Why Joe Scarborough And Politico’s Dylan Byers Should STFU About Ferguson

Posted by | August 14, 2014 18:10 | Filed under: Contributors Media/Show Business Opinion Tommy Christopher Top Stories


The arrests of reporters in Ferguson, Missouri have sparked outrage, and even a presidential rebuke, but also a goopy spew of point-missing ire at the journalists from the likes of MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough and Politico‘s Dylan Byers.

Last night, cops in Ferguson arrested The Washington Post‘s Wesley Lowery and Huffington Post‘s Ryan J. Reilly, as well as Alderman Antonio French (D-Ward 21). MSNBC covered the events in Ferguson late into the night, including interviews with Reilly and Lowery, who explained that they were set up at a McDonald’s, working, when tactical cops ordered them out. Both described being arrested and assaulted by police.

Enter Joe Scarborough to completely miss the point, telling his panel that Lowery and Reilly should have packed up their stuff faster and not asked questions. That’s not the really dopey part, though. See if you can pinpoint the dumbest stuff that Scarborough says here:


I wasn’t at that McDonald’s.”

I don’t know why the police officers were there.”

We don’t know how long that is. I don’t know why the police were moving them along.”

This is incredibly stupid, because if he bothered to watch any of the reporting on his own network, he would know the answers to all of those questions, and he would know them because these reporters were there. Scarborough seems not to understand…READ MORE

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By: Tommy Christopher

Tommy Christopher is The Daily Banter's White House Correspondent and Political Analyst. He's been a political reporter and liberal commentator since 2007, and has covered the White House since the beginning of the Obama administration, first for PoliticsDaily, and then for Mediaite. Christopher is a frequent guest on a variety of television, radio, and online programs, and was the villain in the documentaries The Audacity of Democracy and Hating Breitbart. He's also That Guy Who Live-Tweeted His Own Heart Attack, and the only person to have ever received public apologies from both Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck.

12 responses to Why Joe Scarborough And Politico’s Dylan Byers Should STFU About Ferguson

  1. RioBravoHombre August 14th, 2014 at 18:16

    Can someone please just kick him repeatedly in the balls for me? Thanks!!!

    • edmeyer_able August 14th, 2014 at 18:40

      Only after I’ve kicked him for myself.

  2. RioBravoHombre August 14th, 2014 at 18:16

    Can someone please just kick him repeatedly in the balls for me? Thanks!!!

    • edmeyer_able August 14th, 2014 at 18:40

      Only after I’ve kicked him for myself.

  3. craig7120 August 14th, 2014 at 18:31

    Yeah and his co-host wife is simply annoying….wait what?

    The 2 make me miss Regis & Kathy Lee, I’m lying, I never watched their show either.

  4. craig7120 August 14th, 2014 at 18:31

    Yeah and his co-host wife is simply annoying….wait what?

    The 2 make me miss Regis & Kathy Lee, I’m lying, I never watched their show either.

  5. rg9rts August 14th, 2014 at 18:47

    Joe is a POS hiding in New York because he couldn’t get elected dog catcher in his home state Florida.

    • ranchero42 August 14th, 2014 at 18:52

      Is that because he doesn’t use his network platform to wax eloquently about his vast arsenal; or is it because he doesn’t constantly field-strip and clean them on camera?

      • rg9rts August 14th, 2014 at 18:55

        I think MSNBC has him around to project their “Fair and Balanced” image LOL

  6. rg9rts August 14th, 2014 at 18:47

    Joe is a POS hiding in New York because he couldn’t get elected dog catcher in his home state Florida.

    • ranchero42 August 14th, 2014 at 18:52

      Is that because he doesn’t use his network platform to wax eloquently about his vast arsenal; or is it because he doesn’t constantly field-strip and clean them on camera?

      • rg9rts August 14th, 2014 at 18:55

        I think MSNBC has him around to project their “Fair and Balanced” image LOL

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