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.
he 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.
“Given the gravity and complexity of this unfolding story, NBC News, NBC News NOW and MSNBC have remained in rolling breaking news coverage since Saturday evening,” a spokesperson for NBCUniversal News Group said in a statement to CNN.
“As we continue to cover this story into the week, the networks will continue to cross simulcast, alternating between NBC News, NBC News NOW and ‘MSNBC Reports,’ so there is one news feed covering this developing situation.”
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@MajesticSyrupMountain2yrs2Y
Even MSNBC(!) knows that Joe Scarborough is so deranged and unhinged that they can't risk putting him and his crew on the air today given the virtual certainty that they'd not only blame Trump for his own assassination attempt but make clear that they think he deserved it.
@P0llingPlaceTonyVeteran2yrs2Y
MSNBC is so aware of how vitriolic the Morning Joe hosts are that they pulled them off the air, despite the GOP convention starting today, because they are confident one of them will say something totally inappropriate about the attempt on Trump’s life.
Well, if they can't call Trump Hitler, fascist, rapist, Nazi and a Jew-hating dictator, then what are they gonna talk about?
@ISIDEWITH2yrs2Y
How would you feel if your favorite TV show was suddenly replaced by continuous news coverage of a political event?
@9QYS2WK2yrs2Y
I would be frustrated. I can get news from my phone I don't need them to interrupt my program
@H0u5eRubyPatriot2yrs2Y
There are so many new feedback loops that will now reinforce the narratives created by recent history ("Gray Swan"). All emerging events are framed by a rare whole-system response.
US Media are not known for taking hints, until they crash & burn (VICE? Buzzfeed? Beast?...)
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