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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(115,244 posts)
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 03:21 PM Tuesday

SHOCK POLL: 90.3 Percent Are Done with Morning Joe

Written by Ben Meiselas

After we reported that Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski admitted to bending the knee to Trump at Mar-a-Lago this past weekend, we decided to conduct a survey to see if it impacted viewers of Morning Joe. We were Morning Joe fans, and it made us not want to watch them again. We wanted to see if MeidasTouch viewers felt as we did.

We surveyed 9,686 people, and the results were shocking: 90.3 percent of those surveyed say they will not watch Morning Joe ever again. It’s sad that Morning Joe screwed over its audience like this and lost the credibility and trust it had gained from us and others.

As we said in our previous post, corporate media revealed its true colors during its atrocious “both sides” election coverage. I don’t know why we expected Joe and Mika to be different, especially since their paycheck comes from Comcast. But I guess I hoped somehow they were different. However, like most corporate media, they are submitting to Trump and trying to normalize his anti-American authoritarianism before his term even started.

Let me be clear: We will never submit. We will never back down. We will never appease Donald Trump. This isn’t just a “resistance” in vague and ambitious terms—the Meidas Mighty is building the infrastructure that rivals corporate media but is powered by the people. Five billion views over the past two years. We are people-powered. Pro-democracy. Pro-normalcy. Fearless. Relentless.

