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[Dennis Donovan]

1. I haven't watched a minute of it. n/t

[Emile]

2. I haven't watched since 6:05 am Monday.

I don't miss their centrist bullshit either!

[GreenWave]

3. After KO pointed out how whiney I never listened again,

Years ago!

[Ocelot II]

4. Never could. I've never seen the show except for some replayed clips.

Those were enough to keep me away - what an annoying, self-important pair!

[morillon]

5. I occasionally enjoyed their show, particularly some of the guests

But the trip to Florida to kiss the ring was appalling. If you're that afraid of the guy, leave the country. They probably have enough money to never need to work again. Whatever their reasons, it seemed to indicate a lack of principles, and in times like this, I want to support people who have a very strong moral compass, not weaklings.

[Hope22]

6. We are marked safe from Mika and Joe here! nt

[milestogo]

7. No Mo Joe.

[Keepthesoulalive]

8. Why should anyone watch?

He is a traitor and would sell everyone down the river. Let’s forget him and his show, which is the appropriate punishment.

[CTyankee]

9. Yep, today everyone was on board with them, including the prof from Princeton, Rev. Al, etc...

I don't think anyone has jumped ship. In fact, Joe and Mika seem to be enjoying a kind of respect for doing that trip.

Why is this happening? They get no questions at all.

I question their respect for the reality of their, and our, situation. I fear that this is what we are going to expect from most of the main stream media for his entire presidency, no matter what.

What is Rachel doing, btw?

[Seeking Serenity]

11. "What is Rachel doing, btw?"

Taking a pay cut from what I read.

($25 mil a year instead of $30 mil a year, so not the kind of pay cut that will elicit any tears over here.)

[CTyankee]

12. Why? To save MSNBC? Is it supposed to save anybody?

[Seeking Serenity]

15. Here's where I read it (it's the Daily Beast, for what that'ss worth)

https://www.thedailybeast.com/rachel-maddow-takes-pay-cut-with-msnbcs-future-in-jeopardy/

MSNBC star Rachel Maddow is taking a $5 million pay cut amid growing uncertainty about the channel’s future, The Ankler reported Thursday.

Maddow, who currently makes $30 million a year at the network, renegotiated for $25 million a year for the next five years.

[snip]

Still, viewers can expect to see plenty of Maddow, with one executive calling her “ratings Viagra.” Under her new deal, Maddow will continue to anchor her Monday night show, and also produce podcasts and documentaries. The network is also planning to deploy her as a “secret weapon” on other shows when there’s breaking news.

Along with Maddow, MSNBC relies on at least three other personalities to keep viewers tuning in: Wallace, who anchors Deadline: White House, and Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski’s Morning Joe, which recently came under fire when the hosts traveled to Mar-a-Lago to break bread with Trump.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

10. Can't stomach those two tRump suckups anymore!!

[Prairie_Seagull]

13. Mostly did DU in the AM and while I did catch the show on occasion.

Didn't care for it much even then. Easy to ignore now.

[BannonsLiver]

14. Why? Just let the show go. You're missing nothing.

Are people really having trouble quitting these two bozos and their dumb show?

[Vinca]

16. I'm still going to watch just to see their reaction when Dear Leader throws them under the bus

then backs it up and runs over them again.

[Prairie_Seagull]

17. So you will be our sacrificial lamb. haha

Please check in with any road kill.

[quickesst]

18. I continue to watch morning Joe

...and found the format unchanged. I detected not one iota of fear of retribution. You asked, and it seems I may be the only one here who is qualified to answer that question honestly because from what I can tell, I'm the only one here who bothered to find out.
Applying the same "logic" used here against Joe Scarborough, an even better case could be made against a man who has been the primary target of trumps hate-filled vitriol by inviting him to the White house, shaking his hand, and promising an uninterrupted and smooth transition to the White House. One has to ask, was Joe Biden pandering to donald trump out of fear of retribution?

For the record, I still watch Morning Joe, and I still admire and respect Joe Biden.

[Keepthesoulalive]

22. Joe Biden is the president of the United States

He did what decent presidents do. To equate him with two fake journalists who kissed trumps ass is an insult. It is called peaceful transference of power and president Biden honored his oath.

[quickesst]

23. And you have two journalists...

.... who did their jobs, and no matter how you spin it, and if one is an honest broker, they would realize that after all the crap that has been thrown, the format, and the language of Morning Joe has not changed one bit. Of course there are those who will not give Morning Joe a chance, overly eager to create their own bandwagon that does nothing but feed overactive egos.This is a scenario that is repeated often in this forum. This is one of the biggest mountains formed out of a molehill I've seen here. Your assessment of Joe Biden's situation is absolutely correct, which I made clear in previous posts, but your double standard when it comes to journalists, in my opinion, is not.

[Keepthesoulalive]

24. I would not call them journalists

I call them talking heads who do their masters bidding. They are in the infotainment industry and nothing more. Why in the hell does anyone want to establish dialogue with a racist, lying, demagogue. Next they will be speaking to musk ,the lady who murders her animals and Kennedy brain worms. There is nothing to be gained speaking to any of these people because there is nothing there.

[quickesst]

25. Let me put it this way..

If the Reverend Al Sharpton, Claire Mccaskill, and Richard Haas, just to name a few panel guests, along with members of the Democratic party who still frequent the show are all right with Joe Scarborough, then of course so am I. For the most part, I trust the judgment. You, along with a lot of others must have little or no respect for those same people who continue to have an open dialogue with them.

