Best news of the day: MSNBC viewers dumping Morning Joe.

[kstewart33]

From PoliticusUSA:

MSNBC viewers have spoken loudly as Morning Joe’s ratings continue to slide. The conservative talker is now the lowest rated morning show on cable news.

One statistic from TVNewser tells the story of Morning Joe’s decline, “Last year, “Morning Joe” was ranked #28 of all cable news shows in the demo. This January it is #47, and in fourth place in the demo behind “Fox & Friends,” “New Day,” and ‘Morning Express.'” The numbers for Joe Scarborough’s show have fallen apart. “On weekday mornings, CNN’s New Day registered its highest ratings ever in January and posted its largest monthly share of the cable news morning audience since 2009. The program also easily beat MSNBC’s Morning Joe, topping Joe for four straight months in total viewers and seven consecutive months among A25-54. Fox and Friends posted its lowest delivery since 2001.”

More at: http://www.politicususa.com/2015/01/27/msnbc-viewers-dump-morning-joe-scarborough-lowest-rated-cable-morning-news-show.html

[apcalc]

1. To MSNBC : Joy Reid!!!!!!

[underpants]

6. You realize that would mean people might leave the house with a different set of facts

Why the water cooler conversations could be dramatically altered. "Well actually...that isn't true ".

Yes Joy in the morning would be great.

[eleny]

11. I'd have it on "record" to catch every program

I can watch in the later morning or early afternoon.

That's what I do for her weekend program when it's on too early for me watching here in Mountain Time.

[nolabear]

13. Noooo! It's too early for us West Coasters!

I love Joy but 3 am is a little TOO AM Joy for me!

[LisaM]

40. Yeah, agreed.

I'm more likely to catch the beginning at 3:00 a.m. than the end at 6:00 a.m.

[Akamai]

22. Great, great idea! From your lips to the godess's ears!!! She is WONDERFUL!!!

[wordpix]

114. Joy Reid tweet today re: Bannon registered to vote in 2 states

Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
I will be asking for a major investigation into VOTER FRAUD, including those registered to vote in two states, those who are illegal and....

212 replies 2,470 retweets 3,262 likes
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Joy Reid ‏@JoyAnnReid 4h4 hours ago

Joy Reid Retweeted Donald J. Trump
Up until today, when Florida removed him from the rolls, Stephen Bannon was registered to vote in two states. Joy Reid added,

[George II]

29. "Morning Joe" becomes "Morning Joy" - I like it. He can go to Faux and bring that dimwit with him.

[Adrahil]

57. I would watch Morning Joy every day.

Screw Joe Scab and that fake "liberal" Mika.

[wordpix]

108. so would I---Joe is awful and Mika just rolls her eyes

[Cheviteau]

71. We Could Call Her Program...

..."JOY TO THE WORLD".

[calimary]

87. I like it, too!

LOVE Joy Reid! She's the best and most fearless interviewer on television. She suffers NO fools and tolerates NO "Gish Gallop" or other "strategic" blabber-mouthing!

[George II]

90. She doesn't believe in "alternative facts", either. Sgt. Friday would be proud of her.

[calimary]

132. I would LOVE to see Miss Kellyanne "Alternative Facts" Conway face Joy Reid in an interview.

Joy would shut her down, and HARD. What do you bet that Miss Alternative Facts NEVER accepts an invitation to be interviewed by Joy Reid?

[George II]

133. Hah! At the race track, that bet would be 1-9.

[TeamPooka]

30. Morning Joy! Only need to change one letter

[TNNurse]

81. Perfect

[calimary]

85. I like it!

[Mr. Evil]

50. Put Chris Hayes on in the morning and

Put Keith Olbermann back in his old spot. Hayes is cheerful enough to make people feel better about getting up in the morning and Keith is just what is needed to eviscerate the new administration.

[calimary]

80. And DUMP GRETA!!!

My husband said it's probably because they wanted to get CONS to show up for interviews. Put a "friendly" in there.

Wouldn't surprise me.

[Tatiana]

122. Your husband is probably right.

I doubt they'd want to go on with Chris' or Lawrence's show. But apparently, Rachel can be a friendly...

