The bad news is... they have finally sold the "News".

[walkaway]

The good news is...If you want to complain about Morning Joe (especially Joe, Pat and Mika) you can now call Starbucks!!!

'Morning Joe' Starbucks Sponsorship Gets Mixed Reactions
Some view deal as a smart financial maneuver; others say overt branding is in opposition to journalistic standards
By Marisa Guthrie -- Broadcasting & Cable, 6/2/2009 1:56:09 PM MT

MSNBC’s deal to sell sponsorship of the news program Morning Joe to Starbucks for a reported $10 million was greeted with mixed reactions from producers and executives at rival news organizations.

A few viewed the deal as a smart financial maneuver at a time when television news is being squeezed by financial factors wrought by the digital revolution. Others warned that such overt branding was antithetical to the mission of television news.

“It’s an utter abrogation of journalistic standards,” said one news executive

[SpiralHawk]

1. "You can stuff your right-wing homelander latte where the Sun don't shine." - Americans

"Don't like no steenkin Starbucks. Ain't never, never ever gonna drop a penny in their right-wing Homelander cash register.

"What in the name of all sanity do they mean by referring to Morning Joe as a news show. It is a Republicon Homelander propaganda catapult aimed against America and Americans."

- Americans

[MADem]

2. I think it's an utter abrogation of coffee shop standards, myself.

Next thing ya know, Mary Lou's will be affiliating with CNN, and Dunkin Donuts with Faux.

Not that I patronize Starbucks (I really don't--I can count on the fingers of one hand how many times I have been in one) but that marriage makes me less, not more, likely to patronize them....

Edit, because my keyboard requires more strength than I'm offering it!

[lob1]

3. It can't be! Only liberals are latte drinking, arugula eating...etc.

[Arugula Latte]

5. How dare you stereotype me? ... Oh, wait ... Nevermind.

:D

Sincerely, Arugula Latte

[ejpoeta]

4. you know what is the funniest thing about that???

didn't joe scarborough call obama a latte sipping liberal or something like that. if so, that would make the irony so funny.

[4lbs]

6. So the viewers can now expect to see everyone with a big cup of Starbucks coffee, placed

strategically so that the logo is shown.

I'm glad I'm usually asleep when the show is on.

[L0oniX]

7. Scientology owns the Starbucks in Clearwater. They can have it too.

Even Reverend Billy is protesting Starbucks. http://www.revbilly.com/participate/forums/topic/605

http://www.thevillager.com/villager_81/whythismanhatesstarbucks.html

[DCKit]

8. If I were a conspiracy theorist...

I'd expect to hear Joe ramp up his ravings against the evil unions and how they've destroyed the economy.

Hey Joe, even Henry Ford (the consummate capitalist) knew he had to pay his workers better so they could afford to buy the cars they themselves were building. That's how capitalism works - and continues to work. Offshoring jobs, cutting taxes and making sure that only the top 5% get all the cash, well, that's not so good and will, eventually, lead to this:

[walkaway]

9. Then we could all be mourning Joe....

or not