by digby
Roger Ailes must be so jealous:
The co-hosts of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” chatted with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump about everything from his golfing excursions to his debate performance during commercial breaks while filming a town hall last week, according to audio obtained by comedian and radio host Harry Shearer.
Shearer said Sunday on his radio program that the audio was obtained by his staff members for an ongoing “Found Objects” segment. In the clip, host Mika Brzezinski can be heard talking about which questions she should ask Trump. It’s not clear from the audio to whom she is directing her question.
“You don’t want me to do the ones—with deportation?” Brzezinski said.
After some cross-talk, co-host Joe Scarborough said, “We really have to get you some questions.”
“That’s right, nothing too hard Mika,” Trump interjected.
“Okay,” Brzezinski said.
A spokesperson for NBC declined to comment to TPM.
Trump also can be heard on the audio calling former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush (R) “weak” and talking about his golfing excursions. At one point, Brzezinski refers to a Trump rally during which he brought participants up on stage as a “wow moment.”
If you happened to watch that atrocity as I did, you would have seen a performance that made Sean Hannity look like Edward R. Murrow by comparison. But then all of Scarborough and Brzezinski’s interviews with him have been love fests. Scarborough is talked up as a possible VP for Trump.
I’m guessing the brass at MSNBC doesn’t much care about this. But it is disgraceful and it’s harming the reputation of the network and the good journalists who work there.