Professional provocateur Piers Morgan loves a Twitter storm. Never afraid to express his opinion, or whatever point of view will keep him the centre of attention, he took to Twitter on Friday to draw attention to this cartoon depicting him... how to put this... licking Donald Trump's arse.
Morgan has painted himself as the victim of this situation, using a hypothetical situation to direct hypothetical outrage at the BBC for broadcasting the image. Straight out of the Piers Morgan textbook: creating a false equivalence to rewrite the narrative.
By constantly tweeting about the cartoon, Piers has managed to spread the cartoon to a far larger audience than it would have reached otherwise.
https://twitter.com/piersmorgan/status/959519485630742529
https://twitter.com/piersmorgan/status/959741441839857664
While the humour of the joke behind the cartoon is questionable, it's hard to believe Piers would be as outraged if the cartoon didn't depict him.
https://twitter.com/RufusHound/status/959746936181084160
It should be pointed out that when Piers refers to the picture being shown on the BBC, it was part of a comedy routine on The Mash Report. It wasn't broadcast on the news. The difference is important to note, as Piers accuses the BBC of hypocrisy.
https://twitter.com/BBCTwo/status/959359534056857600
The host, Nish Kumar, had a frank response to Morgan's complaints on Twitter.
https://twitter.com/MrNishKumar/status/959543600676732930
It was only a matter of time before the Twittersphere began to meme the hell out of the cartoon. We're off to a great start.
https://twitter.com/wefail/status/959540604819603457
https://twitter.com/PaulGCornish/status/959577661977841664
https://twitter.com/bglendenning/status/959550018553135105
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