Morning Joe has been among the most vituperatively anti-Trump shows in television. As NewsBusters has documented over the years, the show’s stock in trade has been to vilify Trump as a fascist, a Hitler, and an existential threat to Madisonian democracy.
So it would be a remarkable development if Morning Joe, in the wake of Trump’s victory, were to drastically change course and go fair ‘n balanced in its treatment of the incoming president.
And yet, on Thursday’s episode, that was Morning Joe’s stated intention. Joe Scarborough opened the show by noting the compliments it’s received from viewers on the “calm and measured” way that the show reported Trump’s win (which NewsBusters also noticed in the item the morning after election day).
“Many of you have reached out to us since the election, and though many were disappointed results, you let us know you…
