The hosts of MSs Morning Joe rebuked the networks leadership on Tuesday, expressing dismay over the decision to pull the flagship morning show program from the air Monday and telling viewers that they were not provided clear answers about the matter. Joe Scarborough, speaking alongside cohosts Mika Brzezinski and Willie Geist, said that the shows staff had been told on Sunday evening that all of MSs lineup would be preempted for a single News feed in the wake of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. But, as he noted, that did not happen. We dont know why that was that didnt happen. Our team was not given a good answer as to why that didnt happen, Scarborough said. But it didnt happen. get reliable sources in your inbox A daily digest chronicling the evolving media landscape with uncompromising reporting and analysis. here for the Reliable Sources letter. We were also told it was going to happen throughout the day, and I guess, after there was such a strong blowback about yesterday morning, I guess they changed their plans, Scarborough added. We were very surprised, we were very disappointed. Spokespersons for Universal News Group and MS did not immediately respond to requests for comment on Tuesday morning. first reported Sunday evening that Cesar Conde, the Universal News Group chairman, had made the decision to pull the toprated morning program Monday, in conjunction with Rashida Jones, the MS president, and Scarborough and Brzezinski. In the wake of the attempt on Trumps life, some of the former presidents supporters have vehemently criticized the press and liberal media commentators for their hardknuckled reporting, which has sounded the alarm on what four more years under the former president would look like. MS has, in particular, been blasted by Trumps allies, putting the network in the spotlight. Some of Trumps allies have gone as far as to attack the networks parent company, Comcast. The decision to pull Morning Joe was made with that political reality in mind. A person familiar with the matter told on Sunday they moved to preempt the celebrated roundtable program over concerns a guest might make an inappropriate comment that could be used to assail the program and network as a whole. Given the breaking nature of the story, the person said, it made more sense to continue airing rolling breaking coverage in the fraught political moment. We want to be here for our audience, and we know you trust us, and we have ultimate respect for you guys, Geist said. So we are here today. I wish wed been here yesterday. Brzezinski added that Morning Joe is a special program because it is the place where you can go to have the hard conversations in a civil way. And so it seemed like now more than ever, is a day, a time, that we would like to be on, Brzezinski said. And I think our viewers agree with that. Scarborough told viewers the shows staff would cover events in the future and threatened to quit if the program is once again pulled from the air.
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