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Cooper Fills Brown Hole
various ^ | 11/3/2005 | jas3

Posted on 11/03/2005 9:37:39 AM PST by jas3

(From NYT)

CNN ousted its longtime prime-time anchor, Aaron Brown, today in favor of Anderson Cooper, who has received extensive media attention in the wake of his widely publicized coverage of Hurricane Katrina.

Jonathan Klein, the president of CNN/U.S., said today that he and Mr. Brown had mutually agreed that Mr. Brown would leave the cable news network because the new CNN lineup left "no options" for a program that would include Mr. Brown. "It is, unfortunately, a zero-sum game," Mr. Klein said.

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(From New York Blade)

There is nothing more ridiculous than a public figure refusing to reveal whether he or she is straight — no heterosexual person would deny being straight.

ANDERSON COOPER MAY be the most ubiquitous personality on cable television these days. Popping up on a best-dressed or most-beautiful-people list, profiled in magazines or penning a column for Details magazine, Cooper gets a lot of ink. But in all the fawning stories about his good looks, sartorial smarts, family wealth and status as one of TV’s biggest rising stars, one key detail is always missing.

Cooper, the popular CNN anchor, coyly refused to answer “the question” in a recent lengthy profile in New York magazine. Though long rumored to be gay — he once suggested he is gay in comments made at a GLAAD Media Awards event — Cooper chooses the closet over honesty.

“The whole thing about being a reporter is that you’re supposed to be an observer and to be able to adapt with any group you’re in,” Cooper told New York magazine, “and I don’t want to do anything that threatens that.”

Does he believe that female and African-American reporters lack credibility to cover stories since their minority status is showing? Should any heterosexuals who let it slip that they’re married to someone of the opposite sex be kept off the air, or does his rule apply only to gay journalists?

(Note to Cooper: I have been a journalist for as long as you have and being open about my sexual orientation has never cost me a job, a story, a source or a promotion.)

Cooper isn’t the only well-known TV personality hiding his sexual orientation. Shepard Smith, who hosts a popular program on Fox News and received widespread praise for his work covering Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath, also dodges questions about his sexual orientation.


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jas3

1 posted on 11/03/2005 9:37:40 AM PST by jas3
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Hee...hee...


2 posted on 11/03/2005 9:38:23 AM PST by Dallas59 (“You love life, while we love death.” - Al-Qaeda / Democratic Party)
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I love that headline! LOL!!


3 posted on 11/03/2005 9:38:41 AM PST by proudofthesouth (Boycotting movies since 1988)
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??????!


4 posted on 11/03/2005 9:38:47 AM PST by July 4th (A vacant lot cancelled out my vote for Bush.)
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...Cooper Fills Brown Hole ...

Say what??!!

5 posted on 11/03/2005 9:38:56 AM PST by FReepaholic (Taglines? We don't need no stinking taglines.)
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To: jas3

That's gross! Of course, usually the brown hole belongs to Sheppard Smith.


6 posted on 11/03/2005 9:39:01 AM PST by Clemenza (In League with the Freemasons, The Bilderbergers, and the Learned Elders of Zion)
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LOL! There is no way this headline is unintentional.


7 posted on 11/03/2005 9:39:32 AM PST by wideawake (God bless our brave troops and their Commander-in-Chief)
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WHOA!

That headline is raising eyebrows!

8 posted on 11/03/2005 9:39:38 AM PST by Zavien Doombringer (Have you gotten your Viking Kittie Patch today? http://www.visualops.com/patch.html)
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A pox on you for my clicking on that link.


9 posted on 11/03/2005 9:39:42 AM PST by BTHOtu
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Who didn't already know that about Cooper?


10 posted on 11/03/2005 9:39:49 AM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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Cooper Fills Brown Hole
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That's CNN's demographic.


11 posted on 11/03/2005 9:40:02 AM PST by noblejones (I'll get a tagline later.)
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Worst

Title

Ever

:)


12 posted on 11/03/2005 9:40:09 AM PST by PissAndVinegar
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I hear he was glad to do it.


13 posted on 11/03/2005 9:40:26 AM PST by wallcrawlr (http://www.bionicear.com)
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oh. thought it might ha' been something to do with the dreaded "Brown Note"


14 posted on 11/03/2005 9:40:32 AM PST by King Prout (many accuse me of being overly literal... this would not be a problem if many were not under-precise)
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LOL!


15 posted on 11/03/2005 9:40:46 AM PST by KC_Conspirator (This space outsourced to India)
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Ooohh, you so nasty!!


16 posted on 11/03/2005 9:40:51 AM PST by jbwbubba
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Anderson Cooper is a spinster for the left... why else would his show be labeled "360"


17 posted on 11/03/2005 9:41:08 AM PST by fhlh (Polls are for strippers and liberal spin.)
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18 posted on 11/03/2005 9:41:28 AM PST by Jaxter ("Vivit Post Funera Virtus")
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That's just terrible, LMAO.


19 posted on 11/03/2005 9:41:28 AM PST by maggief
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Q: What did Cooper say to Brown at the Bar?


A: Mind if I push in your stool?


20 posted on 11/03/2005 9:42:54 AM PST by YouPosting2Me
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