High Court: Piers Morgan knew about phone hacking | The News Agents

Prince Harry won, the press lost.
In a landmark court verdict, a high court judge on Friday ruled that phone hacking and other unlawful practices to obtain stories were "habitual" at the Mirror Group's newspapers.
The judge also said that senior executives at the company knew about these methods, as did Piers Morgan, who once edited the Daily Mirror.
Morgan has taken to the airwaves to once again deny.
Lewis asks what this ruling means for Harry, the royal family, the press and Piers Morgan himself. He talks to a lawyer representing the victims of phone hacking, a former Daily Mirror editor and a former phone hacker.
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[@nancycole-auguste6614]

It is horrible to hear grown men speaking ill of another mans wife like gossipy old bags, THEN on the air waves it is horriffic state sponsored evil.

[@lekis5975]

Well said!!

[@priscillacanciani5851]

A very bad representation of UK

[@kattygabby3519]

Morgan is an exceptional liar and a fantastic projector of all things inferior about himself. Forget Harry, let Morgan take his case to the judge!!😅😊😅

[@prettynerd4779]

THANK YOU!!! Bless you and Merry Christmas because My Goodness, I feel like I am taking crazy pills when I see peoples typical response to the harassment of Meghan and Harry

[@marciathomas3258]

Well thought through!

[@breakupgoogle]

Piers is whats wrong with the world.

[@markdaly1648]

He has his supporters on talk TV youtube channel.

[@moonshine9902]

Yes. And those who think and behave like him

[@MrPiccolop]

Israeli's think he's giving them a fair say. So do Palestinians. But him it's just a show. Worst kind of misery merchant. Worse than Jeremy Kyle now.

[@blue_jay31]

For sure !

[@lovem7635]

​@@markdaly1648people like him he loud mouth liar

[@philnasmith9755]

I would. not be in the least surprised that the problems between Harry and his family is rooted in the hateful comments from members of the press. I am constantly shocked at what is published about Megan on KZbin

[@Lizmanson995]

You said it all. Absolute truth

[@millie2079]

Morgan quick to call out Mandelson for sending troops to war but forgot to mention he put faked pics of soldiers in that war on his front page.

[@mistydong68]

THAT PART.....

[@dennisward-fay9085]

Piers Morgan squeals like a stuck pig when the press pressure goes on him what a laugh

[@childoftheuniverse2644]

It seems he doesn't like his own medicine 😂😂😂

[@yorewhyworry7217]

Morgan should be going to jail soon enough.

[@dianaowusu6182]

Why isn't the media and the tv stations talking about the same way they had been hammering about Sussex's tax report🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@menow7903]

Piers Morgan setting himself up as the defender of the royal family in the face of a damaged man who lost his mother so publicly is deeply, deeply shocking.

[@austenkeith8891]

Morgan using 'California tanned face' as a pejorative against Harry, Morgan owns a $4.2 million house in Beverly Hills

[@lovem7635]

He is bully big mouth liar

[@MrPiccolop]

1 thing i definitely cannot stand about Piers Morgan is acting like he's defending the Royal Family when hes constantly attacking them. Im no royalist but Harry has done this country a massive service.

[@irmaadams7780]

True.

[@jensharpe2662]

The ROYAL FAMILY doesn't , need PIERS MORGAN to defend them, he's not a member of that family , Prince Harry is - he the King's Son. THe Royal Family would do well to have nothing to do with Piers Morgan. He forgets that everything his Lying mouth have said is still on line for all to see and hear.

[@lekis5975]

He's not defending the royal family, the pretend support is a dog whistle to Monarchists and royalists. He needs vocal supporters to try and drown any calls for his head.

[@Ulysses042]

It's ridiculous that he still has a career. He showed what a despicable POS he is decades ago on HIGNFY when he bragged about and openly threatened people with harassment from private investigators for daring to insult him. He didn't even pretend it was a joke.

[@zimba5194]

Piers Morgan talking about Meghan before the wedding in 2018. "Meghan is marrying into a family which has,....to put it mildly, a dodgy track record on race. It is not Meghan Markles problem. It is their problem". Piers Morgan defender of the monarchy....what a joke!

