[from 2004] Editor sacked over 'hoax' photos (Piers Morgan)

BBC ^ | Last Updated: Friday, 14 May, 2004, 22:10 GMT 23:10 UK | BBC

[SWAMPSNIPER]

The Mirror board said Morgan would be stepping down immediately Daily Mirror editor Piers Morgan has been sacked after the newspaper conceded photos of British soldiers abusing an Iraqi were fake.

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In interesting tidbit from the babbling Brit's closet.

[Gene Eric]

The guy’s a piece of crap.

[bgill]

Morgan refused the demand to apologise, was sacked and immediately escorted from the building

Couldn't happen to a more deserving moron.

[parisa]

Not only that, he was also a scoundrel corrupt insider trader: “Once, when Morgan knew that the financial section of his newspaper was going to write a glowing review of a technology company, Morgan took over $100,000 and invested it in that company’s stock, with the inside knowledge that his paper would promote it.”

[Sgt_Schultze]

Wasn’t piers also editor during the phone-hacking scandal?

[Praxeologue]

Piers Morgan was fired by the Mirror on May 14, 2004.

Why did you date the article December 21, 2012?

[Slings and Arrows]

• Piers Morgan (2007-2010); former editor of the Daily Mirror; left after the 2010 series to build his career in America
  • Morgan is dubbed "Piers Moron" by Private Eye as Ian Hislop has a long-standing feud with him, was actually sacked by the paper after running pictures purporting to show Iraqis being abused by British troops. That were in fact mocked up — in the UK. Military commentators spotted errors very quickly.
  • Morgan is probably the least popular man on British TV. Stephen Fry — the most cuddly man in the world — defined "countryside" as killing Piers Morgan on I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, and angry environmentalists say of Jeremy Clarkson "but he did punch Piers Morgan".

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[castlebrew]

maybe he;ll get a taste of what it’s like to not have a bevy of armed security around. he might even feel the need to obtain his method of modern self-defense hardware...
FOADPM

[Segovia]

but————isn’t that article dated May 2004??

Last Updated: Friday, 14 May, 2004, 22:10 GMT 23:10 UK

[JimSEA]

The article leads one to believe Morgan was involved directly in the hoax and refused to appologise. Not hard to believe.

[VeniVidiVici]

CNN will give him a medal.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

I dated it by posting date.

[Casie]

Piers Morgan is a joke in England. Seriously, the exact equivalent would be for us to send the Brits David Hasselhoff to do their news shows. In fact Piers and David worked on that talent game show together with Sharon Osborn.

[Gene Eric]

Okay... still a piece of crap.

[Lancey Howard]

BUMP
Morgan is a scumbag.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Someone actually posted this link on Morgan's Facebook page, I wonder how long it will be there?

I made a screen capture of the whole page, just in case it gets lost.

[Casie]

cool

[Daffynition]

Piers Morgan is a twit. Can I say twit, can’t I? :)

[Squantos]

St Piers of A’sissy has been sacked ...?

Probably for consumption of too much spotted dick !

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Morgan is also extremely rude to his guests, thinks he knows it all (i.e. arrogant), and has brought CNN down lower in public opinion than it has been before.

Makes Anderson Cooper seem like the best that they have (not much competition, though).