Anderson Cooper
Anderson Cooper
Anderson Hays Cooper is an American journalist, author, and television personality. He is the primary anchor of the CNN news show Anderson Cooper 360°. The program is normally broadcast live from a New York City studio; however, Cooper often broadcasts live on location for breaking news stories. In addition he is a major correspondent for 60 Minutes...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Show Host
Date of Birth3 June 1967
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
I believe in a society where all people do well. Not just a handful of billionaires.
I tend to relate more to people on television who are just themselves, for good or for bad, than I do to someone who I believe is putting on some sort of persona. The anchorman on 'The Simpsons' is a reasonable facsimile of some anchors who have that problem.
I've always believed that who a reporter votes for, what religion they are, who they love, should not be something they have to discuss publicly,
I’ve also been reminded recently that while as a society we are moving toward greater inclusion and equality for all people, the tide of history only advances when people make themselves fully visible. There continue to be far too many incidences of bullying of young people, as well as discrimination and violence against people of all ages, based on their sexual orientation, and I believe there is value in making clear where I stand.
In hindsight, you think, yeah there are things you could have done. But at the time we had multiple sources telling us the information and we had people in positions of authority ... telling us the information was correct. When you have officials telling you something and eyewitnesses telling you something, at some point you have to rely on that information.
These people deserve to have the world watching what is happening to them,
I'm not showing tight shots of rotting corpses. We've tried to be respectful. We don't want anyone to find out on television that their family is dead.
I imagine a lot of people tune in simply to watch reporters get bitch-slapped by Mother Nature, and frankly, who can blame them?
I'm probably the oldest 38-year-old I know - sort of a grumpy old man.
Their salt-and-pepper figurines that they had collected were sitting on the shelf untouched.
There is nothing sadder to see people who lived a good decent life dead on the side of the road. I used to go overseas to report on that but now I'm doing it at home.
We talk to mothers holding babies, some of these babies three-, four-, five-months-old, living in horrible conditions.
You do what's in your gut- if you've been doing it long enough, what's in your gut will be appropriate.
I see the show. I don't see anything funny about it. It's just me with my family, at home,