Mr Simpson, a long-time BBC foreign correspondent and world affairs editor, was among those who criticised Morgan for the interview. He said: “The art of the political interview, Piers, is to push your interviewee hard – not let them spout self-evident tosh.
Veteran BBC journalist John Simpson has become embroiled in a Twitter spat with Piers Morgan after he argued the controversial columnist’s interview with Donald Trump was “spineless”.
Morgan was fiercely criticised for his interviewing approach in what was Mr Trump’s first international TV interview since becoming president.
Simpson joined the BBC in 1970 at the age of 25 and in 1988 was appointed the corporation’s world affairs editor.