Joe Scarborough ‘Surprised, Very Disappointed’ by MSNBC Pre-Emption

variety.com:

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor Joe Scarborough took to his regular A’M. spot on MSNBC Tuesday to rail against something irregular that happened the day before: a decision by network bosses to take his show, “Morning Joe,” off the schedule one day prior in the aftermath of an attack on former President Donald Trump. “We were told in no uncertain terms on Sunday night that there was going to be one news feed against all channels,” Scarborough said on air Tuesday. “I guess after there was such strong blowback about what happened yesterday morning that they changed their plans.” He added that he and his team “were very surprised, very disappointed.” MSNBC raised eyebrows Monday with a decision to pre-empt “Morning Joe” and other programming with a single “special report” feed that contained reporting on the Saturday attenot on Trump’s life at a rally in western Pennsylvania.

The feed played out across NBC, MSNBC and the live-streaming service NBC News Now. By Monday afternoon, however, MSNBC had opinion hosts like Nicolle Wallace on air, from the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.

Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski and their team had been scheduled to kick off RNC reportage Monday morning. Scarborough’s outburst is not the first from MSNBC talent in recent weeks.

Several hosts, including Wallace, Scarborough, Rachel Maddow and Joy Reid, went on air in March to excoriate a decision to make former Republican National Committee chief Ronna McDaniel a contributor to NBC News.