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Piers Morgan Out at CNN? Is Our Long National Nightmare Really Over? (Who should take his job?)
Pajamas Media ^ | 02/24/2014 | Bryan Preston

Posted on 02/24/2014 11:01:58 AM PST by SeekAndFind

You may remember where you were sitting or standing when you heard this news. Or, given Piers Morgan’s pitiful ratings, you may have to be reminded that he has a show at all. In either case, here’s some good news for a Monday: Crusading against our Second Amendment rights has finally cost Piers Morgan his primetime gig at CNN.

I received a return call from Mr. Morgan and was prepared for an endless argument over my assumptions. Not so. His show, he conceded, was not performing as he had hoped and was nearing its end.

“It’s been a painful period and lately we have taken a bath in the ratings,” he said, adding that although there had been times when the show connected in terms of audience, slow news days were problematic.

“Look, I am a British guy debating American cultural issues, including guns, which has been very polarizing, and there is no doubt that there are many in the audience who are tired of me banging on about it,” he said. “That’s run its course and Jeff and I have been talking for some time about different ways of using me.”

The bathrooms could probably use a good scrubbing. It would be more honest work than anything Morgan has engaged in up to now as well.

CNN is mulling over kicking Morgan to some kind of “special event interview” show. Which means that they don’t really want to fire him, even though he did not perform in his job. It must be nice to be a leftwing pundit.

If I were Jeff Zucker and had that 9 p.m. timeslot to fill now, I would not do what is expected of CNN. What he should do is learn from the network that is dominating right now. Fox is succeeding not necessarily because it is “conservative.” Fox succeeds by mixing a few elements together that work. People talk about Fox’s eye-candy factor, and there’s not getting around the fact that many of Fox’s talent are easy on the eyes. They are also sharp and in command of their air. Fox is far less predictable than either CNN or MSNBC, and by that, I mean that on any given night you will see Megyn Kelly, Greta Van Susteren, Sean Hannity and Bill O’Reilly bring on commenters from all over the political spectrum. All of Fox’s hosts are serious professionals, and only one of them is identifiably Republican. But they all strive to be fair to conservative viewpoints and liberal viewpoints alike. They also mix in cultural stories and the latest outrageous legal cases, reaching into tabloid land without going full TMZ.

Morgan never even pretended to try to be fair. He is predictable, obnoxious and pretentious — and more than a shade dishonest. All of that is off-putting, and generates must-watch-whatever-else-is-on TV.

CNN would do well to find a host who is more engaging, fair and honest, highly informed and capable of dealing with all comers with sound arguments and wit, unpredictable, more of an iconoclast to both sides than a water carrier for either one. Here’s a suggestion.



TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: cnn; piersmorgan; rehash
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I see Larry King still being interviewed in many places. I did not think he was ready to retire then.
1 posted on 02/24/2014 11:01:58 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
“Look, I am a British guy debating American cultural issues, including guns,

Once again, America uses guns to defeat the British!

2 posted on 02/24/2014 11:04:02 AM PST by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: SeekAndFind
as to who shoud take his place?....


3 posted on 02/24/2014 11:04:17 AM PST by MeshugeMikey (Where are The Weapons Of Mass Global Climate Change Destruction?)
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To: SeekAndFind

Jeremy Clarkson
(see his history w/Morgan)


4 posted on 02/24/2014 11:04:34 AM PST by E.Allen
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To: SeekAndFind
Best replacement for Piers Morgan:


5 posted on 02/24/2014 11:04:46 AM PST by LyinLibs (If victims of islam were more "islamophobic," maybe they'd still be alive.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Who? Al Franken.


6 posted on 02/24/2014 11:06:48 AM PST by DBrow
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To: LyinLibs
Oh look the ratings went up....


7 posted on 02/24/2014 11:08:14 AM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Cletus is available!

I have no experience and I am ideologically emotional in my approach.


8 posted on 02/24/2014 11:09:23 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym defines the science.)
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To: SeekAndFind

There was a rumor that CNN is going after the recently unemployed Jay Leno for the spot. That would probably be a good choice, Jay is as liberal as the rest of them, but he knows what the American people want and keeps his political views to himself.


9 posted on 02/24/2014 11:10:39 AM PST by apillar
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To: SeekAndFind

The test pattern Native American.


10 posted on 02/24/2014 11:10:51 AM PST by Dr. Ursus
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To: SeekAndFind

What about the other blonde fag with the brown ring around his mouth? He too needs to go and take up residence at the nearest public bathroom.


11 posted on 02/24/2014 11:10:52 AM PST by Neoliberalnot (Marxism works well only with the uneducated and the unarmed.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Piers Morgan was a man on a mission to help “fundamentally transform.” America.

His contemptable, snarky attitude towards Americans and particularly those who disagreed with him, and his views made this inevitable.

Couldn’t happen to a more deserving person...err, well, actually it could.

Barack Hussein Obama, whose own ratings, and whose own attitudes are very similar...but whose impact is greater by many orders of magnitude is much more deserving.

America at the Crossroads of History
http://www.jeffhead.com/crossroads.htm

Who really is Barack Hussein Obama?
http://www.jeffhead.com/whoisobama.htm

If I were President, here’s what I would do
http://www.jeffhead.com/aspres.htm


12 posted on 02/24/2014 11:11:33 AM PST by Jeff Head
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To: SeekAndFind
"People talk about Fox’s eye-candy factor,"

Eye-candy reinforced with intelligence!

13 posted on 02/24/2014 11:12:02 AM PST by PoloSec ( Believe the Gospel: how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

Replacement for Piers Morgan? Easy.

Give Michelle Malkin the 9:00pm slot.


14 posted on 02/24/2014 11:12:23 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (Insurgent Conservative)
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To: SeekAndFind

i think a rotting melon just sitting there would do equal or better than piers,


15 posted on 02/24/2014 11:18:14 AM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Dr. Ursus
Without some aluminum foil, can't even get the test pattern


16 posted on 02/24/2014 11:19:52 AM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

Don’t you have a trained ferret you could bring on the air during the slow news days?


17 posted on 02/24/2014 11:20:45 AM PST by Izzy Dunne (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help me spread by copying me into YOUR tag line.)
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To: Izzy Dunne

Sorry, Karl Rove said he is unavailable....


18 posted on 02/24/2014 11:21:28 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel (Catastrophic Anthropogenic Climate Alterations: The acronym defines the science.)
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To: SeekAndFind

If I were Zucker, I’d take a chance on a new conservative...someone nobody’s ever heard of.


19 posted on 02/24/2014 11:21:54 AM PST by ealgeone (obama, border)
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To: SeekAndFind

like I posted on another thread on this loser.

I am sure PMSNBC is salivating to get him....he fits their ultra leftist slime style to a T.


20 posted on 02/24/2014 11:22:44 AM PST by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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