It's not Monday, but Anderson isn't helping

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1 hour with Anderson Cooper

Now all speculations might rest, Anderson Cooper 360 was officially downsized to 1 hour, the 11 slot will be filled with...... A REPEAT!!! geez no one saw that coming.....

CNN turns '360' into hourlong
Cabler makes tweaks to Cooper show

By MICHAEL LEARMONTH Variety

Cooper

Anderson Cooper is about to do a 180.

CNN is permanently shifting to taped programming for the second hour of "Anderson Cooper 360," scaling back an ambitious programming block created in 2005 to showcase the studio and field-reporting talents of Cooper, who it viewed as an emerging star.

CNN launched Cooper in the two-hour live block starting at 10 p.m. ET in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina two years ago, placing him alongside Aaron Brown, whose "NewsNight" had been extended an additional hour to report on the disaster.

But CNN soon benched Brown and made the two-hour block permanent, with Cooper at the helm, and promoted the anchor's blend of reporting with personality that became his signature.

CNN's cable news competitors air taped programming at 11 p.m. ET, a cheaper proposition, and the second hour of "360" runs second in the ratings to a rerun of "The O'Reilly Factor" on Fox News Channel.

Cooper averaged 747,000 viewers in his second hour in August, less than O'Reilly's 965,000 and a steep drop from the 1.1 million he averaged during the first hour, according to Nielsen.

Sources at competing networks have long speculated that CNN would cancel the second hour and revert to tape at 11 p.m.

CNN spokesperson Christa Robinson said the net has no intention of canceling the second hour and cast the move as a continuation of what the network had been doing this summer--reverting to pre-recorded programming in the second hour unless news events warrant otherwise.

But insiders say the net has been weighing a return to a repeat of "Lou Dobbs Tonight," or as some suggest, airing a repeat of Campbell Brown's new show which will be launched in November.

When CNN extended "NewsNight" in 2005, it displaced a second airing of "Lou Dobbs Tonight," a lucrative hour for the net since it cost nothing to produce, raked in advertising and exposed Dobbs to West Coast viewers at 8 p.m.

The move was seen at the time as a blow to Dobbs, though his numbers have grown since then and the firebrand anchor's hour is now CNN's highest-rated show behind "Larry King Live."

Sources said both Dobbs and Brown have lobbied for the time slot.

The stakes are high for Brown, who is set to compete at the 8 p.m. hour against FNC's O'Reilly and MSNBC's Keith Olbermann. If she gets another airing at 11, she'd face O'Reilly twice a day.

MSNBC at one time experimented with Tucker Carlson at 11 p.m. but soon moved him to 6 and launched its "Doc Block," filled with repurposed "Dateline" episodes.

Where did Anderson Cooper go?

When Katrina hit the US Gulf Coast, Anderson Cooper was catapulted from second tier anchor to a mainstream name. The Landrieu interview (above) became the “voice” of the Nation’s indignity in the way things were handled by the Bush and State administrations. Some claimed that precise moment was the turning point of Cooper’s career; others went so far to claim he was the new face of journalism, or the birth of the emo-anchor. The rebirth of journalism. Or was it?

Cooper became a symbol, the ultimate resource of everything Katrina, almost a spokesperson for the victims coining the phrase Keeping them Honest. The public was tired of the silence of the press, of its fear (the press and parent companies) of losing access to information if they made the right questions about Iraq, their contractors or any sign of corruption to the White House. Cooper’s interview to Landrieu broke that silence. And its force was comparable to Katrina.

Time Warner and its research division didn’t miss the opportunity to grasp the reaction. Bad news is good news for media outlets. They gain a lot of money with tragedies. And they were going to milk the Cooper empathy for what it was worth. Soon he was everywhere: billboards, ads, magazine covers, book tours. He was presented as a new millennium super hero. Every interview meticulously scripted and threaded (just think about the interviews that he repeats the same information over and over again). CNN’s promotional budget for him was rumored to be around 10 million. And the public loved it. But Scholars and media professionals on the other hand weren’t so pleased.

Was the Landrieu interview a constructed effort or an outburst of raw emotion and indignation? Most (scholars and professionals) think it was a very decent human been calling on someone on its own Bull Shit, but not a journalistic endeavor. Some claim he became the face of Katrina, sometimes focusing everything on his image eclipsing the real issues and problems.

