I would just be enormously wary about these numbers of complaints. Large numbers of complaints always suggests some kind of organised campaign somewhere. And of course surprisingly easy to do on social media.
The other thing to say is that it doesn't actually matter. Ofcom only needs to have a single complaint - or none at all if it's "monitoring" the programme - and they can take action. Having tens of thousands of complaints shouldn't matter. And I say all this being in complete agreement with those who think Morgan abused his position and complained about him. As an aside, there's a really good piece by a BBC presenter called Clive Myrie (he shows up on the BBC World News Channel) in which he explores the pros and cons of the UK and US's regulatory frameworks, or lack thereof. Really worth a read: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/mar/11/journalism-truth-strong-regulation-us-media-uk On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 5:01 PM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote: > While most of the UK watches "Breakfast" on BBC1 instead. > > The previous Ofcom record was over two "Celebrity Big Brother" housemates > in 2007 making derogatory comments about an East Indian actor. As you can > see, there is an underlying theme here. > > Mark Jeffries > [email protected] > > > On Wed, Mar 17, 2021 at 12:26 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> PM breaks the record for Ofcom complaints; "the vast majority of Britons >> are behind me," he tweets. >> >> >> https://variety.com/2021/tv/global/piers-morgan-meghan-markle-ofcom-record-1234932743/ >> (link) >> >> B >> >> Moi, to Brad Beam,, March 12th: >> >>> Piers leaps to Sharon Osbourne's defence after she gets cornered by her >>> "Talk" mates... >>> https://variety.com/2021/tv/global/piers-morgan-sharon-osbourne-good-morning-britain-the-talk-racism-1234929021/ >>> (link) >>> B >>> >>>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/e0ff4908-faab-4b5c-a8f6-56ce9bdb9ae1n%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/e0ff4908-faab-4b5c-a8f6-56ce9bdb9ae1n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJ_uKi9GDK3b_33ygAJMTankvKvTLOtuWoOxtUG%2B-BxmN59vvQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJ_uKi9GDK3b_33ygAJMTankvKvTLOtuWoOxtUG%2B-BxmN59vvQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGDwugahArusRcGNV_ZMQU-G88OOD_z5WuqiMFQU%2BtOswg%40mail.gmail.com.
