Piers Morgan storms off set after being called out by Alex, the GMB weatherman, on his behaviour

[chomalungma]

And his obsession with Meghan Markle.

Good. Piers Morgan is obsessed with her. And Alex called it right.

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Because I couldn't understand a word s/he was saying

The thing with PM though is that he never gave people a chance to answer. He just yelled more questions at them or interrupted them when they started speaking.

Exactly. Even when PM has been interviewing people I loathe, I found it really unsatisfactory because he would never let them reply properly so they could justifiably claim they hadn't been allowed to speak. It's terribly easy to sound tough by just shouting over the person you're interviewing; but a good interviewer does their homework, let's the person reply, then quietly takes their reply apart.

@sneakysnoopysniper

I dont agree with all his views but he is entitled to his opinion, no matter how extreme that might be. Whatever happened to the good old maxim that "I dont agree with what you say but I would defend to the death your right to say it?"

I am concerned at how free speech is being increasingly stifled in this country by the pathetic snowflakes and the woke brigade.

How is Morgan's right to free speech being stifled in any way? The right to free speech doesn't mean a right to have a regular job on national television. If it did, then most of us would be being deprived of our right to free speech every day.

The thing with PM though is that he never gave people a chance to answer. He just yelled more questions at them or interrupted them when they started speaking

Exactly. He is a bombastic, narcissistic, bullying man-child.

Anyone who says that he said "what most people are thinking" might as well save time and have a t-shirt printed saying "I'm an out of touch bully".

Ordinarily Morgan might have just apologised for calling Meghan a liar and moved on, but reading between the lines he's been angling for a new job and now he can position himself as the free speech, anti-woke crusader as he walks into GB News. The Piers Morgan Show where he can make it all about him for a few hours, which he may have done anyway with GMB but not to the same extent and without ITV bosses on his back. He can set the agenda more.

@Roussette

It's nothing to do with his views. He blasted the Government at times... good... but they wouldn't come on and be interviewed by him because of his bullying tactics.

Dominic Cummings ordered them not to. Gove described it as 'doing as he was telt' Once Cummings left they all came back on. All except Boris who is still frit. BJ didn't debate with Andrew Neil either.

Morgan can complain about his right to free speech in his weekly Daily Mail column, his daily no-holds-barred interactions with his 7 million Twitter followers and when he pitches up on one of the new right-wing TV news channels in the coming weeks.

All reminds me of that scene from Charlie Brooker's year review on Netflix where Lisa Kudrow plays the White House press officer and complains on 10 different platforms that she's being silenced.

Or the QAnon supporter Marjorie Taylor Greene wearing a face mask saying 'Censored' and another one saying 'Free Speech' all whilst having her say to the whole Senate on the Capitol Floor. Laughable.

I don't think these people know what free speech is, maybe they need a lesson from the Myanmar people.

I wonder how government ministers actually felt about being interviewed by PM? I suspect they may have viewed it as quite an easy gig, knowing they needn't bother to prepare much because they wouldn't be allowed to say anything anyway, all they would need to do was look hurt and complain that they weren't being allowed to finish what they were saying.

@Roussette

Or the QAnon supporter Marjorie Taylor Greene wearing a face mask saying 'Censored' and another one saying 'Free Speech' all whilst having her say to the whole Senate on the Capitol Floor. Laughable.

I don't think these people know what free speech is, maybe they need a lesson from the Myanmar people.

They're always the people who demand free speech but can't stand being called out on what they say.

An example with Piers was when he turned on Trump after his supporters stormed the Capitol. He didn't like being reminded of how he criticised anyone who warned of how Trump would be as a President and if he lost. Therefore he just blocked everyone on Twitter who pointed it out and acted like a cry baby then. Much the same as he reacted with Alex who hit too close to home.

He can't handle being wrong or being challenged about his own words. Those who shout about free speech are often the most intolerant people out there. Not as a rule, i'm a big believer in free speech myself, but you don't want a man child like him backing the cause.

@Nith

I wonder how government ministers actually felt about being interviewed by PM? I suspect they may have viewed it as quite an easy gig, knowing they needn't bother to prepare much because they wouldn't be allowed to say anything anyway, all they would need to do was look hurt and complain that they weren't being allowed to finish what they were saying.

I can't bear watching political interviews now. It's either "if you'd let me finish" every other sentence, or them being left free to lie and spin and not answer the question. Both are pointless. Morgan is the worst at the interrupting style.

He’s been offered a job by Andrew Neil apparently

@OverweightPidgeon

He’s been offered a job by Andrew Neil apparently

Well if that is true , that’s no surprise.