He tried to keep the bravado in other interviews like the one with Iran’s president. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, which was very close to a train wreck where he went to the cheap offensive and righteous position of claiming freedom of press, forgetting that his own executive producer asked at the 360 blog ( Sept. 20, 2006 ) to submit questions to the president, making valid Ahmadinejad’s question about if he asked everything ”they asked him to ask”. He missed a golden opportunity to provoke questions, discussions; he went with the cheap smart ass trick.

His reports and series became photo ops for promotion, some of them like the Planet in Peril editions a great example of bad production. Many people were looking forward to his Katrina first anniversary special, which ironically became the perfect example of mediocrity. They didn’t even used the reports made by the team of American Morning (excellent BTW) They limited themselves to the old shrimp boat… to later claim there is no right to have Katrina Fatigue.

All the promotional investment hasn’t proportionally translated in strong and steady ratings growths. Seven years ago, during an Edwards R. Murrow Awards Ceremony at the RTNDA, Christiane Amanpour presented and excellent explanation to it: “I believe good journalism is good business.” And the monster ratings she had with God’s Warriors proved it, leaving in the dust all news stations.

But it’s not all Anderson Cooper’s fault. TV production is a team effort. Management and production has to work hand in hand, and respect its audience, something that the team behind Cooper is seriously lacking or forgetting. Sometimes I ask myself if we are really watching CNN or E!?

Amanpour again addressed the issues:

“Surely a news operation should be the crown jewel of any corporation…the thing that makes a corporation feel good about itself. We all love "Millionaire," make your money off that….make your super-dollars somewhere else. Leave us alone, with only good competitive journalism as our benchmark. I know I do not need to remind you of all the quality programs that make money too…60-minutes, Nightline…are just a couple. No matter what the hocus-pocus focus groups tell you, time has proven that all the gimmicks and cheap journalism can only carry you so far.”

“Remember the movie "Field of Dreams" when the voice said, "Build it and they will come." Well, tell a compelling story and they will watch. Lest you think these are woolly-headed musings …we are not dinosaurs…we are the frontier. You've mastered the hardware…we are the software. And that will never change. Today's buzzwords seem to be content, and platforms. Well, we produce the content for all your different platforms…and that will never change. Humble newsprint, the New York Times, still rules the world. As someone else might have said, "It's the content stupid." You've invested so much money in technology…perhaps it's time to invest in talent…in people…do you know how many people in newsrooms I know have a hard time even recognizing news anymore….”

People in the media knows that CNN is great for entry level positions (the pay isn’t that good unlike networks), but unfortunately the lack of experience of its productions slaps you through your TV set. A friend from Argentina who usually catches 360 through CNN International sent me an email furious about the coverage of the Vick case. He couldn’t understand how that case was more important than the lost of entire cities in Peru or other international events. Why people in Europe should tune in to watch CNN for Paris Hilton? As Anderson Cooper once said: there is a war, there is a war, there is a war. And God’s Warrior proved that people tune in for good content.

Tonight Anderson will present his Katrina Second Anniversary Special. I no longer expect to be amazed or informed by his show. I do not even expect to see quality. I’m tired of the endless rehashing and recycling of news or clips that belong to America’s Funniest Videos or Animal Planet, an insult when you think there are hundreds of journalist that are killed in order to cover the news, and a whole nation hungry (or at least in need) to be informed in an entire new perspective.

Will tonight mark the return of Anderson Cooper? I'm not holding my breath.

Anderson Cooper reacts to his NOLA's coverage criticism, people wanting to smack him and a cool bar

If there is a media outlet that deserves a lot of respect for their coverage of Katrina and its aftermath, it is the Times-Picayune. During last weekend TCA tour one of their columnist had the opportunity to exchange some thoughts with Anderson Cooper. Those of you that have ventured within the NOLA.com community boards knows how divided they are towards him. Some love him, some want to smack him. But at least he still bringing the show down to New Orleans... and God knows how they need it!

Live! From New Orleans! It's Anderson Cooper (again)

July 16, 2007 13:15PM

By Dave Walker
TV columnist

HOLLYWOOD -- The Television Critics Association summer TV Tour Blog of Me pauses briefly today for breaking news.

The theme so far has been self-betterment via tips from TV stars rendered throughout this three-week mash-up of promotional cocktail jibber-jabber leavened by formal ballroom interview sessions and endless hours of lonely hotel-room laptop-tapping, but Anderson Cooper is live from New Orleans again tonight on CNN, another in about 20 visits he's made since his five-week Hurricane Katrina residency.

