
Last Tuesday, Piers Morgan Uncensored debuted on Sky News Australia.
In the intro, British commentator, Piers Morgan railed against censorship.
…I’m going to be constantly celebrating the one thing you can’t abide; free speech. And that’s real free speech, not your kind of free speech where you’re opinions are allowed. Anyone with a different opinion has to be shamed, abused and cancelled; their careers and reputations destroyed. No, free speech is supposed to be the bedrock of any real democratic society. The kind where it’s OK to disagree. It’s alright to respect and tolerate each other’s views. It’s even OK to go for a beer with someone you’ve just spent a whole hour arguing with about the burning issues of the day.
Piers Morgan Uncensored, from 26 April 2022, Sky News Australia
Former US President, Donald Trump was Morgan’s first guest.
Topics centred around the culture wars
So, what ‘hot topics’ did Donald Trump and Piers Morgan talk about? As Secular Talk’s Kyle Kulinski said, it was largely culture war topics.
The main topics Trump and Morgan covered included:
- Trump’s ban from Twitter and Elon Musk wanting to buy the company
- ‘What’s a woman and swimmer Lia Thomas (yawn!)
- The British Royal family (mainly Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
- Golf
- Trump’s claims that the US 2020 election was rigged (again)
- Russia and Ukraine
- Trump starting his own platform (Again?)
Trump gushed about Queen Elizabeth II, saying she was ‘incredible’ and comparing her to Mother Teresa.
Of course, Trump and Morgan bashed Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
Trump said Prince Harry and Meghan Markle should lose their royal titles. He also crudely suggested Prince Harry’s and Markle’s marriage wouldn’t last.
In talking about Olympic swimmer and transwoman, Lia Thomas, Trump fumed saying “people, won’t stand for it” and that it was “ridiculous”.
What does Piers Morgan Uncensored say about freedom of speech and privilege?
Riveting stuff, eh? Trump and Morgan was talking about stuff people have been talking about ad nauseum for years.
Of course, there was no mention of hormone therapy transwomen go through or the guidelines that sports bodies have. There never are. But I digress.
Like Kyle Kulinski said in his video, the topics Trump and Morgan discussed were surface level topics. They didn’t challenge the status quo. In fact, it was the opposite. They maintained the status quo. Heck they ARE the status quo!
If anything, Piers Morgan Uncensored proves free speech is in tact for the privileged. Piers Morgan is not a victim. Neither is Trump. According to Wealthy Gorilla, Piers Morgan’s net worth this year is around US$20million.
Piers Morgan was always going to be able to continue working in the media after he stormed off stage on Good Morning Britain in March last year.
Overall, I don’t think Piers Morgan Uncensored is a bad show. Actually, Piers Morgan is a good interviewer. However, I sense he’s going to become a broken record very quickly. I could be wrong.
Did you see Piers Morgan Uncensored? What did you think? Feel free to put your thoughts in the comments below.