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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Fri Dec 16, 2016, 11:30 AM Dec 2016

'Morning Joe' Hosts Reject Criticism That They're Trump Boosters


By CAITLIN MACNEAL Published DECEMBER 16, 2016, 9:02 AM EDT

The co-hosts of MSNBC's "Morning Joe," Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough, have come under fire for their coverage of Donald Trump, but the two morning show hosts argue that the criticism is unfounded and that they have in fact been tough on Trump.

“It’s not fair,” Brzezinski told Vanity Fair in an interview published Thursday night. “No one has been tougher on Donald Trump than Joe and I.”

Scarborough has acknowledged that he and Brzezinski speak with Trump regularly. And last month, a rival morning show host, CNN's Chris Cuomo, described the "Morning Joe" hosts as Trump spokespeople.

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They have always been boosters. Things turned south when trump froze them out but coverage always stilted. They are transition spokesmen now

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'Morning Joe' Hosts Reject Criticism That They're Trump Boosters (Original Post) DonViejo Dec 2016 OP
"No one has been tougher on Donald Trump than Joe and I" .. LMAO. JHan Dec 2016 #1
Would you? TheBlackAdder Dec 2016 #12
Stealing meme........ JHan Dec 2016 #13
Cool! With my blessings! TheBlackAdder Dec 2016 #14
Priceless!!! tavernier Dec 2016 #2
Their viewer ratings must be sinking...n/t monmouth4 Dec 2016 #3
They seem to be in the process of trying to "normalize" the election whathehell Dec 2016 #4
Fake news alert! stillcool Dec 2016 #5
Haven't tuned in since 11-08,,, Rockhead Dec 2016 #6
Laughable. No one has been tougher on trump... Nwgirl503 Dec 2016 #7
Their interpretation of 'Tougher' C_U_L8R Dec 2016 #8
Joe and Trump sitting in a tree. K.I.S.S.I.N.G. progressoid Dec 2016 #9
"It's not fair" gratuitous Dec 2016 #10
They are both zippythepinhead Dec 2016 #11

whathehell

(28,968 posts)
4. They seem to be in the process of trying to "normalize" the election
Fri Dec 16, 2016, 11:46 AM
Dec 2016

It's even more unwatchable. than usual.

Nwgirl503

(406 posts)
7. Laughable. No one has been tougher on trump...
Fri Dec 16, 2016, 12:25 PM
Dec 2016

No wonder these fucks all like each other so much. They say the bullshit lies the exact same way.

Trump "no one respects women more than me"

WRONG

C_U_L8R

(44,889 posts)
8. Their interpretation of 'Tougher'
Fri Dec 16, 2016, 12:34 PM
Dec 2016

is from some upside-down bizarro world.
I can't imagine more ravenous boot-lickers than these two.

gratuitous

(82,849 posts)
10. "It's not fair"
Fri Dec 16, 2016, 01:12 PM
Dec 2016

The rally cry of all persons Trump. Whenever Trump doesn't want to address his wrongdoings, he bleats how "unfair" it is to hold him accountable for his actions. And why shouldn't he? It works so well practically every time he complains about how unfair life is for him. None of the popular media folks ask him what's unfair about anything, and they're more than happy to change the subject when he complains about unfairness.

We don't have to believe it, though, and we should never tire of pointing it out. Make these fuckers at least learn a new trick.

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