Anderson Cooper Insists He Hasn’t Covered Britney In ‘A Long Time,’ Despite Segment Last Week
Anderson Cooper Insists He Hasn’t Covered Britney In ‘A Long Time,’ Despite Segment Last Week
Last night, filmmaker Michael Moore was a guest on CNN’s Larry King Live. At one point, King checked in with Anderson Cooper, who previewed the topic on his show that night: Britney Spears. Moore then cut in, asking why Cooper and CNN are so obsessed with Spears: “Why don’t we just leave her alone and let her go on with her life?” Cooper responded that he hasn’t “covered her for a long time“:
COOPER: I don’t know. This is the first time we’ve covered her for a long time. Clearly, people are just fascinated. There was a story in the LA papers today about the money which is generated by a lot of these paparazzi news agencies and these magazines which seem to follow her every move. It’s out of control.
Watch it:
Evidently, in Anderson Cooper’s world, five days without Britney is “a long time.” In fact, his show did a segment about her as recently as last Friday. Watch it:
In June, Moore was also supposed to be King’s guest. But at that time, the show canceled his appearance in favor of another of the network’s celebrity fascinations: Paris Hilton.
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This is stupid.
February 7th, 2008 at 5:30 pmStoopid
February 7th, 2008 at 5:30 pmBritney who?
February 7th, 2008 at 5:32 pm“Last night, filmmater Michael Moore…”
I don’t think it’s like that, exactly.
February 7th, 2008 at 5:38 pmFive days is a long time in Britney World. Two weeks without an update is negligence and anything more is criminal.
There should be a frickin law, something like: Section 34-21-2341 Failure to Report on Celebrity Goings-on. Make it federal crime punishable by a fine in the 6 figure range and a couple of years in the fed pen.
Maybe Pelosi and Reid can get right on this, so the cult of personality addled and idolatry addicts can maintain their habits.
February 7th, 2008 at 5:38 pmCNN, FAUX, well hell ALL MSM news shows have very little real news on…it’s infotainment for the non thinking cretins of society.
Bush Torture = Non news
Brittney doing anything = news
Bush Lies = Non news
Paris doing anything = news
Bush corruption = Non news
etc.etc.etc
Americans = the most ill informed beings on the planet.
I mean really, Phuckabee thinks the world is 6000 years old, how much more ill informed can you be.
Buck Fush
February 7th, 2008 at 5:52 pmIsn’t there a show called Entertainment Tonight, or something like that?
Why would C(orporateWhoring) N(notsomuch) N(news) want to become a show like that?
February 7th, 2008 at 5:57 pmWOW!! Breaking news!
Comment by Gin — February 7, 2008 @ 5:32 pm
This from someone who thinks Ned Lamont works at a drive through window.
Believe it or not, there is a point to this story: that the so-called serious news has degenerated to tabloid coverage at a time during which our country is being ruined by a gang of criminal thugs occupying the White House.
February 7th, 2008 at 5:58 pmHere is a list of Pro-Bush “Celebrities”, living, dead, or mentally deranged or a combination of all three:
Add 50 Cent to this list
http://www.celiberal.com/theRighties.php
February 7th, 2008 at 6:00 pmBuckie, you’re right on. That is what gets me aggravated- the “news” vs. the non-news.
February 7th, 2008 at 6:04 pmWho really cares? But if we are here to talk about the issues that matter…
February 7th, 2008 at 6:06 pmIf the news really covered news, people would be too busy being outraged to go out and spend all their $ on worthless crap, and a whole lot of vain, overprivileged parasites would be put out of business, and apparently we just can’t have that, even if it means the populace is reduced to existing as a mass of ill-informed juveniles who can’t judge how best to improve their own street, let alone the entire nation. This country’s running on fumes intellectually, and will soon slip beyond hope – noty only will we not attain what the industrialized countries of Europe and Asia have, we will skid right on down to 3rd world status – a source of cheap labor and warehouse space.
February 7th, 2008 at 6:06 pmThis is a bullshit thread.
February 7th, 2008 at 6:07 pm13 – The dumbing-down and wimpification of the population is as important an issue as there is. We’ll never get anywhere on anything as long as people are as superficial and ignorant as Wolf Blitzer and Britt Hume encourage them to be.
February 7th, 2008 at 6:08 pmComment by Brain From Planet Arous — February 7, 2008 @ 6:00 pm
Gary Oldman? Say it ain’t so!!
February 7th, 2008 at 6:09 pmGary Oldman? Say it ain’t so!!
Comment by J — February 7, 2008 @ 6:09 pm
That list looks pretty strange, although 90% of them are confirmed Neo-Con supporters. Marilyn Manson said something to the effect of (paraphrased) “If Bush wins, it will be good for something for people of conscience to rally around, and creativity will flourish”. It was the Aleister Crowley approach to saying he thought Hitler was a great guy. It creates controversy, and Manson and Crowley liked to upset people.
I can’t find a confirmation on Gary Oldman.
February 7th, 2008 at 6:21 pmFor those who feel like they have a good idea for an interesting blog post, please feel free to submit it:
http://blogfellows.thinkprogress.org/?page_id=5
February 7th, 2008 at 6:52 pmYeah, it is sad that so many Americans are so stupid. But then so is most of the world. People are easily manipulated.
But you can’t teach logic or reason because then it would offend the religious nuts. Which is just about any religious person.
Spirituality is another matter….
February 7th, 2008 at 7:45 pm“…There was a story in the LA papers today about the money which is generated [...] follow her every move. It’s out of control.”
it just went right over his head, didn’t it…
i can’t watch…
but, really, everybody but her family should just leave that girl alone…
February 7th, 2008 at 8:02 pmMaybe Anderson will do a 180?
February 7th, 2008 at 8:28 pmI WOULD SO LOVE THAT TP WOULD JUST ELIMINATE THIS THREAD. IF I WANT THE LATEST ON THIS PERSON I WILL GO TO THE TABLOIDS.
February 7th, 2008 at 8:49 pmTHIS IS SO BENEATH THIS SITE.
I cringe everytime I hear Anderson Cooper say, “We’re keeping them honest”. Who exactly has he kept honest?
February 7th, 2008 at 10:39 pmReporting you arent reporting on something youre reporting?
I know. It hurts my head too.
February 7th, 2008 at 10:48 pmAnderson Cooper is a waste of the public’s time.
February 7th, 2008 at 11:02 pmAnderson Cooper is to a journalist what Britney Spears is to a great artist.
Cooper, Mathews, Scarborough, Hannity, Wolf, et al are NOT journalists.
They are circus clowns…their goal is entertainment, not journalism.
For those of you saying this isn’t news. BS. It is news because the MSM (Cooper) are covering Britney, Holloway, that crazy eyed bastard that confessed to the little beauty queen murder…and not actual news. Get it?
February 7th, 2008 at 11:20 pmSo?
February 7th, 2008 at 11:25 pmFor me, Zoo?
February 7th, 2008 at 11:45 pmPhony phucker !!
CNN., get rid or this dope !!
A∞Ω
February 8th, 2008 at 3:03 amI wish that the media would just ignore her. She’s just trash. She was trash when her image was created by Disney, and she’s trash now. If she weren’t blonde and rich, would the media really care?
No wonder Americans are among the least-informed people on the planet. No wonder it is so easy for Republicans to lie to us with impunity. No wonder people are confused!
I bet that 9 out of 10 people can tell you more about BS than they can about any of the candidates for the presidency. I bet they know more about BS than they do about our own history.
The corporate media SUCKS.
February 8th, 2008 at 8:54 am