[@davebento1548]

Morgan in a carefully written statement said he had never hacked a phone or told anyone to hack a phone. He did NOT say he had no knowledge phone hacking was taking place. Read into that what you will.

[@george-hz9xq]

10 years Jail time for Piers as soon as possible. Lock up old Murdoch as well.

[@markdaly1648]

Old man murdoch is 100 years old. He is not going to prison

[@keithbuckley3220]

Twenty years for the lying Prince haz.

[@alistairlambert3275]

And Trump and Rebekah Brooks.

[@clivecosta-correa2102]

@@markdaly1648 Well, he'd not get out alive...

[@kathybest6950]

​@keithbuckley3220 then if you call for liars to be in Prison, you better stand in line yourself as you're a liar and one hopes you are are aware enough to realize this.

[@bobdigi500]

I can't believe the editor of the Daily Mirror has been found to be a liar! Shocker😅😅😅😅😊

[@Kiki-en9vm]

The government need to reinvestigate this matter,they can't be left to continue.

[@ares6953]

P Morgan should go to jail. he´s a liar !! he knew about the hacking all along and allowed it !

[@letsoamaregofiwapapimagome]

Piers morgan should be investigated thoroughly

[@merricat3025]

Camilla will protect him. He was her mouth piece

[@audreymcgready4329]

Morgan needs help for the hate he carries for Harry and his wife. How dare he stand there and speak about them like that. What has harry's family affairs got to do with Morgan in the first place for him to hate them so much. Morgan is just nasty. And not just towards Harry.

[@dmd2348]

He’s taking the Trump approach of playing himself as the victim. It’s pretty sick.

[@joyduncan9434]

Piers Morgan is a grown man who still whines like a 12 year old year boy of how jilted he feels that , in his mind, Meghan Markle blew him off after she started hobnobbing with certain people of more fame than he has. Quite pathetic and petty.

[@clivecosta-correa2102]

@@hightide4782 His own marital status at the time notwithstanding...

[@mistydong68]

Morgan is delusional n thinking his "Support for the Royal Family" is going to net him an OBE, CBE, MBE or even Knighthood. A drowning man WILL clutch at a straw.

[@marciathomas3258]

Bravo!

[@DeeL-u1c]

Morgan was very particular about how he states what he knows. The witness said Morgan asked about reliability of the source for a story and was told it was voicemail. Or in other words, phone hacking. Morgan knew what his reporting team illegal hacking to get their story. He did nothing to end it.

[@sugarplumk2381]

And claims he didn’t know how to hack a phone yet there’s footage of him explaining how to do it. Piers is such a liar.

[@markdaly1648]

He said that what paxman was not true.

[@lekis5975]

@@markdaly1648 There is a clip doing the rounds on social media showing him explaining the how voicemail hacking works. He tells her to change the factory settings to avoid being hacked!

[@mustrumridcully3853]

The rights of the press to report has never been questioned. Their right to hound people, lie about them and commit illegal acts has never been questioned either. Perhaps it's time for a reckoning.

[@Lizmanson995]

Wish I could like your comment a 1000 times

[@missbigkim]

If Piers truly didn’t know about the phone hacking once he found out about it his first reaction would’ve been APOLOGIZING to Prince Harry for doubting him and also for letting it happen on his watch. Instead he immediately attacked Harry and Meghan (who has nothing to do with this) because he knows he’s been caught.

[@icclc-fe3sy]

Absolutely! You are so right; however #PiersMorgan doesn't have a decent bone in his body.

[@spartacusforlife1508]

Jeremy paxman told a story about a lunch, in 2002, at which Morgan told him about phone hacking and advising him to change his password.

[@chrispalmer7893]

I thought I remembered that right. I seem to recall Morgan being asked about that by the Leveson enquiry and he gave some mealy-mouthed "I know it went on, I know how to do it, but I've never done it myself" answer.

[@English_Rose4]

I seen it and I shared another video of him lying in my playlist

[@kattygabby3519]

The media response of blanket silence tells you all you need to know about these press practices in the UK!!😮 No surprise.🙄

[@Captain1ncredible]

Are we now legally allowed to refer to PM as "the Liar, Piers Morgan"?

[@lovem7635]

Yes you are allowed to say

[@user-bu9nb8wr6e]

Well if that is the case he should be charged with a crime. No consequences for illegal actions or inaction and we live in a lawless society.

[@flordelizacook61]

Morgan go to jail he abused Harry's and family.

[@johnmunro4952]

Just like Rebecca Brooks , Morgan obviously never showed the slightest curiosity about whether their journalists could actually prove any of their scoops were accurate.

[@lekis5975]

He didn't have to, they were getting the information straight off the presses (no pun intended); they were rummaging in people's voice mails, hacking and intercepting calls, they were blagging to access medical records and financial records like credit reports!

[@keithd26]

Can we appreciate that one of the first acts of the tories on getting into power, was to cut legal aid. This means that in order to bring a claim, you'd need vast amounts of cash. It is highly likely that many who's phone has been hacked will never see their time in court and justice will never be done for them.

[@buzzukfiftythree]

You’re right, and this is often forgotten by those who champion or even just vote for the Conservative Party. The ability to sue for libel and slander is limited now just to the wealthy. Few lawyers will take on cases from Mr and Mrs Average on a no win no fee basis.

[@lotus8341]

Yes why isnt Piers Morgan talking about this fact.

[@suzyqualcast6269]

F the court way, just go get the sballs.

[@joannebaker4925]

A great big thank you to Prince Harry 👏👏👏for taking a stand for accountability. #DavidandGoliath. Piers was the editor, he would have known, and it was his responsibility to know. More than that, he did interviews with Naomi campbell, Kate Winslet, speaking about hacking and was on camera telling Charlotte Church how to hack a phone. Piers tried very much to diminish, deflect, dismiss, and devalue Harry in an effort to make it seem as if Harry had done something wrong, when infact Harry is just leading the way for reform of the British tabloid press. It is necessary.

[@mayg9717]

Piers Morgan should be in prison for all the harm he did to Harry and Meghan.

[@lovem7635]

He is bully

[@margueritahancock5472]

MM THE TOXIC LIAR IS THE THE BULLY AND HARRY.

[@johnnyachillesjelinek6765]

One best coment thankn ypu so much

[@marymccormick8166]

The issue is hacking and Morgans knowledge about it. Harry's deals with Netflix or his documentaries have nothing to do with it. He did nothing illegal unlike Morgan who was well aware of the hacking a d approved of it.

[@virginiaarrieta8145]

If he squeal like a pig, he is a pig and more.

[@antonysmyth2464]

Time to implement Leveson, remember David Cameron blocked the recommended reforms

[@Kiki-en9vm]

Almost 25 years to get to this level of justice,yet no jail term or reforming the media in U.K yet,these is horror.

[@lekis5975]

Parliament is letting down the people, I'm left to wonder what this illegal phone gathering uncovered on MPs and Lords sufficient to shut them out in the face of such blatant corruption by the media barons. I'm sorely tempted to believe the British Parliament is stuffed with criminals and perverts, otherwise, what would explain the radio silence, the fact that Murdoch shut down the News of the World and promptly set up Sun on Sunday. In a normal society, he would have been turfed out of the country.

[@professorlazza3882]

Morgan is an arsonist who blames all arsonists for all fires, including his own

[@MrPiccolop]

Best description yet. And while it's all burning he's scurrying down an alley stuffing his bags.

[@eliam4184]

Piers Morgan + many others should be arrested period. I have alot of admiration for Prince Harry - he is a real man - a strong man. Love love Harry for standing up for himself and for his mother. So pleased with him.

[@buzzukfiftythree]

Morgan was formerly a champion for Trump - that says all one needs to know.

[@venenareligioest410]

And that prat took the moral high ground some many times on TV! Jail is the correct punishment!

[@mistydong68]

Deflection and distraction of the HIGHEST Order.

