According to CNN, the MSNBC morning show was sidelined Monday morning out of concern over rhetoric following the Pennsylvania rally shooting.
The "Morning Joe" crew was pulled off the air on Monday after MSNBC opted for breaking news coverage instead.
"Given the gravity and complexity of this unfolding story, NBC News, NBC News NOW, and MSNBC have remained in rolling breaking news coverage since Saturday evening," a network spokesperson said in a statement.
"As we continue to cover this story into the week, the networks will continue to cross simulcast, alternating between NBC News, NBC News NOW, and ‘MSNBC Reports,’ so there is one news feed covering this developing situation."
The decision to pull the show was reportedly made by NBCUniversal Chairman Cesar Conde along with MSNBC president Rashida Jones.
MSNBC YANKS ANTI-TRUMP 'MORNING JOE' OFF AIR FOLLOWING ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT
In other words, what the network appears to be saying is:, we simply do not trust our most prominent full-time hosts, during this crucial moment in our country's history, after the assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump on Saturday. They're saying without ambiguity that we don't believe co-hots Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzeninski will be responsible enough to avoid calling Trump Hitler (again), or making (with zero evidence) statements like this:
Scarborough, December 2023:
"One year from now, it could be over. American democracy could be........© Fox News