WEBVTT - "Morning Joe" Is Showing How Scared They Are

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<v Speaker 1>Today from London, England, and there are forty five days

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<v Speaker 1>until the noon hour when Donald Trump will raise his

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<v Speaker 1>hand and swear the thirty five word oath, the only

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<v Speaker 1>one in the American Constitution, the same one that George

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<v Speaker 1>Washington took, that calls for him to preserve, protect, and

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<v Speaker 1>to defend the Constitution of the United States. Of course,

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump is the only president in American history to

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<v Speaker 1>raise his hand in violence against the Constitution of the

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<v Speaker 1>United States, fomenting the insurrection of January sixth, twenty twenty one,

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<v Speaker 1>the insurrection that the American people have turned a blind

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<v Speaker 1>eye towards, with a plurality of them slightly over forty

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<v Speaker 1>nine percent awarding to Donald Trump his first popular vote

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<v Speaker 1>victory out of his three presidential runs, of which two

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<v Speaker 1>will have given him of office in the White House.

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<v Speaker 1>This is the warning. There is a chill descending over

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<v Speaker 1>America's corporate newsrooms, and it must be talked about because

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<v Speaker 1>each day it will get colder and colder and colder

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<v Speaker 1>until the depth of winter. And there what corporate newsrooms

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<v Speaker 1>will produce is the blandest of Farina, designed to do

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<v Speaker 1>one thing, which is to not make Donald Trump upset.

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<v Speaker 1>The commandment inside of America's corporate newsrooms will be very simple.

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<v Speaker 1>Be nice. Donald Trump wants a nice press. How will

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<v Speaker 1>the press cover Elon Musk? How will they cover Vivak Ramaswani,

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<v Speaker 1>How will they cover Donald Trump? We have indications and

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<v Speaker 1>they are most alarming. One of the richest men in

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<v Speaker 1>the world, Jeff Bezos, intervened and in weeks before the election,

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<v Speaker 1>with the Washington Post's editorial process. Jeff Bezos interfered in

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<v Speaker 1>the independence of his editorial operation inside the newspaper, which

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<v Speaker 1>is his right to cost is credibility. You see, access

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<v Speaker 1>to the powerful is not a prerequisite for covering them.

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<v Speaker 1>Access to power is a prerequisite for being next to power,

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<v Speaker 1>and that's not the job of journalism. Many news organizations

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<v Speaker 1>are run by powerful corporations who have many other considerations

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<v Speaker 1>and equities that far exceed the importance to their shareholders

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<v Speaker 1>of telling the truth to you. This is important to

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<v Speaker 1>comprehend to appreciate. The Los Angeles Times is an important

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<v Speaker 1>national newspaper. It has a legacy of great reporters. A

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<v Speaker 1>couple of them have resigned. They've resigned because the billionaire

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<v Speaker 1>owner has interfered in the editorial process. No longer can

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<v Speaker 1>the newspaper editors choose the headlines. The owner must approve

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<v Speaker 1>them because Elon Musk was offended by one. This is

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<v Speaker 1>how it works. The capitulant acts that you will see

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<v Speaker 1>in newsrooms under the banner of being nice to Trump

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<v Speaker 1>will be subtle, and the sins will be ones of omission.

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<v Speaker 1>And there is no place where this is more dramatically

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<v Speaker 1>playing out than on Morning Joe, when the Atlantic writer

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<v Speaker 1>and White House speech writer David From came for a visit. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>what David From said was witty, and it was funny,

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<v Speaker 1>and it was appropriate, just given what one sees on camera.

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<v Speaker 1>If you're too drunk for Fox News, you're very, very drunk. Indeed,

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<v Speaker 1>so that's alarming. The point that David From was made,

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<v Speaker 1>as if it needs explanation, was that Fox has incredibly

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<v Speaker 1>low standards, and that one of those low people who

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<v Speaker 1>works at Fox, unsurprisingly because of Fox's history, is an

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<v Speaker 1>alleged rapist and a serial abuser of women and a

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<v Speaker 1>drunk who is utterly unfit to be in the National

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<v Speaker 1>Command authority to be the person woken up at one

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<v Speaker 1>in the morning to be alerted should there be a

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<v Speaker 1>nuclear attack unfit, and so David From, one of the

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<v Speaker 1>most insightful and astute and wise observers of American life

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<v Speaker 1>and culture and politics, made and observation, and he was

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<v Speaker 1>immediately warned. There was a voice in the ear saying,

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<v Speaker 1>don't do that. Shortly after David From left the air,

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<v Speaker 1>Mika Brazinski said.

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<v Speaker 2>This, before we go to break a little bit earlier

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<v Speaker 2>in this block, there was a comment made about Fox

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<v Speaker 2>News in our coverage about Pete hagg Seth and the

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<v Speaker 2>growing number of allegations about his behavior over the years

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<v Speaker 2>and possible addiction to alcohol or issues with alcohol. The

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<v Speaker 2>comment was a little too flippant for this moment that

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<v Speaker 2>we're in. We just want to make that comment as well.

