I'm very confused at the hatred for Piers Morgan. He and the average internet denizen have so much in common! Ah well. I don't watch TV, so I have no strong feelings on this.
Piers Morgan Axed from CNN
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Lowest rated show on one of the lowest rated news networks (fucking MSNBC beat out CNN in the rankings). Sad really, but then again I never watch cable news so I can't really say much on this guy other than that I've heard he's a massive tool.
Who cares - Television news is all about the entertainment factor. You can't -actually- rely on them to bring forth accurate information. It's all about the drama and fear it inspires. People are weird....
So basically I don't care if some vastly over-paid guy who's name I don't know on a silly television show gets fired. Biiiiiiiig deeeeeeeeal.
So basically I don't care if some vastly over-paid guy who's name I don't know on a silly television show gets fired. Biiiiiiiig deeeeeeeeal.
Seriously, yeah, there's a lot of this. Very much the same old.lacktheknack said:
Well, except in his case he's not anonymous, and he's getting paid, which isn't true for most people on the net.
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And it's only half true for you, isn't it Graham?
Doesn't null out the similarities, though.thaluikhain said:
And despite the hatred, I bet that 99% of the internet would leap at the chance to have Piers Morgan's job. Because integrity on the web isn't actually a thing.
I enjoy the guys twitter feed. I like that he just sits there and trolls people all day long. I have never seen his show, but I always enjoy a decent troll.
Hey America, USA, 'Murica, greatest nation on... okay enough butt kissing. Erm... You are going to keep Piers Morgan right? Remember we have a 14 day return policy and you have had him for way more than that. We Brits, do not want him back. NO no no no no no no no no no never ever ever. You took him now you have to keep him.
It's an opinion show. As far as I'm concerned, that type of show has no place on a news channel. It doesn't matter if it's left wing or right.
I want the news to give me the facts and nothing else. What happened, where, why. No speculations, no opinions, no chatter. I'm very well capable of making my own opinions on any given matter.
I want the news to give me the facts and nothing else. What happened, where, why. No speculations, no opinions, no chatter. I'm very well capable of making my own opinions on any given matter.
I think a lot of it is to do with his general demeanour.lacktheknack said:
He comes across immediately as quite smug, arrogant and pretentious. But at the same time, as you get to hear the content of his reactions and how he reacts, he comes across as very childish.
On top of this though, there are the scandals of phone hacking where he is alleged to have hacked the phones of a dead teenager and the families of dead soldiers, in order to acquire leads for his newspapers. Supposedly he deleted voicemails on her phone, which caused the police to believe that the teenager was still using her phone, but just not answering calls for whatever reason - bringing false hope to her parents. It is alleged, but that it didn't shock people kind of reflects public opinion of him. It did legitimise a lot of people's hate, for which most of the content does come across as childish in itself, jealousy of success, fame, money etc.
His reaction to people having a jab at him on TV, such as Ian Hislop and Clive Anderson, was to have several of his reporters devote their days to following them around to try and dig up stories on them. As far as I am aware, he wasn't very successful. It was a pretty childish return and I doubt his superiors at the paper were pleased with the expense to the company for him wishing to enact revenge on personal beef.
He also was editor for two papers in Britain which are renowned for having little to do with real news and more to do with fear-mongering and extreme right political viewpoints. Obviously people are entitled to their opinions, voice and in print, but I think people don't like the propaganda-esque nature of it and presentation of fiction as fact, under the guise of supposed journalism, people see as manipulative and dangerous, and exacerbates big issues/political topics in Britain (such as immigration).
So I think people resent the fact that he is rich on the means that he has. There are plenty far richer people that it would make more sense to be jealous of on a monetary-basis. Surely some sort of professional athlete for football or similar. That pay bracket, young age, often good looks etc. is surely more appealing and a source of jealousy, than the want to be Piers Morgan.
Surely you struggle to find the ideal, but I think the BBC makes a good attempt at trying to be objective at approaching news stories.SKBPinkie said:
I think that this is part of the reason people disliked Piers in Britain, was the baseless, hateful content of his papers. It is masquerading as some form of fact and journalism, but it is really often just agenda pushing and deceptive. To hear it vocalised by the man himself must bring this pain to a new level.
I for one will welcome Piers back to the UK with open arms, give him a nice job at the BBC and leave him be. What job you ask? Why, nothing less than the new post of 'Conflict correspondent' where he will be sent all over the world to report on conflicts as they happen and from the front lines too! I bet he'd have a few good things to say to those Ukrainians. Just a shame the BBC budget won't cover anything like bullet-proof vests or a security team. 
I doubt he will return to the UK though, he'd rather be out of a job in the States than locked up over here. As for why he lost his show it's hardly a suprise that a show with apparently poor ratings would get cancelled. He'll probably set up shop elsewhere and continue ranting.
I doubt he will return to the UK though, he'd rather be out of a job in the States than locked up over here. As for why he lost his show it's hardly a suprise that a show with apparently poor ratings would get cancelled. He'll probably set up shop elsewhere and continue ranting.
Finally! I wish that scumbag would do what he said he would and go back to England so he can see that his precious gun control made it the most violent country in the EU.
Fun fact: almost all of the US's gun violence is in areas with strict gun control.
Fun fact: almost all of the US's gun violence is in areas with strict gun control.
That goes for a lot of nations I think. I at least know a lot of Americans enjoy comedians that absolutely tear different aspects of the nation apart for a good laugh.Ubiquitous Duck said:
Anyways, never really followed Piers Morgan, even when CNN was doing a lot better than it is now, so I never really got exposed to his attitude. I do remember having a good laugh when he brought Alex Jones on the show, though. That's not because the show itself was good. It's because bringing Jones on the show basically screwed over his own legitimacy, provided he had any to begin with.
"David Mitchell" is the name for God on the lips and hearts of all children. Piers Morgan, on the other hand, is a dickhead. To my knowledge there is no real link between the two figures.Ubiquitous Duck said:
David's Youtube series that I mentioned is called Soap Box, however. You may not like it in all honesty; I think David Mitchell is at his best when he's playing a straight man against a zany character.
Yes, I mentioned the soap box in my response, as a reference to David Mitchell's soap box show.Bertylicious said:
I was trying to suggest that he used it like a platform for complaining, like David Mitchell did. I'm not saying that in execution the outcome is the same, as I love David Mitchell and his rants that he does get a good reception, hence the soap box series he did. Mitchell didn't invent the idea of getting on a 'soapbox' as meaning elevating yourself (for Piers Morgan this was by being on TV) for a speech on a subject.
This is what I'm wondering if people are suggesting that Piers did with his show? Just used it as a platform to spout his opinions, but obviously his method and outcome are not one that was greeted with great reception?
Even that probably wouldn't have pissed people off so bad, it was the way he did it. Like, he would bring in pro-gun guest speakers, and never let them talk. He would ask them loaded questions and just scream at them every time they tried to get a word in. That's the type of behavior he displayed. He was childish, needlessly aggressive, and insulting to the populace at large.Ubiquitous Duck said:
So he's a British Bill O'Reilly? Haven't watched TV, especially cable news[footnote]unless you count the occasional Daily Show or Colbert on their official website[/footnote] in going on a decade, but the O'Reilly types are always imminently punchable.spartan231490 said:
PS-
He's a lowlife asshole, but he did a good job revealing some of the American hypocrisy and idiocy. I'm not surprised that the pro-establishment CNN fired him. I'm surprised it took them this long.