# Joe Scarborough drops F-bomb on live air
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-scarborough-drops-f-bomb-on-live-air/472030
**Category:** The BBQ Pit
**Created:** [November 10, 2008, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-scarborough-drops-f-bomb-on-live-air/472030 "2008-11-10T13:59:55Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2008, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-scarborough-drops-f-bomb-on-live-air/472030/1 "2008-11-10T13:59:55Z")
Couldn’t have happened to a more deserving individual. I saw it live, and within five minutes, I found that it was already all over the web.
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJIGP4je2hA)
Except here. So I bring it to you. Fuck you, Joe. And here’s hoping the FCC fines you a million dollars, and MSNBC sends you and your butt-lickers to Fox News where you belong.
😃
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### Author:  [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2008, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-scarborough-drops-f-bomb-on-live-air/472030/2 "2008-11-10T14:06:57Z")
I don’t care if it’s someone I happen to dislike, saying “fuck” as an indirect quotation should be a complete and total non-event. If a network wants to enforce their own decency policy, more power to them, but the federal government should not be enforcing speech codes. I enjoy some good _schadenfreude_ as much as anyone, but spreading this sort of thing only contributes to the bogus taboo.
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### Author:  [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2008, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-scarborough-drops-f-bomb-on-live-air/472030/3 "2008-11-10T14:08:39Z")
> [@Cosmic Relief](#):
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> I don’t care if it’s someone I happen to dislike, saying “fuck” as an indirect quotation should be a complete and total non-event. If a network wants to enforce their own decency policy, more power to them, but the federal government should not be enforcing speech codes.
They don’t, on cable, do they?
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### Author:  [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2008, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-scarborough-drops-f-bomb-on-live-air/472030/4 "2008-11-10T14:16:03Z")
> [@Cosmic Relief](#):
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> I don’t care if it’s someone I happen to dislike, saying “fuck” as an indirect quotation should be a complete and total non-event. If a network wants to enforce their own decency policy, more power to them, but the federal government should not be enforcing speech codes. I enjoy some good _schadenfreude_ as much as anyone, but spreading this sort of thing only contributes to the bogus taboo.
agreed.
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### Author:  [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2008, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-scarborough-drops-f-bomb-on-live-air/472030/5 "2008-11-10T14:16:44Z")
Proof that “Fuck you” really can leave a Scar. Mike Barnacle’s reaction was hilarious.
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### Author:  [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2008, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-scarborough-drops-f-bomb-on-live-air/472030/6 "2008-11-10T14:24:32Z")
> [@lieu](#):
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> Proof that “Fuck you” really can leave a Scar. Mike Barnacle’s reaction was hilarious.
So was Joe’s as the day wore on. It was the elephant on the set, and his wife was sending him furious emails, including one that said his daughter saw the thing.
So what did Joe do? He apologized to parents who were watching with their children, but refused to apologize to adults who were watching alone, saying they should just “get over it”. Then, they got emails about that, with adults saying that they were offended as well.
He’s such a nasty, disingenuous shit face. With all his loud overtalking and bullyish interruptions, something like this was bound to happen sooner or later.
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### Author:  [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2008, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-scarborough-drops-f-bomb-on-live-air/472030/7 "2008-11-10T14:26:30Z")
> [@Simplicio](#):
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> They don’t, on cable, do they?
No. Non-broadcast TV is self regulated.
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### Author:  [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2008, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-scarborough-drops-f-bomb-on-live-air/472030/8 "2008-11-10T14:30:04Z")
Funny article on Huffington Post:
> **[MSNBC to Launch Fucking Joe](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/msnbc-to-launch-fucking-j_b_142587)**
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> Just minutes after "Morning Joe" host Joe Scarborough dropped an F-bomb live on the air, MSNBC announced that it was re-launching the show to capitalize on its star's salty vocabulary.
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### Author:  [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2008, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-scarborough-drops-f-bomb-on-live-air/472030/9 "2008-11-10T14:31:10Z")
> [@Liberal](#):
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> He apologized to parents who were watching with their children, but refused to apologize to adults who were watching alone, saying they should just “get over it”.
I have no idea who Joe Scarborough is, but based solely on that quote, I like him already.
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### Author:  [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2008, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-scarborough-drops-f-bomb-on-live-air/472030/10 "2008-11-10T14:41:21Z")
Well, enjoy. I hope you’re a Republican who supported McCain and loves Sarah Palin, because if you’re not, Joe hates you.
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### Author:  [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2008, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-scarborough-drops-f-bomb-on-live-air/472030/11 "2008-11-10T14:49:54Z")
> [@Cosmic Relief](#):
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> I don’t care if it’s someone I happen to dislike, saying “fuck” as an indirect quotation should be a complete and total non-event. If a network wants to enforce their own decency policy, more power to them, but the federal government should not be enforcing speech codes. I enjoy some good _schadenfreude_ as much as anyone, but spreading this sort of thing only contributes to the bogus taboo.
Agree completely. There’s nothing offensive in what he said.
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### Author:  [@Baldwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baldwin)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2008, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-scarborough-drops-f-bomb-on-live-air/472030/12 "2008-11-10T14:50:10Z")
And on my birthday! Yea, Joe!
