Yawn; Cooper is a bore.

Who?

Fact: Cooper is a sick puppy to like the idea of a 51 year old man marrying a 16 year old girl.

Fascinating.

I think a few of the writers on Mediaite can take some of that advice from Anderson.

And maybe Anderson should take some lessons from Stewart about how to be funny, and sarcastic.

Anderson Cooper at his best — brilliant.

PWND

Hehehe…

Gee, Cooper, you were kind of a jerk here. Way too harsh on the writer. When you use deadpan sarcasm, the writer may very well have used the tame technique. I thought the mediaite story used the same approach, which did create some confusion.

The difference is that you’re a high profile CNN anchor. Calling a ‘nobody’ writer on a blog is harsh and petty, even if unintentional. While his advice is good, when you do this to a junior staff member it’s just mean. Do it online on your show’s blog, don’t do it on national TV with her freaking picture. MEAN.

GuessWhoSuka said:
PWND

Hehehe…

Did you really just type “PWND”?

OMG, LOL, ROFLMAO

Hehehehe

Donavan should just say she’s a comedian. There’s a guy on Com Central who uses that excuse everytime he says something ignorant.

lane said:
Calling a ‘nobody’ writer on a blog is harsh and petty,

Anderson is the son of Gloria Vanderbilt, and is a great-great-great-grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt. For him, everyone is a ‘nobody’.

Well, I guess there’s nothing much else going on in the news, right Anderson? He must have felt his reputation as a newsman was impugned, therefore he had to report on it. Ironic, when you think about it.

Is it my imagination or are the anchors and hosts on the cable news channels trying to compete with Stewart in the comedy and schtick department?

Well , Anderson Cooper would probably never marry a 16 year old girl .

Just4thefax said:
Fact: Cooper is a sick puppy to like the idea of a 51 year old man marrying a 16 year old girl.

Pretty sad that Cons don’t get sarcasm, funny I always thought that Republicans didn’t really believe in all that batshit crazy stuff they pushed and were just being really sarcastic.

She is only 22 the girl who married the old guy is only 6 years younger than her. Oh, brother.

Good to see Tucker is getting the major talent for his little blog, here is Laura Donovan age 22′s blog about “creepers”. This is hard hitting stuff.

http://creepshowwatch.tumblr.com/

In high school, I partnered up with a gentle giant jock type for a class project. Though a star lacrosse player, he had few friends and often spent lunch period by himself. I received extra credit for teaming up with this guy, so I told him he could come to my house over the weekend to work on our assignment.

He arrived on a Saturday evening and got along fine with my parents, who were intrigued by his stories of traveling to India. Everything was fine until he yanked several large pieces of paper from his backpack.

Within minutes, I realized he’d drawn my portrait and wanted to show my mom and dad.

“Every time I’m bored in class, I stare at Laura and draw her face,” he said, waving the unflattering photos at me. “She’s divine.”

My parents said this was sweet, but I felt violated. I’m sure the young girl in “American Beauty” was just as creeped out when her new neighbor began filming her without permission.

Azarkhan said:
Anderson is the son of Gloria Vanderbilt, and is a great-great-great-grandson of Cornelius Vanderbilt. For him, everyone is a ‘nobody’.

Judging by his work, I think her turned out fine. In this case, he was a jerk. Hopefully he has the sense to apologize. He can tweet this or blog it, just not trash her on his CNN show. Everyone makes mistakes.

‘I love redheads’

Yesterday on the metro, a young man came up to me and said, “I love redheads.”

The more creepers I meet, the more I love dogs!

I would have been more likely to respond if he hadn’t been with a group of heckling guys. When I continued to ignore him, the creeper said, “Especially FEMINIST redheads.”

http://creepshowwatch.tumblr.com/page/3

For my second flight, an old New Yorker guy glanced at my boarding pass and said, “Is your boarding pass number the same as your age?”

“If I look 30, I’m in trouble, ” I said to him.

Never ask a woman how old she is, and if you do, don’t use the airport as an excuse to be a total creepshow.

http://creepshowwatch.tumblr.com/page/3

Actually, while Copper was trying and failing at humor, he was looking down his nose at the young girl’s parents…this coming from a guy who used to hang out at the drug and homosexual infested Studio 54 when he was 10 years old.

Also, anyone else notice the 1950s Martha Stewart Unilever commercial here the other day? She was 15-16 years old playing the wife/boyfriend of a middle aged man, just like the real life story Cooper was covering.

Sanders Youth said:
Pretty sad that Cons don’t get sarcasm, funny I always thought that Republicans didn’t really believe in all that batshit crazy stuff they pushed and were just being really sarcastic. She is only 22 the girl who married the old guy is only 6 years younger than her. Oh, brother.

