Piers Morgan slams care minister as 30,000 care home residents die
Piers Morgan told Helen Whately to stop pretending about protective ring around care homes
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Britain s Got Talent is said to have been the most complained about show of 2020 after more than 31,000 viewers contacted Ofcom.
It comes after the ITV series became the most complained about show of the decade following Diversity s Black Lives Matter-inspired dance routine.
Elsewhere, Good Morning Britain finished in second place for complaints in 2020 with This Morning in third position, according to a Freedom of Information request made by The Sun.
Complaints: Britain s Got Talent is said to have been the most complained about show of 2020 after more than 31,000 viewers contacted Ofcom (Ashley Banjo pictured during Diversity s BLM-inspired routine)
Diversity s Black Lives Matter-inspired performance during Britain s Got Talent s first semi-final attracted more than 25,000 complaints to Ofcom.
Media and Data Minister John Whittingdale has defended Piers Morgan’s aggressive political interview technique during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Ministers boycotted Morgan’s ITV programme Good Morning Britain for 200 days until mid-November after he was outspoken in his on-air criticism of the Government’s handling of the crisis.
Some 3,200 people complained to Ofcom about two April interviews with Care Minister Helen Whately while a further 600 complained after Morgan grilled Health Secretary Matt Hancock. The regulator decided not to investigate.
Whittingdale said: “I don’t object to an aggressive interview style, I think if you’re in public life you have to accept that.