Sunday, Cooper was here in Hollywood to talk about an upcoming two-part documentary he's hosting titled "Planet in Peril" (airing at 8 p.m. October 23 and 24) but I cornered him after the session to talk about the peril ever-present in my little corner of the planet.

Tonight, he's there in Hollywood South, as "Anderson Cooper 360" originates from a New Orleans-area location undetermined at the time of this posting. Air time is 9 p.m.

I wanted to talk to Cooper because before I left home I'd seen a cable rebroadcast of a recent local hospitality-industry summit at which a participant expressed a desire to smack him, presumably out of frustration over the national media's overall emphasis on recovery woes in lieu of unrelenting "Live with Regis and Kelly"-style positivity over the tourist sectors of the city in which the cash registers, at least, have been restored.

Which is maybe understandable, I suppose, given that livelihoods and stock portfolios are at stake, but c'mon. Actual lives are at stake, too, and with K+2 swiftly approaching, national correspondents ignore the very real civic peril at the peril of the whole truth.

So I asked Cooper what kind of feedback he gets from us.

"I get (feedback from) e-mails every day, from phone calls and especially from going there talking to people on the street," he said. "It's a mix. A lot of it is story ideas, particular ideas they want (reported). It's people asking me to come down, do more stories, do more reporting on it. I've gotten some criticism for doing some stories on the crime. I totally understand why people would not want those stories told.

"The criticism I've heard is largely from a few business owners in the French Quarter (that) doing crime stories hurts the image of New Orleans. I totally get it. Frankly, it's a debate I have in my own head, my own heart, all the time. You try to do it in a way that provides balance, that shows where things are. You don't want to give the impression that (mayhem) is the experience you'll have if you come to New Orleans, because I certainly don't think that's the case.

"At the same time, I think you've got to show all sides of what's happening, and I think it can be good and it can be bad, and I understand why people don't want those stories shown.

"To me the bottom-line thing is to keep going and to keep telling the story. You know, as most people know, there's not a lot of (New Orleans coverage) on TV. It's shocking to me that more people aren't honoring and remembering what we saw transpire, and which still transpires, not only in New Orleans but in other parts of Louisiana and all along the Gulf Coast. I try to go back every couple of weeks at least, and I still don't feel I'm doing enough.

"By and large (the feedback is from) people wanting me to do more and focus more (on the city)."

I always ask frequent media visitors I talk to for the opposite kind of feedback -- their impressions of our progress.

After all, when they're not flying on jets and riding in town cars, they're hanging out in the world's best and worst datelines.

Frankly, it's hard for locals to see much progress between the crime-scene tape, futile Road Home paperwork and insurance-premium-hike notifications.

And there's no point in comparing home with my own travel experiences here, which amount to nonstop eating, drinking and slurring "So, what did you think of 'The Sopranos' finale?" in the ears of TV starlets to whom I'm known by the nickname "Eeww."

It was a doubly relevant question for Cooper, whose report-card coverage over the next few weeks is sure to be widely viewed, given his role in the earliest coverage of the city's inundation via inept engineering.

"The French Quarter is cleaner than I've ever seen it," he said. "Clearly, they're making a huge impact there. From what everyone tells me, it seems like there's a lack of leadership. There still seems to be a lack of a plan. I'm still confused by what the plan is. I ask this question all the time, 'What is the plan?' I've heard a million different explanations for what the plan is. I've talked to a lot of different politicians, and when they're talking I understand the words they're saying, but when I look back at the transcripts, it doesn't amount to anything. It doesn't make sense."

Which is not to say that Cooper hasn't seen signs of life. Lots of them. New Orleans, such as it is, clearly has got in his blood.

"I found this great bar, The Spotted Cat," he said. "I've thought about maybe doing the show from there. I literally had this magical evening there. I found the place with a couple of friends and it was really a magical night. I wasn't drunk, because I don't drink. It was just this little jazz band, and the guy behind the bar took out his trumpet and started playing and then joined the band. There were, like, six couples swing dancing. I thought, 'I want people to see this. You wouldn't get this anywhere else in America.'

"I sent a (camera) crew there one night, and even if we don't do the show live from the bar, I know I'll show clips from that place."

