He needs bodyguards , pronto . Send Behar and Nancy Grace over there .

Anderson is in a dangerous area, what did he expect? He needs to report from a distance as this turmoil is far from over.

NOT IN THE FACE!!!… NOT IN THE FACE!!!…

He is so brave and macho I am in love with him.

I guess the pro-Mubarak folks didn’t cotton to much to CNN’s version of “fair & balanced” either!!!

Color Me Badd said:
He is so brave and macho I am in love with him.

Pretty much the opposite of the teabags who are completely unattractive and usually overweight. The men of the tea party would never do something brave like Anderson has. What a stud.

According to Richard Engel many journalists are being “mobbed on the streets” because pro-Mubarak supporters are angry with the foreign press.

I am sorry that Anderson and his crew were roughed up, but this is what being a real journalist is all about. If you are on the front lines you are putting yourself in jeopardy, but something tells me CNN is exaggerating this “attack” on Anderson. I didn’t hear Anderson say he was hit in the head 10 times, but that is what they are saying on Twitter. Last time I looked he didn’t look “beat up” and he was reporting safely from a balcony.

@The Lantern of Truth, “He needs bodyguards”

i am sure CNN has supplied Anderson with the best security money can buy.

The streets of Cairo are devolving into chaos.

President Obama is staying clear, except to say he hopes for a peaceful resolution, and that the next government will have “Brotherhood” somewhere in their name! lol

Color Me Badd said:
Pretty much the opposite of the teabags who are completely unattractive and usually overweight. The men of the tea party would never do something brave like Anderson has. What a stud.

You quoted yourself just so it looks like someone agrees with you?!? LOL, pathetic.

Egypt update:

The orchestrated thuggery, violence and intimidation on behalf of the current administration continues unabated…and who could have even guessed SEIU had local chapters in Egypt!

Sounds like people are tired of CNN forming an opinion and then staging “man on the street” interviews that confirm that opinion.

@libra blue: Steve Brusk and Anderson Cooper reported the story. Neither or whining or complaining; an event happened to which they were witness, so they reported. If it’s being exaggerated, it’s not the reporters who are doing it and it doesn’t sound like Mr. Cooper has complained.

BTW – @libra blue: As I re-read my comment, it may appear that I singled you out in disagreement, while I more wanted to build upon you had said.

Moderate said:
Sounds like people are tired of CNN forming an opinion and then staging “man on the street” interviews that confirm that opinion.

That’s a good point, but what do they think about CNN in Egypt? lol

@Magister, “If it’s being exaggerated, it’s not the reporters who are doing it and it doesn’t sound like Mr. Cooper has complained.”

As I said, I don’t recall hearing Anderson say that he was hit in the head 10 times. He said they were attacked as a group. CNN is the one exaggerating the story and making Anderson the focus of it.

Unfortunately, Anderson’s entire Twitter page is now dedicated to this “scuffle” and the focus is now on him and no longer on the Egyptian revolution. Reporters should never become the focus of the story they are covering. That is bad journalism no matter who is responsible for it.

C’mon Katie Couric…now it’s time for you to get in there and finally earn your $15m per year. Enough lounging on beaches with your hunky boyfriend while pontificating for 22 minutes each night on the wonders of Liberalism. Get in there and take one for the media…

@ Magister and Libra Blue:

Anderson said this morning he and his crew were okay, and then he re-focused the narrative on the two camps rushing each other in the streets.

I’ve just been flipping from station to station, and all the cable news channels are covering the bedlam from the Democratic Conv… from Cairo.

Mean while in Afghanistan, US Marines and soldiers are getting wounded and killed. I feel bad that Anderson got his butt kicked but to be honest it’s really not that big of a deal compared to what other Americans, that make considerably less, are going through for our government.

Good job, Anderson.
You know you’re doing a good job reporting an uprising when government sympathizers try to beat you down.

“Reporters should never become the focus of the story they are covering. That is bad journalism no matter who is responsible for it.”

Unfortunately, with the outrageous salaries and lots of competition, focus on the reporter is becoming all too common.

Now the story is changing on Twitter. They are saying Anderson was hit “at least” 10 times. Unbelievable!

More Liberty3 said:
Mean while in Afghanistan, US Marines and soldiers are getting wounded and killed. I feel bad that Anderson got his butt kicked but to be honest it’s really not that big of a deal compared to what other Americans, that make considerably less, are going through for our government.

Dumbest comment ever.

It reminds me of my mother telling me to finish my vegetable because there are people starving in China.

One had nothing to do with the other.

I am sure he has a makeup person with him.

