What a little bitch
Iâm a little shocked he caved so easily - but then again he always came across as someone more then happy to give it but never liked taking it.
âJournalists as a bunch tend to be pretty thin-skinned. They dish it out to other people but they hate having anyone come after them. Rarely does anybody take it well or with good humour.â Paul Barry MediaWatch 14 May 2018
âNever let facts get in the way of good old-fashioned prejudice.â Paul Barry MediaWatch 21 May 2018
You do wonder why he didnât wait t reply
That reaction really made him look think-skinned. It was almost like when a bully is constantly harassing and gets challenged, he turns to water and runs away.
On my Facebook feed Piers is the second biggest story after Meghan.
US, UK, Hollywood, AU news outlets all feature him heavily.
Brilliant marketing ploy for his move to GB News
He seems proud of himself. News reports are saying he quit rather than apologise for his comments. He knows what heâs doing and this is brilliant marketing for his next role.
I worry this new GB News channel will turn out to be as divisive and destructive as Fox News.
Thereâs something about this that feels to be a manufactured outcomE, whether he ends up at GB News or not will be something to watch out for
Probably the most talked about broadcaster in the world right now. Just the kind of thing a start up network would love
Whoâs just thrown basically an adult tantrum, such a great look
The incident (and Morgan) have got way more publicity out of this they deserve
As much as Morgan keeps claiming his âdepartureâ is a âfree speechâ issue, itâs clear that the issue is his dismissal/belittling of the claims Meghan made about her mental health
Agree.
The Chair of ITV also strongly disagreed with the comments regarding suicide.
Plus the regulator.
Love US reporters getting outaged about OFCOM, confusing freedom of speech with outrageous speech on public airwaves. If only they spoke to Howard Stern about how much freedom of speech he had on terrestrial radio.
Funny how those who are so insistent that they âquitâ their jobs they left suddenly are also so vocal about being âcancelledâ.
No doubt about it he was basically fired, although his contract was soon up for renewal anyway as heâd signed a one year extension around this time last year.
Itâs very likely theyâll just replace him in the short term by using the talent they have and the one or two regular stand ins theyâve used in recent years, and as the show isnât afraid to have two females anchor the show they can use their team quite flexibly. If they bring in someone new, and I think long term they need another male anchor, they likely wonât start till September I imagine.
Itâs bizarre behaviour
I reckon Alex Beresford should host with Susanna next week. He is one of the most talked about people in the UK, ITV would be mad not to at least give him a go IMO.
Highly doubt Ben Sheppard would want to go back to a five day week (him cutting his days back allowed Piers to join the show in 2015), due to his charity, sport and Tipping Point commitments. I also doubt Kate Garroway would want to do five days again, because her husband has been battling COVID for the last year (really sad story).
Alex has been a weather anchor on GMB for years, and hosted for the first time last year during the UK summer.
I reckon he did a better job than Adil Ray and Sean Fletcher, who normally fill-in.
Can understand why he didnât yesterday, as it probably wouldâve been uncomfortable him sitting there while Susanna was addressing the issue at the start of the show (or he may simply have not been available).
lol presenter more like.
I think at best Alex might occassionally fill in on Thu/Fri with Ben moving up to Mon-Wed, depending on his Tipping Point commitments. He cut down to 2 days a week to film that, but considering theyâve been airing ânewâ episodes since September and are yet to air any episodes filmed with Covid precautions, despite it being one of the first shows back in production, they must have a significant number in the can so even if he is filming it at the moment they may be able to scale back if needs be.
TBH Easter is coming up anyway and Piers usually has 3-4 weeks off over Easter, so theyâve probably got most of the next month sorted anyway.
No Susanna today.
They really need to hold onto her. Donât let her slip away.
I think Susanna presents Mon-Wed only anyway