Tom Brokaw Attributes New Hampshire Results To Fear “Fed By Social Media And ... Radio”

Brokaw: “There's A Fear Out There That Is Not Entirely Justified”

From the February 10 edition of MSNBC's Morning Joe:

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JOE SCARBOROUGH (CO-HOST): Well, and Tom, also as far as ideology goes, this Republican Party, this live free or die Republican Party, has elected a guy who refused to stand with conservatives in this state and say I don't want Medicaid expanded and also keeps talking about universal healthcare. And that's something Trump said here and he doubled his next closest competitor. 

TOM BROKAW: Yea, I think if Dorothy arrived in New Hampshire this morning she'd look at Toto and say, Toto, I don't think we are in New Hampshire anymore. I mean, it's an entirely different kind of state. You know, we arrived and it was Venus. We wake up and it's Mars. I have never seen a cycle turn quite as much as this one. It also is, however, not just New Hampshire. I've used this expression before on this program. 

MIKA BRZEZINSKI (CO-HOST): I agree. It's the country. 

BROKAW: Across the country the nation is half-cocked in the ticked off position, although ticked off is not the phrase that people generally would use when they're talking about that. A lot of that is fed by social media and about what they hear on the radio and other places. There's a kind of fear out there that is not entirely justified, quite honestly. 

Previously:

Rachel Maddow: Trump's New Hampshire Win “Will Be Seen Worldwide” As The Rise Of Right-Wing Fringe Nativism

How The Media Helped The GOP Sell Their Fear-Based Appeal 

Daily Caller's Matt Lewis: Coulter And Limbaugh “Prosper” From Extreme Rhetoric