Morning Joe’s hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, in their first show back after MSNBC executives made the decision to pull their Monday show, were not happy about the decision and even appeared to threaten to quit if they ever have their show pulled again. Watch:
Morning Joe hosts are fuming at MSNBC for pulling them off the air over July 13th:
“We were very surprised & disappointed”
They say they’ll quit if it happens again pic.twitter.com/1he5FeNuHY [1]
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) July 16, 2024 [2]
Original article below:
MSNBC has chosen to pull the plug on its widely recognized program, “Morning Joe,” in favor of continuing coverage of the recent attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.
The decision [3] to prioritize breaking news over its usual top-rated morning show has been confirmed by the progressive news network [4], stating that normal programming will resume on Tuesday.
NEW: MSNBC has pulled ‘Morning Joe’ show off the air after Trump rally shooting. They’re reportedly worried the Morning Joe crew might say something ‘inappropriate’ about the Trump assassination attempt – CNN pic.twitter.com/4ygxWYitVD [5]
— Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) July 15, 2024 [6]
This move by MSNBC to sideline one of its flagship programs during a pivotal moment in the political landscape coinciding with the Republican National Convention and following the attempted assassination of Donald Trump.
Tune in to @msnbc [7] tomorrow morning for continued coverage of the attempted assassination of former President Trump.
Regularly scheduled @Morning_Joe [8] will return on Tuesday.
— Morning Joe (@Morning_Joe) July 15, 2024 [9]
According to a source [10] familiar with the situation, the network decided to preempt “Morning Joe” to prevent any potential missteps by its many guests that could be used against the program and network as a whole.
JUST IN: MSNBC did not air “Morning Joe” today, their second “most hated Trump show.” They claimed it was to focus on continued breaking news coverage of the attempted assassination of Trump. But it was to prevent the hosts from saying crazy things immediately after Trump was… pic.twitter.com/MYcCOaFPl1 [11]
— Simon Ateba (@simonateba) July 15, 2024 [12]
In response to the unfolding events, a spokesperson for NBCUniversal News Group explained the ongoing rolling news coverage to CNN, emphasizing the need to maintain a single news feed across NBC News, NBC News NOW, and “MSNBC Reports” to cover the evolving situation comprehensively.
The call to sideline “Morning Joe” was reportedly made by Cesar Conde [13], chairman of NBCUniversal News Group, in consultation with MSNBC President Rashida Jones, and hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski.