Piers Morgan: Britain's poorest excuse for a journalist. Maybe that's why the Daily Mirror fired him.

Editor's Note: HERE is the reason why the Daily Mirror fired Pierced Organ
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By Rob Janicki

Once again, CNN's Piers Morgan goes off 'half cocked' and 'jumps the gun' with another false accusation.  Morgan seems to be stuck on stupid in his crusade on gun control, while again using the Newtown shooting as his personal whipping post.  I find it despicable to see politicians and ignorant left wing media types use the child victims of Sandy Hook for their means to manipulate public opinion on gun control.  Here's the latest buffoonery from Morgan that most first year journalism students would have identified as an egregious violation of journalism ethics.

Giddy about a Newtown search warrant that showed there was an NRA certificate found in the Lanza household,  Morgan tweeted giddily: 
 
I want to hear Wayne LaPierre explain what checks they made on Adam Lanza before sending him a @nra certificate. #Newtown

— Piers Morgan (@piersmorgan) March 28, 2013...

In the search warrants of the Lanza’s mother’s house, it showed a receipt for a shooting range along with a NRA certificates for both Adam and Nancy Lanza. These are given when a person takes a course in gun safety or training by an NRA-certified instructor.

The police also list a handbook published by the NRA. The book covers topics include safely using a pistol safely, shooting fundamentals, cleaning, storage and transportation...

Morgan did not exercise any fact checking to substantiate his reckless statement that Adam Lanza was an NRA member.  There is no excuse whatsoever for Morgan's failure to employ due diligence in gathering the facts of what he would erroneously publish.  However, this is in keeping with Morgan's habit of shooting his mouth off without responsibility for reporting the truth of what he spews forth as fact.

The certificate was made out to Nancy Lanza, according to  LaPierre explain what checks they made on Adam Lanza before sending him a @NRA certificate. #Newtown

The NRA was forced to put out a statement clarifying for those in the media that people NRA certificates don’t indicate membership in the organization: “There is no record of a member relationship between Newtown killer Adam Lanza, nor between Nancy Lanza, A. Lanza or N. Lanza with the National Rifle Association. Reporting to the contrary is reckless, false and defamatory.”...

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