https://www.meidasplus.com/p/shock-poll-903-percent-are-done-with

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SHOCK POLL: 90.3 Percent Are Done with Morning Joe (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Tuesday OP
The Meidas guys are trying to topple Morning Joe Dennis Donovan Tuesday #1
They're also positioning themselves as the "telling you what you want to hear" folks Sympthsical Tuesday #2
Agreeing with you here Cirsium Tuesday #13
LOL Sympthsical Tuesday #14
I got that impression of them a while ago with all the hyperbolic The Wandering Harper Tuesday #32
Same here ... rog Tuesday #37
"TRUMP GETS THE NEWS HE'S BEEN DREADING" D23MIURG23 19 hrs ago #56
10 percent still watch. jimfields33 Tuesday #26
That's something I'd really like to see! calimary Tuesday #40
He started out as a RW derp at night: "Scarborough Country" Dennis Donovan Tuesday #41
Yep. I remember that. calimary Tuesday #42
Joe Scarborough was one of the many Newt Gingrich clones... keep_left 18 hrs ago #67
Thanks for the background info, keep_left! calimary 13 hrs ago #73
You're most welcome. keep_left 13 hrs ago #74
Same but I knew who he was. TheKentuckian 16 hrs ago #71
Yep. MSNBC basically plagiarized the show title from other shows like "Hannity's America". keep_left 18 hrs ago #66
I hate his guts. Fire him.... Maybe keep her ?? Trueblue1968 16 hrs ago #70
Steph Miller always called them "Squinty and the meat puppets" n/t gay texan Tuesday #3
That actually came from Charles Pierce. House of Roberts Tuesday #5
I've always referred to him as "Beady-eyed Joe." City Lights Tuesday #11
"Morning Jerk-Off" was my ID for the show.... AZ8theist 17 hrs ago #68
My husband stopped watching them immediately after the election and will never watch them again. beaglelover Tuesday #4
I stopped watching them after Trumps first election Flatrat 18 hrs ago #63
Joey is now SocialDemocrat61 Tuesday #6
That's perfect! Mme. Defarge Tuesday #30
I cut the cable years ago and never missed them... ananda Tuesday #7
Was the poll conducted by Ann Selzer? Jose Garcia Tuesday #8
She's fucking retired down here to Florida because of that fuck shit. SoFlaBro Tuesday #25
I have never been able to tolerate MJ as far back as when Comcast bought NBC and I first got MSNBC. House of Roberts Tuesday #9
It's also Encouraging and Gratifying.. TY! Cha Tuesday #10
So . . . AverageOldGuy Tuesday #12
Perhaps, they can setup selling Agent Orange's carnival trinkets and hair and makeup products. Magoo48 Tuesday #15
Maybe Scarborough will go to Fox News? n/t SpankMe 19 hrs ago #57
Morning Joe helped Trump the first time around Quanto Magnus Tuesday #16
Exactly, that's when we turned that shit off. No idea why he was so popular here. n/t FSogol 21 hrs ago #45
I have quit ALL media outlets...MSNBC can pound sand with the rest... Moostache Tuesday #17
I cut them off in 2012. But is this poll by Meidas taken of Meidas subscribers? UTUSN Tuesday #18
THEY BETTER FUCKING STICK WITH IT Skittles Tuesday #19
I never liked Joe or Mika. Even before they ended up on the same show. dchill Tuesday #20
Yeah, I've never made it more than 5 minutes in. meadowlander Tuesday #24
I have a friend that worked at NBC News SocialDemocrat61 Tuesday #43
Yeah, that's not hard to imagine... dchill Tuesday #44
skeptical krkaufman Tuesday #21
I can top that BOSSHOG Tuesday #22
MeidasMighty is heroic in my book bluboid Tuesday #23
We're done! surfered Tuesday #27
It was something no professional would ever do Blue_Tires Tuesday #28
They had a choice Keepthesoulalive 19 hrs ago #54
My guess: Trying to get fired and become right-wing grifters on social media. Oneironaut Tuesday #29
Oh the Young Terfs! Crowman2009 18 hrs ago #64
I'll still watch. Littlered Tuesday #31
Morning Joe has done us all a favor by showing the backlash other "news" figures on the left can expect Doodley Tuesday #33
PBS News Hour mizogan Tuesday #34
Yep. I'm there as well. Evolve Dammit Tuesday #35
Meidas will be on cable someday, hopefully soon bucolic_frolic Tuesday #36
Exceptionally biased sample the results don't hold water. Earthrise Tuesday #38
They both gross me out soandso Tuesday #39
My assumption is berksdem 21 hrs ago #46
not exactly a scientific poll onenote 20 hrs ago #47
MediasTouch viewers maybe out of touch themselves Kaleva 20 hrs ago #49
I recently dumped MeidasTouch Kaleva 20 hrs ago #48
Monday morning I screamed at the TV and Emile 20 hrs ago #50
Long before this, my wife always asked why I watched. Squaredeal 20 hrs ago #51
Stick a fork in them Roc2020 20 hrs ago #52
Time for MSNBC to put a real progressive show Emile 19 hrs ago #53
Never trusted this "conservative Republican " Tbear 19 hrs ago #55
Not to mention Scarsy voted to impeach Bill Clinton back in his congressional days. Crowman2009 18 hrs ago #65
No Joe & Mika Dave Id 19 hrs ago #58
I haven't watched a minute of network news since 2010. Don't miss it one bit! Initech 19 hrs ago #59
I watched Morning Joe this a.m. Orange Buffoon 19 hrs ago #60
Xavier Becerra oberle 18 hrs ago #62
Another poll, LOL. hay rick 19 hrs ago #61
MeidasTouch DownriverDem 16 hrs ago #69
Expect to see them on Fox news soon mdbl 15 hrs ago #72

Dennis Donovan

(25,503 posts)
1. The Meidas guys are trying to topple Morning Joe
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 03:38 PM
Tuesday

It's pretty clear given how invested they've become in MJ criticism. Personally, I'd watch a 3-4 hr Meidas show with some of the same guests that appeared on MJ in the runup to the election.

Sympthsical

(10,217 posts)
2. They're also positioning themselves as the "telling you what you want to hear" folks
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 03:46 PM
Tuesday

Which can certainly be lucrative.

Not sure that's what we really need after this election, but they're going to get that bag if they have to confirm every bias to do it.

