This one time, I’m actually going to agree with Joe Scarborough on this one thing:
To many political journalists, Scarborough and Brzezinski’s presence at Mar-A-Lago confirmed their suspicions: The co-hosts were far too cozy with Trump, trading favorable coverage for access. Scarborough had made no secret of his long friendship with Trump, or even that he occasionally gave him political advice, and now critics say he and Brzezinski were enjoying the perks of that friendship.
Even Chuck Todd, the NBC News political director and moderator of “Meet The Press,” sent out a tweet that was widely interpreted as being directed at Scarborough: “It really stinks to watch others continue help ruin the reputation of your industry,” he wrote. After Scarborough responded, Todd tweeted again: a link to a video of the song “Let It Go.”
Scarborough sees what he does differently: For generations, he says, journalists from Ben Bradlee to Andrea Mitchell have had friendships and social relationships with the politicians they cover, and many political reporters have drinks, dinners and other off-the-record meetings with politicians and political operatives. The only reason Scarborough has been targeted, he says, is because the politician in this case was Donald Trump.
Read the rest for a more detailed explanation.
But he’s right. This is just one more instance of something that’s been going on for a very long time, the reason Digby wrote her famous post on The Village. For some reason, Scarborough seems to have hit a nerve with his ass-kissing, so who knows? Maybe news orgs will stop kissing Trump’s behind.
The reason we have Russia’s fascist buffoon entering the White House and corrupt pedophiles leading Congress is that this shit is “something that’s been going on for a very long time.” Fuck Scarborough and all the rest.