Comments on The Claremont Conservative: Anderson Cooper As Seen From The Middle Way Forwar...

Anderson Cooper didn't characterize the war in Con...

2007-11-15T22:10:08.891-08:00

Anderson Cooper didn't characterize the war in Congo as being our fault because of cell phone parts. His point was that we have a stake in the conflict because of the parts, so we should care. He wasn't assigning blame for consuming, but consuming and being passive.

I couldn't tell you what he's worth. But 4 millio...

2007-11-14T00:45:57.689-08:00

I couldn't tell you what he's worth. But 4 million does pale next to what a lot of guys who are essentially retarded from getting their heads smashed repeatedly, get paid to run around with a football. Life really isn't fair, is it? :)

Is he really worth the 4 million dollars he gets a...

2007-11-14T00:35:31.686-08:00

Is he really worth the 4 million dollars he gets a year? http://www.tvsquad.com/2007/01/19/anderson-cooper-the-4-million-dollar-man/

I don't fault Anderson Cooper for having money and...

2007-11-14T00:13:23.738-08:00

I don't fault Anderson Cooper for having money and the means to do whatever he wanted with his life because he made a choice to do something significant such as becoming a reporter instead of going the Paris Hilton route and living a wealthy but completely pointless existence. Anderson doesn't just sit in the studio reading a teleprompter and "looking pretty". He still reports frequently from the field, sometimes in dangerous areas, to bring his viewers stories that you might not see on other networks.

yeah, but it's easy to go 'follow your heart's des...

2007-11-13T23:04:37.816-08:00

yeah, but it's easy to go 'follow your heart's desire' when you have a trust fund to make sure the bills get paid. His street cred is damped a bit by the fact that most people don't have the option of simply not working. Yes he has worked hard to get where he is, but that dosn't justify a job based on looking pretty infront of a camera. If you want to laud him for hard work, why not ask why he's stopped reporting, instead of sitting in a studio.

Though he rightly criticized all of us for being ...

2007-11-13T20:32:57.645-08:00

Though he rightly criticized all of us for being a part of the lost blonde of the month television programming, Anderson Cooper got where he was largely from being a strapping good looking man at the right time, in the right place.

I couldn't disagree with you more here. Anderson Cooper has been covering wars/conflicts for the past 17 years without glory or fame. From his Channel One days to now, he has worked hard to get where he is right now.