Shooting the Messenger and the Fog of News... YOUTUBE and some photos

For some time now we have value" of CNN's marketing techniques for Anderson Cooper 360. We also have stated and critiqued how people just watch CNN to see Anderson Cooper, not news. How his presence (in the purest communication theory) have become the "noise" to the message, diminishing the content, and somehow even himself becoming the content... but Anderson Cooper is not the only case. We seen how the over hyping of Katie Couric didn't work for CBS. They focused discussed the "entertainment extensively in her persona and forgot what was important: THE CONTENT.

Now we are witness to a new controversy: CNN vs. Michael Moore. "The most trusted name in news" vs. "Michael Moore Hates America" . But nowadays Americans are so programmed to skew the core of significant discussion to the sake of controversies. The sign of the times... Anna Nicole was more important than Iraq, Paris more important than Libbey...hype over content.

Following trends, Moore inserts himself in the issue. He owns the issue, he becomes the story (somehow like Anderson) and unlike Cooper, his noise is so polarizing that has the effect of derailing the focus of the real issue: the health crisis in America. People comments of how they are "pro Gupta because I don't like Moore" or "how could Moore dare do that to Gupta" is a sign of how out of it they are. It's not about them - Gupta and Moore -, its about health. And Moore and CNN is not necessarily helping focusing in the issues.

We might state all mayor US news organizations are in a serious historical debt with the way they cowardly played along with the Bush administration... that is a fact...if we check deeper, news organizations are a business, and the impact of the pharmaceutical advertising dollars in their revenues is not small talk. And those who claim advertising investment doesn't influence the editorial desks are big fat liars. It does and it will.

Gupta wasn't the right choice for the fact checking. He is a doctor. As a doctor - more than a journalist - he has strong ties with the medical industry, he is part of it, he profits from it. He has to participate at pharmaceutical junkets and due to his post as head of Neurosurgery at Atlanta's Grady Hospital, he must oversee all new drugs protocols and private research grants, that comes mostly from the pharmaceutical industry. He needed to stay away of any, real or apparent, sign of conflict of interests. It was a bad call from the CNN producers.

This weekend I had the opportunity to watch the documentary Iraq for Sale, and the way companies like CACI, Halliburton and its subsidiaries are ransacking the taxpayers dollars , not only in Iraq but at NOLA as well is just mind blowing. People have to start watching beyond the cute ties, suits, personalities and controversies. Beyond the fog of the hype, the fog of news.

Ivy wrote me this comments which I wish to share with you. I know its not our typical Monday post, but we don't feel like spreading the fog today. Have a great week!

From Ivy's point of view

CNN's response to Michael Moore left me speechless for a few minutes. I can't hold myself from sharing the issues I have with every "point" of their response.

Point #1 "Moore appears unhappy with Gupta's use of the phrase, "But hold on." Moore appears to be creating an issue where none exists." Using "But hold on" phrase IMPLIES that Moore didn't mention Cuba's place or didn't get it right, when he did. If Sanjay was worried about uninformed public getting the wrong message with the word "free" (health care) on LKL he should have kept the message in mind with how he uses "but hold on".

Point #2 "The only controversy here is within Moore's numbers..." $6096 vs. $7000 and $251 vs $259. Are you kidding me? "As Gupta said, CNN's numbers and Moore's numbers aren't far off" So numbers being aren't far off is an issue and acting as if the movie omitted what it didn't isn't an issue for CNN.

Point #3 Again, 77.5 vs 77.6 or 77.9 vs 77.2 years US vs. Cuba life expectancy. It's the same 77 if to round it up. Is CNN trying to convince us that the fluctuation of statistical data is supposed to make us proud of a difference of less then a year in life expectancy with such different economy?

Point #4 Controversies where none exists? Moore saying "even when the WHO took patient satisfaction into account... we still came in at No. 37" is making a different point then saying "we rank #1 in patient satisfaction" ignoring the context. Admitting the same fact doesn't mean interpreting it in the same way.

Point #5 Again, taking out of context. CNN took waiting time of certain procedures and Canada as an example and said nothing about the Big Picture. Neither had they responded to Moore's explanation, the issue of uninsured, just like CNN ignored that in Point #4.

