Anchor Deja Vu: Anderson Cooper Mimics Wolf Blitzer's Scott McClellan Interview (VIDEO)

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First Posted: 06-12-08 12:05 AM   |   Updated: 06-19-08 05:12 AM

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Dan Abrams highlights media foibles on a nightly basis in his segment "Beat the Press." The other night was a brilliant piece highlighting Anderson Copper's "in depth" and "like no other" (Cooper's words) interview with Scott McClellan. The only problem? It was often a replication of his CNN colleague Wolf Blitzer's interview.

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Dan Abrams highlights media foibles on a nightly basis in his segment "Beat the Press." The other night was a brilliant piece highlighting Anderson Copper's "in depth" and "like no other" (Cooper's wo...
Dan Abrams highlights media foibles on a nightly basis in his segment "Beat the Press." The other night was a brilliant piece highlighting Anderson Copper's "in depth" and "like no other" (Cooper's wo...
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Rachel is crisp- would do well as Obamas' Press Secretary; she thinks on her feet

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:40 PM on 06/12/2008
- Deparis I'm a Fan of Deparis 25 fans permalink

Love it when she sometimes makes grandpa Buchanan look so stupid on live.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:31 PM on 06/12/2008
- SILVANUS I'm a Fan of SILVANUS 56 fans permalink
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Wolf Blitzer should be retired. And he is such a shill and a sellout.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:05 PM on 06/12/2008
- conniedogs I'm a Fan of conniedogs 13 fans permalink

Please keep Anderson in the jungles of Rwanda until after the election........Please

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:29 PM on 06/12/2008
- Grannysue I'm a Fan of Grannysue 133 fans permalink
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A good many of these talking head, Wolfe, Dan, Anderson, Matthews you can meld and mash together like hamburger and you get the same thing. They use pretty much the same words as the other guys over and over, FAUX NEWS or whatever they choose to call themselves are the same. Keith olberman is probably the only refreshing one on T.V. now. He can speak the english language and doesn't need to borrow other people's lines. Campbell Brown really bugs me, I swear she's so GOP you can see her GWB sign behind her almost! I think Rachel Maddow would be good if they would can some of the other spouters and give her a chance. And please please get rid of dear old Pat B. he SUCKS!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:10 PM on 06/12/2008
- MPeter I'm a Fan of MPeter 25 fans permalink

Anderson Cooper is a bogus journalist. He is utterly without substance.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:33 PM on 06/12/2008
- Deparis I'm a Fan of Deparis 25 fans permalink

He would probably make a good reporter, but newscast host? I agree that he sucks most of the time. He can go back to reporting from the Amazon jungle as he does in "Planet in Peril".

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:37 PM on 06/12/2008

You are so right.I understand the "talking heads,always the same} get paid for their appearences.Pat B. more than sucks.Rachel is the smartest,but she has to hold herself.if she wants to get along with these boring guys. Chris Matthews is one of the worst,will not shut up and let anyone talk,this is not Hardball just bad manners.And he get away with this behavior.Keith is good but stop the voice inmitations,I do not understand your comment once you start that talk.I agree, change them,get new blood or else I will not listen.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:36 PM on 06/12/2008

you have it reversed, Granny. They should can Rachel Maddow. She's nothing but a blowhard, loves to hear herself talk and hates when she has to listen. As for Pat, I think he's GREAT. He's definitely not a biased person and makes more sense than she does.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:59 PM on 06/12/2008
- racom I'm a Fan of racom 3 fans permalink

Satire, right? This is not serious folks, just a poor attempt at satire. You could use some help, try making sense of 'darth vader', call him out of his bunker and do an in-depth interview, have fun!!!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:51 PM on 06/12/2008

I second the notion that Maddow is about as full of herself as you can get. Anyone who disagrees with her is automatically sexist. They pick on her, she pouts, she gets over it. Kick the ball and drag Rachel. Poor thing, she's just too high strung.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:32 PM on 06/12/2008
- yoli647 I'm a Fan of yoli647 12 fans permalink

Mr. Dan Abrams, you are a wanna be Keith Olbermann, I noticed that half the time you repeat Olberman's news and have more or less the same format, so this is why I stopped your show. Also you are so dramatic, that you think that by speaking loud you are more qualified. Mr. Wannabe, Abrams.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:41 AM on 06/12/2008

A tad jealous are we?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:11 PM on 06/12/2008

He's a lawyer. They're dramatic and loud.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:42 PM on 06/12/2008

What a revelation!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:39 PM on 06/12/2008
- Teritt I'm a Fan of Teritt 9 fans permalink

Oh, quit picking on Andy - he had the best coverage during Katrina.

