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Morning Joe’ Ratings Fall After Trump
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Posted By: Mercedes44, 11/20/2024 2:16:55 PM

After the co-anchors of MSNBC’s Morning Joe announced Monday that they had met with president-elect Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago the previous Friday as part of what they dubbed a “new approach” for covering him, many viewers of the program turned their focus elsewhere, according to Nielsen data. The numbers, obtained by Mediaite, show that after Joe Scarborough and Mike Brzezinski broke the news shortly after 6 a.m., 38 percent of those in the 25-54 demographic had stopped watching by the next hour. Given the show’s early morning time slot, viewership typically rises from 6 a.m. to 10 a.m. President Joe Biden has been known to tune in regularly.

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Reply 1 - Posted by: jayjeti 11/20/2024 2:26:25 PM (No. 1839337)
Democrats are opposed to giving Trump the time of day, as the Morning Joe hosts did, because they will oppose ANYTHING Trump does even if they know it's good because they care more about inflicting revenge on Trump than what is good for America.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: capecodfox 11/20/2024 2:26:53 PM (No. 1839338)
Considering the strong likelihood that anyone who faithfully watched that show was a Trump hater, I can't imagine them going to a worse source for hateful opinion. We win!
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Reply 3 - Posted by: Omen55 11/20/2024 2:35:31 PM (No. 1839341)
Would it surprise anyone that Trump did this knowing it would crash their ratings?
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Reply 4 - Posted by: RCFLyer98 11/20/2024 2:38:46 PM (No. 1839343)
Hmmm . . . couldn't happen to nicer people. S/c off now.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: PlayItAgain 11/20/2024 2:49:43 PM (No. 1839354)
Lots of interest in Matt Gaetz ethics investigation. If I recall, Congressman Joe Scarborough went through an investigation of his own back in the early 2000's. Something about a dead woman in his office . . . Would be a shame if this Gaetz confirmation forced congress to reveal the conclusions from all of its ethics investigations over the past few years, wouldn't it.
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Reply 6 - Posted by: rochow 11/20/2024 2:53:05 PM (No. 1839357)
Brezinski's father was as stupid and incompetent as this menopausal meltdown moron. Oh, the husband who was to go to guy for the WH suddenly kissing the Republican ring. They should both be thrown out. Tawdry trash anyway.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: itsonlyme 11/20/2024 2:56:18 PM (No. 1839359)
Enjoy the upcoming full blown IRS audit.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: pixelero 11/20/2024 3:03:48 PM (No. 1839362)
Wildly funny.
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Reply 9 - Posted by: philsner 11/20/2024 3:05:26 PM (No. 1839365)
Stop giving MSNBC attention!
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Reply 10 - Posted by: Freedom1 11/20/2024 3:09:12 PM (No. 1839368)
How low can they go? Last election they went to Trump to ask for positions in the administration and he refused. So, they trashed him for 4 years and now are back kissing up. Shameless.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: Moritz55 11/20/2024 3:20:07 PM (No. 1839372)
How petty to stop watching a program because the hosts visited a politician you didn’t like! I can’t imagine a conservative getting upset if Rob Schmitt or Sean Hannity visited a Democrat
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Reply 12 - Posted by: kono 11/20/2024 3:36:37 PM (No. 1839381)
You mean they lost BOTH of their viewers? Or only one?
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Reply 13 - Posted by: Starboard_side 11/20/2024 3:37:35 PM (No. 1839382)
What they did was admit to their audience that they'd been lying to them about Trump, and Republicans, all along. What they wanted when they tuned in was to be reinforced with the story they've been told and believed.
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Reply 14 - Posted by: 3XALADY 11/20/2024 7:52:44 PM (No. 1839477)
#6 used the word 'tawdry.' I hadn't heard that in ages. Agree with how it is used.
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