It’s hard not to laugh.
Professional provocateur Piers Morgan loves a Twitter storm. Never afraid to express his opinion, or whatever point of view will keep him the centre of attention, he took to Twitter on Friday to draw attention to this cartoon depicting him… how to put this… licking Donald Trump’s arse.
Morgan has painted himself as the victim of this situation, using a hypothetical situation to direct hypothetical outrage at the BBC for broadcasting the image. Straight out of the Piers Morgan textbook: creating a false equivalence to rewrite the narrative.
By constantly tweeting about the cartoon, Piers has managed to spread the cartoon to a far larger audience than it would have reached otherwise.
The BBC thinks this is OK to broadcast. But if it depicted high profile women, there would be outrage.
Why the double standard? pic.twitter.com/xcdxpEJD3E— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) February 2, 2018
If Trump tweeted an image like this depicting Hillary Clinton & a female interviewer, all those currently celebrating/retweeting it would erupt with outraged cries of 'Sexist!' 'Misogynist!' 'Homophobic!' – led by the BBC.
Liberal hypocrisy in all its unedifying glory! pic.twitter.com/ejd71nqqJP— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) February 3, 2018
While the humour of the joke behind the cartoon is questionable, it’s hard to believe Piers would be as outraged if the cartoon didn’t depict him.
https://twitter.com/RufusHound/status/959746936181084160
It should be pointed out that when Piers refers to the picture being shown on the BBC, it was part of a comedy routine on The Mash Report. It wasn’t broadcast on the news. The difference is important to note, as Piers accuses the BBC of hypocrisy.
Stop what you're doing immediately and watch @RachelParris's GENIUS take on @PiersMorgan's interview with @realDonaldTrump… 😂 #TheMashReport pic.twitter.com/uOj0XPhCji
— BBC Two (@BBCTwo) February 2, 2018
The host, Nish Kumar, had a frank response to Morgan’s complaints on Twitter.
U shouldn't have eaten his ass bro https://t.co/anOw3JAOlm
— Nish Kumar (@MrNishKumar) February 2, 2018
It was only a matter of time before the Twittersphere began to meme the hell out of the cartoon. We’re off to a great start.
https://twitter.com/wefail/status/959540604819603457
https://twitter.com/PaulGCornish/status/959577661977841664
Man sacked for faking pictures upset about this photograph 😂 https://t.co/pQnefDLO2o
— Barry Glendenning (@bglendenning) February 2, 2018
