‘Hard To Be Lectured By MSNBC On Disinformation’: WSJ Editor Reminds Viewers Scarborough Vouched For Biden’s Fitness

Wall Street Journal Editor-at-Large Gerry Baker took aim at MSNBC host Joe Scarbrough Wednesday after the “Morning Joe” co-host criticized the his outlet for running an op-ed by Republican Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio.

Scarborough attacked The Wall Street Journal for publishing an op-ed by the Republican vice-presidential nominee criticizing the Biden-Harris administration’s response to the devastation in western North Carolina and other parts of the southeastern United States caused by Hurricane Helene. Baker noted that Scarborough had arguably engaged in disinformation regarding the health of President Joe Biden.

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“It’s hard to be lectured by MSNBC on disinformation,” Baker told “America Reports” co-host Sandra Smith. “It feels quite a bit of chutzpah on their part. This is the same Joe Scarborough who told us, I think, days or weeks before that infamous… presidential debate that saw Joe Biden pull out of the race that Biden was in incredible shape. He attacked the Wall Street Journal article that just appeared that said Joe Biden was slipping. He is as sharp as he’s ever been, brilliant. Weeks later, we saw what Biden was like in another month later he pulled out of the race.”

Following the June 27 debate between Biden and Trump hosted by CNN, during which Biden appeared to freeze several times and made multiple verbal gaffes, Scarborough struck a different tone, saying Biden “may not be up to the job.”

Prior to seeking Baker’s comment, Smith noted that Fox News fact-checked what Vance said in the op-ed.

“We had our research team compare the Vance editorial to all the announcements regarding relief efforts from both the White House and FEMA, Gerry, and they could not find claims and that J.D. Vance editorial that was just slammed on the morning show that stood out as false,” Smith said.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has come under fire over the relief efforts in western North Carolina in the wake of the storm, which killed at least 227 people.