{
  "id": 18154979,
  "title": "Joe Scarborough goes after ESPN’s Pat McAfee: ‘It is a shame for the viewer’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/joe-scarborough-goes-after-espns-pat-mcafee-it-is-a-shame-for-the",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-04T17:27:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/joe-scarborough-goes-espn-pat-232608526.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Joe Scarborough of \"Morning Joe\" criticized ESPN's Pat McAfee on election day, expressing his frustration with McAfee's recent issues with the University of Utah. \"I've just had enough of this Pat McAfee ruining 'College GameDay',\" Scarborough stated. The controversy began when McAfee revealed he received death threats related to the visit. Scarborough argued that the show has shifted focus from college football to itself, diminishing the time given to other contributors. He suggested that the attention given to McAfee might be due to negative reactions from students at the University of Utah, who posted signs and comments that McAfee found offensive. McAfee himself felt uncomfortable after the university shared a video of students \"dogging\" him, calling it inciteful. The University of Utah apologized for the video.",
  "summary": "He contends ESPN can run its company how it wants.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}