Btw - I actually think that Piers was furious that Meghan talked about her contemplating suicide, because it would mean that it would be difficult for him to criticise her .
He is definitely disturbed

As another poster suggested yesterday. Piers is a lazy journalist

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He’s been offered a job by Andrew Neil apparently

No surprise really but least if he is on some obscure news channel. He is out the way.

How could someone with so many contacts in the mental health industry claim to have no-one to call. Her husband is a prince and yet she had no advice.
Princess Diana went to private complementary medicine practitioners to sort her health issues herself.
Why could MM not have had the ownership of her issues to deal with it herself?
Piers Morgan is merely questioning the validity of the comments and we should all be open-minded about intention of allegations.
Her white family was completely excluded from the wedding for various reasons, but begs the question.
The timing itself is completely questionable. World in pandemic with losses rampaging all over.
I do not agree with Piers Morgan often and his rant was over the top, but his questioning of the truth was absolutely correct for journalism.

Just because a person has knowledge about mh issues doesn't mean they are physically able to open their mouths And say how they are out loud. And he didn't question anything he called her.a Liar! I'm sick to my stomach with people saying oh I don't often agree with Piers but... He ranted about a woman who didn't want to be his friend for years on TV in the papers on twitter that is fucking creepy !

I think in fairness penelopenonstop it is easy to see how you can become trapped in an institution like the Royal Family and nervous of the press and how it would be perceived you would want to do it their way. I think Dr Hilary said that morning they are two quite damaged people coming together and I think you don’t always see the way out

What I think should be happening is a real focus on ante natal depression there was a similar thread recently where a poster had suicidial thoughts simply because she was pregnant. Pregnancy can cause hormonal changes and imbalance that causes things like this but it is not something that many are aware of - like post natal depression is.

Questioning the validity of this I think does cross the line

Because I think where the line was crossed is actually it’s not about the validity of Meghans claims or whether she did or did not feel it. But a man stating in the way that he did that he did not believe her is incredibly damaging for all of those who are struggling to cope. For whom being pregnant is causing them to feel negative feelings and have negative thoughts and who are worried they may not be believed (because it isn’t as wifey known) that seeing Meghan not being trusted at all could be damaging.

He was led by his vitriol and hatred of Meghan to the extent he forgot about the wider implications

That isn’t being a neutral journalist questioning everything at all

Thank you Quartz this is probably what I should have said but ranted instead .

Because I think where the line was crossed is actually it’s not about the validity of Meghans claims or whether she did or did not feel it. But a man stating in the way that he did that he did not believe her is incredibly damaging for all of those who are struggling to cope

^^ This with knobs on.

He said that he wouldn't believe a weather report from her. That is so damaging out there for those that are really struggling with their dark thoughts.
The thought they might not be believed if they did reach out for help.
He's a twat.

@Nith

I wonder how government ministers actually felt about being interviewed by PM? I suspect they may have viewed it as quite an easy gig, knowing they needn't bother to prepare much because they wouldn't be allowed to say anything anyway, all they would need to do was look hurt and complain that they weren't being allowed to finish what they were saying.

I don't think so, they would have been on Sky and BBC and ignoring the questions, avoiding difficult issues and getting away with it. I stopped watching it a few months ago as he has been OTT about some things but holding ministers to account is something I think he did well and something that needed to be done.

Maybe someone could sort out Johnson telling lies in parliament which he seems to get away with over and over again and he's done it again this week.

So am I more worried about a T V presenter quitting/getting sacked or am I worried about a PM who lies, who has handled the pandemic very badly and spends (not sure if they've done it or are planning it) millions on Downing St and contracts for Tory supporters but can't pay NHS staff properly?

It isn't the TV presenter I'm worried about.

ancientgran

Spot on. We have a liar governing our country. Now that is a worry.

@User133847

Ordinarily Morgan might have just apologised for calling Meghan a liar and moved on, but reading between the lines he's been angling for a new job and now he can position himself as the free speech, anti-woke crusader as he walks into GB News. The Piers Morgan Show where he can make it all about him for a few hours, which he may have done anyway with GMB but not to the same extent and without ITV bosses on his back. He can set the agenda more.

I saw PM on his slagging MM off on Fox. So yes he probably has a job in the pipelines. He will go to America to spread his gospel about her and will be so happy to be near her which will be a pain for H&M.

With their egos, I wonder though if there is enough room for both him and Tucker Carlson.

He was sacked from.cnn wasn't he ?