It was Monday morning, and the folks at Morning Joe were already steamed. Joe Scarborough had his Very Serious scowl face on while Mika Brzezinski's eyes were flashing with poised rage.
Their target: newly elected New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio who had arrived for the ritual grilling now so popular on broadcast television. And the topic: first, a softball lob about expanding pre-k education ("Who would be against that?") with some polite back-and-forth about "how are we going to pay for it."
But the real matter at hand was the subject of charter schools (starting around the 9:00 minute mark in a 28-minute segment). After a brief video clip of Governor Andrew Cuomo speaking at a rally of charter school fans in Albany, Brzezinski started the accusations toward de Blasio, "Are you against charter schools?" Doesn't your position seem "personal?" And from Scarborough, "Doesn't it look like your targeting Eva Moskowitz … What don't you like about Eva Moskowitz?"