Tuesday, April 30, 2024

An Assembly of Fools: Morning Joe on MSNBC

  The Lid (lidblog.com)

Not a single panel member spoke up about Scarborough’s illogical statements. Rather, they agreed with him wholeheartedly, nodded, and proceeded to discuss his points as if he had been accurate to the penny. It was sickening. WTH

Speaking nonsense to power

"In my quest to gain current political information from different sources, occasionally I force myself to watch MSNBC. One morning, I flipped on to Morning Joe, and gosh, is it abysmal. The panel of five is an echo chamber. A topic is tossed around and, in total agreement, the panel members offer their two cents. No one ever displays any critical thinking. 

The Ringleader of Nonsense

"Joe Scarborough is the ringleader of this political nonsense. During the show that I watched, they were discussing Tim Johnson, the Speaker of the House. The panelists all agreed that Johnson is difficult to work with, under-qualified for the job, and not good for the nation.

"One panelist called him an election denier, as if Hillary Clinton and countless Democrats did not deny the Republican victories for president in 2000, 2004, and 2016. How quickly they forget! 

"On this show, Scarborough went even further. He said that Johnson pushes for everything that Americans don’t want. He then ran through a series of issues and could not have been further off the mark. For example, he said that the Republicans want to dismantle the FBI. 

"Republicans might want to dismantle the top tier of the FBI, reorganize it, or reconsider the funding. Everyone recognizes that an effective, impartial law-abiding FBI is necessary. We have not had one for nearly a score. On almost any issue, Republicans who have sided with Donald Trump potentially find themselves in the cross hairs of FBI stings and planted information." . . . 

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