[wordpix]

110. I like Chris in the eves but

I'll take him in the a.m. and give Joy his eve spot

[myrna minx]

83. I would LOVE to wake up to Morning Joy!

[wordpix]

107. Morning Joy!!!! Please!!!

[qanda]

126. They could call it, "Joy of The Morning"

[KewlKat]

127. You beat me to it.......JOY REID!!!! Yes.

[underpants]

2. Cuomo is excellent

[RKP5637]

26. He is!!! It's an excellent show, far better than Morning Joe. n/t

[underpants]

49. We have Apple TV so no MSNBC

on the antenna I have the networks but I want news not kitchen gadgets and entertaining hints. CNN is on Apple TV.

[Rosco T.]

102. So is MSNBC, with the right app

check here.. I just posted this...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028536788

[JDC]

61. He is

[lunatica]

69. I agree 100%

He can even out argue Barbie Kellyanne!

[wishstar]

97. I completed a Nielsen survey recently and filled in schedule showing that we watch his show

and Joy Reid on weekend

[Cosmocat]

109. THIS

I have a dozen posts here pleading with people to kill MJ by not watching it, and instead watching Cuomo.

[lindysalsagal]

3. Last line says it all:

Morning Joe will continue to hurt MSNBC until they realize the common sense idea that liberals and progressives don’t want to listen to three (hours) of Joe Scarborough’s Republican talking points.

I assume the hours was a typo, so I inserted it.

[Me.]

21. And Yet They Continue To Bring On Yet More Conservative Alums

Van Sustern, Kelly, Carlson

[Cha]

34. Yeah, weird.. like they want to fail

[Kahuna7]

56. Yep!

Happy New Year, old friend!

[Cha]

63. Yeah, I wish you the best year possible, Kahuna!

[tblue37]

76. No, they want to propagandize. nt

[Me.]

96. They're Kind Of Like The Cons

Doing the same thing over and over...doomed to eventually fail

[leftynyc]

54. I'm betting greta is gone

inside a year. Her ratings are terrible. Did they really think the imbeciles that watch fox would know how to change the channel to follow her?

[politicaljunkie41910]

78. She's terrible. I tried watching her show the first week and it was really bad.

I had recalled that she wasn't so bad back in her original days at CNN so I was curious whether she would bring a fresh perspective or same old same old. But no amount of Rachel gushing over her "friend" could bring me back for a second week of Greta 2.0 after those first several days. She's terrible, and her guests were terrible. You'd have thought that she'd call in some markers from the best in the business for her debut week, but she didn't. Her interviews were all stale and she just looked old and tired. Sorry Rachel.

[calimary]

84. She keeps calling 'em in.

Lots of professional CONS. Gonzales last week. Paul Ryan this week. She leads with the CONS. She remains in their corner. She argues from their point of view. She repeats and defends their talking points. I even wrote a paper letter to Phil Griffin, news prez, saying she DOES NOT belong on MSNBC, a network I and many others turn to, to get AWAY from the GOP and CON talk.

Why they thought she'd make sense in the lineup I do not know. All I do know is, at 3pm Pacific time (6 Eastern), I now routinely switch channels.

[Me.]

106. Her Ratings At Faux Were Low

And yet they wanted her?

[leftynyc]

120. Time for her to do something

else. She can always go back to law..practice it or teach.

[Trumpocalypse]

144. The problem is not just Joe

spouting GOP talking points, it's also the fiction that MEka is a conservative when she's almost as conservative as Joe. You just can't insult the intelligence of the audience that way. They'll see through the phoniness. The deal breaker for most was their sycophantic relationship with Trump. As one conservative commentator put it, 'Joe's show is really a Trump pac'.

[bathroommonkey76]

4. Joe looks like a Jim Henson creation.

I'm happy to see his downfall-- MSNBC needs to bring in some fresh morning talent.

[PCIntern]

5. Joe is gonna demand extra sex from Mika

To assuage his frustrations.

I wonder if they've ever had an "assignation" on th set.

