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2014/03/13 14:48:29
Subject: Nice Summary of Why Piers Morgan was Fired
I will apologize now for Beiber but we only have so many means at our disposal to torture the USA. It is particularly painful since I live close to his home town of Stratford (ack!).
Piers is enough of a turkey that I could not honestly justify inflicting him on anyone except maybe the French, they may like his brand of humor send him to:
The Island of St. Pierre just off of the coast of Newfoundland Canada: it is a France territory.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Pierre_and_Miquelon
I cannot however apologize the thumping in hockey that was administered, it is something that has to be done.
There, averting an international crisis.
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2014/03/13 16:02:10
Subject: Nice Summary of Why Piers Morgan was Fired
That channel is not a news channel, it is a celebrity news anchor channel paying more attention to promoting their news anchors to larger than life status than actually broadcasting the news.
AMANPOUR this, ZAKARIA that, QUEST there, MORGAN here...it's all about their shows.
CNN is all glam, nothing else. Oh and a great place to watch travel ads.
Heck, the whole channel basically boils down to 5 minutes news, 5 minutes break, followed by 5 minute interview part 1, 5 minute break, 5 minutes interview part 2, 5 minute break, 5 minute interview part 3, 5 minute break, and then the weather.
The Channel is even so arrogant as to advertise the awards it has earned boldly...to me, it looks like someone is struggling to keep their image.
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2014/03/13 17:40:58
Subject: Nice Summary of Why Piers Morgan was Fired
America, we are really sorry we have been stuck with him for the past few years, but please, for the love of god do not send him back to us.
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Tzeentch: "So did we miss anything while we were away"
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2014/03/13 18:00:36
Subject: Nice Summary of Why Piers Morgan was Fired
You know, you gotta wonder how he feels about being the most hated man on earth. Does he even care? Has he even figured it out? Kim Jong Un is probably more popular.
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2014/03/13 19:25:13
Subject: Nice Summary of Why Piers Morgan was Fired
Lots of people are trying to make some kind of comment about US culture from Piers Morgan having bad ratings and getting fired. But they seem to be missing the fact that Piers Morgan doesn't really work out anywhere because he's a boorish, unpleasant jerk who doesn't really have anyt interesting insights.
None of those things are fatal in and of themselves. You can hold unpopular opinions and even put them forcefully, but if you're smart people will respect that and you might find an audience. And talkshows are full of people with nothing interesting to say, but who say it in a pleasant manner. But combine all of them and well, there's nothing remarkable or uniquely American about Morgan's failure.
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2014/03/14 12:33:37
Subject: Nice Summary of Why Piers Morgan was Fired
He's an example of the Peter Principle turned on its head.
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
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2014/03/14 14:10:32
Subject: Nice Summary of Why Piers Morgan was Fired
notprop wrote: I'd just like to say contrary to my countrymen, we're not sorry about him or that fact that he's now your problem.
You employed him, you fed him and you gave him attention (well a little bit anyway), now you have to look after him.
You youngsters need to understand that a pet isn't just for a sort run chat show. It's a whoooole life commitment.
No backsies!
Agreed with this - We sure as feth don't want him back!
Unless we can get Jeremy Clarkson to punch him in the face again...
Seconded
But as a compromise.... If someone can get the number of his flight, and someone else can slip me a SAM launcher then i think we can compromise....
Put Beiber on the flight too-2 birds 1 missile
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2014/03/14 23:23:50
Subject: Nice Summary of Why Piers Morgan was Fired