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Joe Scarborough: Hoisted by his own sanctimonious petard - Glenn Greenwald
salon.com - 11/11/2008
Joe Scarborough: Hoisted by his own sanctimonious petard - Glenn Greenwald
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(updated below - Update II) On his live MSNBC show this morning, former GOP Rep. Joe Scarborough used the phrase "fuck you" when discussing Obama's appointment of Rahm Emanuel: I personally couldn't care any less about that. But Joe Scarborough, in the past, not only claimed to care about ...
Joe Scarborough Drops The F Bomb on "Morning Joe" (video)
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Joe Scarborough Drops The F Bomb on "Morning Joe" (video)
— youtube.com — www.fishbowldc.com From 11/10 on MSNBC (more) Joe Scarborough Drops The F Bomb on "Morning ...

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Your Morning F-Bomb
balloon-juice.com - 11/10/2008
Your Morning F-Bomb
— balloon-juice.com — Via Atrios : While it is not shown on the clip, and I no longer watch Morning... Joe because of the endless idiocy of the two hosts, it is pretty clear what happened here- Time’s Jay Carney told a story off camera about Rahm ... (more) Your Morning F-Bomb

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thinkprogress.org - 11/12/2008
Scarborough now guarded by a seven-second delay.
— thinkprogress.org — Yesterday, MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough accidentally dropped the f-bomb while live on air. After apologizing, Scarborough said, “My... wife is going to kill me when I get home.” (Watch the incident here .) The show will now have a seven-second delay to ... (more) Scarborough now guarded by a seven-second delay.

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The Reaction:  Morning Joke Teaches Thousands of Kids To Swear!

pandagon.net - we are the public option:  Scarborough needs to offer his resignation in shame

The Latest on Air America:  What's A Fleeting Expletive? Just Ask Joe Scarborough

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Morning Joke Teaches Thousands of Kids To Swear!
The Reaction — ... Glenn Greenwald points out (in his "Joe Scarborough: Hoisted by his own sanctimonious petard"), what will quickly surface, the hypocracy of Morning Joke, detailing the apocalyptic, head-exploding rage Morning Joke went in, over the infamous Janet Jackson Super Bowl Affair; ...

Scarborough needs to offer his resignation in shame
pandagon.net - we are the public option — ... The problem with this is that Scarborough is a fucking tool, and like others in his douchebag species, he’s the fucking king of pretending to get fucking offended for fucking stupid reasons.  Glenn Greenwald explains.  To summarize: Scarborough has led obscenity witch hunts, and was instrumental in pushing the fucking Janet Jackson nipple debacle.  Moreover, he threw a fucking temper tantrum when Bono did exactly what Scarborough did here, and accidentally let a “fuck” fly on TV, because he was caught up in the ...

What's A Fleeting Expletive? Just Ask Joe Scarborough
The Latest on Air America — ... conservative colleagues have called for that rule to be changed instanter .  Joe should be glad that his perfervid calls for a stricter FCC no-tolerance enforcement theme were not implemented.  This is the same Joe who went bat__, er, crazy after the Janet Jackson wardrobe malfunction and who railed against the FCC’s limp-wrested approach to Bono’s own fleeting expletive.  And, yes, I find it ironic that Joe himself said it.  And, OK, fine, some media pundits like Glenn Greenwald screamed “Hypocrisy!” over what seemed to be a double standard.  But, folks, give Joe a f**king ...

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thinkprogress.org 11/11/2008 — Today on “Morning Joe,” host Joe Scarborough was discussing the calm nature of the Obama campaign and accidentally used the f-word. His guests joked about needing a seven-second delay. After apologizing, Scarborough said, “My wife ...
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The imfamous fleeting expletive...
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