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Piers Morgan Tells Breitbart He Is Looking ‘A Lot Less Evil’ In GOP Primary Rematch

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Andrew Breitbart and Piers Morgan have made up since the time Morgan joked the former was “evil.” Not that he didn’t joke about it last night, but with that tension out of the way, the two– and a panel including Amy Holmes and Michael Reagan got to the business of just how conservatives could like Newt Gingrich again, of all people, and came to a strong conclusion: conservatives want someone to defend them from the mainstream media.

RELATED: CNN Segment Gets Uncomfortable After Piers Morgan Refers To Andrew Breitbart As ‘Notoriously Evil’

You’re looking a lot less evil than the other night which is a good start to the proceedings,” Morgan teased Breitbart, before asking to explain whether Gingrich’s attack on John King was a “turning point in dealing with that kind of baggage.” “Any candidate that attacks the mainstream media immediately gains 20 points among conservatives,” Breitbart explained, which is why people like Donald Trump are received warmly. “The people of South Carolina have been attacked mercilessly… by the mainstream media,” he continued, and wanted to be defended since they saw the double standard in the treatment of Gingrich versus the treatment of, for example, John Edwards in 2008.

The panel agreed, with Holmes arguing– to Morgan’s disagreement– that the John King moment was one in which the media the their narrative “thrown back in their face” (Morgan countered King did a “great job” in helping Gingrich “feign outrage,” as well as in asking it so crispily in general). Reagan ads that this contrast is strongest vis a vis Mitt Romney, and can best be described as a Reagan Republican vs. Rockefeller Republican dispute.

The segment ends with Morgan happily noting that Breitbart and himself “patched things up” since the whole “notoriously evil” misunderstanding, which is very good news for anyone who enjoys good TV. Not that the segment is without controversy– at least some on the internet have highlighted the unfortunate positioning of Morgan’s middle finger at the 1:54 mark as a sign of further dispute (we’ll let you commenters reach your own verdict on that).

The clip via CNN below:

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  • Anonymous

    Andrew does need to either cut off the beard OR trim the hair. He’d look a lot better if he’d trim one or the other. 

  • Anonymous

    The fact that someone would scrutinize the video and then suggest that it was a subtle rebuke just boggles the mind.  It looked like to me that he was merely scratching at his chin or maybe pondering the next question. Who knows, who cares. Sometimes it is what it is.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bart-Morgay/100001554351938 Bart Morgay

    Breitbart looks like he sleeps in a garbage dumpster.

  • Anonymous

    Breitbarts’ is partially correct. Attacking the media is a great Republican ploy.  However, that doesn’t make him less evil.

  • Anonymous

    I thought gay dudes like to present themselves better…Andrew is going for the gay hobo crowd?

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1155024965 Ronald Gagnon

    The gay hobo crowd is not happy being compared to Andrew  Breitbart. What a insult to the homeless.

  • http://twitter.com/DerekRife Derek Rife

    So wait a minute: When we call out Gingrich for having a marital affair, it’s a double standard. When Gingrich tries to impeach Clinton for having a marital affair, it’s all honkey doree. 

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_45S32GWGDRUJIL6E2U4HOZW4BM Bob

    Tabloid Piers, Scumbag Andrew and the wannabe Reagan. Could this panel be any more unlikable?

    Now we know why no one watches CNN in primetime.

  • Anonymous

    Newt was going after clinton while he was boning calista,do you see the hypocracy,but for newt this is just the tip of the slimy iceberg.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Peter-Flynn/1206363468 Peter Flynn

    I prefer that he looks more like he thinks and talks. In other words, he’s almost sufficiently slug-like. 

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Peter-Flynn/1206363468 Peter Flynn

    Breitbart is a garbage dumpster. 

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_IC7HRBJRXKA7IKTTZS5W3UIECQ Agent of Truth

    This guy is such a loser.  He’s your quintessential tea bagging maggot who has absolutely no integrity, a big mouth and an attitude problem.  He and that big mouth tea bagger Joe Walsh should get together and compose rap recordings because that is their only real marketable talents.

  • Anonymous

    Morgan had it right the first time, this piece of garbage is evil.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1190134026 Barry Dalton

    I’m just wondering if he has any newt pics on this phone.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1190134026 Barry Dalton

    he was probably thinking about what Breitbart would look like in his undies.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1190134026 Barry Dalton

    Breitbart is a weiner. 

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1190134026 Barry Dalton

    it’s pretty sad that this guy is taken seriously by the same MSM he bashes.

    He runs a network of fake news sites (which rightwingers inhale like truth) that specialize in conflating liberals with islamic terrorists. It’s basically hate speech that is shrugged off by the MSM.

    It goes without saying that Breitbart would be a nobody without the MSM.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1190134026 Barry Dalton

    I don’t care if Breitbart is gay or not. That’s his choice, and there are many gay Republicans. 

    His homosexuality also demonstrates that all gays are not leftists or liberals or even reasonable people.

    Gays come in all shapes, sizes and political affiliations.

    He’s just an angry, hate spreading Newt wannabe.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1190134026 Barry Dalton

    Is there really something called a “gay hobo crowd”?

    I did not know that.

    But still, being gay is not a sin. So I won’t hold it against Breitbart.

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1190134026 Barry Dalton

    if nominated, Newt will run the sleeziest, racist-baiting campaign in history.

    We will all need to take a year-long shower to get the Newt scum off our skin and the  rightwing infection out of our brains.

    but he can’t win, so we will survive and probably be stronger for it

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1190134026 Barry Dalton

    Dont underestimate Breitbart.

    He has a network of rightwing fake news sites that specialize in picking and choosing the worst stories they can find about Muslims and then conflating them with Liberals, which are bashed relentlessly with endless hate talk.

  • Anonymous

    He’s married with kids.

    Are you guys serious about the gay thing???

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1190134026 Barry Dalton

    that’s what’s being reported…i’m just responding to the news

  • Anonymous

    I know the site well. I’ll post over there until I’m banned. I love the negatives.

  • Anonymous

    You can’t accuse Breitbart or Holmes (Glenn Beck surrogate) of being mainstream journalists.

    If you are not mainstream, you are on the fringe, most often the kook fringe.

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