AC360: Which Tease, Please?

Which question did Anderson Cooper tease his next segment with tonight?
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Which question did Anderson Cooper tease his next segment with tonight?

A: Which President spoke more outrageously at the United Nations this week, President Bush or President Ahmadinejad?
B: Which President did the most to improve his image on the world scene this week, President Bush or President Ahmadinejad?
C. Which President had better hair at the UN, President Bush or President Ahmadinejad?

UPDATE: First, a couple thoughts. Commenter Dave says poking fun at the dopiness of AC's teases is shooting fish in a barrel. Even barrels need to be culled, lest they get overfishy. And, though we know we're plummeting downward, it's nice to stop every once in a while to measure the rate of plunge.
Dopey teases are but one of the signs that national news has been taken over by the esthetics (?) and news sense of local TV news. Watch, if you can, Katie Couric's retooled CBS Evening News. Note the choreography of the anchor: opening segment, Katie stands right thigh touching desk; next segments, Katie sits, shuffling papers like an old-timer; middle segments, Katie stands, because that's the new anchor command position; end segments, Katie sits on desk, because she can. But also note the enforced busyness of the expensively redesigned broadcast graphics, something yellow, something moving all the time, looking like a local morning show.
You can measure our descent in one easy sentence: In the old days, local news emulated national news; now, national news apes local news.
Finally, the answer to the question is B. C is a cliche, and they wouldn't talk about hair--on the air. The joke is that the producers of the broadcast probably think B is a substantive question.

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