Piers Morgan Begs Jerry Springer to Run for Office

February 3rd, 2012 2:41 PM
A week after he pushed liberal actor Alec Baldwin to enter politics, CNN's Piers Morgan lauded Jerry Springer and told him to "Get into politics." Apparently, Piers Morgan Tonight has become a place to encourage liberal celebrities to run for office.  "It is time you did your duty for your country," Morgan solemnly told Springer on Thursday night's Piers Morgan Tonight. [Video below the…

Alec Baldwin Names Thank You Call from Ted Kennedy the ‘Greatest Mom

January 30th, 2012 6:36 AM
Actor/left-wing activist Alec Baldwin, who on Sunday night won a Screen Actors Guild Award (best actor in a comedy series) for his role on NBC’s 30 Rock, last week identified the “greatest single moment” of his life as when he received a call from Senator Ted Kennedy thanking him for his campaign work. That occurred in 1994 when Kennedy was running for re-election against some guy named Mitt…

Piers Morgan Fawns Over 'Razor Smart' Alec Baldwin, 'Talking Like a Pr

January 26th, 2012 1:20 PM
Alec Baldwin is part of the Hollywood liberal elite, but that didn't stop CNN's Piers Morgan – whose job is to be an objective and fair interviewer – from pressing him to run for office. Morgan slobbered over Baldwin's intelligence and expressed that he is a "political fan" of him in a Wednesday night interview. "People will be watching this, Alec, saying, look at this guy. He looks razor…

Piers Morgan Praises Jimmy Carter for 'Malaise' Speech

January 19th, 2012 12:40 PM
According to CNN's Piers Morgan, former President Jimmy Carter was "right" for criticizing the "self-indulgence and consumption" of many Americans in his infamous 1979 "Malaise Speech." Morgan might find himself with a minority of Americans who actually favored Carter pointing the finger at the country, but that didn't stop him from blaming the recent financial meltdown on a failure to listen…

Piers Morgan and Rosie O'Donnell Bash 'Anti-Homosexuals' Republicans

January 18th, 2012 7:18 PM
CNN's Piers Morgan never even tried to conceal his support for gay marriage while he hosted "special guest" Rosie O'Donnell for the one-year anniversary of his prime-time CNN show. The Tuesday interview morphed into a GOP-bashing festival as the two liberals derided some Republicans for their "anti-gay" remarks. Morgan never pressed O'Donnell about her past espousal of 9/11 "truther"…

Dennis Miller Smacks Down Piers Morgan for Calling Breitbart Evil

January 11th, 2012 5:04 PM
As NewsBusters previously reported, CNN's Piers Morgan on Tuesday told Andrew Breitbart that he's "notoriously evil about almost everybody." The following morning, comedian and syndicated radio host Dennis Miller called Morgan out for this affront likening him to "Norah O'Donnell in an ascot" while advising him to check the Neilsen ratings "to see how long people are bumping into [his] show…

Piers Morgan Tells Andrew Breitbart 'You Are Notoriously Evil About Al

January 11th, 2012 9:06 AM
CNN's Piers Morgan on Tuesday displayed a remarkably horrid bedside manner toward his guest Andrew Breitbart saying "you are notoriously evil about almost everybody." An obviously shocked Breitbart responded, "Well, I don't think you know me, Piers Morgan. I think we've maybe spent eight seconds together" (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):

Tom Brokaw Warns 'Income Inequality' Could Lead to 'Class War

December 18th, 2011 9:34 PM
Appearing as a guest on Wednesday's Piers Morgan Tonight on CNN ,as he discussed the Occupy Wall Street protests, former NBC anchor Tom Brokaw warned that a "class war" could develop unless "income inequality" is addressed. Brokaw:

Tom Brokaw: President Clinton Thought Saddam Hussein Had WMD

December 15th, 2011 6:53 AM
Appearing as a guest on Wednesday's Piers Morgan Tonight on CNN, former NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw recounted some of the rationale behind why the Bush administration believed that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction before the invasion of Iraq, even noting that President Clinton had also believed in the presence of WMD. (Video below)

Rudy Giuliani and Piers Morgan Want Campaign to Get Drunken Alec Baldw

December 13th, 2011 1:09 PM
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and CNN's Piers Morgan want a campaign to get actor Alec Baldwin back on Twitter. As they discussed Baldwin's now infamous plane incident on Piers Morgan Tonight Monday, the host noted, "When he's had a couple of glasses of wine at midnight, he's absolutely hysterical" on the social networking website. Even more comically, Giuliani agreed (video follows…

Piers Morgan Shills for Obama; President Has His 'Gander' Back

December 13th, 2011 12:59 PM
CNN's Piers Morgan easily could have been mistaken for Obama campaign strategist David Axelrod on his Monday night show. In two separate interviews -- with RNC chairman Reince Priebus and Hollywood Obama supporter Harvey Weinstein -- Morgan kept chipping in on behalf of the President's re-election in 2012. When RNC chairman Reince Priebus attacked Obama's low poll numbers, Morgan countered…

Michael Moore Absurdly Claims He Would Never Question a Republican's P

December 7th, 2011 1:41 PM
Liberal filmmaker Michael Moore claimed on CNN Tuesday night that he would never question a Republican's patriotism and love for country, although he has done all but actually say those very words in the last decade. "I would never question a Republican of whether or not they loved America or whether they were patriotic or whatever," Moore claimed innocence on Tuesday's Piers Morgan Tonight…

CNN's Piers Morgan: 'A Lot of Things Are Just Perfect About Barack Oba

December 6th, 2011 12:06 PM
Obama's re-election campaign received a huge boost Monday night from CNN's Piers Morgan. The host groveled before Obama's campaign strategist David Axelrod, gushing that "A lot of things are just perfect about Barack Obama." The interview could have been served on a silver platter for the Obama campaign. Morgan's first question went thus: "I would imagine that you guys are feeling fairly…

Frank Rich: John Birch 'Radical Right' Is Now the GOP Base

November 29th, 2011 1:34 PM
Liberal columnist Frank Rich claimed on Monday's Piers Morgan Tonight that the "radical right" which began during the Kennedy administration is now the base of the Republican Party. Both he and CNN's Piers Morgan also drew parallels between the environment which led to Kennedy's assassination and the politically-charged atmosphere now. Rich's most recent column – which NewsBusters has…