Could Piers Morgan s Departure Be a Blessing in Disguise For ITV?
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Eighteen months ago, Piers Morgan, famous for winding up anyone with a “woke” agenda, joked to a Royal Television Society conference of senior U.K. TV executives that he was “one vegan sausage-roll wrap from being fired.”
On Tuesday, after five years hosting flagship ITV show, “Good Morning Britain,” Morgan and ITV parted company. After losing his cool live on air during a row over Meghan Markle with a fellow presenter, Morgan stormed off set saying: “OK. I’m done with this.” He did return to complete the show, but the damage was done, and “Good Morning Britain” will continue minus its opinionated host.
As Fox News Struggles at Home, Murdoch Brings Its Playbook to the U.K.
His venture and another upstart by a rival group of investors will challenge the BBC and Britain’s efforts to guard against political bias in television news.
The Fox News headquarters in New York.Credit.Celeste Sloman for The New York Times
Published Feb. 16, 2021Updated March 18, 2021
LONDON Beset by declining ratings, upheaval in its on-air ranks and a multibillion-dollar defamation suit related to its election coverage, Fox News is staggering out of the Trump era blamed by many for seeding the poisonous political culture that brought a violent mob into the halls of the United States Capitol.