Posted on 02/23/2014 4:27:25 PM PST by kristinn
There have been times when the CNN host Piers Morgan didnt 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.
Its 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.
CNNs 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 shows 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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No viewership.. no show.
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.
Don’t say that folks LOL!
Please stay way from Al Jazeera America
I think he go to MSNBC most likely
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
Not true. He was also a judge on America's Got Talent where he did something he loves to do. Judge Americans.
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
Now can we deport Piers Morgan?
Isn’t that classified as cruel and unusual punishment.
I guess his ground breaking interview with Rachel Jenteal, Czarina of linguistics, was retardet.
funny, maybe they will hire bananas foster as his replacement :)
BUMP!
Dang it!. Unfortunately, I can’t un-see that visual.
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.
Beat me to it!
PING!
Yes, they can go hang with Penn, and they can all scrounge for TP together.
Oh, Gnarly!!!
Well written article.
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