Twitter is a fun place for media feuds, as talking heads with big egos take to the internet to bash other talking heads – it’s all rather amusing. The latest fight to erupt on Twitter involves CNN’s Piers Morgan and Former MSNBC and current Current TV host Keith Olbermann.
Following the bizarre interview on Piers Morgan Tonight that resulted in former Tea Party Senate candidate Christine O”Donnell walking out, Olbermann took the opportunity to bash Morgan about, surprise, viewers:
@PiersMorgan tonight? I’m betting on…the audience (as usual)
Who walks out onMorgan, always up for a Twitter squabble hit back –
@KeithOlbermann: Who walks out on @PiersMorgan tonight? I’m betting on the audience (as usual)
More watch me in Belgium than you globally RTMorgan challenged Olbermann to come on his show and once again hit him where it hurts: ratings.
@KeithOlbermann – or are you too busy with your 40,000 viewers a night?
Come on and debate with me you big cowardOlberman responded to the challenge:
@PiersMorgan that I appear on his show arrived 7/26. After he “banned me for life.”
Just to wrap this up, most recent of 12 pleadings byFor some background, Piers Morgan “banned” Olbermann from his new show back in January. He said that it was “just a temporary ban, designed to confuse and bemuse him, and hopefully engender a violent reaction.”
Olbermann ended with this reference to the recent hacking accusations –
@Graypets @piersmorgan Why don’t you listen to the bug you have on Olbermann’s phone and find out?
We have a winner! Good night all! RTMorgan finally retweeted this, basically invoking the “Scoreboard” argument –
If you have yet to see the incident that prompted this Twitter war, or simply want to watch it again (it’s quite enjoyable), check it out below: