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

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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[longislandlol]

Rachel is crisp- would do well as Obamas' Press Secretary; she thinks on her feet

[Deparis]

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

[SILVANUS]

Wolf Blitzer should be retired. And he is such a shill and a sellout.

[conniedogs]

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

[Grannysue]

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!

[MPeter]

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

[Deparis]

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".

[taurus96]

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.

[neetsie37]

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.

[racom]

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!!!

[repugnicansfearme]

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.

[yoli647]

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.

[luckyoldson]

A tad jealous are we?

[Deltoid]

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

[Axolotl]

What a revelation!

[Teritt]

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).

[arglebargle]

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

[marymansour]

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.

[politricking]

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.

[GeoLee]

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

[mafina]

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.

[Axolotl]

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?

[InfoGiant]

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!!

http://infogiant.wordpress.com/?s=media

[DaOne]

Wolf is still crushed that Hillary is gone. Tough noogies Wolfy!

[marymansour]

Wolf Blitzer wants anyone in office who is in bed with Israel and the pro-zionist movement.

[Axolotl]

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.

[obamanation31]

wow!

[Mala]

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.)

[edwarvir]

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

[lynnn]

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

[applehead]

good point.

[JustoAmerica]

will it ever end!

[darthdarcy]

Anderson Cooper is a rather dim bulb you know..?

[Axolotl]

yes, he did go to Yale, after all.

[booksnmore4you]

Do everything on the cheap to maximize profits, ya know.

[robXdion]

Yeah, that was lame and shows why MSNBC could be taking over. They have to follow Keith's lead now.