CNN Host Resorts to Name-Calling in Twitter Bash Fest
- Posted on December 30, 2010 at 2:11pm by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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It really is the era of new media. We’ve showed how newscasters file stories via Twitter and say stupid things via Twitter. Now journalists just fight via Twitter.
An what can only be described as an epic, sixth-grade style bash fest, new CNN anchor, and Larry King replacement, Piers Morgan and local New York newsman John Schiumo duked it out via Twitter over New York City’s response to the recent snowstorm.
Morgan began things by telling New Yorkers to “calm down” their anger, and said the city’s response would have been considered quick in his home country of England. That’s when Schiumo called Morgan an “ass.” And that’s when they both went all middle school on each other (transcript via Mediaite):
MORGAN: Msg to New Yorkers hammering mayor Bloomberg – if we had 20in blizzard in London, nothing would move for a month. Calm down.
MORGAN: What the attacks on Bloomberg tell me is that Americans expect a higher level of service than we Brits, and usually get one. I admire that.
MORGAN: Not defending Bloomberg – just pointing out that way NYC has recovered from 20in blizzard would be deemed miraculous in UK, not disastrous.
SCHIUMO: New 9pm CNN host @piersmorgan tweeted “Msg to New Yorkers hammering mayor Bloomberg. Calm down.” Welcome to my time slot, ass. Game on.
MORGAN: @Schiumo Sorry Mr Schiumo, but a) I’ve never heard of you and b) I don’t view local news anchors with just 700 followers as rivals.
SCHIUMO: @piersmorgan You judge people based on followers? And CNN trusts you? Your ego will be your demise. And I only heard of you last month.
MORGAN: @Schiumo When a news anchor’s tweets outnumber his followers, there’s a problem John. A big problem….
SCHIUMO: @piersmorgan When a news network hires a British hack, there’s a bigger problem Piers. A bigger problem…
MORGAN: @Schiumo ‘Oi beware, my lord, of jealousy; it is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on.’ Shakespeare.
SCHIUMO: @piersmorgan When a news network hires a British hack, there’s a bigger problem Piers. A bigger problem…
SCHIUMO: People! Stop following me or @piersmorgan and other pompous “journalists” might think I have credibility.
MORGAN: @Schiumo ‘Oi beware, my lord, of jealousy; it is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the meat it feeds on.’ Shakespeare.
SCHIUMO: Oh, @piersmorgan. It took your producers 45 minutes to look up a quote to make you look even more arrogant and foolish?
MORGAN: @Schiumo Are you the least followed news anchor on Twitter in America?
SCHIUMO: @piersmorgan Your obsession with followers is telling. And scary. Speaks volumes on the state of national “news” networks.
MORGAN: @Schiumo Ssshhhh. You’ve added 100 followers since I ripped you. I’m doing you a massive favour mate.
SCHIUMO: @piersmorgan And you’ve lost all respect. It’ll be fun watching your show tank.
MORGAN: @Schiumo You’re like Stephen Baldwin and Vinny Pastore – they thought they were big shots in NY too until I wiped them in Celeb Apprentice.
MORGAN: @Schiumo Bye John. At least people will watch my show.
SCHIUMO: @piersmorgan Bye Piers. And that sound you hear is New York laughing at you.
MORGAN: @Schiumo Which is one thing it’s never done to you Schumy old son.
Morgan went on to call Schiumo a “non-entity” in two condescending final tweets:
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Comments (92)
GoingBeck
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 3:18pmI did not know Twitter does not have a profanity filter, like so many other blog sites star out vowels in offensive words. Maybe they will consider implementing one now. Call it the “Olberman Rule”.
Obama’s reign of audacity ends in 751 days, if not sooner.
Report Post »NickDeringer
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 3:16pmWe are winning, They can’t even Tweet without getting the boxers in a bundle over us.
We are winning,
Report Post »lynda1276
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 3:13pmjust another case of dumb and dumber-move on – nothing to see here
Report Post »Rob
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 3:09pmThese people get paid a LOT of money…what a country.
Report Post »ConservativeBeauty
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 3:08pmTwitter is stupid anyway. The only reason I have it is to get breaking news. Don’t know who Schiumo is, but I’ve always enjoyed Piers Morgan. Hey, he’s a lot better than watching a “Crypt Keeper” Larry King..ha
Report Post »pamela kay
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 3:04pmSticks and stones. He sounds like a lonely and miserable man pleading for recognition. When he finally figures it out that no one is listening what will he come up with next? Stay tuned, he is like gum on your shoe or a bad penny that just keeps coming back and is impossible to get rid of.
Report Post »Rickfromillinois
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 2:56pmI haven’t heard of either of these two and could care less. Tow loser trying to convince the other that they are important.
