Mika Brzezinski — co-anchor of "Morning Joe" on the "purportedly liberal" MSNBC — is an accomplished journalist, says Eliza Gray in The New Republic, while show namesake Joe Scarborough is best known as a former congressman. So why does Scarborough so dominate the morning news show, and why does Brzezinski submit to his "nauseating," patronizing, anti-feminist sexism? Can you imagine Scarborough saying to Diane Sawyer: "Don't make me backhand you"? Here's an excerpt:
One Monday morning in November, according to the admittedly rough transcript provided by the Federal News Service, "Morning Joe" anchor Joe Scarborough spoke 3,213 words; his co-anchor Mika Brzezinski spoke just 644....
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