[beyond the sea]

Anderson Cooper's mother is Gloria Vanderbilt.

That could explain some of his "high strung" behavior lately.

;-)

He was acting like a trapped snake interviewing Trent Lott yesterday. Trent, much to his credit, was quite the gentleman.

[Patriot from Philly]

I think Anderson, Geraldo, and Shep are all trying to out drama each other. The problem is the hype is so bad and we could use some real good factual reporting.

The best reporting right now is from the Weather Channel.

CNN was excellent the first few days but has since gone full hog to editorialize, hype, and blame Bush.

Jean Mansur on Monday night was the best reporting. She showed professionalism and emotion at the same time. None of the silly hype and setup pieces.