Morning Joe: All Episodes Talk

[SeanBug]

And the hits just keep on coming. This is from Mediaite, it hits the same points as the CNN piece, but also has some great comments about how stupid this whole thing has become. 

If they were hounded by Trump, everyone would come to their aid. Ratings would soar, and other media outlets would defend them.  They don't believe in freedom of the press anymore? So much so that they've sold their soul to the devil for access? 

So the meeting, the immediate blowback, and now the ridiculous excuses, which change by the day. 

https://www.mediaite.com/opinion/joe-and-mikas-fears-of-retribution-as-motivation-for-trump-meeting-feels-a-lot-like-clean-up-on-aisle-mar-a-lago/

[Newsreader]

WTH? Could Mika have been more rude this morning? I mean, her default setting is “stick up the ass,” but her attempts to be funny (?) with Heilemann at the beginning of the show were cringe. Her hybrid  “one of the boys meets school marm” schtick doesn’t work, but she’s too arrogant to take a step back and read the room. 

Edited Yest. at 01:18 PM by Newsreader
For spelling

[SeanBug]

Ed Luce is on now in the 6 am rerun, and they're bashing the Cabinet picks. 

Mika has her "stick up the ass" look dialed up to 11. Add sipping coffee thru a straw. 

Next up, Comcast selling off MSNBC.  Maybe Bezos will buy these spin offs and add them to Prime. He's trying to build a news channel, the experiment with the Brian Williams election coverage supposedly went pretty well. 

Joe is so flustered he can't even get the word "consolidate" right.  They think they have a year before the sale will go thru.. But it's obvious they're shitting their pants at the outcome of this.  

You know what makes MSNBC more attractive, Joe? Cancelling Morning Joe, paying off your buy out clause.  Then prospective buyers can look at the channel as more profitable, without your bloated salaries and disappearing ratings. 

Win/Win!!!   Win for the buyer. Win for the viewers. 

Not so much for you and the Mrs.   Next time, think thru your boneheaded ideas, and come up with better cover stories than  1. We want to re set the conversation; 2. We are here to report on the new Admin; 3. Oh shit we better make up with him before he throws us in jail; and just go straight to 4. Fuck it, we're out of a job in a year anyway, let's burn this m-fer down!! 

Edited Yest. at 01:47 PM by SeanBug

[Lowcountry snark]

8 hours ago, SeanBug said:

Maybe Bezos will buy these spin offs and add them to Prime

Did Mika ever have her own special interest show on Peacock?  Did that ever become a thing?
An app isn't a good way to view the news.  It's probably the worst use case for app media.  
Joe should call it a career on his network "celebrity" status and start a podcast about Morning Joe.  Dana Carvey and David Spade have one for SNL,  It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia guys had it for their show.  If he could snark and gossip and spill the tea on behind the scene stuff and guests/hosts... that could work. 
I'd prefer a disgruntled long time producer write a tell all, though.  I guarantee there are endless Mika stories... 100% she was an ogre to underlings, a kitten to superiors, a nuisance to professional journos, and very naughty in the shadows.

Edited 18 hours ago by Lowcountry snark

[Linda956]

Mika is rude to everyone on the show if they're not talking about her precious KYV or politics, politics, politics.  She becomes a total bitch if any of the guys discuss sports or social media and starts sipping coffee and fiddling around with anything in sight on her desk as a distraction.  I'd gain a whole new respect for any of the guys (including Joe) if they just told her to shut up.  Also, it didn't take long for Joe to delete all the negative messages on his Twitter page from a day or so ago on meeting with Trump.  It's the same on You Tube's MSNBC page.  I can't find any of the messages from a day ago .

[oakville]

Wednesday mini recap. Mika wore a violet Star Wars wrap. Joe bought a new tie.

Joe said his show is popular on Armed Forces radio & YouTube. Mika told Heilmain to be on time for his segment.

Barnicle was left in the waiting room. Joe brought him to the table.

Heilman talked about albums in 1976. It was the Bicentennial.

Ed Luce brought gravitas. He doesn't know Captain & Tenille.

[oakville]

Joe said Matt Gaetz & Dr Oz are not equipped to manage a large bureaucracy.

Joe said Trump is appointing TV Guys to be Secretaries but the number 2 is running the agency.

[oakville]

Joe said some of Trump's picks wouldn't get confirmed.  Joe is outraged at Tulsi gabbard.

Joe said there is damaging information on Hegseth that will be released.

[oakville]

Ed Luce compared Trump to Caligula. Yikes !

Luce called the cabinet picks Charlatans ! Musk wants to dismantle the government.

[oakville]

Dasha Burns said Musk is staying too long at Mar A Largo. Trump doesn't like sharing the spotlight.

[oakville]

Mika has a Know Your Value clipboard. Asking Heilemann to shut up is rude.

Will Mika give up her penthouse at Comcast ?

Joe is worried about being fired in a year.

Joe likes to scale up cable channels.

Willie admitted people are cutting the cord.

[oakville]

James Stravidis said that using the Atacms in Russia will have an impact on the country.

It's a smart play & will give Zelensky chips for future bargaining with Russia.

Stravidis wished Ukraine had the weapons earlier. Putin has not launched nuclear weapons at Ukraine yet.

The goal is to get as many weapons to Ukraine before January 20th.

[oakville]

Stravidis said 600K Russians left Russia.

Mika loves the Bristol hotel in old Warsaw.

I still watch this show for guests like Stravidis. He provides an excellent analysis of global affairs.

The money spent on Ukraine is destroying Russia's military & helping US defense contractors.

Russia will suffer for a generation.

[SeanBug]

I heard a bit of the interview this morning with Saad Mohseni who wrote the book about Radio Free Afghanistan. He was discussing the Taliban and how women were affected and I heard Mika make some noise, a sigh of agreement or whatever. 

All I could think was "oh sure, you care about Afghan women (which is fine, of course) but what happened to all your WOMEN ARE DYING BECAUSE OF TRUMP!!! screeching the last year? 

Has she said anything about Roe and Trump? Or is dropping that subject part of her "Get out of Jail" free card from him? 

 

[SeanBug]

5 hours ago, Lowcountry snark said:

An app isn't a good way to view the news.  It's probably the worst use case for app media.  

I think it would be regular programming that you could watch on tv or wherever. Prime has live news, as does Peacock. And it allows you to use it to subscribe to any streaming service you want. 

I watched some of the Brian Williams program on Election night. It was like how MSNBC or CNN covered the election, with various interviews, updates from around the country, etc.  They used a huge soundstage at MGM. 

[Lowcountry snark]

15 hours ago, SeanBug said:

what happened to all your WOMEN ARE DYING BECAUSE OF TRUMP!!!

That was the Wednesday the week before the election.  It was followed up by "something something HITLER!" and some cry screeching.
I was going to write here, "and that's why liberal media is hated" but I didn't because it was kind of controversial.

The panel on set when she did that was SO uncomfortable.  She was being peak unserious hack.

[oakville]

Mika is off today. Joe & the panel is convinced that Gaetz & Gabbard won't be confirmed. The allegations against him are shocking.

[oakville]

Donnie Deutsch said Democrats have a branding problem. They should stop defending transgender surgeries for illegal immigrants who are in jail.

They should stop defending Palestinian protesters.

They should stop defending AOC & Bernie Sanders.

Joe likes AOC & Bernie.

Joe said Bobby Kennedy voters voted for Wallace in 1968.

Joe said Democrats should have moved to the center.

Joe admitted Obama won despite being a liberal senator.

Joe said Trump connected with the center.

 

Joe complained about having to get toothpaste from locked cabinets at the drugstore.