NBC Legal Analyst Goes off on Scarborough: ‘Show Some Respect’

[RockaFowler]

Boy - I'm loving Lisa Bloom more and more now

http://www.mediaite.com/online/nbc-legal-analyst-goes-off-on-scarborough-show-some-respect/

NBC legal analyst Lisa Bloom saw Joe Scarborough’s Ferguson #hottake from Monday and was not amused. Late Tuesday night she unleashed on Twitter numerous rebuttals to his framing of the shooting of Michael Brown and the subsequent protests over the lack of indictment, in which Scarborough claimed Brown was being falsely martyred. (The morning host, for his part, has taken a couple shots at his fellow MSNBC hosts over the network’s Ferguson coverage.)


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.@JoeNBC No one has said Mike Brown was a hero. What we have said was that we don't give the death penalty to shoplifting teens.

[spanone]

1. time for nbc to cut this asshole loose

[hrmjustin]

2. +1

[still_one]

4. are you kidding me. no way will they do that. They want to keep him so he can piss off the

progressives that watch MSNBC, and continue to watch and became furious with his inane comments.

This is all part of the game, to keep what they believe is their viewer base up in arms, which will then motivate those viewers to continue watching him to see what other bullshit streams from his mouth

just another reality show like survivor

[spanone]

5. i don't know how a progressive could watch that drivel

[still_one]

8. No argument from me, but MSNBC has about 5 hosts who are good, and the rest are for anger

management, at least that is my view

Rachel Maddow
Chris Hayes
Lawrence O'Donnell
Ed Schultz
Alex Wagner

Note I include Chris Matthews in the anger management category

Best host on any network is Rachel. She is throughly researched, and most informed of any of them. No surprise she was a Rhodes Scholar

[Ghost of Tom Joad]

20. gone but not forgotten

2 of my faves: Martin Bashir and Keith Olberman

[ImaPolitico]

27. Its as if Martin Bashir was wiped off the face of this earth.

Have searched and searched the Internet trying to find anything on Mr. Bashir to no avail. Where is he?

Same thing happened with Randy Rhodes of radio/talk show fame. Like she said on her radio show. "After I leave everything will be wiped off the Internet about her" or some words to that effect.

We always seem to lose the good people!

[Ghost of Tom Joad]

32. I was hopin the might

join Al-Jazeera or The Young Turks, but as you pointed out nowhere to be found

[JDPriestly]

46. I too have looked for Randi Rhodes and been unable to find her.

I hope she is well.

[csziggy]

39. And David Schuster

I really loved the show he had with Tamron Hall. One of their best moments:

[Ghost of Tom Joad]

53. I believe I saw him recently on

Al-Jazeera

[csziggy]

54. Yes, according to Wikipedia that is where he's working now

I should watch more of Al-Jazeera but PrismTV has the HD version stuck way off in the nether regions and I never remember the channel number.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

52. You forgot the weekend.

Melissa Harris Perry and Steve Kornacki.

[Plucketeer]

21. I've watched Joe on occasion.

My response to him and his court are as predictable as his RW blather. But MSNBC keeps him so they can claim "Fare Un Balanaced".

[spanone]

22. i used to watch, then i tired of going to work all pissed off...no balance and no fairness

just joe's point of view

and why THREE HOURS????....NOBODY has that much time on msnbc

[still_one]

23. That is a good point the 3 hour allocation

[ImaPolitico]

29. I like Mika, not Joe.

[spanone]

33. not me. she sits there and takes his bullshit like a battered wife.

[Ilsa]

50. And she poses for the camera.

She looks vapid when she does that.

[Rebl]

55. I liked her

in the beging, but you are right. She just sits there at times and doesn't even try to dispute what he says. Seems at times he talks over her so she can't get a word in even if she tries to express her opinion. He also seems to dismiss her opinion much of the time. I think she stays only for the money and doesn't care if her opinions are heard.

[spanone]

56. i agree with you. i liked her more in the beginning.

[notadmblnd]

30. I think they keep him because he beats CNN in the ratings

If CNN could reverse the situation, MSNBC would drop him in a hot minute.

[tblue37]

68. Not any more. There's an OP in GD now about his falling ratings. He is now behind CNN.

ON EDIT: Here is the link to that OP--

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025908509

[notadmblnd]

70. I read that this morning.

Hopefully Joe will be unemployed soon.

[Blue_Tires]

40. My progresssive dad was once into O'Reilly; my progressive mom was an avid Rush listener...

Their perspective was that no matter how distasteful, you ignore what the "other side" is saying at your own peril...

(and no, I never fully understood that rationale either, but they were from a different generation...