Point #6 A quote from Sicko: "this is not a charity. You are paying for it mainly as taxpayers"? How can CNN still make the same point in RESPONSE -- "One of Gupta's overall critiques of the film is that Moore leaves viewers with an impression ... that universal health care comes without cost" --right AFTER Moore's statement?
Are they blind and deaf? Or they think all their viewers and readers are both dumb and insane? Wow, CNN is really "Staying The Course". Should we be surprised about the White House if the organization that is supposed to keep them accountable acts like them and uses similar rhetoric?

Point #7 CNN is twisting the facts: "higher taxes don't guarantee the coverage everyone wants" -- the point and the movie is not about coverage everyone WANTS, it's about EVERYONE COVERED, period. CNN chooses to ignore that, and cites statistical data proving Moore's words that "a substantial amount" in some European countries buy complimentary insurance.

Christiane’s note: in the USA a family pays near 500 dollars a month for Health insurance coverage. In Spain, where medicine is socialized, if you want a private insurance it goes around for the equivalent of $30.00 dollars a month, and the costs of medicines are probably 80% cheaper than in the USA. A 30 supply of Synthroid at Walgreens costs around $90, in Spain it costs $6.00.

Point #8 "points that could have been made just as compellingly" means that there's nothing wrong with the points. CNN didn't mention a single "fudged point" here, but are guilty themselves of substituting and ignoring the points they respond to at their convenience.

Point #9 So CNN's problem is with "consistency in statistical analysis." Maybe Gupta's report should have just said that, being the only REAL arguable point, and not proclaim Moore is "fudging facts" in Sicko. And not get himself and CNN deeper and deeper into playing with facts and words for the lack of proof. And then this "point #9" could have been the only point in this response.

Point #10 CNN is taking Moore's words out of context and twisting the point he made. And THAT is the controversy, yet again. Moore agreed that we'll have money on Medicare till 2019 but unlike Gupta he didn't imply the reason is that the system is not working. The opposite- he said it's working and the lack of funding is due to Iraq. CNN of course ignored that.

Point #11 CNN, a news organization, quoted their expert's employer as proof of his credibility and non-bias? Not convincing at all, sorry. I really hope they use other ways of checking their guests’ background and information in general.

CNN said many times that Moore looks for controversy where there is none, but sees the little difference of figures as such, which they use as a distraction from the real problem. CNN fails to recognize this: The biggest controversy is that the very news organization that is supposed to provide context is busy taking words and issues out of context and playing with facts.

UPDATE: ANDERSON TALKS ABOUT THE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE

Videos add 'intimacy' to debate

By Robert Behre

The Post and Courier

Monday, July 16, 2007

Anderson Cooper has looked at hundreds of the approximately 1,000 video clips that people have created in hopes that their questions will be posed to Democratic presidential candidates during the July 23 debate in Charleston, and he likes what he sees.

"I'm actually incredibly excited," said the CNN anchor, who will moderate the two-hour debate at The Citadel.

Cooper wasn't in on the discussions that led to the unprecedented debate format in which most questions will be posed to the candidates from brief clips submitted to the Web site YouTube.com.

"I wasn't sure how it was going to work until I started seeing the videos," he said. "There's such a variety of them, but there's also an intimacy to all of them that you don't get from a town hall where people stand up and ask questions."

Cooper says some questions don't go anywhere, and some good questions are posed on videos with weak production values.

"But there are some very great ones," he said, "and some very simple ones, including someone just sitting in front a computer screen just asking a question that is very heartfelt and personal."

All eight Democratic candidates are expected to be in Charleston next week for the debate, which airs live 7-9 p.m. July 23 on CNN.

Cooper says although the network might enter the debate with a planned set of questions, it will be able to adapt depending on the responses of the candidates. "There should be spontaneity, and it should be like YouTube itself, sort of unpredictable and very real," he said. "We want the debate itself to kind of mirror the spirit of the videos ... to have that YouTube vibe."

CNN and YouTube are accepting videos up until the day before the debate, but they also have hinted that earlier submissions will get a more thorough look. Only about 25 to 30 actually are expected to be aired, though some of the more entertaining ones might be shown without candidates' response. CNN also plans to air candidates' own brief YouTube clips.

Cooper says he's not sure what to expect. "I don't think the candidates know what to expect either. A lot will evolve down until we actually select the videos."

Having most questions posed via YouTube makes Cooper's job easier in some ways, but he is quick to add, "Often the most challenging thing is not necessarily coming up with the question. It's controlling it, making sure things flow and make sure that the candidates get a fair sampling of the questions. ... I'm a big believer in asking the question as many times as possible in order to get an answer."