TangledThorns said:
You quoted yourself just so it looks like someone agrees with you?!? LOL, pathetic.

Not as nearly as pathetic as defending Sarah Palin which I have seen you do on multiple occasions, you aren’t even ashamed. What a spudnut.

@Moderate, “Unfortunately, with the outrageous salaries and lots of competition, focus on the reporter is becoming all too common.”

I agree. Nowadays it is difficult to discern what is the truth and what is PR.

NORBIT Jr. said:
I guess the pro-Mubarak folks didn’t cotton to much to CNN’s version of “fair & balanced” either!!!

What! There are “pro-Mubarak” people in Egypt? Cudda fooled me. Who knew? According to the anti-American Leftist media, no one in the world could be “pro” Mubarak.

Color Me Badd said:
He is so brave and macho I am in love with him.

I know me too, His hunk status is forever solidified. Love that man.

Color Me Badd said:
Not as nearly as pathetic as defending Sarah Palin which I have seen you do on multiple occasions, you aren’t even ashamed. What a spudnut.

Who loves Sarah more than you, you bring her up all the time

Tee friggin hee

@ BFD

So I point out that US troops are going through much worse via our government and you whine about the comment. Mediaite almost never reports on the blood shed that happens in Afghanistan even when it has some media angle. But they jump at the opportunity to report about a relatively meaningless butt kicking of a over paid “journalist” that won’t come out of the closet.

Davo said:
What! There are “pro-Mubarak” people in Egypt? Cudda fooled me. Who knew? According to the anti-American Leftist media, no one in the world could be “pro” Mubarak.

They are government plants you dope, if you have been paying attention to what is going on they were reporting that all day yesterday. Try and catch up please.

I wonder why Fox has never been in this type of situation?

Because they are cowards who stay in safe places while parroting what they see in the real news..

Obeezy said:
Who loves Sarah more than you, you bring her up all the time

Tee friggin hee

I bring her up but when have I ever defended her? I think she is a great barometer for idiocy in the world, if you like Sarah Palin chances you are an idiot or just kidding.

Obeezy said:
Who loves Sarah more than you, you bring her up all the time

Tee friggin hee

Yes he does, ive nloticed that also

possibly said:
I wonder why Fox has never been in this type of situation?

Because they are cowards who stay in safe places while parroting what they see in the real news..

they have been it was just with anarchists and Griff Jenkins almost crapped his pants.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUBEidy4HcM

Griff and Fox News thought they could make a little news by injecting themselves into the story and got a little embarrassed and burned as a result.

Color Me Badd said:
they have been it was just with anarchists and Griff Jenkins almost crapped his pants.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUBEidy4HcM

Griff and Fox News thought they could make a little news by injecting themselves into the story and got a little embarrassed and burned as a result.

I remember this because I lived in Boulder at the time and Ward Churchill was my ethnic studies professor.

Color Me Badd said:
I bring her up but when have I ever defended her? I think she is a great barometer for idiocy in the world, if you like Sarah Palin chances you are an idiot or just kidding.

I didnt say u defended her or defunded her…But this article is about as far away from her as possible, BUT someohow you worked her in…Why?

Obeezy said:
Yes he does, ive nloticed that also

“he” is a “she”

Color Me Badd said:
I remember this because I lived in Boulder at the time and Ward Churchill was my ethnic studies professor.</blockquot

Well that explains everything. So it's really not your fault. Did he feed you those yellow pills?

More Liberty3 said: “But they jump at the opportunity to report about a relatively meaningless butt kicking of a over paid “journalist” that won’t come out of the closet.”

I agree. Anderson needs to come out of the closet so Tommy and I can meet him. PARTY

Color Me Badd said:
“he” is a “she”

My apologies

Davo said:
What! There are “pro-Mubarak” people in Egypt? Cudda fooled me. Who knew? According to the anti-American Leftist media, no one in the world could be “pro” Mubarak.

I haven’t been monitoring the situation this morning, but last night after the speech, suddenly pro-Mubarak groups appeared in Alexandria and Cairo. Again, I haven’t looked this morning, but my feeling last night was at least in the initial stages, they could’ve been astroturfs to embolden those who may feel similarly and to keep up the perception of chaos.

More Liberty3 said:
@ BFD

So I point out that US troops are going through much worse via our government and you whine about the comment. Mediaite almost never reports on the blood shed that happens in Afghanistan even when it has some media angle. But they jump at the opportunity to report about a relatively meaningless butt kicking of a over paid “journalist” that won’t come out of the closet.

