Piers Morgan, editor-at-large at DailyMail.com, reacts to final Trump-Biden debate, media, and 'woke' culture on 'Fox & Friends.'
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Americans are watching,
we will find out if England was
watching,
go outside to Piers Morgan
editor at large, daily mail, dot com,
wake up excellent book about
where we are right now in the
world,
Pierce, your take being that you
know the president, is he a
little mad? Have you been
critical at him? You have a job
to do
looking at what did he last
night? How are his fortunes
different today than they
everywhere before the debate?
Well, you know, I watched all
the debate this morning when I
got up here in London. The thing
that struck me Donald Trump had
a much more measured tone.
It was like he muzzled himself.
He tamed himself from the kind
of ranting beast that we saw in
the first debate
and it was much more effective.
It was much more effective for a
exuding, a dare I say,
presidential which Democrats
have been show in this
particularly turbulent year,
more effective in exposing his
opponent, Joe Bidens flaws,
because actually a calmer,
more reasoned debate, where it
was clear that President Trump
is better prepared, I think
than he has been before
it allowed people to focus a lot
more clearly on Joe Biden
and his policies,
and I thought one of the most
effective tools of Donald
trumps tactics last night was
the way he kept referring to Joe
Biden as said well, look you
keep seeing you are going to do
all this stuff.
It does beg the question. Why
didnt you do it in the eight years
that you were vice president
ened, he goaded him so
successfully that eventually Joe
Biden chucked Obama under the
bus and said on the immigration
issue. Well, you know im going
to be president next time, not
vice president.
We didnt do enough.
That was a big moment. I felt
for Trump
Steve sure and a dig at Barack
Obama.
I wonder if Barack Obama was
watching Hey Joe. What are you
doing to me?
He cant be happy about it,
Steve he cant.
I just read your brand new op ed
this morning at daily mail
and its very good,
and I agree with a lot of your
points.
You do wonder whether or not
trumps great performance last
night is too late,
but you do say that he really
Joe Biden really gave the
Republicans a gift by talking
about how I would transition
away from oil because its like
wait. I think there is something
like ten million jobs in the
United States that are dependent
upon the oil and gas industry
yeah
and some of the states directly
impacted by this, of course,
crucial states for Joe Biden to
have to win
and extraordinary gamble. It
seemed to me
he could have phrased that a
very different way
he could have just said. Look. I
think we should be exploring
more in knee number energy,
a lot of people in the oil
industry.
We have to be careful how we do
this,
but to simply say yes, im
getting rid of the oil industry
as Donald Trump seize very
quickly on that, and what about
all these states? Joe
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas, and so
on
that again a powerful moment
for Donald Trump
Ainsley. He lied about fracking.
He said I never opposed it
clips saying. Is he going to get
rid of it and fossil fuels
as far as Hunter Biden? He said
I have done nothing unethical.
I have never accepted one penny
from foreign countries.
This is what the media.
This is. The medias reaction
watch
this talking about the bidens
personal corruption, a little bit
about Hunter Biden,
most of those charges,
unverified
charges, so heinous im, not
even going to say them
just nonsense
with no evidence
just completely made up
complete fabrications and
falsehoods
has very little evidence behind
it.
The nastiest ugliest smear
gains,
desperation,
american politics, desperation,
move.
If you didnt follow it
closely. You probably dont quite
understand what the hit is.
If you are not immersed in
right wing media-
and we are cable, hosts
laughter,
we are cable hosts and we
dont know the details
laughter.
What are they talking about?
Some laptop?
No one knows the details of
these conspiracy theories.
Ainsley, piers whats, your
reaction.
Look I dont care if you are
pro Trump Anti Trump. One of
the things in my new book is
about fair mindedness.
At the very least, these
journalists are revealing
themselves to be hyper. Partisan
lets be completely clear, Swap
Hunter Biden name for Donald
Trump Jr. Do you think all these
journalist also be talking in
the way they are about these
New York Post? Revelations
from where I sit as a former
newspaper editor, I have seen
them run day after day after day,
a revelations from Hunter
Bidens laptop. They say with
emails between Hunter Biden and
various business associates
and, as we sit here today
talking, I dont believe either
the existence of that being
hunts, laptop or existence of
those enails has been
questioned,
noble on the Biden, side denied,
laptop or emails
some conspiracy, it may well be
messy involving Steve, Bannon and
Rudy Giuliani,
who knows how it came to get to
the post,
but putting all that aside,
isnt the basic fundamental duty
of any journalist on any media
organization to at least look at
the allegations and if they
havent been denied on what
they say.
Brian piers, back up your point.
A thirty seven year, veteran of a marine
decorated marine was a business
partner
before the debate. He had a press
conference, your Exemployer CNN
didnt even cover it, nor did
MSNBC about the President of the
United States son that
implicates him in a deal that
says they sat down together and
discussed it. That has the text
message that says never bring up.
Joes name only face to face.
I just want to say it again:
doesnt that back up the
validity of the story, or at
least to pursue the story
and doesnt that segue perfectly
to your book.
What it backs up is just my
belief. This is no denial about
the laptop being hunters and no
denial that these emails are
genuine. There has been neither
of those denials. Journalists
should have a duty, if theyre
impartial to investigate it
with the same aggression and
enthusiasm. They would
investigate it if the name Biden
was switched for Trump
Steve, exactly
its not being done
its all over. The russian
collusion fiasco several years
that they dont need. Much of
this so called hard evidence to
upset a better story. If they
want
to say they are making a
political calculation, not a
journalistic one,
Steve Piers, your new book is
wake up, while the world is
going nuts.
Thirty seconds tell us about it.
The woke cancel cultural.
This liberal, illiberal faction,
noisy people on social media,
think they have the God. Given
power now to cancel anybody who
doesnt speak, how they decide.
You should speak,
who doesnt find the same jokes
funny
who doesnt like the same tv,
shows or movies, or dress the
right way, or do anything frankly
that hasnt been signed off by
the Woke brigade,
im sick of it.
I want to lead my life. How I
choose to do
so. I bet your viewers. Do too.
I bet you presenters do as well.
I want the woke crowd to get
canceled,
because what they are doing is
not what the woke viewers
originally supposed to be, which
is to social, racial injustice
and awareness of that
it is not a form of fascism.
They want to tell us thousand
lead our lives and how to behave
and speak, and its got to stop
Brian were going to stop it in
our two countries.
We will do our best in the
United States and you handle the.
U DOT, k right.
You know ive got this
Ainsley. Is he waking up the?
U dot k every morning?
The title is perfect for several
reesks
thanks. So much
great so see you
if the president is watching
answered might be. I know you
unfollowed me on twitter, very
critical about you in this
crisis.
You may want to refollow me now.
If you take my advice, you still
have a chance of keeping the
Whitewhite House
Steve. You are not direct
messaging. Just talking to him.
Brian already won the Atis. So
no ulterior motive
chosen me as apprentice and
apprentice is speaking out now:
Ainsley Op Ed. What happened
last night at the debate might
have saved president trumps
presidency.
Thank you. So much for your
congratulations on the book.
Go to Amazon and local book.
Transcript generated on 2020-10-23.