December 9, 2024 | Meek Resistsky | Leave a comment Morning show hosts Mika Brzezinski and Joe Scarborough met with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago shortly after the election to “restart communications.” The duo had previously been critical of Trump, and Scarborough called Trump a fascist just a year earlier. Critics from Vanity Fair, to the NY Times, to The View were suspect of the timing of the visit, viewing it as ‘kissing the ring’ or a case of “anticipatory obedience‘. On Morning Joe, they defended the summit with Trump saying that his fascistic rhetoric made it “even more important we go there.” They cited their transparency around the visit as an proof of their journalistic intentions. But others pointed out that the meeting was off the record, not a formal interview, and accused them of normalizing Trump. Meanwhile, the capitulation continued on Morning Joe with the appearance of David Frum from The Atlantic. Frum called Defense Secretary Nominee Pete Hegseth “too drunk for Fox News“, noting reports of Hegseth’s routine intoxication on the set of ‘Fox and Friends’. Shortly after, Frum was scolded by a producer and removed from the on-air segment. Scarborough and Brzezinski returned on-camera shortly thereafter, apologizing for the remarks – calling them “flippant”. Why Did Joe and Mika Really Visit Mar-a-Lago? (Vanity Fair) Paywall-Free ‘Morning Joe’ Stars Reveal a Mar-a-Lago Reunion With Trump (NY Times) Paywall-Free Joe Scarborough: “It’s time that fascism is called fascism and Americans know exactly what they’re voting for.” (Morning Joe/Instagram) ‘Morning Joe’ Hosts Again Defend Mar-A-Lago Meeting; ‘The View’s Sunny Hostin Remains Unswayed (Deadline) The View – 12/6/2024 (ABC) On anticipatory obedience and the media (Columbia Journalism Review) The Sound of Fear on Air (The Atlantic) Paywall-Free Pete Hegseth’s drinking worried colleagues at Fox News (NBC News) Morning Joe GROVELS TO TRUMP AGAIN – This Time Apologizing On Air!!! (Jesse Dollermore/YouTube) Media Matters: So Much for Speaking Truth to Power (electoral-vote.com)