32. I got that impression of them a while ago with all the hyperbolic
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 06:10 PM
Tuesday

"BAD NEWS FOR TRUMP!"-flavored headlines leading up to the election.
Big turn off for me

jimfields33

(18,837 posts)
26. 10 percent still watch.
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 05:55 PM
Tuesday

I wonder how many are in that 2 million who currently watch it. They need a poll on only people who watched and will they continue. That’d be an interesting poll.

calimary

(84,306 posts)
40. That's something I'd really like to see!
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 07:33 PM
Tuesday

I haven’t liked or trusted Scarborough since I first discovered him.

calimary

(84,306 posts)
42. Yep. I remember that.
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 07:57 PM
Tuesday

I kept wondering “who is this guy and why does he rate a show on MSNBC?

I’ve never understood what the appeal of this guy is.

keep_left

(2,412 posts)
67. Joe Scarborough was one of the many Newt Gingrich clones...
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 12:37 PM
18 hrs ago

...who were elected as a really dumb "voter backlash" to Bill Clinton as President. Scarborough served as a Representative from Florida's 1st District from 1995-2001. The "class of 1994" were known for real viciousness, especially with regard to the poor or marginalized, and they were also totally uncompromising and obstinate in their views. We soon had government shutdowns, Newt Gingrich throwing tantrums on Air Force One (not to mention network TV), etc.

Since his departure from elected politics, Scarborough has moderated in his views somewhat, but he would still be considered quite conservative by conventional standards. Of course, we are no longer in a time of conventional standards.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Scarborough

calimary

(84,306 posts)
73. Thanks for the background info, keep_left!
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 05:35 PM
13 hrs ago

Whenever I think I’m pretty sharp on these things, I ALWAYS (ALWAYS ALWAYS) discover how many people there are who know so much more ABOUT so much more than I do (or know how to access the info)!

keep_left

(2,412 posts)
66. Yep. MSNBC basically plagiarized the show title from other shows like "Hannity's America".
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 12:20 PM
18 hrs ago

It was a trend that was in vogue years ago for some reason, I think shortly after 9/11. (The Hannity show also dated to the time right after Alan Colmes died). There were a lot of those dumb shows, and way too many of them on Fox News: "Hannity's America", "Skinnerville", "From the Heartland with John Kasich", "Janet Parshall's America", ...

AZ8theist

(6,491 posts)
68. "Morning Jerk-Off" was my ID for the show....
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 01:21 PM
17 hrs ago

The way he kissed Trump's ass in 2015/16 was part of the impetus for me to cut the cord.
Haven't seen the show since but for a couple of YouTube clips.

beaglelover

(4,051 posts)
4. My husband stopped watching them immediately after the election and will never watch them again.
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 03:48 PM
Tuesday

He also hasn't watched any of the usual shows he used to watch on MSNBC and CNN. He's done with their bullshit and lies.

Flatrat

(148 posts)
63. I stopped watching them after Trumps first election
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 12:14 PM
18 hrs ago

When they pandered to and fawned all over then president elect Trrump.

Remember Joe is and always has been a republican.

There are so many more choices for news and information. People are bypassing corporate media and joining Bluesky and getting their news directly.

House of Roberts

(5,683 posts)
9. I have never been able to tolerate MJ as far back as when Comcast bought NBC and I first got MSNBC.
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 03:55 PM
Tuesday

I used to watch CNN in the morning until Chris Licht fired Brian Stelter and ended Reliable Sources. I was watching BBC News in the morning until the election, but haven't even turned it on anything of news except one Fareed Zakaria a week ago.
Right now I'm just grazing the DU thread titles and looking at a very few things that I want to know about.

Quanto Magnus

(1,010 posts)
16. Morning Joe helped Trump the first time around
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 05:11 PM
Tuesday

Maybe they should have been more honest the first time.... Now that shit is coming back to bite them...

Moostache

(10,161 posts)
17. I have quit ALL media outlets...MSNBC can pound sand with the rest...
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 05:13 PM
Tuesday

This country is not run rationally or sanely and I refuse to participate in any more. I hope people who decided to either not vote or voted for this atrocity get EVERYTHING they voted for. Its time to let them all find out.

