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Piers Stefan Pughe-Morgan (born Piers Stefan O'Meara; 30 March 1965), known professionally as Piers Morgan, is a British journalist and television presenter.
Read More at Wikipedia ›A prominent British TV presenter said Wednesday that CNN talk show host Piers Morgan gave him a primer on phone hacking, a revelation that suggests he knew a fair amount about how the shady practice was carried out.
BBC quiz show host and television news presenter Jeremy Paxman told a media ethics inquiry that Morgan delivered his warning over lunch at the headquarters of the Mirror newspaper, which he was then editing, in 2002.Paxman said that Morgan "turned to me and said, 'Have you got a mobile phone?'""I said, 'yes,' and he asked if there was a security setting on the message bit of it. ... I didn't know what he was talking about."He then explained the way to get access to people's messages was to go to the factory default setting and press either 0000 or 1234 and that if you didn't put on your own code, (in) his words, 'You're a fool.'"Paxman testified before Lord Justice Brian Leveson, who is sifting through the fallout of the scandal over unethical and illegal behavior at Rupert ...She squared off against former Beatle Paul McCartney in divorce court; on Thursday, Heather Mills took on Piers Morgan at Britain's media ethics inquiry.The ex-model...
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CNN's celebrity interviewer Piers Morgan faced calls Thursday to return to Britain to explain what he knows about the country's phone hacking scandal, although the 4...
Britain's phone hacking inquiry heard Wednesday that it was "unlikely" CNN host Piers Morgan was unaware the illegal practice was taking place while he was editor of...
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Former Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell said Wednesday that she walked out of an interview with Piers Morgan because the television host would not stop talking a...
CNN star Piers Morgan may be known to Americans as an empathetic English interviewer, but it's his past at the heart of Britain's troubled tabloid newspaper world th...
Britain's phone hacking inquiry heard Wednesday that it was "unlikely" CNN host Piers Morgan was unaware the illegal practice was taking place while he was editor of...
One show down. A mere 25 years to go. That's if Piers Morgan is going to last as long as the guy he's replacing on ratings-challenged CNN — Larry King .The British h...
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