The Times of London reports that news celebrity Piers Morgan is throwing in the towel and has announced plans to quit his CNN show, stating that his vigorous anti-gun stance alienated “a vast swath of his audience… we have taken a bath in the ratings…..”

Piers Morgan, CNN’s resident Court Jester, has admitted defeat and is slinking back, tail between his legs, to the UK. (h/t to Front Page Mag for the photoshop)

Hmmm.  It’s almost like choices have consequences.  Sometimes significant financial ones.

“Three years after he launched himself on an unsuspecting American public as a prime-time interrogator of politicians and celebrities, Piers Morgan has admitted defeat in the nightly ratings battle and plans to step down from his CNN show.

The former tabloid editor, who has transformed himself into a cable news personality, said that dwindling viewing figures and an anti-gun campaign that alienated a vast swath of his audience had led him to conclude that his show had “run its course”.

“It’s been a painful period and lately we have taken a bath in the ratings,”…

Buh-bye, Piers.  DLTDHYOTWO.  😉

Piers Morgan, the sterotypical “Angry Progressive” finds his special blend of venom and vitriol has no marketability in conservative America.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/news/medianews/article4014060.ece?CMP=OTH-gnws-standard-2014_02_23

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