started out as an editor at the News of the World before sneaking off to television and landing a cush gig in Larry King's seat at CNN.
The man is the very homonculus sculpted and breathed into life by Rupert Murdoch...Pier Morgan's idea of a tasteful headline was "Achtung Surrender!" (this on the eve of the a British-German football match).
So it is nothing but pure hilarity to watch this mook pussyfoot his way thru the current Newscorp scandal. Piers insisted up front with a quivering upper lip, that he knew nothing of the phone hacking scandal in tones suggestive of John Banner's "Sgt. Schultz".
Then Morgan floated the notion that Murdoch did not pay much attention to his newspapers (that one got shot down instantly by Ken Auletta and a righteous gentile from the Columbia School of Journalism.) which left the CNN host in a sort of sulky dither for the rest of the broadcast.
In truth, Piers Morgan is a sort of Limey Sammy Glick, a wealth-worshipping social climber who has a lot to hide from his long ascent to the top. I've long been curious about what went on during his editorship at the News of the World...Morgan absolved himself of any wrongdoing last night, but honestly you could see him sweat.
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