Where is the critical hostility toward the people mentioned above? They are voluntarily participating in a news forum headed by someone you obviously have an extreme distaste for. I stand by my double standard comment.

[Walleye]

27. I don't think Al Sharpton made a trip to Mar-a-Lago that I know of

It’s trekking down to Florida that makes them look so bad.

[quickesst]

39. And yet..

... Reverend Al continues to be a regular on Morning Joe. Maybe they're being polite, but I detected no animosity between guests and hosts. You would think, given the whirlwind of s*** being stirred here and elsewhere, you would find at least some utterance of disapproval from those same guests. Like I said, making mountains out of molehills is a favorite pastime around here.

[Keepthesoulalive]

32. Because Al Sharpton is on there does not make them journalists

I am not invested in journalistic talk shows. I am invested in the truth . I have found truth elsewhere.
No one should legitimize sf in any way including bending the knee. They are entertainers nothing more and if you enjoy round tables knock yourself out.

[quickesst]

40. I do..

..... And will continue to "knock myself out" until they do or say something that is a lot more egregious that actually merits the pissing, moaning, and groaning directed at Morning Joe.

By the way, since Morning Joe just about mirrors the same formats as others do on MSNBC, then why watch MSNBC at all since there are no real journalists there?

[Keepthesoulalive]

42. You're making assumptions

The news should not be right or left it should be the truth. All of our legacy media is about advertising and eyeballs. The morning anchors went to sf and according to him begged forgiveness they said they were trying to open up a channel for dialogue. That’s not reporting the truth , that is trying to gain favor.
All of the cable channels are owned by the same people who support trump and his toadies in congress. I will not give any of them my time or attention because they don’t give a damn about me or this country.

[quickesst]

44. Really?

First off, I don't make assumptions. I do however point out the fallacy of those who do.

"The morning anchors went to sf and according to him begged forgiveness they said they were trying to open up a channel for dialogue."

Can you provide any credible source to confirm that they were "begging for forgiveness". I did hear the part about opening a dialogue, but for some strange reason, maybe I blacked out for a few minutes, but I just did not hear about the begging part. There are people who watch Morning Joe everyday with knife poised to strike at anything they can misconstrue as negative. It's a pastime for many here.

Provide the exact quote concerning the "begging for forgiveness", (not your interpretation), and the credible source for this quote, and I will concede your point. Otherwise, I'm going to call it a day. Time to move on.

[Walleye]

41. I shouldn't even enter this discussion, I haven't gotten the cable news channels for years and I don't miss them

[Walleye]

26. Nope, they could've interviewed him in DC, or in New York. They didn't have to go down to Fla and shamefully submit.

[badhair77]

19. I had it on in the background and no one was kissing up to trump.

Two people caught my attention. Rep Tom Suozzi and Antonio Delgado, the Lt Gov of NY. Both talked about how Dems can proceed to rebuild. I especially want to hear more from Delgado. In just the few minutes he had to speak he reminded me of a young Obama talking about hope and change. There was a lot of rebuilding talk. John Heilman doesn’t need to show up for me, however. He likes to bloviate. One of the original members of NSYNC is working on a musical version of Frankenstein. Some beautiful music there and a mention that Mary Shelley was way ahead of her time in creating a robot. There was also a discussion about BlueSky vs threads, and people leaving Twitter.

I pick and choose. I don’t want to throw the baby out with the bath water.

[Iggo]

20. Good. Keep it that way.

[roscoeroscoe]

21. Not watching no more

May I recommend a nice morning meditation or some stretching and exercise?

[MrWowWow]

28. SNL Needs to Have a Skit...

And just keep it going as a running joke. Bring back Alec Baldwin as tramp for this.

[Omnipresent]

29. I still can't understand why they visited him at mara largo.

Did they think we wanted to see them kowtow to the felon?

[delisen]

30. We are in a fight for our lives and freedom

The opposition is organized. Putin. Leonard Leo. Harlan Crow . Elon Musk. Thiel and the rest are not watching political shows. If a show has not inspired you to organize it is neutralizing or victimizing you. Best to Shake it Off

[pamdb]

31. sorry

I used to record them every day and watch them when I woke up. I deleted them on the Monday after they bent the knee to the orange god and haven't looked back. Now I record Lawrence at night and watch him the next morning. And I still watch about an hour of Nicolle. And I've started recording Rachel on Monday nights.

[Maru Kitteh]

33. Don't watch them AND BE DONE WITH IT. Just walk away. What do you care if they do or

don’t grovel and preen after you’ve washed your hands of it? Let it go, walk away and be DONE.

[ramedy]

34. Then don't.

[Rebl2]

35. Haven't watched

for several years and even in the long past when I watched, it was only a few minutes because I got tired of Joe blathering on.

[surfered]

36. We quit watching after they went to Mar-a-Lago to beso El Caudillo's culero.

[Sneederbunk]

37. Not hard for those of us living in PST.

[hunter]

38. I wouldn't recognize "Morning Joe" if he knocked on my door and introduced himself.

I quit television news and opinion in the disgusting run-up to the war in Iraq. I quit all advertising supported television in early 2012.

It was bad for my mental health.

My wife and I read all our news. The money we save not having cable television we probably spend on digital "newspaper" subscriptions.

[Hekate]

43. Joe & Mika come on at 3:00am in my time zone, so they are not on my viewing schedule at all