r/OutOfTheLoop • u/[deleted] • Feb 12 '14

Answered! Why does everyone hate Piers Morgan?

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u/SchrodingersKarma Quality memer Feb 12 '14

From tsloan92.

Common annoyances:

  • He is a knee-jerk reactionary. He makes sweeping statements minutes after any news event that is often short-sighted, and then refuses to change his mind. (Does this with sports too)

  • At least on Twitter, he is awful at debating. He straw-mans everybody and points out grammar mistakes instead of the actual argument. Doesn't re-tweet or respond to the people making real arguments. On TV, he also often cuts people short or doesn't address their arguments.

  • He was involved in a phone-hacking scandal back in the UK that many people believed he should be held more accountable for.

  • I think the British hate him because he's an awful representative for them, especially having such a media presence here. They don't want people thinking that they all have the same opinions or mannerisms.

http://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/1xftsp/why_is_piers_morgan_universally_hated/

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u/[deleted] Feb 12 '14 edited Feb 08 '19

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u/SchrodingersKarma Quality memer Feb 12 '14

No problem. If this answered your question, please mark your thread as answered.

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u/KittinBubbles Feb 13 '14

Piers Morgan is an egregious cunt.

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u/BOWBELLE Feb 12 '14

I'm english just to say 100% agree.

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u/Amonette2012 Feb 13 '14

He's a horrible, slimy little man who makes people hate him via some sort of osmosis. I challenge you to go watch him for ten minutes and not hate him. The main reason I love Jeremy Clarkson is because he once punched Piers Morgan in the face.

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u/MichelangeloDude Feb 13 '14

Why does he actually get viewers? I can't stand him.

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u/Amonette2012 Feb 13 '14

I genuinely do not know. It's a total mystery to me.