[Ghost of Tom Joad]

67. yuck

the thought

[Thor_MN]

103. Ummm, didn't an intern wind up dead in Joe's office back when???

[TexasBushwhacker]

129. Yup

No indication he had anything to do with it though.

[lastlib]

137. BRAIN BLEEACHHH!!!

...Must.............un-see...................must...................un-...........see................

[muntrv]

7. Bring back Keith Olbermann and Ed Schultz if you wanna boost ratings.

Quit being Fox Noose light.

[a kennedy]

12. Ack......not ED.....he's been posting some sh*t that wasn't acceptable here.....

I'd love to see Alex Wagner back......

[Me.]

20. She's At CBS Now

[radical noodle]

58. I agree... please not Ed

[GoCubsGo]

70. Yep. Schultz works for RT/Putin now.

Which explains a lot of the unacceptable shit.

Alex Wagner was good. I wonder if they might shift Tamron Hall back there.

[7962]

134. Ed has been a fraud since last time he was on MSNBC anyway

Altering video and audio clips and refusing to cop to it when caught

[bathroommonkey76]

15. Olbermann should talk to one of the streaming sites about starting a new show.

Netflix, HBO, Showtime, Hulu, and Amazon would be an ideal place for him.

[90-percent]

23. dont forget his current GQ gig.

-90% Jimmy

[George II]

32. Schultz is just like all the clowns on TYT, we don't need him.

[Lotusflower70]

33. Ugh

Ed Schultz is working on a show for RT America which is under the Russia Today umbrella.

[StevieM]

48. They could move Chris Hayes to the mornings, along with Joy Reid. (eom)

[leftynyc]

55. Ed can stay at RT and rot (n/t)

[fun n serious]

139. Ed Shultz is pushing Russia propaganda.

[brush]

146. Keith by all means, but not Schultz. Haven't you heard? He switched back to the right...

from whence he came.

He's on RT now.

[old guy]

8. They don't need no stinkin viewers,

they only need three; Joe, Mika Mouse, and tRump. A rating bonanza!

[lpbk2713]

9. His pre election ass kissing was shameful.

Joe isn't a journalist. He's a sycophant.

[workinclasszero]

10. F Joe Scar

Off to Fox with him.

[world wide wally]

14. Correlation?

As Morning Joe supports Trump without question and crashes, CNN gets fed up with being treated like dirt by Trump, starts speaking out against him, and their ratings soar.

Is there a trend here?

[dem4decades]

24. I agree

Who watches anyway? Progressives can't stand him and conservatives can watch Fox.

I've made my way over to CNN during the day, still watch MSNBC after 8. I wish CNN would put Anderson on at 6.

CNN isn't without it's faults but they've come around and seem to realize that the press has it's own part to plat if this democracy is to be saved.

[Skittles]

99. hmmm

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/290991-trump-low-rated-morning-joe-sad-and-irrelevant

[world wide wally]

113. Yeah, but that was back in August when their romance was in a cool down stage.

It heated up a lot again after that

[Me.]

16. Maybe It's Time Mika Got Off HER High Horse

And won't miss overpaid Geist either

[lapucelle]

35. Way Too Willie (son of TV journalist bill Geist) is another legacy hire.

He was added to the gang to supply hispster edge back before he was middle aged.

Willie is especially talented at furrowing his brow, blinking, and looking confused. It's an effective counterpoint to Mika's slurping her beverage while she looks around as Joe waxes nostalgic about his brief time in the Congress and Newt's Contract For America.

[coco22]

39. Plus Willie and Tucker Carlson are buddies..

They danced and laughed about liberals on msnbc during the bush years,when Tucker had a show.

[lapucelle]

119. On a related note, guess who the gang was praising today?

http://www.mediaite.com/online/americas-having-a-love-affair-with-tucker-carlson-morning-joe-panel-praises-fox-host/

[coco22]

130. Saw it earlier couldn't listen.

[Me.]

42. His Hipster Edge Consisted Solely

Of standing, with a mic, in front of NYC's Zabars and making fun of all the upper west siders (read that as liberals) who shop there while he and the muppet laughed their heads off. Wonder how his dreadful Sunday Morning show is doing.