[Bluenorthwest]

15. I have to say, his audience is so small that if people who don't agree with him would stop watching

it would make a strong impression. It is almost impossible to be on nationwide TV, even cable, and get that few viewers.

[Blue_Tires]

41. +1

Like the old adage goes; people who love Howard Stern will listen for an hour daily, but people who absolutely HATE Howard Stern and want him kicked off the air will listen to all THREE hours, every day without fail...

[ImaPolitico]

25. You said a mouthful.

I can remember when Gregory had a talk show on MSNBC in the afternoons. A split screen of about 6 guests were shown quite often. Two of the two main guests were Scarborough and Rachel Maddow. (This was before RM became a *Star on MSNBC just starting out on the station.) Rachel was no match for Scarborough. She came through with her intellect, always had the right answers and that made Joe mad as heck. One day Joe Joe got so mad at Rachel, he walked off the set.
What a guy. What class. NOT.

Scarborough is a jerk and always will be a jerk in my estimation. (No wonder he and wife got divorced.) Downside for his naysayers, his show's ratings are pretty good at present. Darn anyway. Boo. Hiss.

Miss Lisa has always been a fighter for civil rights. Being the daughter of California's famous mom, lawyer Gloria Allred, she brought up her daughter A-OK.

Go Lisa!

[LovingA2andMI]

28. Downside for his naysayers, his show's ratings are pretty good at present....NOT

No, actually Morning Puke Joe Ratings are NOT THAT GOOD....

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2014/12/03/cable-news-ratings-for-monday-december-1-2014/334329/

Net Morning programs (6-9 AM) P2+ (000s) 25-54 (000s) 35-64 (000s)
FOXN FOX AND FRIENDS 1,068 205 504
CNN NEW DAY 327 84 155
MSNBC Morning Joe 301 85 138
CNBC Squawk Box 121 28 64
HLN Morning Express W/ MEADE 221 117 123

[ImaPolitico]

31. OMG! Thanks for your post.

I hadn't heard this at all.

[LovingA2andMI]

35. No Problem....

Don't believe the "Commercial Marketing" tactics of Morning Joe or MSNBC to prop up this awful morning show. More folks are watching CNN in the Morning than the mindless dribble of Morning Puke.

[heaven05]

71. 1billion+ people

watch fox and friends? I don't understand the numbers....... I hope I'm wrong......

[LovingA2andMI]

73. More likely than not....

That's Million not Billion.

[heaven05]

74. okay

missed the decimal I guess. I feel better knowing there are only 1million plus morons... thanks for taking some stress from my life.....

[Enthusiast]

42. No doubt about that. And the asshole part too.

[billhicks76]

64. He's A Drunk Idiot...Ask Him About His Dead Intern!

In July 2001 Joe's intern was found dead in his office...ask him about that!

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/03/15/956651/-The-Ugly-Story-in-Joe-Scarborough-s-Political-Closet#

https://extremeliberal.wordpress.com/2010/07/09/scarboroughs-dead-intern-gets-markos-of-daily-kos-banned-from-msnbc/

http://patdollard.com/2013/01/did-msnbcs-joe-scarborough-murder-young-intern-he-was-having-an-extramarital-affair-with/

[still_one]

3. actually he wasn't stopped for the shoplifting, he was stopped for jay walking, which is just as bad

[TeeYiYi]

11. Way worse...

...re: "stopped for jay walking"

He was stopped for jay walking and then summarily executed for it.

TYY

[heaven05]

16. jaywalking?

I see kids walking down the street all the time.....nothing so bad about that. But yeah, I guess you're right he should have been shot and killed for it, right? Is that the implication of "just as bad" or are you really against jaywalking....

[reflection]

17. I think it was sarcasm. n/t

[heaven05]

18. I sure do hope so

otherwise I'll keep saying......

[still_one]

24. No I wasn't being sarcastic that is exactly what he was shot and killed for, it is an outrage

And much of the talking head genre still tries to justify it

Even assuming the worst intent there is absolutely no excuse for how many additional times he was shot after he put him s hands up

This was cold blooded murder in my book

[tclambert]

36. I jaywalked just an hour ago. OMG, I'm lucky to be alive.

Oh, wait, I'm white. If I walked down the middle of the street carrying a bloody machete, the police would call me "Sir."

[FourScore]

69. ^^^^THIS^^^^

[Gidney N Cloyd]

6. The comments on Mediaite rival the worst of what I've seen on Yahoo or YouTube

[RockaFowler]

10. Totally Agree

They are pathetic. And they repeat the same lies over and over again.

