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‘You Misunderstand What My Job Is!’ CNN’s Anderson Cooper Pushes Back on Criticism From Harris Supporters After Town Hall
Mediaite ^ | Oct 25th, 2024 | Jamie Frevele

Posted on 10/25/2024 8:16:07 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican

CNN’s Anderson Cooper has built his reputation on being a trusted news anchor — not a pundit, which he explained during his show on Thursday.

During a frank conversation on how the news — and CNN — has covered the presidential race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, Cooper defended his network to The Breakfast Club‘s Charlamagne Tha God and Angela Rye. He also defended himself from criticism that he got from Harris supporters after Wednesday’s town hall with the VP.

After the animated conversation turned to how Harris was questioned about her policy and the double standard when it came to how Trump was questioned about his — or his lack thereof, as Cooper explained — Charlamagne said: “What you just did is what I would like to hear more pundits do.”

That raised Cooper’s hackles, because his response to Charlamagne was: “I’m not a pundit.” He explained further:

Cooper: I believe in asking questions and probing people’s arguments and trying to reveal people’s arguments, what’s true and what’s not. And I like — I’m not on MSNBC for a reason. I’m not on some other network for a reason. I’m on CNN, because I want to talk to Republicans. I want to talk to Democrats. And I want to learn from them. I don’t think I have the answers. I’m willing to change my mind. People can convince me of stuff all the time. Like, I’m not a — I don’t even know why I’m talking about myself!

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: andersoncooper; cackles; clintonnonnews; cnn; danabash; markhalperin; thecackler; trainwreck; vanjones
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1 posted on 10/25/2024 8:16:07 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: MinorityRepublican

Anderson Cooper also misunderstands that many ordinary Americans have tuned out his Gaslight Media.


2 posted on 10/25/2024 8:19:01 PM PDT by kiryandil (Kraft durch Freude! - The Kamunist and The Walzrus )
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To: MinorityRepublican

“Anderson Cooper has built his reputation on being a trusted news anchor”

https://www.lerctr.org/~transit/healy/laughs.wav


3 posted on 10/25/2024 8:19:46 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: kiryandil

I watched the video to save folks time.

It starts with bashing Trump for having no policies.

At the end, there’s some babbling about the harris interview


4 posted on 10/25/2024 8:21:23 PM PDT by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Cooper’s job is to be a leftist hack.

His critics are complaining he was not a full blown Commie leftist hack.


5 posted on 10/25/2024 8:25:06 PM PDT by cgbg ("Our democracy" = Their Kleptocracy)
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To: cgbg

Trotskyites vs. Stalinists


6 posted on 10/25/2024 8:25:54 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: BenLurkin

🤣 Priceless!


7 posted on 10/25/2024 8:28:07 PM PDT by JerseyDvl (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

CNN’s Anderson Cooper has built his reputation on being a trusted news anchor — not a pundit, which he explained during his show on Thursday
L the F O L


8 posted on 10/25/2024 8:44:10 PM PDT by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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To: dp0622

“CNN’s Anderson Cooper has built his reputation on being a trusted news anchor — not a pundit,“

First time I have seen a joke start with the punch line.


9 posted on 10/25/2024 8:46:44 PM PDT by Yogafist
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To: MinorityRepublican

Why does anyone care what a mentally ill depraved idiot thinks?


10 posted on 10/25/2024 9:13:10 PM PDT by doorgunner69 (I don't know what he said at the end of that sentence. i don't think he knows what he said either)
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To: Yogafist

lol


11 posted on 10/25/2024 9:14:35 PM PDT by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: dfwgator

I think the issue is that besides the most left of leftist “reporters”, ther others don’t know HOW to make it easy enough for harris during an interview because she’s such a moron.

Perhaps beyond anything most have seen before...which is saying a lot.

How SOFT can you make an interview before even your side is like “man, just hand her the script”

And she’s still mess it up


12 posted on 10/25/2024 9:16:17 PM PDT by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: dp0622

Re: “”I watched the video to save folks time””

Thank you verrrrrrry much!

You are performing a fantastic Freerepublic service.

MinorityRepublican stated:

“”Why does anyone care what a mentally ill depraved idiot thinks?””

I would change it to:

Why does anyone care what all of mentally ill depraved idiots think?

Liberalism Is A Mental Disorder


13 posted on 10/25/2024 9:21:08 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try)
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To: MinorityRepublican

You mean your job isn’t to shill for every Dem candidate?


14 posted on 10/25/2024 9:33:31 PM PDT by silent_jonny ("it was God alone who prevented the unthinkable from happening." ~ President Trump 7-14-24)
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To: Ronaldus Magnus III

It was very painful but I went in and got it done!! :)

Should get hazzard pay :)

Boy I dislike him. Well, all of them.

Michael Corleone says “don’t hate your enemies, it clouds your judgement.”

I try :)


15 posted on 10/25/2024 9:34:57 PM PDT by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Any effort - no matter how well intentioned - that results in embarrassing Kamala will make you enemy #1. We have seen this time and time again. Liberal media is expected to toe the line.

Welcome to the club, Anderson.


16 posted on 10/25/2024 10:57:57 PM PDT by KingofZion
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To: MinorityRepublican

Was he gargling man butter while he chimed in on this?


17 posted on 10/25/2024 11:26:29 PM PDT by Bullish (Socialism is a weed that blooms into communism, the tyranny that strangles liberty.)
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To: MinorityRepublican
That raised Cooper’s hackles, because his response to Charlamagne was: “I’m not a pundit.” He's sharing "his" truth not "the" truth.
18 posted on 10/26/2024 2:03:47 AM PDT by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Whining to Anderson Cooper because they didn’t get their way. Typical.


19 posted on 10/26/2024 2:44:01 AM PDT by popdonnelly (All the enormous crimes in history have been committed by governments.)
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To: dp0622
Kamala’s clowns are upset with Cooper for trying to get Kamala to answer a simple question instead of giving a rambling word salad that had nothing to do with the question. The Breakfast Club are Simps for Kamala and the democrats. The show is so low IQ that they think Kamala is a genius.
20 posted on 10/26/2024 3:37:29 AM PDT by Rdct29 (The Democrats Are The New Nazi Party )
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