Secrets of How ‘Morning Joe’ Got Back Its Mojo
Morning Joe reasserted its political importance on Monday with interviews with two of Kamala Harris’ potential vice president contenders and adversaries.
This punchy return to form came a week after the hosts of the show were benched following the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, and the subsequent threat by its hosts—Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski—to quit if such a thing ever happened again.
The next day, Scarborough told viewers of the preceding day’s decision by MSNBC to air rolling news instead: “The news feed will be us, or they can get somebody else to host the show.”