Why Do People Here Watch Morning Joe Even Though Everyone Clearly Hates It?

[Doctor Jack]

Every morning there are posts here about how Joe Scarborough is the worst and you will never believe what he said today and his show is terrible, etc.

My question is, if is show is terrible (which it is) why are so many people here still watching it? I hate the food at McDonalds. It makes me nauseous and it doesnt taste good either, therefore I just dont go there and certainly not everday. Are people aware that they dont have to watch Morning Joe? Like there isnt a law thar says you need to watch MsNBC when Joe Scarborough is on? Can you guys just watch something else when his show is on?

[chillfactor]

1. I never watch morning joe...

joe and mika are so damn stupid...and I do not want to raise my blood pressure so early in the morning.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Ya got me.

People watch it, get pissed off and post about how awful it is. SO DON'T FUCKING WATCH IT!

[Atman]

3. I hate the dentist, too...

...but someone's gotta drill into my teeth and dig out the rot.

[wncHillsupport]

4. I watched it for a total

of about 10 days, not in sequence. Not only Joe's "lounge lizard" appearance but his sycophancy to Trump.
Equally bad is Mika's so-called left leaning persona appears to me to be right leaning most of the time. She drives me equally as nuts as Joe.
I am through with it. But I can't stand Carol Costello on cnn either. She throws so many whiny-voiced anti-Hillary questions and comments that she is equally sickening. So what is left? You want me to watch Fox news?
I mostly work on my laptop when the tv is on anyway.

[brooklynite]

5. I don't have any problem with MORNING JOE

The rotating panel is reasonably balanced, and I don't need to only listen to opinions that agree with my own.

[getagrip_already]

6. only rarely...

and only when something like the access hollywood video drops. It's amusing to watch them try to squirm.....

[JonLP24]

31. I went over to Free Republic that same week

And I never go there but wanted to see how they were defending it and I noticed they were struggling badly for donations one poster even said Bill Clinton raped a 13 year old in response to the Trump accusations. They were all pretty desperate.

[napkinz]

7. and before Joe they had Imus

mornings on MSNBC have sucked for years

[aaaaaa5a]

8. I agree with the OP. As long as you are watching

there is no reason to change. Morning Joe doesn't care about this forum or what you think if the show. They only care if you watch or not.


With some members here, MSNBC and Morning Joe are laughing all the way to the bank.

[Democrats Ascendant]

9. More than a cup of joe....

Yelling at the tv gets me up and going in the morning

[ismnotwasm]

10. I have NEVER watched that shit

I only even know about it from DU--that being said, and I generally don't watch any political punditry being more of a reader--but there is something to be said for knowing the enemy

[GWC58]

11. Mornings on MSNBC have not been

the same since "Imus in the Morning" got canned. Damnet Don! Why did you have to say what you did? Not very smart.😖

[cleveramerican]

12. I like to hear all sides

I put what gets said there next to everything else I take in from all different sources
including this one, if that makes me a villian here, I can live with that.
I even tune in Fox sometimes to see whats being said

question: who is better informed the person who watches just Maddow,
or the person who watches Hannity and Maddow?

[sammythecat]

16. Me too.

I wish everyone, on all sides, make some effort to do this at least once in a while. One who refuses to listen to both sides of an argument, by definition, cannot make an informed judgment.

[rtracey]

13. that is a great question

They are clearly biased toward Trump, MSNBC is a Trump surrogate, so those of you who watch....tell us why?

[CTyankee]

19. because I get the talking point du jour that the RNC cooks up and feeds to Scar and other shills.

then I know what will dominate the TV news conversation so I can refute them.

[Iggo]

14. No fucking clue. (n/t)

[sarae]

15. Probably for the same reason there's a thread here every day asking why people watch Morning Joe.

Speaking for myself, there are times I enjoy watching MJ because I like to hate-watch some shows. Maybe it's masochistic, but I enjoy it. I used to do it with Fox News, but that was a little too much self-flagellation.

When I don't enjoy it anymore, I don't watch.

[liberalhistorian]

17. Well, the phrase

"know thy enemy" comes to mind. Like it or not (and I certainly don't!) Morning Joke does reach an audience that often swallows whatever he says, so it's important to know the kind of sewage he's spewing in order to be prepared and refute it.

[Kingofalldems]

18. The Vito Corleone philosophy.

'Keep your friends close, your enemies closer.'

[dmosh42]

20. I watch it a little at a time, until the lying starts. Some of guests are interesting, but mainly...

I look for their denial of supporting Trump. Last year Trump was pretty much calling in about
his opinions almost every morning, while also calling or visiting Matt Lauer. Joe and Mika deny
that they were supportive now, but recently asshole Billy Kristol of Fox argued that indeed they did
build him up, which almost stopped the show with Joe acting all indignant about it all! Very funny!

[TampaAnimusVortex]

21. Because surrounding yourself in a bubble isn't smart.

Hermetically sealed reality bubbles can only get you one place... Blinded to reality.

Also watch your enemy and learn what they think. Art of war and all....

[Raine]

37. Yes, exactly... nt

[Skittles]

23. THANK YOU

I cannot understand why ANYONE watches that crapfest

[lpbk2713]

24. I've seen him on election coverage before.

So I know who he is. But I don't ever watch TV in the morning.

And not so much in the evening.

[ananda]

25. Morning who?

Haven't watched that show in years.

[Sterling]

27. I've been waiting to see Alex Wagner, lol.

She was great, now outside of RM or LO it's pretty bad at MSNBC.
Joe dead intern has no business anywhere near a news org. Mika appears like a stepford wife foill for Joe's right wing nut drivel.

[cleveramerican]

28. Joe dead intern?

i don't know that story

[Ilsa]

29. It was fun watching him whine about Trump's stupid comments

and how trump was destroying his party. He was also very negative during and after the rnc convention. But after he went and made nice with donald, he started holding back his criticism and started carrying his water. That's when I stopped checking in on the show.

[annabanana]

30. oppo research.. also to keep track of

"conventional wisdom"

[northoftheborder]

32. I have NEVER watched that show...but did used to watch evening MSNBC pundits....

However NOW I watch no TV except for selected shows from Public Television, Nat. Geographic, the Weather, etc.. I record Colbert and Trevor Noah every hight and start my day with their entertaining viewpoints! Better mental health!

[lindysalsagal]

33. It wakes me up and I know the bottom-feeder oppo.

Plus, I love laughing at insecure men.

[lame54]

34. Kinda like when you...

poke that sore in your mouth even though it hurts when you poke it

[TuxedoKat]

35. Yes

and they were both especially obnoxious this morning droning on and on and on about Hilary's situation and condemning her for it and the Democratic Party. It's the show we love to hate though.

[Raine]

36. Because I want to hear what the other side is saying. I don't like closing myself

off and only hearing what I agree with, when you do that you're often in for a very unpleasant shock.

[kentuck]

38. It's the first read of the news for the day ahead.

It's good to be the first to get the talking points.

[Paladin]

39. Precisely what I've been advocating for some time: Walk away from "Morning Joe."

You'll feel better as a result. I promise you.