John Simpson’s spat with Piers Morgan is the best thing to come out of his Trump interview
One of the most enjoyable parts of Piers Morgan’s interview with Donald Trump was him telling anyone on Twitter how brilliant it was, despite considerable evidence to the contrary.
The BBC’s world affairs editor John Simpson wasn’t having any of it, sparking a most enjoyable spat with the Good Morning Britain man.
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The art of the political interview, Piers, is to push your interviewee hard – not let them spout self-evident tosh. That's just showbiz.
— John Simpson (@JohnSimpsonNews) January 29, 2018
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Pompous, probably. Old, undeniably. Prune, quite possibly. But I don’t enjoy watching spineless political interviews.
— John Simpson (@JohnSimpsonNews) January 29, 2018
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Just in case you’re wondering why Morgan chose not to ask certain questions of the so-called president, this is what he had to tell 5 Live.
Broadcaster @piersmorgan tells @EmmaBarnett that there were “absolutely no restrictions on any questions at all” in his interview with @realDonaldTrump
He just ran out of time to ask about Russia.#EmmaBarnettShow pic.twitter.com/TOjfGnLcV0
— BBC Radio 5 Live (@bbc5live) January 29, 2018
But @TechnicallyRon had a different theory.
Piers Morgan's response on why his interview was trash and his questions were meaningless pic.twitter.com/JT0M0k0tsc
— TechnicallyRon (On all the platforms) (@TechnicallyRon) January 29, 2018