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.
Outstanding work on the headline. You deserve an award of some kind, my friend.
I had heard it said of Cooper but what's the connection with Shep Smith?
Incredibly unfortunate headline.
Love the headline. Now who wants to predict how long he will last?
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Oh man, you're so wrong.
Ouch. BTW I saw a show on TV last week in which a woman got her anus bleached. No more brown hole for her.
ROTFL
You are correct, sir.
jas3
Thank you. I hereby nominate myself for some such award.
jas3
Worst. Headline. Ever.
Please add me to the ISH Ping List.
Hopefully this post qualifies me as a new member?
jas3
Time to oil Mr. Sulu!
I'm. Not. Going. There.
You could have worded that a little differently!
You have passed our rigorous standards. CONGRATULATIONS!
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But whats his first name..
Thanks. And now it's time for an adult beverage.
jas3
"Pooper held as probe widens" -- Crow T. Robot
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