When Good Morning Britain’s pursuit of easy targets for Piers Morgan went too far
So this was spewed out by the nerve centre of ITV breakfast show Good Morning Britain today.
On next we’ll meet the man who claims he can 'cure' homosexuality in men. Any thoughts?
— Good Morning Britain (@GMB) September 5, 2017
It might have seemed like a good idea at the time. It wasn’t. Here’s a selection of people’s ‘thoughts’.
1.
That putting them on TV may result in gay kids killing themselves or being harassed by their families.
— Tom Coates (@tomcoates) September 5, 2017
2.
My thought is that maybe you could have a different guest and talk about something else
— Damon Green (@damongreenITV) September 5, 2017
3.
You ok hun?
— BBC Comedy (@bbccomedy) September 5, 2017
4.
Fixed that for you pic.twitter.com/sRiNal4iGw
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) September 5, 2017
5.
Thoughts? How about you don’t give this kind of hate the airtime? No doubt Piers will bathe in this like the venom he spouts.
— Phil Ford (@philford) September 5, 2017
6.
My thoughts are that you know full well the harm and damage doing this risks but feel the 'controversy' will be good for viewing figures https://t.co/BwTUknW0Ci
— Dean Burnett (@garwboy) September 5, 2017
7.
Don't give men who see sexuality as a disease that must be cured a platform on morning tv in 2017? https://t.co/TTOHILdjeo
— sianushka (@sianushka) September 5, 2017
8.
So you're saying you don't have a single gay man on your production team who told you this was a terrible idea? Or you just ignored them?
— Rob (@bobbert_) September 5, 2017
9.
Can you imagine a TV show in which gay people discussed curing people of their heterosexuality?
— Tom Coates (@tomcoates) September 5, 2017
10.
This is nectar to Piers Morgan.His daily rant slot.Actually weakens his own argument by the way he treats interviewees.
— Linda Jenkins (@LinRoy36) September 5, 2017
11.
This isn't just wildly offensive, it's downright dangerous. Not a fun little controversialist he-said she-said segment.
— James Ball (@jamesrbuk) September 5, 2017
It’s always a sign of something if a tweet generates many more comments than it does likes, or retweets. Have another look.
On next we’ll meet the man who claims he can 'cure' homosexuality in men. Any thoughts?
— Good Morning Britain (@GMB) September 5, 2017
And because you didn’t watch it – please, don’t feel the need – here’s the bell end in full. Interviewing another bell end.
Gay conversion therapy: @piersmorgan and @susannareid100 challenge Dr Michael Davidson’s views on homosexuality pic.twitter.com/qZxmLMgZRz
— Good Morning Britain (@GMB) September 5, 2017
Hi @Ofcom, how does one report a TV show segment for inciting hatred towards a community on national television? Thanks.
— Drewberry (@drew8799) September 5, 2017
Later on today’s Good Morning Britain.
On now we're joined by comedian and novelist @JulianClary pic.twitter.com/uoSA1VxwGw
— Good Morning Britain (@GMB) September 5, 2017