Report Post »lizaz
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 2:47pmMust be a slow news day!!! Who cares???
Report Post »ILoveGlenn
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 4:15pmExactly! Who cares!
Report Post »mrmikejohnson
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 2:40pmMORGAN: @Schiumo When a news anchor’s tweets outnumber his followers, there’s a problem John. A big problem….
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That’s the best tweet of the bunch.
Hirllr21
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 2:38pm@piersmorgan and @Schiumo –
You can trouble me for a warm glass of shut-the-hell-up! Now, you will go to sleep! Or I will PUT you to sleep.
Report Post »-Nursing Home Orderly:Happy Gilmore
Tri-ox
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 2:36pmWow – What a great article about two people that no on has ever heard of. Although, it is nice to hear that that crusty, diseased, old idiot Larry King has finally been sent to the knackers’ yard. CNN’s days are numbered….
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 2:36pmWhen they start calling each other doodoo heads make sure that goes to the top of the pile, because THAT’S newsworthy. Yesiree bob. can’t get enough tweet news.
Report Post »KE_in_IA
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 2:34pmDesperation can be an ugly thing to witness — unless it involves CNN ‘talent’. Then it’s hilarious.
Report Post »eteme
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 2:34pmThe media looking more and more like the The British Invasion.. look around you..it isn’t us its the pond skippers. They are our allies, but why are they now beginning to fill more and more media jobs? If Piers was smart he would keep his trap shut about how good we have compared to the Brits, that that does is remind us he just took another Americans job, especially from the media whom are the cast of thousands out there. Piers is some judge on some lame show and he gets Larry Kings slot…What is wrong with that picture?!? Most fill-ins on fox are filled by whom? Most fill ins on CNN are from where?
But I guess I can not blame them as their country is being handed over to a radical religious sect….
Report Post »Tek
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 3:46pmThat‘s because we’re fooled by their accents into thinking they are smarter than us! What… it isn’t working?
Yeah, I lived in Britain for 6 1/2 years and believe me, we should not be setting their standards as our bare minimum. Brits think their gravity-fed hot water systems in their homes are more than adequate since they were good enough for the Romans until they try an American style system then you can’t get them out of your house! Took me two years to get around to upgrading my hot water system in Britain to meet MY standards and during that time my #1 priority with every visit back to the States was TAKE A SHOWER! Felt SO good to get the shampoo out of my hair!
As for snow clearing, yeah… If you can’t make it go away by throwing salt on it then it stays. At least they don’t bust you for not clearing your sidewalk — anyone falling and hurting themselves after you’ve cleared you walk becomes YOUR problem. Someone falling on an uncleared walk is considered an “act of God”.
So, no… Much of Europe is still living in the Medieval period and there they shall stay until they get with the program and adopt OUR Constitution!
Report Post »trolltrainer
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 2:30pmlol, but funny! I would say Piers won it…Schiumo appears to be a big dick…
Report Post »TERMLIMITSNOW
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 4:36pmIDK, it’s more a draw…..all Shcu had to say is that we have much higher expectations here in the states.
Report Post »Islesfordian
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 2:29pmIs this what we are supposed to be reading? Could anything be more derivative and pointless? What, are we all 16 year old girls now?
Report Post »JRserious
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 2:28pmlarry who?, piers who?, cnn who? never heard of any of them. Apprentice, heard of that. Didn’t realize those people were supposed to be celebrities though. and where does this piers morgan guy get off comparing himself to the likes of Stephen Baldwin. what arrogance.
Report Post »chazman
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 2:26pmI hate these guys …
Report Post »nordspan
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 2:26pmRemember that anything digital is free to the public! Good luck!
Report Post »alcarfl
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 2:25pmRaise your hand if you care? How about some late breaking postings, Blazerstaff? This isn’t what Glenn promised. One can get the twitter dialog of two “never were’s” on any corner or school yard.
Report Post »All ahead, full!
EgoBrain
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 2:31pmI like these stories, they make me feel Superior.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 2:54pmNo worse than the Axe commercials that the Blaze runs.
Report Post »BeckIsNuts
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 3:12pmGreat question Alcarefl. And I’m still waiting to see the Blaze story on Warren Jeffs. Now where is that news? The other places have it.
Report Post »TERMLIMITSNOW
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 4:34pmDon’t you wash your ballsack Anonymous?
Report Post »Reagan/DeMint.deciple
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 2:24pmWhay is a tweet ? or twitter ? What are those things ?
Report Post »Jim in Houston
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 3:30pmIt should be called Tweedledee and Tweedledum or maybe Tweedledum and Tweedledummer. Both are jerks to put on such a childish performance for the world to see.
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 2:24pmTwo progressives that do absolutely nothing for this country. That makes, what, about 50 million now???
