On Tuesday morning, Morning Joe co-host Joe Scarborough became the latest MSNBC star to question the network's decision to live-broadcast President Trump's daily novel coronavirus task force briefings. "If you ask the president a question he doesn’t want to answer, he shouts you down and moves on to somebody else who will ask an easier question,” Scarborough said. “So, why do we hold those press conferences?
Why do we carry them all live two hours every night?” Co-host Willie Geist told Scarborough that he would welcome a daily press briefing held by "officials who provide information," such as task force members Dr.
Anthony Fauci and Dr. Deborah Birx. All three major cable networks have exercised editorial discretion by cutting away from.