I’m not sure why CNN hired this hack. He used to run the Daily Mirror, a British newspaper a scant step above tabloids in credibility. In 2004, they ran photographs purporting to show the Queen’s Lancashire Regiment abusing and torturing Iraqi prisoners.
It was a big deal. It made the cover of Time. It put Morgan on the map.
There was one small problem, however. The pictures were fake. In the ensuing fallout, Morgan was fired. To this day, he has not apologized.
So, now he’s all over CNN, and he has a global reach for his opinions. He has gone on record supporting Bob Costas’ prime-time television remarks on gun control, and he now thinks he understands the Bill of Rights.
If I’m to follow his interpretation of it, the 1st Amendment doesn’t cover the mimeograph or the internet. The 4th Amendment doesn’t apply to wiretaps or surveillance drones. Continued...