Report Post »wildturkeywatcher
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 2:23pmWho is Schiumo? I never heard of him. I do know who Piers Morgan is; I met him when I was watching Susan Boyle, and he’s okay.
Report Post »Marylou7
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 2:23pmWho in the world is Piers Morgan? Seriously! I’ve never heard of him, never heard of the other guy either but at least he is suppose to be local so I wouldn’t expect to know him. I would expect to know Larry King’s replacement.
Report Post »knotaclu
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 2:46pmthe thing about this to me is, since when do we compare what happens here in the states to what happens in the mother country? Because the Brits accept mediocrity, does that mean we here in the US should do the same? Oh my, I think I just curved into another reason our ancestors immigrated here…..
Report Post »KenInIL
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 3:33pmI always have to google these guys when they show up to find out who what where. It looks like this guy has a least 1 conservative follower.
Report Post »walkwithme1966
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 5:47pmI haven’t heard of him either – and these Twitter wars are getting ridiculous!! http://maboulette.wordpress.com
GnomeChomsky
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 6:08pm@Knot
Its not that the “Brits accept mediocrity”. What Morgan is referring to is the fact that London, and most cities in England, woud be under-equipped to deal with such a snow fall due to the fact it rarley if ever snows that much. It wouldn’t make much sense fiscally to maintain an expansive fleet of snow plows and grit spreaders on the off chance of a freak blizzard. Add in the fact that London is a very old city with very narrow streets in numerous sections with no room to actually plow that amount of snow to, it would indeed be a miracle to quickly get the city back to normal operation.
Report Post »EgoBrain
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 2:21pmThis is childish.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 2:26pmAnother snooty brit .. hope he tanks.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 2:45pm“An what can only be described as an epic, sixth-grade style bash fest”
What most liberals level of thinking is.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 2:48pmIt is entertaining when retards fight each other. Is this what reality tv is like?
Report Post »guyperram
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 2:52pmAnd just what would you expect from the Communist News Network?
Report Post »DagneyT
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 3:05pmWith the state of media in today’s America, what would anyone one expect but “childish” behavior. It’s the same with the way they report; panting over the bamster like lovesick adolescents, while acting like school yard bullies with the likes of Christine O’Donnell!
Report Post »BeckIsNuts
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 3:10pmIt ALMOST makes discourse here on The Blaze seem civil and mature. By all appearances friends, we’ve just witnessed a battle between dumb and dumber. The fun never ends does it?
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 3:18pmYou are free to not post anymore.
Report Post »Muslim in Chief
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 4:02pmAttack of the twidiots
Report Post »ishka4me
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 4:10pmexcuse me, do you have any grey pupoun?
Report Post »SHOESHINEBOY
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 4:18pmThis is normal..not surprised by it at all..
Report Post »Mister President
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 4:21pmGuess they both missed Glenn’s Restoring Honor (Honour, for Morgan) message.
Notice, though, how Morgan says ‘bye’ but still has to get the last word in after Schiumo. Very telling.
I’ve always said the only good thing to come out of the UK is a flight to the United States; however, it’s apparent that flight must only be carrying Americans.
Report Post »Major Infidel
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 4:24pmChildish indeed, but thats the majority of the Liberal base, children. It’s time we stop playing the games and bust some heads already. Children understand one thing, and it’s not a time-out in the corner. They understand fear and physical dominance. Therefore we have but one option.
Report Post »Cobra Blue
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 4:32pmThe elites can spend whatever they want. Whatever it is will be justified. Its the subjects that are not allowed to spend. We must cut back while they ramp up. Welcome to socialism/marxism.
Report Post »snowleopard3200 {cat folk art}
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 5:19pmTwitter wars, the new never ending saga…
I can see the franchise marketing these journalist Progressive idiots will try to launch and then sue each other over, claiming to have the original ideas and rights. As many of the Blazers have been sure to point out, we are winning.
We will Win!!!
Report Post »Cherished Emblems
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 5:36pm“Morgan began things by telling New Yorkers to “calm down” their anger, and said the city’s response would have been considered quick in his home country of England.”
That makes no sense! England is full of socialist that turned their backs on God long ago. Of course we are better! The fact the we demand better of everyone in society is what makes us great! This is what the Tea Party is all about…a return to greatness, not just a “little better” than the prissy Brits!
God won’t save your Queen!
Report Post »Taquoshi
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 7:55pmReason # 732 for not using Twitter.
Report Post »Happy Killmore
Posted on December 30, 2010 at 10:57pmArguing on Twitter is like Special Olympics. Even if you win, you’re still retarded.
Report Post »dawgPound
Posted on December 31, 2010 at 1:14amI used to like Morgan till he started with all the “ratings” and “followers” crap. Sounded like a FoxBot
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