I didn’t know anything about Scarborough, but now I’ve read a bit about him. Quite a few stands that seem dumb or ridiculous – U.S. out of the U.N., cut Medicare, no minimum wage increase – but he seems moderate on some other things.
Never saw the show before. What kind of show does he run? Is he a willfully-ignorant bullying coward like O’Reilly, or actually reasonable, or something else?
(Is any adult in the U.S. still _shocked_ by the word “fuck”? And if so, are they people who’ve never fucked?)
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### Author:  [@Rune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rune)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2008, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-scarborough-drops-f-bomb-on-live-air/472030/13 "2008-11-10T14:55:53Z")
The “f-bomb”? I thought it was an evil new weapon, like the a-bomb or n-bomb. Turns out it was just some dude saying “fuck”. fuck fuck fuck. Who gives a fuck?
Fuck Simon & Garfunkel version of Scarborough Fair too.
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### Author:  [@Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barbarian)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2008, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-scarborough-drops-f-bomb-on-live-air/472030/14 "2008-11-10T15:01:02Z")
He obviously read that [fuck is no longer a curse](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=491770).
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### Author:  [@atomicbadgerrace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atomicbadgerrace)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2008, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-scarborough-drops-f-bomb-on-live-air/472030/15 "2008-11-10T15:03:16Z")
Eesh, why is this in the pit?
What’s the big fuckin deal?
Who looks like more of the bonehead–Joe, or the goon with the mouth agape, 7th-grade style “omg mom did you hear that!!”? Christ, just move the fuck on for fuck sake.
Die hard bleeding heart liberal here, btw. I don’t know who Joe is, but he gets a point in my book.
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### Author:  [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2008, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-scarborough-drops-f-bomb-on-live-air/472030/16 "2008-11-10T15:05:32Z")
Oh crap! when was that today? they should have stopped him right away, they are acting confused…wow seems they need an emergency plan for a major faux pas.
He blew it, but not a big dealie really, fuck is so common. embarrassing.
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### Author:  [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2008, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-scarborough-drops-f-bomb-on-live-air/472030/17 "2008-11-10T15:07:04Z")
> [@Baldwin](#):
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> Never saw the show before. What kind of show does he run? Is he a willfully-ignorant bullying coward like O’Reilly, or actually reasonable, or something else?
He runs a light morning news show. Like Imus in the morning except slightly more highbrow and current events oriented. Nothing like O’Reilly. Indeed Joe comes across as pretty moderate in the show (though I haven’t watched it in months), I don’t know if he’s moderated his views since his congress days or if he just tones it down to keep with the lighter tone of the show.
There’s also kind of a creepy dynamic where he and the other male co-host constantly flirt with ex-NSA Zbigniew Brzezinski’s daughter, who is also a co-host. Aside from that ,I don’t really get the hate for Scarborough. He’s certainly less nutty then most other conservative cable news guys.
As to the issue, MSNBC doesn’t seem to care, Scarborough doesn’t seem to care, the feds don’t seem to care, the only person who gives a damn about this seems to be the OP.
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### Author:  [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2008, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-scarborough-drops-f-bomb-on-live-air/472030/18 "2008-11-10T15:13:47Z")
> [@Baldwin](#):
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> Never saw the show before. What kind of show does he run? Is he a willfully-ignorant bullying coward like O’Reilly, or actually reasonable, or something else?
He ran almost every John McCain web ad on his show, most of them repeatedly throughout the three hours. He has been a vociferous supporter of Sarah Palin, just like most of his guests. He talks loudly over guests he disagrees with, even shouting down the likes of Andrea Mitchell and Robert Gibbs.
He’s a right wing-nut, one of the Contract With America Republicans, a former Congressman from Florida. He trashes democrats every day all day long. When he screwed up this morning, he was trashing Rahm Emmanuel, making fun of the finger Rahm severed with a meat cutter. He spouts lies, rumors, and whatever it takes to put down liberalism and praise conservatism. He makes Keith Olbermann look nonpartisan.
> [@atomicbadgerrace](#):
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> Die hard bleeding heart liberal here, btw. I don’t know who Joe is, but he gets a point in my book.
An excellent example of argument from ignorance. While you give him points, he is working hard to undermine gay rights, opposition to the war, and Obama’s pending administration.
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### Author:  [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2008, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-scarborough-drops-f-bomb-on-live-air/472030/19 "2008-11-10T15:13:55Z")
He’s a disingenuous bully, who rants on and on, brags constantly that he used to be a Congressperson, and pushes a right-wing agenda, frequently pretending that he’s not ideological but practical: i.e.,“This isn’t because I want all liberals electrocuted, but I’m just just pointing out that the House committtee in charge of writing the laws on how political beliefs should be punished in the courts have a chance to slant the legislation that way…” He’s a crapweasel, and it warms my little cockles to see him catch some grief.
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### Author:  [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)
#### Post date: [November 10, 2008, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joe-scarborough-drops-f-bomb-on-live-air/472030/20 "2008-11-10T15:15:03Z")
Hey, **Lib** , looks like we were comparing notes there.
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