Morgan grilled over U.K. phone hacking

Morgan CNN anchor and former British tabloid editor Piers Morgan has refused all understanding of phone hacking in the Daily Mirror, 1 of 2 national papers he edited.Asked Tuesday through the government inquiry into press ethics, carried out by The almighty Justice John Leveson, Morgan stated he'd pointless to "accept is as true happeningInch in the Mirror throughout his almost 10-year tenure, which led to 2004.Talking with the U.K. via video link in the U.S. where lucrative lives, Morgan told the inquiry: "Not an individual makes a proper or legal complaint from the Daily Mirror for phone hacking."The Leveson inquiry is separate towards the parliamentary probe into phone hacking at Rupert Murdoch's now defunct News around the globe Sunday tabloid, which Morgan edited in 1994-95, years prior to the scandal emerged.Morgan seemed to be requested in regards to a report through the British Information Commissioner's Office that discovered that 45 Mirror journalists were pointed out within the files of private eye Steve Whittamore.Morgan was adamant that "all journalists understood they needed to operate inside the law. Which was enshrined within their contracts of employment."He was grilled in regards to a recording of the voicemail message message left by Paul McCartney for his then-wife Louise Mills once the couple were going through difficulties within their short-resided marriage.The CNN presenter, who quit like a judge on NBC's "America's Got Talent" to focus on his "Piers Morgan Tonight" talkshow in November, stated that hearing the content wasn't dishonest, but rejected to supply particulars of methods it happened to safeguard his source.Asked about his sights on privacy and just how the press goodies large names, he stated: "I have little sympathy with celebs who sell their wedding ceremonies for a million -- probably the most private times of their lives -- after which have a much privacy when they get caught getting matters."Those are the last individuals who ought to be protected with a privacy law."Following the session, Morgan stated he'd felt just like a "badly treated rock star" whose low points were constantly repeated while his achievements were overlooked. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com