*(If you need it - CLEARLY all that follows is ):
When deportation camps go up in January and round ups and family splitting and detentions in separate locations happens, well...I fucking tried to tell you so...

When tariffs go into effect and imported goods become expensive and no domestic option is available, I fucking told you so, don't cry NOW...

When pre-existing conditions and health insurance costs skyrocket, I fucking told you so about THAT too...

When Russia annexes Ukraine and NATO dissolves - giving Putin free run at Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania and Poland next, don't worry...your orange idol promised a stern talking to for Putin (of course, he will be RECEIVING that talking too...but I fucking told you so about THAT as well...)

When the Gazans are sacrificed and the Jews liquidate them, not my concern...eggs still cost too much.
When Trump pardons himself for all crimes and declares himself above all laws, I mean what can you do? Gas is STILL too much.
When your wife (or daughter/niece or just some female that you once felt warmly about) dies of sepsis in a Texas Emergency Room parking lot, too bad, so sad.... Trump 2024 baby!!! Libtards are pwned brah!!!
When your parents become sick and bankrupt, just convince them to "self-eliminate" and hurry up and die faster to avoid post-mortem bills, but seriously, what could you have done - vote for a woman? a woman of color? a multiracial woman of color? Clearly not...

When hungry children living in poverty end up becoming uneducated criminals due to lack of any options, hey, feeding them breeds laziness and is self-defeating, amirite?

And when the media starts fully gaslighting you all on orders form Il Duce, just hope he decides your group is still not up for elimination or persecution just yet...I'm sure that Mika and Joe and the rest of the sell outs will be there to show you someone ELSE getting hurt worse and convince you that its just necessary medicine and everyone needs to just accept it.

Skittles

(159,240 posts)
19. THEY BETTER FUCKING STICK WITH IT
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 05:35 PM
Tuesday

people either stay and fight, cut and run, or SUCK UP TO THE ENEMY

DO NOT SUPPORT ANYONE WHO DOESN'T FIGHT

dchill

(40,467 posts)
20. I never liked Joe or Mika. Even before they ended up on the same show.
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 05:38 PM
Tuesday

I could not fairly be in the poll. I do question the judgment of someone who liked or trusted him. He's a Republican for many reasons.

meadowlander

(4,717 posts)
24. Yeah, I've never made it more than 5 minutes in.
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 05:49 PM
Tuesday

If I want to listen to men bloviating over women who can't get a word in edgewise, I don't need to turn on the TV to do it.

SocialDemocrat61

(2,828 posts)
43. I have a friend that worked at NBC News
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 08:16 PM
Tuesday

and he told me years ago that off air, they are both horrible people.

krkaufman

(13,730 posts)
21. skeptical
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 05:40 PM
Tuesday
We wanted to see if MeidasTouch viewers felt as we did.

So 90% of who… random poll respondents or Meidas Touch viewers?

BOSSHOG

(39,836 posts)
22. I can top that
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 05:45 PM
Tuesday

I polled every registered voter in my home. 100% For freedom and democracy. Not one dissenter.

Blue_Tires

(55,776 posts)
28. It was something no professional would ever do
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 06:01 PM
Tuesday

Which is why I still believe Joe and Mika were ordered to kiss the ring by NBC brass...

Oneironaut

(5,768 posts)
29. My guess: Trying to get fired and become right-wing grifters on social media.
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 06:03 PM
Tuesday

Basically, what The Young Turks hosts are doing.

Crowman2009

(2,804 posts)
64. Oh the Young Terfs!
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 12:15 PM
18 hrs ago

Recently I came upon a video in which they talk about Gaza in which Ana acted calm. But when she found criticism about little Benny Shapiro by some random small Twitter account, Ana went apeshit!