When are you going to understand this site is about media personalities and pundits and not about soldiers in the field. You might as well go complain to TMZ for doing too many Snooki stories and not enough Afghanistan battlefield reporting. *rolls eyes*

I have to say that I think Anderson’s “beat down” was highly exagerated. They showed him live on CNN right after the “attack” and he did not have a scratch, bruise or red mark on his face. If you were punched “10″ times you would have marks on you. I just can’t see you being hit with fists and it leaving no marks. And with Cooper being so white it would show up immediately and be very easy to see.

Someone is pumping this up for all that it is worth!

Obeezy said:

You know nothing of Ward Churchill, he remains the best professor I had at Boulder, he always had time to help his students and was one of the smartest people I have ever met. All you know about him is what Bill O’Reilly told you about him, which is mostly false.

If I may clarify my earlier point because now that I have my desktop in place and the television running, I can see that things have escalated since last night and they likely include legitimate pro-Mubarak protesters.

My “astroturfing” was because there are groups that would benefit from maintaining the status quo. First among them would be the police, who have been accused of doing significant looting and because suddenly about half an hour before the speech, I see my first report of a pro-Mubarak gathering and half an hour after the speech there is what could’ve been a coordinated effort in two cities, both of which had cameras.

Knowledge_Is_Power said:
And with Cooper being so white it would show up immediately and be very easy to see.

And if he did have marks it was probably because he was punching himself amirite?

@ BFD

You claim that this site is about media personalities yet they always have some raw news article. For example, right now, they have the following post (The Revolution Will Be Streamed: Watch Live Feed Of Egyptian Upheaval) about watching the Egypt chaos, but really has no substance regarding a media personality.

So they hide behind the “it’s about the media” claim yet openly post about politics or news that has no real “media personality” angle.

So as I stated before, as Egyptians fight each other and Anderson Cooper gets his rich butt kicked, US troops are getting killed.

BFD said:
And if he did have marks it was probably because he was punching himself amirite?

Anderson? Make ugly marks on himself? Not a chance.

Magister said:
If I may clarify my earlier point because now that I have my desktop in place and the television running, I can see that things have escalated since last night and they likely include legitimate pro-Mubarak protesters.

I suspect that many of those are just tired of the chaos and would like a return to some kind of normalcy.

@ BFD

You claim that this site is about media personalities yet they always have some raw news article. For example, right now, they have the following post (The Revolution Will Be Streamed: Watch Live Feed Of Egyptian Upheaval) about watching the Egypt chaos, but really has no substance regarding a media personality.

So they hide behind the “it’s about the media” claim yet openly post about politics or news that has no real “media personality” angle.

So as I stated before, as Egyptians fight each other and Anderson Cooper gets his rich butt kicked, US troops are getting killed.

Color Me Badd said:
You know nothing of Ward Churchill, he remains the best professor I had at Boulder, he always had time to help his students and was one of the smartest people I have ever met. All you know about him is what Bill O’Reilly told you about him, which is mostly false.

I know he’s unemployed, the little Eichmann. And the one stop shop for fake Indian hilarity is Pirate Ballerina.

Anderson hoping for at least one low blow from the bully boys no doubt.
Hey ‘Color Me Badd’ maybe you could go over there and change his poopy diapers for him. He was, like, soooo petrified! I heard he has called for two Teabaggers to be sent to his room and one was named Obeezy.
Hey, he coined the term, so no doubt he stands by it. What a bunch of lefty tools this website is.

The Ward Churchill report:

http://www.colorado.edu/news/reports/churchill/download/WardChurchillReport.pdf

ChickaBOOMer: Anderson Cooper’s Punch Line
http://chickaboomer.blogspot.com/2011/02/anderson-coopers-punch-line.html

Color Me Badd said:
You know nothing of Ward Churchill, he remains the best professor I had at Boulder, he always had time to help his students and was one of the smartest people I have ever met. All you know about him is what Bill O’Reilly told you about him, which is mostly false.

Im not aware Bill O’reilly brought him up, but ill take your word for it..What i know about him was mostly from his own ramblings and his getting canned. Im sure he wont deny he is an anti american and hates anyone who doesnt agree with him. Bit thanks for letting evryone know where you get your world view

AmeriCuda said:
Anderson hoping for at least one low blow from the bully boys no doubt.
Hey ‘Color Me Badd’ maybe you could go over there and change his poopy diapers for him. He was, like, soooo petrified! I heard he has called for two Teabaggers to be sent to his room and one was named Obeezy.
Hey, he coined the term, so no doubt he stands by it. What a bunch of lefty tools this website is.

King Spudnut is that you?

