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Piers Morgan and CNN Plan End to His Prime-Time Show
The New York Times ^ | Sunday, February 23, 2014 | David Carr

Posted on 02/23/2014 4:27:25 PM PST by kristinn

There have been times when the CNN host Piers Morgan didn’t seem to like America very much — and American audiences have been more than willing to return the favor. Three years after taking over for Larry King, Mr. Morgan has seen the ratings for “Piers Morgan Live” hit some new lows, drawing a fraction of viewers compared with competitors at Fox News and MSNBC.

It’s been an unhappy collision between a British television personality who refuses to assimilate — the only football he cares about is round and his lectures on guns were rife with contempt — and a CNN audience that is intrinsically provincial. After all, the people who tune into a cable news network are, by their nature, deeply interested in America.

CNN’s president, Jeffrey Zucker, has other problems, but none bigger than Mr. Morgan and his plum 9 p.m. time slot. Mr. Morgan said last week that he and Mr. Zucker had been talking about the show’s failure to connect and had decided to pull the plug, probably in March.

Crossing an ocean for a replacement for Larry King, who had ratings problems of his own near the end, was probably not a great idea to begin with. For a cable news station like CNN, major stories are like oxygen. When something important or scary happens in America, many of us have an immediate reflex to turn on CNN. When I find Mr. Morgan telling me what it all means, I have a similar reflex to dismiss what he is saying. It is difficult for him to speak credibly on significant American events because, after all, he just got here.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: banglist; cnn; demagogicparty; deport; deportpiersmorgan; enemedia; fired; jeffreyzucker; liberalmedia; memebuilding; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; piersmorgan
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To: kristinn

No viewership.. no show.


61 posted on 02/23/2014 5:51:27 PM PST by VideoDoctor
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To: SampleMan
I've never watched his program. (Programme)
62 posted on 02/23/2014 5:53:45 PM PST by Eric in the Ozarks ("Say Not the Struggle Naught Availeth.")
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To: kristinn

If CNN actually started doing their JOB and started reporting on the MANY scandals that happen nearly daily in this administration, they could overnight be #1 again.

As long as they want to continue to carry water for the Marxist in the whitehut their ratings will continue to plummet.


63 posted on 02/23/2014 5:58:24 PM PST by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama lied .. the economy died.)
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To: kristinn
don't let the door hit yer little faggot azz...
64 posted on 02/23/2014 6:08:15 PM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: Red Steel

Don’t say that folks LOL!

Please stay way from Al Jazeera America

I think he go to MSNBC most likely


65 posted on 02/23/2014 6:08:35 PM PST by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

I hope he gets run down by a taxicab crossing the street to work on his last day. Thanks kristinn.

America is fed up of me: Morgan to quit CNN job
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3126265/posts


66 posted on 02/23/2014 6:20:55 PM PST by SunkenCiv (http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
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To: hockeyfan44
I think his only claim to fame was being on the Celebrity Apprentice

Not true. He was also a judge on America's Got Talent where he did something he loves to do. Judge Americans.

67 posted on 02/23/2014 6:45:48 PM PST by South40 (Liberalism is a Disease)
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To: Army Air Corps

Now that Piers is gone, what will inmates watch on TV during their 30 minute TV time..oh well I guess they will be forced to watch The View


68 posted on 02/23/2014 7:02:32 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: kristinn

Now can we deport Piers Morgan?


69 posted on 02/23/2014 7:11:03 PM PST by Lee N. Field ("And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's offspring, heirs according to promise" Gal 3:29)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

Isn’t that classified as cruel and unusual punishment.


70 posted on 02/23/2014 7:18:19 PM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: kristinn

I guess his ground breaking interview with Rachel Jenteal, Czarina of linguistics, was retardet.


71 posted on 02/23/2014 7:33:09 PM PST by Organic Panic
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To: AU72

funny, maybe they will hire bananas foster as his replacement :)


72 posted on 02/23/2014 7:44:00 PM PST by politicalamity
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To: Slings and Arrows

BUMP!


73 posted on 02/23/2014 7:57:06 PM PST by Graewoulf (Democrats' Obamacare Socialist Health Insur. Tax violates U.S. Constitution AND Anti-Trust Law.)
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To: jonsie

Dang it!. Unfortunately, I can’t un-see that visual.


74 posted on 02/24/2014 5:17:28 AM PST by jimjohn (You don't get the kind of government you want, or the kind you need. You get the kind you deserve.)
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To: kristinn

Best news I’ve heard all weekend. He did it to himself. Maybe he can take Bieber with him and go to Venezuela. Its a great place for both of them.


75 posted on 02/24/2014 6:30:59 AM PST by mandaladon (If you're going through hell, keep going. ~Winston Churchill)
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To: Yo-Yo

Beat me to it!


76 posted on 02/24/2014 6:43:44 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Colorado: the Maryland of the Mountain West)
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Piers Morgan and CNN Plan End to His Prime-Time Show

PING!

77 posted on 02/24/2014 6:44:59 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Colorado: the Maryland of the Mountain West)
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To: mandaladon
Maybe he can take Bieber with him and go to Venezuela. Its a great place for both of them.

Yes, they can go hang with Penn, and they can all scrounge for TP together.

Oh, Gnarly!!!

78 posted on 02/24/2014 6:48:09 AM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Colorado: the Maryland of the Mountain West)
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To: kristinn

Well written article.


79 posted on 02/24/2014 6:51:41 AM PST by uncitizen (Impeach the Communist Already!)
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To: kristinn
The New York Times blames Piers Morgan’s accent for failure to connect with Americans....................Amazing excuse
80 posted on 02/24/2014 6:59:37 AM PST by mandaladon (If you're going through hell, keep going. ~Winston Churchill)
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