Littlered

(39 posts)
31. I'll still watch.
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 06:07 PM
Tuesday

Like it or not we are stuck with Trump. I don’t have have a problem with them talking to, or interviewing him.

Doodley

(10,360 posts)
33. Morning Joe has done us all a favor by showing the backlash other "news" figures on the left can expect
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 06:11 PM
Tuesday

if they kiss the ring of a fascist.

bucolic_frolic

(46,970 posts)
36. Meidas will be on cable someday, hopefully soon
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 06:22 PM
Tuesday

Interesting that Popok kind of split off Legal AF into a separate YouTube channel. Sounds like things might be in the works.

Earthrise

(15,704 posts)
38. Exceptionally biased sample the results don't hold water.
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 06:33 PM
Tuesday

I want to see to what extent the viewership drops this week - that is solid, meaningful data.

I watched 5 minute on Monday and read more about what they said here at DU.

I used to record the show and watch every show. No more. I don’t miss it.

I wondered about what the MSNBC hosts would do post election. I thought a few might leave the country. I never, ever imagined anyone would go kiss Trump’s dick - you know how amazing their groveling felt to Trump. The evil character grows ever more powerful with each person they conquer.

soandso

(1,155 posts)
39. They both gross me out
Tue Nov 19, 2024, 06:34 PM
Tuesday

They're so inauthentic, going which ever way the wind blows. They've always been like that. Before their affair was acknowledged and she was still married to her first husband, she would fawn all over Squinty and I thought it was sickening. This pic sums them up:

berksdem

(678 posts)
46. My assumption is
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 09:54 AM
21 hrs ago

Joe and Mika have been hearing it. None of their posts on Insta allow for comments since they made their announcement.

onenote

(44,620 posts)
47. not exactly a scientific poll
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 10:08 AM
20 hrs ago

They polled MediasTouch viewers. Not exactly a representative group. And how did they poll them --- did they contact them or was this an internet poll? What was the poll question.

I'm going to go out on a limb here: viewership of Morning Joe is not going to drop by 90%.

Kaleva

(38,157 posts)
49. MediasTouch viewers maybe out of touch themselves
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 10:20 AM
20 hrs ago

I was one of them until the results of the election became clear.

If I want pure speculation, this and Occupy Democrats would be the places to go. If I want facts, I need to go to other sources.

Kaleva

(38,157 posts)
48. I recently dumped MeidasTouch
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 10:18 AM
20 hrs ago

Their reporting about how the Trump Campaign was imploding and Harris was surging turned out to be just bullshit wishful thinking.

Emile

(29,779 posts)
50. Monday morning I screamed at the TV and
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 10:21 AM
20 hrs ago

changed the channel. Today I watched local news and then switched to CSpan at 7 am.

Squaredeal

(535 posts)
51. Long before this, my wife always asked why I watched.
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 10:42 AM
20 hrs ago

She said that they were”dicks” and really were Republicans. After this, she said, “I told you that they are ‘dicks’.”

Tbear

(513 posts)
55. Never trusted this "conservative Republican "
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 11:08 AM
19 hrs ago

Joe Blowhole. Still my wife would turn it on in the morning. No more.
And she left her husband for him. Good luck, Mika.

Dave Id

(33 posts)
58. No Joe & Mika
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 11:45 AM
19 hrs ago

Guess I'll never know what I'd be missing since I did't watch them anyway. I suppose they won't miss me either.

Orange Buffoon

(208 posts)
60. I watched Morning Joe this a.m.
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 11:48 AM
19 hrs ago

Seemed like they were being just as critical of Trump as usual --- today talking about his nominees. They certainly weren't sugar-coating it.

oberle

(57 posts)
62. Xavier Becerra
Wed Nov 20, 2024, 12:09 PM
18 hrs ago

They had on a republican congresscreep this morning who was saying nice things about RFK Jr and decrying Xavier Becerra as a bad Sec. of HHS. Instead of questioning him they asked about his baby and thanked him for coming on. That did it for me.

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