Cooper also admitted he will be somewhat nervous — or "more excited" — as the debate starts. "As long as we have videos and power, we'll be OK. Of course, I just jinxed myself."

CNN already plans to conduct a similar YouTube-based debate for Republican candidates in September. Cooper stopped short of predicting that this technology will become a staple of presidential politics, but he does expect the arena will see a growing amount of creativity. He noted that the 2008 election already is a watershed election in terms of the Internet.

"We've never had so many handheld devices and user-generated content online: YouTube, Facebook and MySpace. This is part and parcel of that, and we're going to see more and more ventures between online components and news organizations," he said. "It's a brave new world, to use a cliche, and I don't think anyone knows where it's going. But it's very exciting."

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AND NOW SOME FOG...

Turner Summer 2007 TCA Press Tour at the Beverly Hilton Hotel

Essential Reporting: Michael Ware, Peter Bergen , Hala Gorani and Anderson Cooper at Yellowstone

I'm starting to like the one hour format of Anderson Cooper 360. It seems they can manage it in a lot more cohesive way. Last night was excellent. Michael Ware and Peter Bergen always have a way to explain complex situations in a manner that a 5 year old might understand, a real pity that Bush and friends still can't get it.

Michael, again, presents the reality of a day by day in Iraq. So much for the idiocy of Bush's last press conference. If he is really a Christian, isn't he ashamed? It's a real crime what they are doing to the troops, many of them entering their fifth tour of duty. And he still dares to ask people to keep on sacrificing for the sake of his private contractors!

Michael, as always, excellent!


Using the same term the Bush administration uses to describe the progress of benchmarks in the war agaisnt terror, Peter Bergen explores and explains what went wrong. Plain Black and White. Simple. And they still don't get it. And Bin Laden, probably with an harem drinking Piña Coladas....


This report is from Hala Gorani's Iraq Amputees from CNN International ( not aired at AC360) but we think its important and relevant to the first two stories. She presents a face of the civil iraqui population or the invisible victims of the war.



Anderson presented a new Planet in Peril report, Wolf Watcher at Yellowstone. It was nice to learn that they are no longer endangered. I, like many of you, were surprised to see Anderson Cooper with facial hair. Nice to the eyes!



And for your viewing pleasure... scruffy Anderson! Screen caps and videos compiled by Ivy

Anderson Cooper Stood Up Betty Ann! and the immigrant issues...

And ruined her BBQ party... for those in the USA Happy 4th of July!

Well Anderson Cooper and the 360 team did it again! It could have been so lovely... AC from NY discussing the Washington/Bush administration corruption, and his reporters from the Border... we all know that it won't be as if Anderson will make all the reports... that's Gary Tuchman's and Randi Kaye's job! He would have limited himself to stay in a "proper setting" for anchoring just as he did with the Katrina Anniversary with the shrimp boat... THAT would have been a good use for 2 hours.

This are from last year courtesy of the Ramos Family.




I want to take a second to thank all of you that have visited and participated at our chat room, it have been a wild and fun success, and very addictive! From the lurkers to the "closeted freaks" THANK YOU!
We are planning to revamp the blog structure, again... let us know if you are facing any downloading problems ( for example the page is too slow ), what would you like to see as a permanent fixture or suggest new ones.

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It's Monday... and you know what it means... Photos!!!

There are some things we can have for granted: taxes, death, Mondays and the production team of Anderson Cooper 360 messing things out!

And seriously... an entire on air minute? as Anderson Cooper once said: There's a War!, There's a War!, There's a War!



The other day I got "one of those anonymous e-mails..." well for those of you that still haven't noticed, we have a couple of video slaves ( muask to Marie and 000WTF) that have compiled some great videos and screencaps of important topics covered at Anderson Cooper 360. If you haven't visited our channel yet, go check it out! Freakspeakers YouTube Channel.

Anderson Cooper in Greenland with the lady..... Ms. Pelosi or Madam Speaker if you are nasty!

HMMM.. on his way to yummy food...

His two favorite ladies

Ms. Diane

A reader sent me this and she begged us to post it... and we are here to please!

Anderson @ my back yard!

and this one... not our taste but she said we will have fun with it... go figure!

See ya all at the chat room @ 10 pm!