Anderson Cooper

CNN's Cooper Interviews Transgendered Ex-SEAL ‘Warrior Princess’
By Nathan Roush | June 11, 2013 | 12:55 PM EDT

Openly gay CNN anchor Anderson Cooper devoted a full quarter of his Thursday, June 6 program to the story of a transgender ex-Navy SEAL who laments that he could not serve in the military now as a man who identifies as a woman. [Listen to the audio here]

Cooper chronicled the adult life of Christopher Beck, who now goes by Kristin, who first enlisted in the Navy in 1990 and would eventually achieve his goal of serving as a member of the Navy SEALs. However, he claimed that he always had an inner struggle with his gender identity. He was born a man, but identified himself as a woman.  He also claims to have signed up for the SEALs to try to suppress or “cure” his feminine desires but never could.

30 Times More Coverage! CNN Trumps Up Tabloid Stories But Buries Benghazi
By Matt Hadro | May 9, 2013 | 5:11 PM EDT

On Wednesday evening, CNN barely covered the congressional hearing on the Benghazi attack from earlier that afternoon. Instead, the network provided wall-to-wall coverage of the Jodi Arias trial verdict and the Cleveland kidnappings.

From the hours of 5 p.m. until 11 p.m. ET, CNN gave a whopping 4 hours, 9 minutes of coverage to the two crime stories, but a measly eight minutes to Benghazi -- over 30 times more coverage. And three of CNN's prime-time shows didn't even mention Benghazi.

Is ‘All In With Chris Hayes’ Making MSNBC’s Prime-Time Ratings Fall Downward?
By Randy Hall | May 2, 2013 | 11:14 PM EDT

When MSNBC announced in March that Ed Schultz's weeknight program, “The Ed Show,” was being replaced by “All In,” which is hosted by 34-year-old Chris Hayes, the executives of the "Lean Forward" network hoped that the new hour-long program would hold onto the channel's liberal audience and even draw in younger viewers.

Instead, the ratings for Hayes' broadcasts in April were down 18 percent in total viewers from that month's numbers in 2012 for “Ed,” and it appears that “All In” is also dragging down the viewership for “The Rachel Maddow Show,” which was off by seven percent from its ratings during that period a year ago, and “The Last Word With Lawrence O'Donnell,” which also fell eight percent in a year-to-year comparison.

Anderson Cooper on Gay NBA Player: 'The Tide of History Is Moving Forward'
By Matt Hadro | May 1, 2013 | 4:53 PM EDT

Hosting liberal filmmaker Spike Lee on his Tuesday show, CNN's Anderson Cooper supported Lee's prediction that more professional athletes will come out as gay like NBA player Jason Collins.

"The tide of history is moving forward," the openly-gay Cooper remarked in a not-so-subtle boost of the gay rights movement. On Monday, Cooper hailed Collins as "a true pioneer" and lauded his announcement as a "historic decision."

Kathy Griffin Axed By Bravo
By Noel Sheppard | April 8, 2013 | 10:38 AM EDT

At the same time the supposedly most trusted name in news is allegedly pondering giving vulgarian comedienne Kathy Griffin a show on that network, she's just gotten the boot from Bravo.

Such was reported in a Cincinnati Enquirer review of her "performance" at the Taft Theatre Friday:

Anderson Cooper: ‘When I Was Seven or Eight I Fell in Love With Robby Benson’
By Noel Sheppard | April 6, 2013 | 11:41 AM EDT

Anderson Cooper on NBC’s Late Night Friday told a childhood story that he never would have relayed on national television until recently.

“When I was seven or eight, I fell in love with Robby Benson.”

CNN Correspondent Touts AR-15s for Wild Hog Hunting Then Wonders Why Hunters 'Need' Them
By P.J. Gladnick | March 28, 2013 | 9:01 PM EDT

One of the big talking points of liberal dogma is that hunters don't "need" to use AR-15 rifles for hunting. So what happens when a television correspondent praises the qualities of AR-15s for hunting wild hogs? He has to perform a bizarre sort of mea culpa by sidetracking the story a bit and asking a hog hunter if he really "needs" to use an AR-15.

Such was the case with CNN correspondent Victor Blackwell in his story about wild hog hunting on Anderson Cooper 360. First Blackwell reports on the damage caused by wild hogs to farms in Georgia as you can see in this video.

Anderson Cooper Rumored to be Replacing Matt Lauer at Today Show
By Noel Sheppard | March 27, 2013 | 10:19 AM EDT

There sure are a lot of rumors flying around about Anderson Cooper.

After Deadline's Nellie Andreeva reported Tuesday that CNN was considering giving him a new show with - perish the thought! - vulgar comedienne Kathy Griffin, Andreeva also reported that NBC is thinking of replacing Today show anchor Matt Lauer with Cooper.

CNN Rumored to be Considering an Anderson Cooper-Kathy Griffin Show
By Noel Sheppard | March 26, 2013 | 6:23 PM EDT

Rather than being punished for her lewd behavior on their network, CNN executives are rumored to be considering giving vulgar comedienne Kathy Griffin a regular show with Anderson Cooper.

Deadline reported moments ago:

Madonna Calls Anderson Cooper a 'Freedom Fighter' and a 'Bad A** Motherf**ker'
By Noel Sheppard | March 17, 2013 | 10:05 AM EDT

Pop star Madonna showed up at the 24th annual Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation Awards Saturday mockingly dressed as a Cub Scout.

At the end of her over twelve minute vulgarity laden presentation of the association's Vito Russo award to Anderson Cooper, she called the CNN host a "freedom fighter" and a "bad a-- motherf--ker" (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):

Anderson Cooper to Receive GLAAD's 'Vito Russo Award'
By Matt Hadro | February 21, 2013 | 5:39 PM EST

CNN's getting more love from the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) as prime-time host Anderson Cooper will be honored at the organization's upcoming Media Awards for his work as an "openly gay media professional" in "promoting equality."

Cooper's not being honored as a journalist, but as an advocate. "Anderson Cooper has long been an advocate for the LGBT community," the group stated. GLAAD continues: "His wide range of subjects includes the bullying of LGBT youth, families supporting their transgender children, and the dangers of so-called 'ex-gay conversion therapy.'" The Huffington Post says the award is GLAAD's "most prestigious honor."

AP Uses Excerpts From Dorner's 'Manifesto' on Various Pols, Omits Effusive Praise of Obama, Denunciation of His Critics
By Tom Blumer | February 8, 2013 | 10:45 AM EST

As of 9:47 ET this morning, according to the Associated Press, this is where the manhunt for Christopher Dorner stands: "Police spent all night searching the snowy mountains of Southern California but were unable to find the former Los Angeles police officer accused of carrying out a killing spree because he felt he was unfairly fired from his job.

We don't have to search very far for bias in the wire service's coverage of Dorner's "manifesto" (full uncensored version is here), which he apparently sent to CNN's Anderson Cooper. AP's unbylined report carrying excerpts from it cite Dorner's comments on the following politicians: former President George H. W. Bush (i.e., Bush 41), Hillary Clinton, Colin Powell, Chris Christie. Notably absent is any mention of our current president. As seen after the jump, Dorner effusively praises President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle (paragraph breaks added by me; expletive cleaned up):