When praising Rush on Morning Joe, should Mike be forced to disclose she works with him?

[wndycty]

As I posted on my blog (http://blog.windycitywatch.com/2009/03/so-this-is-why-mika-brzezinski-has.html#links)this morning and in another thread, I just found out today that Mika and Joe now host MORNING JOE on WABC-AM as the lead-in to the Rush Limbaugh Show (some of you apparently knew that). This morning Mika was extremely complementary of Rush and I couldn't figure out why, after a few minutes of searching I found out about the Limbaugh connection, which she didn't acknowledge.

My question is this. Should Mika acknowledge her professional relationship with Limbaugh before singing his praises on MSNBC? Afterall, whenever on-air talent at NBC and MSNBC mention GE they have to acknowledge it's ownership of the network.

[ErinBerin84]

1. I voted yes.

but honestly, she repeats the Republican talking points so regularly these days (I mean, even before she was on the radio) that I feel like she would be defending Rush anyway. But I agree, it's EXTREMELY illuminating. I mean, not only did she complement Rush, but a "great thinker"...a great thinker? WTF?

[wndycty]

2. Think about this. . .SHE HAS A FINANCIAL INTEREST in promoting Limbaugh. . .

. . .she is not doing WABC-AM for free, she gets paid to do it, so if Rush does well she does well, ADDITIONALLY how objective can she be of any of the HATEMONGERS ON WABC-AM because if she is critical of them they may not promote MORNING JOE on the radio, potentially bash her and make her life miserable at WABC-AM.

[ErinBerin84]

3. true

And we all know how concerned Mika is about her taxes. In addition, I read an item recently that suggested she got an eye and boob job on her week off . Nothing wrong with that, but just don't bitch about having to pay higher taxes if you are going to spend money on that sort of stuff, Mika (if it's true).

[april]

4. I think we should all send emails to the Morning Joe ....

[TheCowsCameHome]

5. Ask her if he snores while you're at it.

[snappyturtle]

6. Yeah sure she'll acknowledge her relationship to Rush right after Andrea

Greenspan announces her relationship to Allan.

[City Lights]

7. Of course, but disclosure isn't one of msnbc's strong suits.

I'm still waiting for andrea mitchell and david gregory to come clean. :crickets:

[wndycty]

8. Hmmmmmm

:kick:

[UTUSN]

9. I'm on the side of the angels (o.p.) but does having a show scheduled mean "working WITH" somebody?!

She irritates me to no end with her Shrub loving noises, but their radio show continued from their copycatting sL-IMUS. "Working WITH" sounds like LIMBOsevic's company HIRED them or PRODUCED them or something. The station determines the line-up, no?

[wndycty]

10. Yeah but a lot stations often have the hosts promote one another. . .

. . .it could be one of those scenarios where they give reciprocal announcements.