[@Frithogar]

And yet the English voters hang on Piers Morgan's every word. Where would England rank on an international gullibility score table?

[@chrispalmer7893]

Not all of us, but yes, far too many of us...

[@Linda-io2ns]

A lot of people don't like piers,including myself, but most of us Brits despise harry and Meghan, harry is a spoilt little boy, he says he doesn't want anything to do with the royalty, but he's still insisting he take there money, he's disgusting,

[@fozthepoet8274]

Probably it'd be in the same position as it ranks with the propaganda table. Yes there's a lot of gullible people but there's also a very thorough propaganda network.

[@English_Rose4]

It's true some (not me) are easily led by these narcissistic types 👉😲

[@Govanmauler]

It's everywhere, it's just not England, it's not just America....it's everywhere. 😢

[@Kiki-en9vm]

Honestly, i don't care about these tabloid, they ard wicked,cruel and mean.

[@victorybeginsinthegarden]

I bet he authorized the hacking

[@jmcm8546]

Would like Harry to subpoena Morgan into court, taking a private abuse case against him

[@bizbiz157]

Criminal charges should be brought against him, the papers and providers of the network.

[@stpd1957]

Excellent report

[@legalology268]

This podcast was so refreshing to watch! I appreciated the various views and perspectives of the interviewees. I respect the former employees who were very open about what was going on.

[@EMG-pi4cb]

Great interview and fantastic guests dedicated to truth. THIS is a breath of fresh air.

[@soloperformer5598]

Of course he did.

[@Robin-c8e1q]

Piers Morgan was obviously rattled, and it showed in his little outburst, The Thumb' seemed very sore Meanwhile Morgan now has a High Court finding against. Should ne be worried? Is water wet?

[@dianahall-bedeau6482]

And Morgan is the biggest liar of all. His deflection of introduction of Prince Harry family into his rant cannot stand up to intelligent scrutiny. He's washed up.

[@lovem7635]

And big mouth bully at his age

[@getmotivated1707]

He is laughably disingenuous. As if anyone believes he was clueless, the charade is so patronising. These upper class twits swearing the sky is green would be amusing if it weren't for the fact they 1.have so much power and 2. Get away with everything, all the time.

[@MISSYGful]

I'm no Royalist, but way to go Harry! I hope Pandoras box now opened they all come out and name and shame these media ghouls. Piers Morgan the skidmark of Britain.

[@jacquelinelawrence8373]

I look forward to the 'End of the Piers Show'. The man is poisonous. His own statement demonstrates it.

[@markfenlon7049]

Piers Morgan is not an honest person. He must have known about phone hacking even if he wasn't personally involved. If he had any sense of fair play, decency and honour, Piers, as a Mirror group editor, should have lead the course to rid the media of a disreputable practice.

[@garyfitzgerald4340]

Happy Christmas everybody. Thanks for the truth! 😊

[@theshadow5800]

Can we finally close the door on Piers' casket?

[@helenG61]

Absolutely not I for one will not be satisfied until Morgan is arrested and charged with perjury and is served a long time in prison

[@enawilson3210]

There is a lot of people who will feel the same ❤️

[@gleethahunte3197]

Piers want to be Royal so bad I am glad he was proved a LIAR

[@bosebalogunbalogun8190]

Piers morgan needs help about Harry and meghan , his not finished his answering before jumping to Harry and meghan , this piers morgan is paranoid about Harry and meghan , Piers morgan needs Capital punishment to lay off H& M , very reduculous , Harrymeghan Harrymegha all the time , 13:27

[@nqa5448]

Cancel Morgan

[@melissajohnson9254]

Let’s see how these people are still saying there’s no proof when the proof is there

[@mistydong68]

Watch, they will do what they ALWAYS do and try to find a way to either blame Meghan or fabricate some nefarious story about Meghan to detract and deflect.

[@buzzukfiftythree]

The press media’s methods have been suspect for many decades, but previously relied heavily on gossip. Hacking is just one of the latest decidedly dodgy methods and I feel sure it still goes on. The problem is that it is fed by the general public, whose interest in salacious gossip and news stories grows year on year.

