Mike Barnicle

Mike Barnicle is an award-winning print and broadcast journalist, and social and political commentator. He is a regular contributor on MSNBC's popular Morning Joe program, and often comments on television and in print about the news of the day. Mike Barnicle has written more than 4,000 newspaper columns, and continues to write for The Daily Beast, TIME, The Huffington Post, Politico, Esquire, and others.

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Mar 08, 2016

Mike Barnicle on the current media fixation on the presidential campaign

“The length of American presidential campaigns lends to absurdity in the coverage. It’s absurd, the way we now cover these things. I understand it because we are as exhausted as the voters are exhausted, as the candidates are exhausted,” says Morning Joe’s Mike Barnicle of the current media fixation on the presidential campaign, particularly allegations of Nazi salutes at Republican candidate Donald Trump’s rallies and Democratic candidate Senator Bernie Sanders’ use of the word “ghetto.” Listen to Mike’s comments here on the relationship between the media and politics in 2016.

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Mike Barnicle is a veteran print and broadcast journalist recognized for his street-smart, straightforward style honed over nearly four decades in the field. The Massachusetts native has written 4,000-plus columns collectively for The Boston Globe, Boston Herald and the New York Daily News, and continues to champion the struggles and triumphs of the every man by giving voice to the essential stories of today on television, radio, and in print.

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