Morning Joe is PULLED off air after Trump shooting: Inside MSNBC's stunning reason to yank it's flagship politics show from the screens

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By Emily Goodin, Senior U.S. Political Reporter In Washington D.C.

Published: 13:27 EDT, 15 July 2024 | Updated: 13:30 EDT, 15 July 2024

MSNBC did not aerial Morning Joe – its signature greeting authorities show – connected Monday, alternatively airing breaking news sum of nan attempted assassination of Donald Trump.

The determination was made successful portion to debar a perchance embarrassing infinitesimal for nan network.

There were worries 1 of nan guests connected nan program's roundtable mightiness make an inappropriate remark connected unrecorded tv that could beryllium utilized to onslaught nan web and nan program, CNN reported.

The web is known for having guests that tilt toward progressive and Democratic politics. And executives were said to want debar immoderate impermanent appearing insensitive to nan erstwhile president.

Joe Scarborough and Mike Brzezinski saw their show pulled from nan aerial connected Monday morning

Some of Trump's supporters person blamed nan 'liberal media' for nan effort connected nan erstwhile president's life.

Cesar Conde, nan president of NBCUniversal News Group, appears to person been down nan determination to yank nan show.

The hosts Joe Scarborough and Mike Brzezinski are vehement Trump critics and person often fought pinch nan erstwhile president.

They are besides supporters of President Joe Biden's candidacy and had him connected their programme erstwhile he was trying to retrieve from his disastrous statement capacity pinch Trump. 

Additionally, Trump supporters person attacked nan web for immoderate of its commentators' remarks connected nan erstwhile president. 

NBC, for illustration nan different news networks, went consecutive into breaking news mode aft shots were fired astatine Trump's rally successful Butler, Pennsylvania connected Saturday night. 

'Given nan gravity and complexity of this unfolding story, NBC News, NBC News NOW and MSNBC person remained successful rolling breaking news sum since Saturday evening,' a spokesperson for NBCUniversal News Group said.

NBC executives were apparently worried guests would beryllium insensitive astir Donald Trump 

Morning Joe is expected to resume airing connected Tuesday. 

But it was overseas nan network's main authorities programme didn't aerial nan first time of nan Republican National Convention.

Conservatives saw nan move arsenic impervious of their complaint nan show has a wide bent.

'A uncommon infinitesimal of aforesaid consciousness from nan lead echelon of nan Left's convulsive rhetoric brigade astatine MSNBC They knew nan clowns astatine Morning Joe & their guests couldn't debar hating connected Trump,' wrote blimpish writer Jim Hanson connected X. 

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