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Article: Hello, Morning Joe?(MSNBC Cable Network eyeing Joe Scarborough as a replacement of "Imus in the Morning")
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- May 28, 2007
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By Steve Donohue
Pol-Turned-Pundit, Scarborough is Eyed For Imus' MSNBC Slot
MSNBC is eyeing former Florida Rep. Joe Scarborough as a possible replacement for its Imus in the Morning program, which it dropped last month.
While network executives emphasize that they have not made a final decision on a replacement for Don Imus - whose simulcasted show was dropped from both MSNBC and CBS Radio after he directed a racial insult at the Rutgers University women's basketball team - they say Scarborough has impressed them on trial runs in the morning slot.
Scarborough currently hosts a one-hour newscast called Scarborough Country on MSNBC ...