Joe Scarborough—recently revealed to be a frequent phone buddy and adviser to Joe Biden—was hard at work on behalf of his man this morning.
Morning Joe waited till the end of its first hour to breathe any mention of a new NBC News poll.
But even then, Scarborough only discussed the poll’s findings showing Americans still dissatisfied about the economy, and expressing much more confidence in Trump’s ability to deal with it.
There was nary a mention of the headline number of the poll: that among registered voters, Trump is beating Biden by 5 points, his largest lead yet!
In addition to covering for Biden, Scarborough was also following the lead of his parent network. The NBC article on the poll didn’t get around to mentioning the head-to-head matchup showing Trump with a 5% lead until . . . the 27th paragraph!
Even for an until-recently undercover…