[lapucelle]

52. Imagine the ignominy of being replaced by Billie Bush.

"Willie can't make it? Let's just slide in Billie Bush. Nobody will notice."

http://variety.com/2016/tv/news/willie-geist-today-show-billy-bush-1201841990/

[Bohunk68]

92. While he was in Congress, he became Dead Intern Joe Scum.

Have totally stopped watching MSNBC.

[lapucelle]

98. Joe laughed at a jokey remark about the dead intern on Imus's radio show.

http://archive.democrats.com/preview.cfm?term=Joe%20Scarborough

[wordpix]

116. lol, good description. But Willie may surprise (I keep waiting)

He sometimes utters a thoughtful refrain but usually, as you say, he sits around looking confused.

[lapucelle]

118. That nickname came courtesy of Bob Somerby

of the Daily Howler.

http://dailyhowler.blogspot.com/2012/02/confection-watch-35-percent.html

[SticksnStones]

17. Change Morning Joe to Morning Joy !

[50 Shades Of Blue]

28. YESSSSSSSSSS!

[Buns_of_Fire]

45. ...and then dump Greta and replace her with David Light!

Morning Joy and Afternoon D. Light!

(Don't mind me. I've been looking for a place to wedge that in ever since "AM Joy" premiered.)

[Gothmog]

18. I stopped watching this show a long time ago

[TheDebbieDee]

19. I stopped watching Morning Joe in April 2014...

And I haven't missed them at all!

[yallerdawg]

25. I rarely watch MSNBC and it started with "AM Joe."

Sorry, MSNBC lineup.

One bad apple does spoil the bunch.

[kennetha]

27. Joe is a legend in his own mind.

He and the Donald have that in common.

[lapucelle]

38. I think Joe was hoping to be asked to be Trump's VP.

[leftynyc]

60. Press secretary

He knows he never would have gotten past a serious vetting.

[jeanmarc]

31. I saw 'Joe' say that he supported torture

'Enhanced interrogation' was what he would like to see a 'study' on and even McCain had to put him in his place.

Little Mika just nodded in approval.

I have no use for these assholes.

[Rockhead]

36. I've been waiting for the numbers,,,

Hope it continues it's current trajectory. Don't miss them at all.

[IronLionZion]

37. Supposedly Trump watches it every morning

groups have targeted commercials on the show designed to irritate him

[Skittles]

41. GOOD

BOYCOTT EVERYONE WHO PIMPED FOR TRUMP

[dalton99a]

64. +1

[uponit7771]

72. +1

[lark]

43. 2nd best news of the day -

"Fox and Friends posted its lowest delivery since 2001.”

[leftynyc]

44. AWESOME

I dropped their asses mid last year and haven't looked back. Go blow degenerate donnie someplace else you pathetic hacks!!!

[Mark.Gray]

46. Good News

This is indeed good news - their apparent affection for Trump is, by itself, reason for them to go...

[StevieM]

47. How about bringing Keith Olberman back to 8 PM and having Joy Reid on in the morning along with

Chris Hayes.

[wordpix]

111. great idea if only Keith will "behave" for the execs

or whatever their problem with him. I loved his show

[blm]

51. *clapping*

loudly

[manicraven]

53. Love Joy! I also like Thom Hartmann or bring back Keith!

[tman]

59. DATE OF LINK: Jan 27th 2015.

Let's hope the ratings do fall though. He is insufferable.

[Hulk]

62. I'm positive my asinine sisters tune in to "fox and friends"....

...every morning. Their HUGE tv is set on fox, and runs ALL DAY LONG with the volume on and stupid fills the air.

They are all wealthy. They are all dense as can be...never able to catch a punch line in a joke, because they were just too simple minded. PERFECT fox tools. This is what makes up the fox audience...idiots like that and the cluster of frightened, white money worshippers. Throw in a handful of confused educated and kkkristian bible thumpers, and you have about 95% of the morons that tune in and get dumber by the second.

Little hope.

