Carney: 'This Administration Has a Record on Transparency That Outdoes

May 17th, 2013 1:05 PM
"This administration has a record on transparency that outdoes any previous administration's." So astonishingly said White House press secretary Jay Carney on CNN Thursday without the slightest pushback from host Piers Morgan (video follows with transcript and commentary):

CNN Covered Arias Trial More In One Day Than the Gosnell Trial In Eigh

May 14th, 2013 10:44 AM
CNN gave more coverage to the Jodi Arias trial in one day than it did to the entire Kermit Gosnell trial over the span of eight weeks. NewsBusters already reported how the congressional hearings on the Benghazi attacks disappeared amidst CNN's incessant live coverage of tabloid crime stories. When the verdict was reached in the Arias trial last Wednesday, CNN's coverage for the day totaled…

Piers Morgan Makes Cameo on CBS's '2 Broke Girls,' Talks Male Genitali

May 7th, 2013 5:49 PM
Is Jeff Zucker happy that his prime-time host is trying to gin up attention on other airwaves by making crude male body part references? Or is this simply the "new" CNN? CNN's Piers Morgan played himself as a CNN host on Monday night's CBS show 2 Broke Girls. On a mock set of his show, he interviewed one of the protagonists trying to defend her father's credibility against false and…

Piers Morgan Trolls Conservative Radio Host as She Tweets from Gun Ran

May 6th, 2013 10:46 AM
After conservative radio host Dana Loesch tweeted about firing "all manner" of guns with friends at her local range this past weekend, CNN's resident gun police Piers Morgan swooped in to badger her. Twitchy had the exchange. Morgan mocked Loesch's gun range tweet, "Yee-haw!" and pointed out, for all those unaware, that the AR-15 rifle she tweeted a picture of was "The assault rifle used at…

Piers Morgan Admits He Wants UK-Style Gun Ban in the States

May 3rd, 2013 11:33 AM
For the second time on Piers Morgan's CNN show, Breitbart's Ben Shapiro got the better of his host as on Thursday he goaded Morgan into calling for a British-style handgun ban in the U.S. "You're from the UK, why don't we go with a full gun ban?" Shapiro challenged Morgan, who, audibly flustered, admitted, "Listen, we've discussed this. The UK has 40, 50 gun murders a year, America has 12,…

State Senator to Piers Morgan: Now That Gun Control Failed When Are Yo

April 25th, 2013 10:24 AM
CNN's Piers Morgan had a fiery debate with controversial State Senator Stacey Campfield (R-Tenn.) on Wednesday. At one point, Campfield said, "Now that gun control has failed, Piers, I'm wondering when are you going to move back to England. Because everyone in Tennessee is dying to know" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

CNN Guest: Boston Bomber Likely Not ‘Radical Right' - Target Wasn't

April 17th, 2013 12:05 AM
If you’re looking for someone to come on your program and bash conservatives – especially in the wake of an incident such as Monday’s Boston Marathon bombing – the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Mark Potok is your man. On CNN’s Piers Morgan Live Tuesday, Potok disgracefully said the perpetrator of Monday's attack likely wasn't a member of the "radical right" because the target wasn't "black…

Amidst CNN's Gun Control Advocacy, Joe Manchin Thanks CNN for Its 'Sup

April 11th, 2013 6:01 PM
CNN's pro-gun control bias is so bad, Democratic Senator Joe Manchin (W.Va.) thanked them for their "support" of his gun bill on Thursday's Starting Point. This came after CNN's press release begged Congress to expand background checks. "We appreciate your support, too. This is very, very important," Manchin told CNN after co-host John Berman noted the Senator's "compromise deal" he had been…

Piers Morgan Invokes Texas College Stabbing to Champion Gun Laws

April 10th, 2013 2:59 PM
CNN's Piers Morgan used the stabbing of 14 people at Lone Star College on Tuesday to argue that gun laws prevented what could have been a massacre. On Tuesday's Piers Morgan Live, Morgan hosted two students from the college who said they could have prevented the stabbing had they been allowed to carry guns; he replied that that would create "total Wild West madness" and argued that gun laws…

Like in Chicago? CNN's Amanpour Says Stricter Gun Laws Equals Less Gun

April 10th, 2013 12:33 PM
On Tuesday's Piers Morgan Live, CNN's Christiane Amanpour claimed that states with strict gun laws have "lower gun crime" and argued for more gun control. By citing "states" she ignored cities like Chicago, which has strict gun laws along with alarming homicide numbers. "The fact of the matter is that in states inside the United States where there are tougher gun laws, there is lower gun…

Amidst Fading Support for Gun Control, Piers Morgan Says It's 'The NRA

April 5th, 2013 12:23 PM
When CNN's Piers Morgan accused the NRA of fighting the American people on his Thursday show, GOP strategist Kelly Conway retorted that public favor for gun control has waned despite the best efforts of President Obama (and Piers Morgan). "You're making this about the NRA versus the people," Conway told Morgan, who affirmed "That's what it is." She then slapped down his claim that the NRA is…

Piers Morgan Hits Michael Reagan for Reinforcing 'Bigotry That Pervade

April 4th, 2013 3:57 PM
CNN's Piers Morgan put Michael Reagan through the wringer on Wednesday over a small portion of his op-ed on churches and same-sex marriage. Morgan barely discussed the overall point of the article, focusing instead on "very controversial comments" near the end of the op-ed. Within his call for churches to openly oppose same-sex marriage, Reagan had noted a "slippery slope" that would occur…

Masters Champ Bubba Watson Leaves Note in Piers Morgan's Office Callin

April 2nd, 2013 11:32 PM
As NewsBusters reported last April, professional golfer Bubba Watson after winning the 2012 Masters Championship told CNN's Piers Morgan that he was a "pr--k" for how he behaved on America's Got Talent. On Tuesday's Piers Morgan Live, Watson told the travelling Morgan that he was in his office today, and left a message for him again calling him a "pr--k."

CNNers Trash DOMA, Support Same-Sex Marriage, Call Its Opponents 'Homo

March 28th, 2013 3:23 PM
While CNN claims to be non-partisan, anchors have been openly expressing their favor for same-sex marriage and advocating the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). Host Piers Morgan and anchor Don Lemon even descended into smearing opponents of same-sex marriage as "homophobic" and akin to segregationists. On Wednesday, Morgan tweeted, "What politicians are beginning to realise -…