A new poll conducted by The New York Times brought a wave of positive news for Donald Trump, leaving MSNBC’s ‘Morning Joe’ host Joe Scarborough grappling with the results.
This week, he went as far as accusing The New York Times’ polling of pro-Trump bias. But can anyone really buy into that claim?
Scarborough’s tirade was pure theater. He’s well aware that Joe Biden watches the show, so he has to do what the boss says…
SCARBOROUGH: I understand. There’s a difference, though, with the New York Times/ Siena poll, and you know this. It’s given a disproportionate impact. This year, this cycle, it is skewed wildly in Donald Trump’s direction. [Heilemann tries to speak.]
Hold on. And the New York Times feasts on it with clickbait stories, like, a dozen at a time.
HEILEMANN: And I, what I’m trying to focus on is what I think people should pay attention to [tries to continue]–
SCARBOROUGH: — [Interrupting] But what I’m trying to focus on is, the New York Times right now is actively shaping the election cycles, where this poll comes out on a Sunday, and on Monday, people go, oh — and