Piers Morgan faces renewed scrutiny over Desert Island Discs comments [View All]

Source: The Guardian

Piers Morgan is under scrutiny in the United States as part of the phone hacking scandal backwash. The latest example, by the Daily Beast's editor-at-large, Lloyd Grove, is headlined Morgan admits dodgy practices.

It begins by noting that the "embattled CNN host... has spent much of the past week denying any involvement in questionable journalistic tactics and lashing out at his critics." The comes the "but"...

"But in a nearly forgotten interview on a BBC radio programme two years ago, Morgan admitted to knowing of some of the news- and gossip-gathering practices that are now under investigation by the UK government...

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Consider this as well. In February this year, Morgan conducted an interview with Naomi Campbell for GQ magazine, which was published under his byline in question-and-answer format.

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Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2011/jul/27/piersmorgan-phone-hacking

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So, now there are two interviews in which Piers alludes to the shady practices while he was in charge, one in February of this year.

Interesting.