MSNBC public editor: the comic-book world of political journalism
Posted on AllSides February 19th, 2020
From The Center
ANALYSIS
“I SORT OF LIKEN [Donald Trump] to the Joker in Batman,” said Joy Reid, an MSNBC host, in a recent appearance on Hardball. “The Joker’s whole life is about hating Batman, because Batman is everything he can never be—Barack Obama, people like Mitt Romney—”
“Who was the best Joker?” Chris Matthews, the host, broke in.
“Joaquin Phoenix,” Reid replied. “I have to say he was the best Joker, he really was.”
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