[Dawson Leery]

12. The same paid trolls.

Remember that.

[fredamae]

7. "Scarbie"

is about as appealing as david gregory was and "the toadie" now on MTP.

[malaise]

9. Dead lady in office Joe Scum has some nerve

He loves cover-ups because he should really be in prison

[Gothmog]

13. Morning Joe is an idiot

[turbinetree]

14. Morning Joe, QUIT/RESIGN

Just think, at 6 AM if we watch on MSNBC, we get the complete run down on right wing hypocrisy, and if that is not fun enough we can go over to Fix Noise and watch the so called journalist sit on a couch and throw disparaging remarks on there racism, we all can get the double fun of nihilistic dogma.
So, Joe why don't you resign and go over to FIX Noise they have a nice warm seat on there couch and you would fit right in between all the right wing propaganda artists and you can still make your millions.
And by the way, Liza Bloom on the Lawrence O'Donnell show, Chris Hayes Show, and the Rachel Maddow show rebutted your remarks with absolute conviction of the law and what was and should have been done, and if you are so confident in your basis of your fact, why don't you have her ( Ms. Bloom) on your show, then we can all see what you really mean

[marym625]

19. Me too!

K&R!

[TheNutcracker]

26. And what about that dead girl found in scarborough's office??????

RIP

but there is more to this...much more.

[Enthusiast]

43. Joey bludgeoned her with his stapler.

Said she slipped and hit her head on the desk. Really, I believe he killed her.

[LovingA2andMI]

34. Lisa will not a wallflower, unlike Doe Eye In Love with Scarborough, Mika B.

IU News Talk @IUNewsTalk

@LisaBloom You can bet @JoeNBC would not put you on his #DOGANDPONYSHOW as U come w/ Facts instead of sitting Like Doe-Eyed Dog #MIKA

https://twitter.com/IUNewsTalk/status/539997702776688640

[lark]

37. Don't think Mika loves him at all

She is paid to fill a certain role and does it. That role is Democrat who agrees with Joe on almost everything and if she doesn't agree, mention it once softly then move on. The ultimate Democrat in the corporate MSNBC eyes, no real spine and loves Repugs.

[LovingA2andMI]

38. Oh, disagree...

She loves him and it is obvious.

Including in this obviously ridiculous pic...for a married woman no matter what a station is paying her to do....

[appalachiablue]

44. Maybe her family doesn't mind esp. with the $. Shame. Photo is unattractive, for both. Yuck-

[CTyankee]

45. when this pic was taken she had young teenaged daughters. What a shame she was!

I know she probably framed this as satire or "irony" to her kids but still...her dad must have been so ashamed...

[dmr]

49. To me it's belittling.

Wonder whose idea it was to pose this way. While it belittles Mica, I suppose the thought is to make Joe seem manly and powerful.

[wheniwasincongress]

59. The gossip columnists certainly say they are something

supposedly they have a secret NY apartment and even picked out the countertops and shit like that together

[Cosmocat]

66. I could not agree more

the show is unbearable with EVERYONE on that set either deferentially saying nothing or kissing his ass, in obvious fear of being blacklisted and losing the gig or his going dead intern on them.

[ut oh]

47. J-Scab is just a big

a-hole...

[napkinz]

48. ...

[choie]

51. P.S. Lisa Bloom is Gloria Allred's daughter..

n/t

[Ninga]

67. Oh my goodness - she has her Mom's DNA and much much more! Love her! Nt

[certainot]

57. fire that motherfucking racist asshole

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

58. Lisa Bloom has been absolutely magnificent

She's been a voice in the wilderness as far as I'm concerned, going where others fear to tread in her condemnation of the prosecutors in the Ferguson case. I love this woman for her outspoken courage and her intelligence. If I were younger, I'd try to do something about it but I'm old, alas, and over the hill.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

60. The problem with Joe is he feels good when he sees cops beating the hell out of Black people....

Hell, he thinks that's their JOB.

[kelliekat44]

62. Joe, lot a lot of whites are really protesting the image in the mirror. They just refuse to believe

that they are as racist and hateful as they are. The police are the reflection they try not to see but they really do understand the image. "Thugs" are them.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

65. A lot of whites are terrified that they will no longer be the majority....

Deep down they are comforted in seeing the police are still on their side.

[ELI BOY 1950]

61. WOW...

Turn him off your TV...this is the only way to protest. We need to hold hands on this one...
Turn Joe and his right wing boys off your TV noe

[Iwillnevergiveup]

63. Yup

Even easier than staying out of WalMart.

[heaven05]

72. I read those articles

joseph scaronthefaceofamericborough, is truly scum.