As far as CNN - I'm not sure if they really are the Clinton News Network (except Jack Cafferty ,obviously) or if they are just trying to 'balance' the MSNBC/Fox hatred towards the Clinton's.
Either way - there's far worse out there (Fox, ABC, etc).

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:05 AM on 06/12/2008

Cafferty was extremely critical of Hillary, actually. Wolf seemed like a cheerleader, though.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 03:34 PM on 06/12/2008
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Anderson Cooper doesn't rattle my planks, ring my bell or float my boat. He is a chi-chi rich boy who dabbles on the edges of the news world. I'll never forget the attack on Beirut by Israel after Hezbollah launched a few rockets their way. Sanjay Gupta was in the middle of the fray in Beirut, visiting hospitals whose walls and windows were breaking down from Israeli bombs. Dainty Anderson C. was tiptoeing around the edges of the fray on protected Israeli turf with their army.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:12 AM on 06/12/2008

I'm not a fan of Sanjay Gupta but you're right on the money here. This is where I realized Cooper was truly just a face for CNN.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:09 PM on 06/12/2008
- GeoLee I'm a Fan of GeoLee 67 fans permalink

He is cute, but to have repalced Aaron Brown with him was a travesty. I would not mind at all if MSNBC hired Aaron and replaced Olbermann who had gotten pretty tiresome over the past 6 months and lost a lot of objectivity. But at least Aaron is going to one of the few reputable relatively unbiased channels: PBS

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:24 PM on 06/12/2008
- mafina I'm a Fan of mafina 13 fans permalink

You are so right, Gupta is arrogant and was a fellow under the Clinton administration. He needs to present more ayurvedic remedies instead of the western cultural medicine. Gupta is such a fake.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:17 PM on 06/12/2008

Yeah, he did a promo for himself on CNN regarding Beirut and being an intrepid reporter after the story: "ya gotta see it, ya gotta smell it." Story of his life, I am afraid. But just leave him alone. Make sense?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:41 PM on 06/12/2008

He may have followed Wolf, but Wolf is one of the worst in the business at the moment. I bet I can hold my breath until the next time he mentions the "dream ticket" as his idea and the only way the base of the Dems will vote for the democratic nominee. Genius Wolf!!

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    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 09:49 AM on 06/12/2008
- DaOne I'm a Fan of DaOne 45 fans permalink
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Wolf is still crushed that Hillary is gone. Tough noogies Wolfy!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:04 AM on 06/12/2008
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Wolf Blitzer wants anyone in office who is in bed with Israel and the pro-zionist movement.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:17 PM on 06/12/2008

Leave Wolf alone. It takes real cajonnes to claim that you lead the Best Political Team on television, a team that learned, or tried to, most on the job and in community college.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:41 PM on 06/12/2008

wow!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 08:47 AM on 06/12/2008
- Mala I'm a Fan of Mala permalink

Oh please, get off your high horses.
Abrams edited the Cooper interview misleadingly, merely showing a few convenient lead-in questions. Cooper had a number of probing follow-up questions in contrast to Blitzer; as anyone who actually watches the full interviews or reads the transcripts can attest to. Was it an interview "like no other"? Probably not. But it certainly was quite different from Blitzer's.
(And calling any of Abram's little ranging-from-cute-to-arrogant Btp segments 'brilliant' is just ridiculous.)

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 02:11 AM on 06/12/2008
- edwarvir I'm a Fan of edwarvir 36 fans permalink

Mala one thing I know Wolf Blitzer can not go two mintutes at a time
without mention Senator O's name. he once worked for the Clintons and they
are doing there very best to try and get her on Senator O's ticket. The last
polling showed it was evenly split between putting her on and not putting her on
the ticket, but both men ignore that little fact and pretend that the majority of
people want her on his ticket. To me they both could use some serious
honing of their skills

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 10:09 AM on 06/12/2008
- lynnn I'm a Fan of lynnn 42 fans permalink

They really think the American public is a bunch of idiots. It is so obvious.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:29 AM on 06/12/2008
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good point.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 11:39 AM on 06/12/2008

will it ever end!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:52 AM on 06/12/2008
- darthdarcy I'm a Fan of darthdarcy 48 fans permalink
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Anderson Cooper is a rather dim bulb you know..?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:17 AM on 06/12/2008

yes, he did go to Yale, after all.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:43 PM on 06/12/2008
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Do everything on the cheap to maximize profits, ya know.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:09 AM on 06/12/2008
- robXdion I'm a Fan of robXdion 186 fans permalink
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Yeah, that was lame and shows why MSNBC could be taking over. They have to follow Keith's lead now.

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:28 AM on 06/12/2008
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