Mika Brzezinski responds to “Our Job” to control people comments

On Wednesday morning, social media was buzzing with claims that MSNBC’s Morning Joe host, Mika Brzezinsky had made Orwellian comments about ‘controlling what people think.’

She responded:

Today I said it's the media's job to keep President Trump from making up his own facts, NOT that it's our job to control what people think.

— Mika Brzezinski (@morningmika) February 22, 2017

I find it strange that she didn’t, at least, apologize for leaving the impression many are taking from her comments. Her comments reminded many of the ridiculous claims from Chris Cuomo of CNN regarding WikiLeaks:

…remember, it’s illegal to possess these stolen documents (from WikiLeaks). It’s different for the media, so everything you’re learning about this, you’re learning from us. – Chris Cuomo CNN

 

Transcript and video:

@morningmika Hey, we all make mistakes. Do you apologize for leaving the impression many are taking from: #morningjoe pic.twitter.com/ImnClAUTj2

— iroots.org activism (@irootsorg) February 22, 2017