I was on a plane all day and so I didn't get to see the full Joe Scarborough meltdown until just now. Yeesh. Yelling at your audience is one helluva strategy for digging yourself out of a ratings and trust sinkhole. He's afraid, angry, nasty and defensive. Bad business decisions. - ThreadSky

jeffjarvis.bsky.social • 84 days ago

I was on a plane all day and so I didn't get to see the full Joe Scarborough meltdown until just now. Yeesh. Yelling at your audience is one helluva strategy for digging yourself out of a ratings and trust sinkhole. He's afraid, angry, nasty and defensive. Bad business decisions.

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marcellowh.bsky.social•84 days ago

When Joe Scarborough kissed the ring, he sealed his fate, but he didn't expect the backlash that followed.

wanderlust2023.bsky.social•84 days ago

I’ve seen some of his guest dig in so it’s more than just ratings. He sat his fake ass on tv for yrs going on & on only to turn around & lick the same boots as the ppl he talked abt. He talked abt Kevin McCarthy doing exactly what he did. & he thinks we want to support him/his show?!

Delusional.

msmalarkey24.bsky.social•84 days ago

So embarrassing. They just can’t help themselves.

luluroche.bsky.social•83 days ago

good grief

lmarson05.bsky.social•84 days ago

He's always been this way. Time for both of them to go

gedalia.bsky.social•84 days ago

The guys been yelling the entire time he’s been on the air. He’s always been a hot air buffoon.

nonabonita.bsky.social•84 days ago

I think they might be in an echo chamber. I was a huge fan. But they didn't check with me on their programming decisions. They hit a storm (election) and created a tsunami out of it (Trump visit). Bad time to rock the boat. This is a happy hour post, cheers.

savannahpeace.bsky.social•83 days ago

Me thinks he protests too much. And Mika too….

goodrun43.bsky.social•84 days ago

lynneraughley.bsky.social•84 days ago

Or, he's auditioning for a cabinet post.

americandefender.bsky.social•83 days ago

Mika should divorce him if she has any hope of repairing what little reputation she has left.

bdavis-author.bsky.social•83 days ago

And he's turned off comments for his account on Blue Sky. Coward.

steelergal126.bsky.social•83 days ago

He’s also bowed to Trump.. and Trump is enjoying his demise the most!! Joe never should have gone there.. I’m done watching!!

john-reuter.bsky.social•84 days ago

He has always been a self-absorbed pompous ass.

alliwoodrow.bsky.social•84 days ago

This!

relicua.bsky.social•83 days ago

Not to take away from this particular instance of bed-shitting, that sounds like his general demeanor mixed with a dash of "reasonable" conservative talking points that, for my money, have never been believable.

smartfonefan.bsky.social•84 days ago

I used to think he was worth listening to. Talk about a sell out. This reminds me of Gerald Ratner from years ago ..

tjcatskills.bsky.social•84 days ago

Stopped watching him back in 2015 when he allowed the Orange Menace free air time with T's calls on the phone, making him seem more than just a laughing stock. F him and his crying eyes.

johnnycee.bsky.social•83 days ago

He thought liberals would take the hit, like a battered spouse, and keep coming back for more. They have no respect for their audience

grolaw-me.bsky.social•84 days ago

The former congresscritter is going down and not in anyway that’s understandable and rational.

Maybe Fox has a lateral for him?

robin1955.bsky.social•84 days ago

That was a super rant. Also super unprofessional.

josojohn.bsky.social•83 days ago

I watched for Willie, Catty & the others until Joe & Mika bent the knee and haven’t watched since- I’ll have to google this melt down

easy65.bsky.social•84 days ago

I guess prostituting themselves to Trump didn’t work out.

infinite-regress.bsky.social•84 days ago

As I said earlier…

Why would any guest want to be yelled at by a producer through their earpiece, be ‘corrected’ by the show’s cohost within seconds and then be shamed by the other host for ‘incivility’ the next day?

The Thought Police are now firmly in place at Morning Joe.

beerntacos.bsky.social•84 days ago

It’s like he saw how big a hole he had dug himself and then just started shoveling like crazy.

Very similar to when a head coach starts criticizing the fan base. It signifies the end.

rayphillips.bsky.social•84 days ago

I was reading an old Jack Reacher novel and deliberately didn’t see this. I really don’t care what Joe says.

robertshend.bsky.social•84 days ago

To be honest, I'm angry and afraid, too.

sfbrion.bsky.social•83 days ago

You can take the Republican out out of Congress, .....

bj25.bsky.social•83 days ago

Guess which toxic hosts were absent from their morning show today ? @msnbc you can do better than whatever that is ❗️🚨

bjkeefe.bsky.social•84 days ago

Seriously, why do smart people like you pay any attention to this guy, his partner, and their show?

Apart from delivering "a reliable source of conventional Beltway thinking," as someone once said about someone similar, what is the attraction?

1madirishman.bsky.social•83 days ago

Joe and Mika received the last click they'll ever get from me. They thought we were kidding about our disdain for Trump? You stand for nothing. Buh-Bye.

peppermintpatty18.bsky.social•84 days ago

They’re humiliating themselves. It’s embarrassing. Better to resign with a little self respect than to lash out at their audience and pretend to be honest journalists.

noname4u.bsky.social•83 days ago

hamiltons-index.bsky.social•84 days ago

He wasn't yelling at his audience. The portion of his audience he was trying to yell at already stopped watching.

aileinduinn.bsky.social•84 days ago

Let’s not forget that Joe is and always has been a republican. He’s just gone back to acting like one.

frazil.bsky.social•83 days ago

IMHO they went to Mar-a-Lago & didn’t consider that people watch that place constantly to see who’s coming & going. Then either reporters/watch-dogs call them up for response, & they knew they were busted. So they went on their show & told people about it & tried to gaslight people to say it was OK

texasgopher.bsky.social•84 days ago

I haven't watched morning Joe since the day after the election in 2016 when Joe tried to tell us we were all being ridiculous and that he and Mika knew The Donald and that everything would be fine.

firechyld.bsky.social•84 days ago

📌

czdave.bsky.social•84 days ago

To be fair… he’s an arrogant assh*le

neilroberts.me•84 days ago

He’s cooked. Finally. Not that I could stand that shitty show to begin with.

helainea.bsky.social•83 days ago

But this is who he’s always been.
Always.

patknitter.bsky.social•84 days ago

Will never watch his show again. I used to fast forward when he started bloviating anyway. Now I don't have to listen ever again.

chiefchris2002.bsky.social•83 days ago

He’s an asshole

rmengered.bsky.social•84 days ago

Never, ever watched him. He's an asshole. She's a nepo baby.

ohma57.bsky.social•83 days ago

It is the republican play book
Blame others

ceefee1724.bsky.social•84 days ago

Welp that was dopey..we are no longer watching

loribirdparrot.bsky.social•84 days ago

Some good advice that’s not the way to get people to watch you again they just keep putting nail after nail in that coffin don’t they? also, if you want anybody to watch again, maybe you should put liberal leaning reporters into liberal leaning news just saying.