[7962]

135. I'd watch Robin Meade read Lotto numbers

Sorry, but thats the best looking woman on ANY Tv show. Actually, no, I'm not sorry. And always in an upbeat mood as well

[Freethinker65]

65. Damn. If this is the best news of the day, we are truly fucked

[grantcart]

66. from 2015?

[OKNancy]

138. LOL - it sure is

[MFM008]

68. bout time

I gave it up ages ago.

[Angry Dragon]

73. Isn't he the one that killed his intern??

[uponit7771]

74. +++++++++++++++2015 STORY !!!!!++++++++++++++

[LovingA2andMI]

77. Yes...

It Is. And it is amazing how so many on the LEFT that is supposed to be LOGICAL fall for FAKE NEWS without conducting a SIMPLE GOOGLE SEARCH....

Just amazing....

[LovingA2andMI]

75. AND THIS ARTICLE IS --- OLD and FAKE to be completely honest.

A simple Google Search of a sentence above:

"This January it is #47, and in fourth place in the demo behind “Fox & Friends,” “New Day,” and ‘Morning Express."

Led to this article on Newser:
January 2015 Ratings: MSNBC Down Double Digits

Which has a similar paragraph to what is above:
"Last year, “Morning Joe” was ranked #28 of all cable news shows in the demo. This January it is #47, and in fourth place in the demo behind “Fox & Friends,” “New Day,” and “Morning Express.”.

That leads to this point: POLITICUSUSA is a Fake News Blog On The Left.

Look, we LOVE NEW DAY with Chris and Alisyn to pieces and watch the show on the regular for #TruthJournalism in the morning, however, folks need to GOOGLE SEARCH all "articles" from "PoliticusUSA" before taking anytime written there at face value.

[otohara]

151. Pass The Popcorn

Joe & Mika aren't going anywhere .... and you so right about Politics USA

[LovingA2andMI]

155. Exactly....

Amazing how a Fake News Story got 168 Recs on DU. But, guess it's about if the Fake News confirms one's opinion bias, then who cares to check to see if the story is true -- or downright copyrighted BS in this case.

[jodymarie aimee]

79. Yeah, if your DAY was 2 years ago

you guys got to start paying attention.

[calimary]

89. I'm getting this on my phone so it's harder

to click thru onto links. That's a bummer. Also indicates that if those were its ratings that far back and they kept it on anyway, they don't seem to be very responsive to their viewers.

[fmdaddio]

82. Melissa

Melissa Harris Perry.

[democratisphere]

86. RepubliCON morning show flush.

Don't forget to flush twice.

[calimary]

88. Good one. I wish this were current!

I'd live to see "Morning Joe" canned.

[TrekLuver]

91. I'm in love with Chris Cuomo.

[MistakenLamb]

93. never got the appeal of it

when I am home in the morning its Bill Press for me

[OnDoutside]

94. Delighted with this news.... I hope they sink. I've moved on

To CNN.

[kstewart33]

104. You may be right.

I don't watch TV in the day (work, etc.) but today I was home and had CNN on while doing some housework.

They are giving Trump a very hard time about the developments today. Not hyper partisan, but quite willing to call Trump on several moves (the wall, penalizing sanctuary cities, election fraud, etc.) and guests were smart and experienced in the topic of discussion.

I'll be watching them in the evening to check out the lineup. I will always watch Rachel but CNN is definitely worth a look.

[OnDoutside]

112. Thankfully I have Rachel on podcast thru Tunein radio, she really is outstanding to listen to.

[Mike Nelson]

95. Great news...

...Joe & Mika should go to work for Trump (officially, I mean).

[spanone]

100. m$nbc viewers are dumping m$nbc...

liberals like me aren't going to sit and be lectured by the likes of hugh hewitt and ben ginsberg....

mark halperin...joe scarborough...greta van sustern......really???? fuck 'em

i seek differing opinions, but these are the wrong personalities to deliver them imho

[Greybnk48]

115. Agree. I am down to watching Rachel and Lawrence,

and Chris when I can. I used to pop MSNBC on in the morning and just keep it on in the background all day. I did that for years until they went right. Now my t.v. is off most of the day.

