Posted on 09/07/2022 9:22:42 PM PDT by algore
Anderson Cooper has testified that he will accept pre-agreed answers during interviews about legally-thorny topics, in a deposition that lifts the lid on CNN's journalistic processes.
The 55-year-old journalist, one of CNN's biggest stars, bristled when the lawyer deposing him described him as a television 'host,' and insisted that he was fully involved in reporting and not just the face of the news.
He said he never attended morning editorial meetings, and, asked about who controlled his social media, replied: 'I don't look at social media that much.'
On the advice of his lawyer, Cooper refused to answer questions about his contract: a magistrate judge is now ordering Cooper to respond to whether there are financial incentives or bonuses for him tied to Anderson Cooper 360 ratings.
Cooper was asked to speak about the fact-checking inside CNN as part of a lawsuit filed by a Florida doctor, who sued over an article accusing him of malpractice
Cooper's testimony, given over several days in January this year, was obtained by online news site Puck, which got hold of the documents after a court clerk failed to seal them, by mistake.
In it, he details an internal fact-checking process known as 'The Triad' - which sees a complicated and sensitive story reviewed by three teams: senior editors, Standards & Practices employees, and company attorneys.
Puck described it as 'rigorous'.
Cooper said that he had not worked before at an organization with such an intense system, and it gave him confidence in the reporting
He said that, when he was given a script with the answers for the reporters provided, he would not query the discussion because it meant there had already been lengthy legal discussions
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I used to have the shareware version of that.
Why is this an either/or question? That is so limiting.
Both/and.
Anderson: How dare you say I’m just a host. What? Do you think I just sit around all day until the cameras turn on? I am deeply involved the reporting process!
Anderson: I don’t question what’s put in front of me because I know there is a rigorous vetting process before it gets to me.
Genius.
Yes I am just a puppet head that reads from a teleprompter
Anderson: I don’t question what’s put in front of me because I know there is a rigorous vetting process before it gets to me.
Alec Baldwin: I don’t question whether a firearm is unloaded when it’s handed to me because I know there is a rigorous vetting process before it gets to me.
My reaction, also.
Cooper may be lazy and irresponsible to blindly accept what he is told. Kinda like that actor who took possession of a gun and assumed that it was not loaded. He killed someone. The first rule of gun safety, is when you have a gun in your possession, always assume that it is loaded.
Cooper would rather accept the drivel he is told to report than treat it as loaded and ask a few questions himself. Who is responsible for what his says? Does Cooper think that someone else is responsible for what he says? Maybe that person should get the pay.
So he’s the same as Biden and reads exactly what he’s given.
Cohen is NOT a doctor...kinda like CNN is NOT a news organization.
WIKI excerpt:
Cohen attended Columbia College, and graduated in 1987 with a bachelor’s degree in history.
In 1992, she graduated with a master’s degree in public health from Boston University.
>>Are those real?
Zaftig...
😂🤡😵💫
This is XiNN.
A script? So he doesn’t report the news? He is just reading from a script like a play?
It seems like all the MSM uses the same triad. Nice gig if you can it. Write one script with minor changes and sell it to multiple outlets. That would explain using the same words. Gravitas came out everywhere at once. Russian collusion.
So, Anderson Cooper is officially announcing he really is as stupid as he looks?!?
It's not.
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