[@lekis5975]

Well said, indeed tabloids thrive because there is demand. If there was no demand,there would be no supply. Those who buy the tabloids, are as guilty as the journalists and media barons.

[@James-gk6il]

❤️🖤💚 Prince Harry and Princess Meghan.....We Americans Love You and Your Beautiful Kids ❤️

[@jimmymcdonald426]

😂😂

[@s6352]

@@jimmymcdonald426Love the Duke and Duchess of Sussex ❤❤❤

[@Jules-ks1xo]

As a lot of us Brits do❤️

[@Rabia_Burak]

#BoycottPiersMorgan #BoycottPiersMorganShow #CancelPiersMorganShow #CancelPiersMorgan #SackPiersMorgan

[@MrPiccolop]

I dont do kedia, rumours and celebrity stiff but from the eay he goes on about Harry and Megan maybe there's some truth to the story his romantic interest in Megan and being turned down has got him acting like a jilted lover which makes him crazy imho.

[@janetpickering4036]

@Mr.Piccolop I think u hit the nail on the head it is exactly why he hates them but that's his problem not theirs.

[@jeanmyers1787]

He wrote on KZbin when he first met Megan in his local pub. He was clearly lovestruck but then she met Harry. He’s never got over her & used his position to continually attack her.

[@enawilson3210]

Piers cannot handle the rejection. Simple really Megan had lunch with him but didn't answer his calls then he finds that she was dating harry

[@barbararobbins5309]

Great podcast. Thank you for this!

[@GloriaPattman]

Go Prince Harry. You are the real Man with Big Cogones. We are so proud of Prince Harry. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Mike20216]

Morgan Seems hacked off.

[@MrPiccolop]

😂😂😂🎉

[@harley6222]

😂👍🏼👍🏼

[@jassettehenry4462]

Prince Harry is a true HERO. he has a back bone!

[@danpictish5457]

He is a disgrace to the ancient name of Morgan!

[@funkhouse5936]

Very bad indeed and the editors allegedly accused are having a ball on different radio and television stations.

[@mimsicle1]

Of course Piers knew. He has always known. Piers has been behind this hacking every time.

[@jeanrees1502]

Liar Morgan belongs in jail

[@janetpickering4036]

Yes he does!

[@ambre4980]

Que vient faire la monarchie dans ses accusations il est complètement déphasée se pauvre tyran Pinocchio pissmorgan 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@MrSatnavatron]

you people never fail to get the story amazing

[@catherineligon6723]

Wonderful reporting!!!! You go Prince Harry…💕🎄🎄🎄

[@carolinaramire5276]

Very interesting and informative podcast, thank you!

[@jadwigabillewicz9245]

I watched all of Morgan's testimony to Levinson and all his body language indicated lies, lies, lies. . . Why on earth does anyone believe him now?

[@flordelizacook61]

Need to jail morgan he's doing that again never stop.

[@andrewobrien6671]

How Rebekah Brooks stayed out of prison I will never know... Oops anything to do with Cameron?

[@ambre4980]

Une enquête formidable ❤

[@icclc-fe3sy]

Well Done! #NewsAgents Very interesting & informative indeed

[@craig3533]

"I didn't order it or know about it. Yes, I was paying investigators for something and my entire newsroom knew about it, and I accepted and published stories based on it, but that's because I'm a terrible journalist. I was as surprised as anyone else when what I printed turned out to be true!"

[@neiljackman2511]

Morgan should stop digging

[@Kiki-en9vm]

Digging what, just ruining people's lives a click and selling their papers.

[@markdaly1648]

I am not a fan of Morgan. We build them up. They knock themselves down. Watching the gazza documentary made me ill re Morgans role in that affair.

[@markdaly1648]

The tabloid press ruined the life of shobna gulati, the ex actress in corrie. She became a recluse and rarely goes out. It took her a long to get her confidence back but the tabloid shattered her confidence.

