Heh: @DaveWeigel Dismantles @PiersMorgan, But Good

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 Deft, but also delightfully brutal:

Sunday night, after David Carr broke the news that Piers Morgan would be ending his CNN show, I searched Twitter to find how his fans were taking it. This was a mistake. Really, who was a Piers Morgan fan? Have you ever met one? No, reaction to CNN’s scheduling news ran the gamut from suppressed glee to running-naked-through-the-streets glee, from gun lovers declaring victory over the “Brit” to nonpartisan journalists reminiscing about Morgan’s finest ethical lapses. . . .
The live broadcast of Morgan’s show drew around half the viewers that MSNBC did, and a fifth as many as Fox News. Morgan welcomed Fox’s Megyn Kelly to 9 p.m. by telling her (on Twitter) to “bring it on.” She did.
In fact, Morgan’s humiliation was so total that he’s at risk of becoming a martyr for True Journalism. . . . Were we wrong about the guy?
We were not. Morgan was the beneficiary of a curious American habit. We assign 20 extra IQ points to anyone who speaks with a British accent, redistributing them from the people who speak with Southern accents. . . .

It goes on from there. Having known Weigel since 2006, when he worked at the libertarian magazine Reason, I understand that conservatives hate Weigel for his relentless sarcasm, which is usually aimed at Republicans. His sarcasm is much more enjoyable when aimed at somebody you hate, and everybody hates Piers Morgan.

 

26 comments

  1. Oh, I dunno. If people hated Ponce Morgan they’d want him devoured by rabid ferrets, not deported to face British justice for his crimes.

    Of course, the bonus to the former would be that everybody also hates rabid ferrets.

  11. No, wait, I’ve changed my mind! The denouncement is completely unjustified, because I have suggested replacing an old white male with a woman, and our esteemed host noted, in his next article, the lack of women in America’s newsrooms. So, I’m good with all of this.

  13. What, does Weigel pick up a lunch check or bar tab every now and then?

    For my part, Piers can take Dave back to Merry Olde England to report on his trial.

  14. I don’t want him to face British justice. They discontinued beheading after the executions for Culloden and that’s what he deserves.

  23. Seriously, I have a friend who is a big fan of is. He thinks Morgan is a great interviewer. No joke. So there is one fan out there.

  24. When she first got the Wendy’s gig, someone sent me her personal website after I remarked that she definitely made me hungry. None of her promo shots were as a redhead. She had plenty of blonde and brunette shades, not a ginger among them.

    I can’t find that site now, and she’s a redhead in every picture everywhere now.

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