There was no doubting
Piers Morgan's breathless enthusiasm for Sunday's Diamond Jubilee flotilla. But the broadcaster's hyperbolic commentary for
CNN has been skewered by the
US satirist
Jon Stewart, whose ruthless lampoon on the
Daily Show became an instant web hit.
Morgan hit back at the "sneering" Stewart after watching his awestruck analysis of the boat parade torn apart on the
Comedy Central show.
In a segment titled "The Queen who stares at boats", Stewart mocked Morgan's promise of an "an orgy of excitement" on the Thames. "A fuckfest of marvellousness, a gang-bang of awesome," suggested Stewart, adopting an English accent.
CNN's "trained journalistic eye" had produced descriptions such as "what an amazing scene...never seen a spectacle quite like this, fantastic", culminating in "absolutely remarkable" for the Royal Barge's "rapid-fire 360 turn".
Stewart said: "I'm getting word that there's a schooner doing a K-turn. Is this the British equivalent of a monster truck show?"
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