[@chrispalmer7893]

@@markdaly1648 There's an old HIGNFY clip where Piers tells Clive Anderson that there will be people watching him after Anderson said something mildly critical. He tries to make it sound like he's joking, but it just comes across as a glimpse at the real Piers. I think it's the same episode where Morgan complained that he didn't get a laugh but Eddie Izzard did for saying the same thing only for Hislop to explain "That's because they like Eddie".

[@markdaly1648]

Hislop fought captain Bob through the courts. That was why Morgan and hislop didn't like each but hislop won in the end. On the night that captain Bob died hislop made a pointed joke that captain Bob was bobbing along...a very sick and darkly funny joke.

[@NSBarnett]

£140K seems not a lot in this context; why are the judge's apportioning of costs not part of this story? They must dwarf the £140K, I suspect.

[@dianaowusu6182]

The losing side will pay the lawyers' fees 😂😂😂😂

[@oralogarro9932]

This is not about money u can ask William and Charles that

[@davesy6969]

Voluntary regulation (IPSO) has always been a joke.

[@helenG61]

IPSO are not fit for purpose they’re absolutely useless

[@abruzzob]

The actual chief of the RF at the moment that moved into that spot despite the Old head of the firm extracting a promise that she would ever be labeled as such is a great fan and supporter of PM and is undoubtedly why PM speaks so vehemently for the RF and this will result in Charlie making sure this all stops soonest

[@lekis5975]

I don't think Charles likes Piers like that, at best he tolerates him. The best outcome for Charles would be if the tabloids went bankrupt and were all shut down, or if new tough rules on reporting would be introduced.

[@DeloresSimms-o6y]

The Royal Family isn't going to do anything to stop Tabloid Newspapers media because they used it to for there benefit . AND HAS BEEN FOR YEARS ! Open your eyes people and stop being lead .

[@mistydong68]

@@lekis5975 Charles doesn't but he does Camilla so whatever Gladys wants Fred will find a way of sanctioning.

[@idavo]

Please, can you inform followers & those who cannot recall he was sacked for giving the OK to using doctored photographs of prisoners in Iraq. The man is a habitual liar, constantly avoids his involvement & is a rotten man to the core He needs to be tried & jailed in my opinion.

[@sharkymarkie]

The only surprise here is that anyone is surprised!

[@nkakaputa9293]

Teflon Morgan………reacting to extreme heat, and the heat is ON.

[@s6352]

Bravo Prince Harry 🎉🎉🎉

[@rabidbigdog]

"I've never hacked a phone, nor asked anyone to hack a phone" is technically correct .... slippery grub.

[@ghas2429]

Piers Morgan is copping exactly what he has dished out to Harry and Megan .. and still does ...

[@terrioestreich4007]

I don't believe PM, he really does have a nasty side

[@bigphil8848]

He should go to prison, but the closest we’ll get is an overpaid appearance on I’m a celeb…

[@MaDlamini_Dlamini754]

The minute Piers stops poking his nose into other families affairs and stop obsessing about someone else 's wife the better. Karma!!!😂

[@blue_jay31]

Morgan is a big month coward! 😢

[@icildapassley531]

Piers Morgan ! the Queen’s son Charles was not at his Mothers bedside he was searching for wild mushrooms . I wonder what he was going to do with those wild mushrooms .?

[@Linda-io2ns]

By the way, harry is the only member of the royal family that has admitted to taking drugs,

[@lovem7635]

​​@@Linda-io2nsso do William Harry he cared for him

[@StratsRUs]

Does anyone know what the 'astronomical amounts' are that are being spent on lawyers by the Newspaper Groups ?

[@waldograde]

Very well balanced reporting. Thank you.

[@robertgavin980]

Morgan was only the editor, his duties were only to load the photo copier and collect money for the Christmas party. I trained to be an astronaut with Morgo and he's a diamond geezer.

[@MISSYGful]

😂

[@maylinehan9135]

Had an awful day in more ways than one. Your comment soon remedied this. 😂😂😂😂Thank you

[@billoliver5222]

Note to TNA: when you play an audio please state who is speaking BEFORE not afterwards, and it would also help to see their name on the screen, given that some of us listen while working out etc

[@kyllancarrington]

Piers Morgan is the Human Headline! Australia