Today’s MSNBC “exclusive” with Joe Biden is not a serious, unscripted reckoning.
It’s a fan club running interference for another friend.
It’s a fan club running interference for another friend.
MSNBC’s Morning Joe has never mentioned Tara Reade’s name or let viewers hear her story.
But today, Mika Brzezinski and her husband will help the man Reade accused bury this pesky problem, just as they sought to do last year.
But today, Mika Brzezinski and her husband will help the man Reade accused bury this pesky problem, just as they sought to do last year.
It’s obvious why these two were chosen to clean up Biden’s #MeToo moment (again). Mika failed to ask a question about it when she interview Biden just two weeks ago.
And over the years, she’s established herself as a reliable ally of Democrat men accused of sexual misconduct:
And over the years, she’s established herself as a reliable ally of Democrat men accused of sexual misconduct:
Mark Halperin: His “quiet yet calculated professional rehabilitation campaign” enjoyed "the active help of MSNBC Morning Joe hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski."
Brzezinski was forced to apologize after she criticized Halperin’s victims for not meeting with him in person.
Brzezinski was forced to apologize after she criticized Halperin’s victims for not meeting with him in person.
Al Franken: Mika rushed to victim shame the first of 8 women who revealed Franken’s misconduct, dismissing her as a “Playboy model who…voted for Trump.” After Franken resigned, Mika was livid. Instead of defending Franken, Democrats "went the way the wind was blowing," she said.
Tom Brokaw: When two women alleged Brokaw sexually harassed them at NBC News in the 1990s,” Mika signed a letter of support for Brokaw.
“She didn’t believe that I had done enough to fend him off,” said one of the victims.
“She didn’t believe that I had done enough to fend him off,” said one of the victims.
Chris Matthews: After MSNBC dumped Matthews over reports of sexual harrassment, Mika offered a robust defense. “I loved working with Chris Matthews,” she said, criticizing “cancel culture” and wondering “if there might be a better way.” She added, “I remain his friend.”
Harvey Weinstein: When the New York Times published a front page story about Weinstein’s decades of offenses, Morning Joe “skipped any mention of Weinstein—a sometime guest on the show whose company signed a book deal with Brzezinski—until the closing minutes of their final hour”
Joe Biden: When 8 women came forward to say Biden’s touching made them feel uncomfortable, Mika was having none of it. “He went up behind her and he took a deep breath because he was about to go on stage,” she explained. “He's not interested in your hair, okay?” she sneered.
Joe Scarborough’s servitude shouldn’t be forgotten. In February, anticipating Biden may soon drop out of the primary, Brzezinski’s husband penned a flowery love note to Biden in the Washington Post which was then read aloud at length by her on the airwaves.