@Obeezy

O’Reilly’s opinion of Churchill:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,149295,00.html

Obtuse said:
@Obeezy

O’Reilly’s opinion of Churchill:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,149295,00.html

he is even nuttier than i thought.. Could imagine being in a class listening to him?

Davo said:
According to the anti-American Leftist media, no one in the world could be “pro” Mubarak.

Color Me Badd said:
They are government plants you dope,

Yep. I just knew it couldn’t possibly be true. The WHOLE world knows…………….

Of course there are pro supporters for everything.. There were pro Stalin groups at the end of Soviet Union. There were Pro Nazis at the end of the Nazi Regime and you can expect a pro Anything group.

Its numbers that matter..
http://www.examiner.com/political-spin-in-national/egypt-million-man-march-brings-massive-number-of-protesters-to-streets-of-cairo

It was pretty fun seeing the FOX’s “fair and balanced” view of the Protests in Egypt in Hannity’s show. Aah how they were so afraid of the Muslim brotherhood and all the extremist groups, and invited that buffoon McCain. Trust me, if this happened under Bush, they would hail the protests..

And talking about Democracy, what makes you guys think that Iraq is much safer to have a secular government than Egypt? There are bombings in Iraq averaging more than once a week and somehow there is no chance that they are going to be took over by extremist gov?

This is the difference between Egypt and Iraq – When people demand change, most of the time, they will get what they want. When Government from other countries demand change in the government of a country, they fail. Look at USSR, India, Turkey, Kyrgyzstan, Thailand, etc..

Some of the times, these revolutions fail, but don’t look at failure and refrain from revolutions..

@ BFD

I never said Anderson wasn’t attacked but I am saying it was not a beat down. The fact he had no signs of being hit prove that. If he did have marks on him then I’d say yes, he was beaten bad, no denying that. I am just saying while he may have been chased, barely hit or what ever calling it a beat down, a beating, what ever is wrong.

Knowledge_Is_Power said:
@ BFD

I never said Anderson wasn’t attacked but I am saying it was not a beat down. The fact he had no signs of being hit prove that. If he did have marks on him then I’d say yes, he was beaten bad, no denying that. I am just saying while he may have been chased, barely hit or what ever calling it a beat down, a beating, what ever is wrong.

You do realize you can protect your face but still get repeatedly punched in the head with no marks.. That’s what I would do if I couldn’t fight back. My arms would go up and my head would go down and I would get the hell out of there fast.
Did Anderson say he was punched in the face or beaten down? No, it was reported he was punched in the head.
What exactly kind of mark is a fist going to make on your head.

Marks don’t mean shit unless you are facing off against someone. This isn’t Geraldo Rivera we’re talking about.

He’ll be okay, it was nothing compared to the donkey punches he usually receives.

NORBIT Jr. said:
I’ve just been flipping from station to station, and all the cable news channels are covering the bedlam from the Democratic Conv… from Cairo.

At a certain point, you sound like an idiot. Or are you just another opportunistic hyper-partisan windbag taking an opportunity to bash American politicians on the backs of those desiring freedom in Egypt.

Or, as I said originally, just another loudmouth, ill mannered idiot.

CNN is suggesting complicity between Mubarak’s Administration and the lack of response in controlling the intimidating gangs of Mubarak supporters.

Didn’t Eric Holder use the same strategy on behalf of the Obama Administration, with the non-response to the New Black Panthers voter intimidation?

Keeva said:
At a certain point, you sound like an idiot. Or are you just another opportunistic hyper-partisan windbag taking an opportunity to bash American politicians on the backs of those desiring freedom in Egypt. Or, as I said originally, just another loudmouth, ill mannered idiot.

So, you liked it?

Anderson tweeted this:

“Got roughed up by thugs in pro-mubarak crowd..punched and kicked repeatedly. Had to escape. Safe now”

Wolf Blitzer tweeted this:

It turns ugly in #Egypt. @andersoncooper @halagorani & other CNNers beaten but OK now.

Was he “roughed up” or beaten? You make the call.

Why hasn’t Anderson posted the video he mentions he was shooting on his flip phone when they were approached? And the photographer really didn’t have his camera ready to roll at a moments notice to catch at least part of it before they harassed him? I’m not saying he didn’t get roughed up, I’m just wondering why he hasn’t used that video as a part of his reporting on this.

BFD said:
Good job, Anderson.
You know you’re doing a good job reporting an uprising when government sympathizers try to beat you down.

Hey this sounds like right here in America right now with the Unions and liberal groups and media being government Sympathizers by beating down anyone who questions the administration.

The left does not like the message ” Question Authority” or “freedom of speech” anymore, because it only applies to them and there agenda, not anyone’s else. especially not the law bidding citizens of the tea party.

