MSNBC Pulls Morning Joe Because Of Trump Shooting

A move by MSNBC has many viewers on the network raising questions.

On Sunday, MSNBC announced it would not air one of its top-rated shows, “Morning Joe,” on Monday.

MSNBC will instead opt to air continued coverage of updates on the trump rally shooting.

The show is hosted by Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, who have been very critical of Trump in recent years.

The fact that Morning Joe was off the air today is significant – it signals an existential crisis within MSNBC, and the broader Acela Media apparatus.

It's the adults in the room getting involved, stepping back, and saying "maybe talking in loose terms about 'existential threat… pic.twitter.com/CpjrHVcxx3

— Steve Krakauer (@SteveKrak) July 15, 2024

Biggest Monday in @JoeNBC’s TV career and @MSNBC pulled his show off the air because they’re afraid of what the hosts or guests might say about the Trump assassination. Damn. I’d quit if any of my bosses tried this. But I’m not a little bitch. Morning, Joe!

— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) July 15, 2024

Per The New York Post:

MSNBC pulled its left-leaning talk show “Morning Joe” from the air on Monday following an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump over the weekend.

The progressive show, hosted by Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, will not air Monday morning and will resume Tuesday, despite the start of the Republican National Convention.

A source familiar with the matter told CNN that the show was pulled to prevent one of its dozens of guests from making an inappropriate comment while live that could paint the show and network in a bad light.

The source told CNN it made more sense to instead continue to roll breaking news coverage

This says a lot about Morning Joe pic.twitter.com/kpUqM4BGIr

— ALX 🇺🇸 (@alx) July 15, 2024

Here’s what CNN reported:

MSNBC will not air “Morning Joe,” its celebrated politics roundtable program, on Monday, opting to instead air continued breaking news coverage of the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.

The progressive news network confirmed the decision to preempt its influential and top-rated morning show after a CNN inquiry Sunday evening. The network said the show will resume airing Tuesday.

The decision by MSNBC to leave one of its most recognizable programs on the sidelines amid a seismic politics-driven news cycle, with the Republican National Convention getting underway in the wake of the Saturday shooting at Trump’s campaign rally, is certain to raise eyebrows.

A person familiar with the matter told CNN that the decision was made to avoid a scenario in which one of the show’s stable of two dozen-plus guests might make an inappropriate comment on live television that could be used to assail the program and network as a whole. Given the breaking news nature of the story, the person said, it made more sense to continue airing rolling breaking news coverage in the fraught political moment.

Joe Scarborough had a meltdown this morning because yesterday Elon Musk got him to delete his fraudulent post about Trump’s use of the word “bloodbath.”

Distractions like this bloodbath hoax will be more common.

Biden’s campaign doesn’t want you talking about Biden’s blunders. pic.twitter.com/1nP0Vk6L8F

— Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) March 18, 2024