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Joe Scarborough

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How we determined this rating:

  • Independent Review
  • Editorial Review: Apr 2025
  • AllSides has low or initial confidence in this bias rating.

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Contents
  1. About Joe Scarborough's Bias Rating
  2. What a "Lean Left" Rating Means
  3. Bias Reviews
  4. Confidence Level

About Joe Scarborough's Bias Rating

Joe Scarborough is a author source with an AllSides Media Bias Rating™ of Lean Left.

What a "Lean Left" Rating Means

Sources with an AllSides Media Bias Rating of Lean Left display media bias in ways that moderately align with liberal, progressive, or left-wing thought and/or policy agendas. A Lean Left bias is a moderately liberal rating on the political spectrum.

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Bias Reviews

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Joe Scarborough Moved From Lean Right to Lean Left Following April 2025 Small Group Editorial Review

A group of three AllSides reviewers on the left, center, and right rated Joe Scarborough Lean Left in an April 2025 Small Group Editorial Review.

Scarborough is the co-host of Morning Joe on MSNBC and a former Republican congressman. Though he once identified with the Republican Party, Scarborough has become a vocal critic of President Donald Trump and now tends to align with centrist and left-leaning positions, while remaining occasionally critical of Democrats. A Lean Left reviewer noted his support for Ukraine and opposition to U.S. debt accumulation.

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Confidence Level

Confidence is determined by how many reviews have been applied and consistency of data.

As of June 2026, AllSides has low or initial confidence in our Lean Left rating for Joe Scarborough. If we perform more bias reviews and gather consistent data, this confidence level will increase.