I LOVE Joy Reid too, she's actually my favorite because she's as smart as Rachel, but suffers no fools or lies, but miss her show too often because of the time slot. I do record but forget to watch.

[wordpix]

117. you mention my faves, too and I'll add Ari Melbar

I think his star is rising since he's a lawyer and is reporting on all the Trump legal insanity

[kstewart33]

124. Agree.

Halperin isn't well respected in the journalism community and for good reason. Van Susteren has yet to impress with her choice of topics and with ome occasional bouts of Fox hangover.

Joe is a real case. One of the members of the House impeachment team - determined to impeach Clinton for anything, and he paid the price thereafter losing his seat along with other members on the team.

Matthews seems to blow with the breeze and isn't that insightful. Guests are mostly retreads.

[ReformedGOPer]

101. I stopped watching, (for good) when Mika went on the email

"where there's smoke there's fire" rant. I refuse to even listen on Sirius. I hate Joe and the fawning Mika.

[Thrill]

105. Don't watch any of their shit

Especially the new Greta

[Tatiana]

121. New Day is solid programming. Cuomo is excellent.

I really like Chris Cuomo -- especially the legal expertise he brings to the table. He's knowledgeable, unless most teevee hosts, and asks really good questions. He also is not afraid to challenge guests.

There are fewer lies on New Day than the other programs. I'm glad to see them doing better.

[kairos12]

123. If Joe leaves he'll just go get his shine box and follow Drumpt around. Just formalizing the

current arrangement.

[kimbutgar]

125. He's chitlers pravada at msnbc

The network has gone so right wing they will lose money to keep access to chitler and his spokescretins.

[Paladin]

128. YAAAAAAAAY!

God, this news just makes my day. Thanks to everybody who has taken the advice of me and others to just abandon Scarborough's daily pimping for trump. Scarborough is entitled to nothing but failing ratings; so good to see it's happening. Keep up the good work.

[Greywing]

131. People ... This article is from Jan 27, 2015 - two years old! n/t

[ProudProgressiveNow]

136. Morning Joy! nt

[Stellar]

143. hear, hear, I'm for that!

Wishful thinking I guess.

[mdbl]

140. Morning blow always sucked

I always wondered why he didnt just go to Fox nooze, unless they rejected him already.

[Bucky]

141. yet somehow he'll still get a raise when his contract is up for negotiation

[Stellar]

142. I haven't listened to morning joke since Nov 2014.

Damn, three hours a day, five days a week, I refuse to kill what little brain cells that I have listening to that show.

Of course, I'm not their targeted audience but a person is a person.

I personally would be thrilled if they would start my week day morning's with Joy Reid instead of that Joke program and put Joe on weekends...since they love him so.

[DFW]

145. It is encouraging that Fox And Frauds is doing just as badly n/t

[mfcorey1]

147. Yesssss!!! That 's the backlash for normalizing drumpf and broadcasting those dumb behind

PSA"s bragging about who is watching.

[Blue Idaho]

148. Fire Joe and "Tokyo Greta" too.

MSNBC is trying to become FOX lite - I hope their ratings tank until they come to their senses.

[saidsimplesimon]

149. The worm turns?

Couldn't happen to a more rump friendly couple of hosts for trivia and propaganda? Thank you one and all for finding unbiased, factual news outlets.

[FiveGoodMen]

150. Why does this keep getting rec'd? It's two years old.

[grantcart]

153. why doesn't the OP delete?

[LovingA2andMI]

156. Which does DU allow it to stand?

This is BS Fake News. Shame!

[radalpha]

152. Joe the "Trump Apologist" and Mika the "Handsitter"

After watching weeks of concerted attempts to apologize then normalize Trump's erratic and undemocratic behavior, I tweeted my goodbye to Morning Joe and have not watched since. CNN has really stepped up their game and is now my "go to" program. Joy and Stephanie have potential. Adios "Morning Joe".

[Womyns Rights]

154. I don't have cable, but I hope they replace it with a progressive program