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<v Speaker 2>We want to make that clear.

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<v Speaker 1>But why would they apologize for it? Is the fear

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<v Speaker 1>that great and then the justifications about civility. Let's watch Shascarborough.

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<v Speaker 3>Mika said after the comment was a little too flippant

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<v Speaker 3>for the moment we're in. We disagree with Fox News,

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<v Speaker 3>but there's some good people over there, including of course

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<v Speaker 3>those talking to NBC News about their concerns.

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<v Speaker 4>This got turned into a column and a headline that

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<v Speaker 4>said that, well, let's see what was the headline this

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<v Speaker 4>sound of fear. Now, that wasn't the sound of fear,

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<v Speaker 4>that was the sound of civil and saying that Mika had.

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<v Speaker 3>Apologized, you cant it apologized.

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<v Speaker 1>She simply said it was too flimid civility. Excuse me.

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<v Speaker 1>Let's watch Mika talk about Pete Hegsath and all of

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<v Speaker 1>the people that care about Pete at Fox News, where

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<v Speaker 1>she just wants to leave it at that.

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<v Speaker 2>But right now, I just want to say, there's a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of good people that work at Fox News who

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<v Speaker 2>care about Pete Heggsath, and we'll want to leave it

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<v Speaker 2>at that.

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<v Speaker 1>Why is Mika Brzynski apologizing to Rupert Murdoch's Lye machine.

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<v Speaker 1>Why is she personalizing what David from said in cow

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<v Speaker 1>telling to an institution? Why are they intimidated? The accommodations

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<v Speaker 1>to come will all be justified as necessary, particularly by

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<v Speaker 1>the people who make them. Running a newsroom in America

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<v Speaker 1>is about to become a very serious job. The lighthearted

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<v Speaker 1>age of nonsensicalness has ended. There will be real, constant

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<v Speaker 1>and significant pressure. The job will require fortitude, and it

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<v Speaker 1>is a job. The job requires the ability to sit

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<v Speaker 1>under threat and to speak truth to power. Without fear

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<v Speaker 1>or favor. The show is becoming a cancer on the

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<v Speaker 1>credibility of NBC News and an insult to the fortitude

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<v Speaker 1>of people like Nicole Wallace and Rachel Matdow and everybody

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<v Speaker 1>else who is modeling fearlessness in the face of intimidation,

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<v Speaker 1>including from an FBI director designate who has promised to

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<v Speaker 1>lock up journalists. If you are a member of Congress

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<v Speaker 1>and you fear for your life because of the threats

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<v Speaker 1>and the intimations of violence in the air, and you

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<v Speaker 1>cannot perform your duties, your duties require you to resign.

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<v Speaker 1>If you are a journalist who cannot pursue the truth,

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<v Speaker 1>who cannot look into the camera without being intimidated, without

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<v Speaker 1>showing fear or favor, then you must step away. What

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<v Speaker 1>we are witnessing is unsightly because cowardice is It's uncomfortable,

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<v Speaker 1>especially when it's dressed up as something virtuous, and we

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<v Speaker 1>know it's not the most important quality in the opposition

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<v Speaker 1>to what will be coming is fearlessness. The idea that

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<v Speaker 1>because Trump has won and because he has blustered, we

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<v Speaker 1>must lay down and Neil must be rejected. It is

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<v Speaker 1>inappropriate for people like Anthony Fauci to accept a pardon

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<v Speaker 1>for doing nothing wrong out of fear. It is wrong

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<v Speaker 1>for Liz Cheney to accept a party for doing nothing

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<v Speaker 1>wrong out of fear for doing her duty. It is

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<v Speaker 1>a submission that is deeply wrong. And so when Joe

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<v Speaker 1>Biden talks about giving pardons preemptively to these people, they

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<v Speaker 1>must reject it, because if they accept it, they will

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<v Speaker 1>cut themselves off from the people that admired them with

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<v Speaker 1>special privilege that those citizens who followed them will not enjoy,

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<v Speaker 1>but who will be called upon to rise up and

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<v Speaker 1>to resist at significant costs, perhaps abuses of civil liberties,

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<v Speaker 1>the likes of which will be unprecedented in this country

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<v Speaker 1>if the president elect does what he says he will do.

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<v Speaker 1>And here is the thing, and here is why this

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<v Speaker 1>matters above all else, And here's why Joe and Mika

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<v Speaker 1>matter in the space they occupy matters. There is no

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<v Speaker 1>person ever who has promised to do the things that

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump has promised to do, who upon taking power

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<v Speaker 1>didn't do them. None ever. So there is fear, and

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<v Speaker 1>we're seeing it, and it's unsightly. And the American people

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<v Speaker 1>deserve better. What they deserve is truth telling. This is

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<v Speaker 1>the warning. I'm Steve Schmidt. This is the warning and

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