Neil Hallsworth tweeted this:

“Editing video of @andersoncooper @MAFox & me geting roughed up buy pro mubarak thugs on the way to Tahir SQ to film. Got punched and kicked”

Maybe we will get a better idea of what really happened.

Hey this is MEDIAITE…some how they surly could have blamed this on the Tea Party or Sarah Palin…no I know, his was Michelle Bachman supporter….

That is exactly who it was, a Michelle Bachman supporter who hates Chris Tingles!

Someone get ahold of Tommy, he could write pages about this and use me as a source!

But me must know,Anderson, did any of them ask “Kenneth, what is the frequency?”

He was in the middle of a mob, what the f0ck did he expect?

Anderson Cooper “punched 10 times in the head,” at least they didn’t hit a vital organ.

I wonder if Anderson was attacked because he was GAY or because he was a JOURNALIST?

Both have possible!

Take care of yourself, Anderson.

Anderson would stick out in a crowd of snowmen, let alone Egyptians.

BatBoy said:
I wonder if Anderson was attacked because he was GAY or because he was a JOURNALIST?

Both have possible!

You are a dick.

BatBoy said:
Hey this is MEDIAITE…some how they surly could have blamed this on the Tea Party or Sarah Palin…no I know, his was Michelle Bachman supporter….

That is exactly who it was, a Michelle Bachman supporter who hates Chris Tingles!

Someone get ahold of Tommy, he could write pages about this and use me as a source!

I think you are the biggest dick out of all the teabags.

I was just kidding about the Ward Churchill thing, I just wanted to make the teabags hit the google and post a bunch of Ward Churchill stuff. Of course they took the bait, such silly people.

Davo said:
Yep. I just knew it couldn’t possibly be true. The WHOLE world knows…………….

Yeah I know, but you outed yourself as a bit of a retard long before that idiotic statement.

Knowledge_Is_Power said:
@ BFD

I never said Anderson wasn’t attacked but I am saying it was not a beat down. The fact he had no signs of being hit prove that. If he did have marks on him then I’d say yes, he was beaten bad, no denying that. I am just saying while he may have been chased, barely hit or what ever calling it a beat down, a beating, what ever is wrong.

I just saw the video on CNN, when you see it are you going to apologize to Mediaite?

libra blue said:
Anderson tweeted this:

“Got roughed up by thugs in pro-mubarak crowd..punched and kicked repeatedly. Had to escape. Safe now”

Wolf Blitzer tweeted this:

It turns ugly in #Egypt. @andersoncooper @halagorani & other CNNers beaten but OK now.

Was he “roughed up” or beaten? You make the call.

I just watched the video on CNN of Anderson being attacked. It looked really scary, I am sure you would be shitting your pants to Sunday if you were in the same position. But it’s fun to claim he is lying before you have even seen the video. Hope you apologize to Mediaite and the world when you see you were full of it.

BatBoy said:
I wonder if Anderson was attacked because he was GAY or because he was a JOURNALIST?

Both have possible!

Pittiful.

@ Color me badd

No apologies from me. All I saw was a bunch of pushing, shoving and someone trying to slap Anderson. I saw no one hit, kick, punch or anything else such as that. He wasn’t thrown to the ground and beat up either now was he!? It was in no way a beat down. But I don’t expect you to see that since you’re wearing those rose colored glasses still.

ButtBoy said:
I wonder if Anderson was attacked because he was GAY or because he was a JOURNALIST?

Both have possible!

I wonder if you are a POS?

call BULLSHIOT.
The protesters are NOT freedom fighters They are Kefaya…a movement that is a cabal of Marxists , Nessarists, and other nasty far left groups teamed up with Islamic radical groups like the Muslim Brotherhood.
Their claim that Mubarak is a traitor is that he SIGNED A PEACE TREATY WITH ISRAEL , which the…y all hate.
Their claim that Mubarak is holding controlled elections stems from his and the majority of Egyptians, OUTLAWING RELIGOUS POLITICAL PARTIES.
Their claim that he tortures his own people is about Mubarak’s staunch fight against terrorism and rendition that we in fact are doing right now.

The Mubarak suppoerters are the pro-West , the anti Mubarak protesters are the America and west haters.And they hate captialism and our freedoms just as much as Israel

Who sent the blonde haired blue eyed gay guy to skip through a large angy mob of “freedom fighting” terrorists?
It’s CNN fault. The Kefaya (the protesters) do not like gays at all

Their gaydar went of so strongly at the pretty face of Anderson Vanderbilt that it got their Islamic fervor fired up to a full-heat punch-out mode.