i figure many people are not aware & it makes sense
Fri Mar 11, 2022, 07:45 PM
Mar 2022

As to why the west's actions need to be done under covers.

🙏peace to UKR & the world

Cha

Cha

(295,925 posts)
14. So true when we're
Fri Mar 11, 2022, 07:59 PM
Mar 2022

Reminded of it!

Peace, Love, Light, and Aloha to Ukraine and the World.

💙💛

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