Fact: Sit around with your mouth wide open all day says allot about you.
http://banana1015.com/doug-hutchison-51-year-old-actor-marries-16-year-old-courtney-alexis-stodden/

“This article has been updated to clearly explain that Cooper’s segment was done in a sarcastic tone, as it was a part of his “RidicuList” segment.

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2011/06/23/anderson-cooper-not-a-big-deal-for-16-year-old-courtney-stodden-to-marry-51-year-old-doug-hutchison/#ixzz1QDCW08W1”

Which has only served to make Laura Donovan’s remarks sound even more tone-deaf.

lane said:
The difference is that you’re a high profile CNN anchor. Calling a ‘nobody’ writer on a blog is harsh and petty, even if unintentional. While his advice is good, when you do this to a junior staff member it’s just mean. Do it online on your show’s blog, don’t do it on national TV with her freaking picture. MEAN.

Huh?

I think Cooper handled the piece with delightful humor, grace, and irony.

That’s FAR and AWAY better than she would have gotten from ANY other cable news host, and frankly, better than she (and her “updates”) deserves.

Anderson was right and very funny. Donovan deserved to be mocked and schooled by him for her inability to recognize sarcasm and satire, something that others had no problem figuring out instantly.

Cecelia said:
Huh?

I think Cooper handled the piece with delightful humor, grace, and irony.

That’s FAR and AWAY better than she would have gotten from ANY other cable news host, and frankly, better than she (and her “updates”) deserves.

I still don’t agree, but I do see your point, I just disagree. Mediaite’s headline was “Anderson Cooper Defends 51-Year-Old Actor’s Marriage To 16-Year-Old From ‘Romance Haters’” Where’s their ridicule?

It’s fine if he emailed her or sent a tweet. Doing it on national TV on someone so new and on a blog still strikes me as being rude.

I wouldn’t call out a junior staffer at a meeting, I’d do it face to face because it’s the right thing to do. Treat them as I would like to be treated. Especially when I was inexperienced.

lane said:
Doing it on national TV on someone so new and on a blog still strikes me as being rude.

I wouldn’t call out a junior staffer at a meeting, I’d do it face to face because it’s the right thing to do. Treat them as I would like to be treated. Especially when I was inexperienced.

She wasn’t a junior staffer. Your comparison is false. She is a young, inexperienced writer who tried to make a name for herself at Anderson’s expense on a public forum by accusing him of being in favor of something very sleazy by most people’s standards.

Someone should’ve taught her that you don’t pick on a guy who has a nightly TV show he can use to respond to her.

And by the way, many of us, myself included, did criticize Mediaite for missing the point.

lane said:
It’s fine if he emailed her or sent a tweet.

Also, why don’t you criticize her for not extending him this same courtesy? She obviously made no effort to clarify whether or not he was being serious before defaming him on a public forum.

lane said:
I wouldn’t call out a junior staffer at a meeting, I’d do it face to face because it’s the right thing to do. Treat them as I would like to be treated. Especially when I was inexperienced.

Perhaps, Cooper would have done just that if Donovan hadn’t done such a ridiculous and disingenuous “update”.

Knock, knock!

Jim Treacher said:
Knock, knock!

*runs to answer the door*

Key points.
1. The initial comments by Cooper were made during his “Ridiculist” segment, and that was all the HINT the Daily Caller should have needed that this was sarcasm.
2. The idea that one should not criticize an employee publicly has no connection with this situation. The “accuser” is not a subordinate, and the “accuser” was very public, and was called out publicly. That is fair.
3. Not said, but obvious: The initial attack was an amateurish attempt to show that the “lamestream” media is biased, and it just does not fly.

I realize that Anderson Cooper’s humor is rather lame without a side kick assist, but I find it difficult to believe anyone took this seriously.

No matter what, it won’t hurt Anderson, it will only supply him with even more publicity for his new show. He will milk the hell out of it.

Cecelia said:
Perhaps, Cooper would have done just that if Donovan hadn’t done such a ridiculous and disingenuous “update”.

I posted here when people read the article, didn’t watch the clip, and assumed he was actually supporting it. You can check my posts on it if you don’t believe me.

If I was in Cooper’s position, and I knew she was an junior writer, I wouldn’t mock her on national TV for making a mistake like this. I’m surprised he did. I think it’s beneath him to do it.

My analogy is that you are gentler to people’s feelings when they’re inexperienced and you are at the top levels.

Cecelia said:
Perhaps, Cooper would have done just that if Donovan hadn’t done such a ridiculous and disingenuous “update”.

sounds like you might be right about that! something had to have elevated this in his eyes.

lane said:
My analogy is that you are gentler to people’s feelings when they’re inexperienced and you are at the top levels.

The Daily Caller isn’t exactly an anonymous blog out there on the internet that no one reads. Her age and inexperience isn’t a valid excuse for defaming someone.

kswheels said:
The Daily Caller isn’t exactly an anonymous blog out there on the internet that no one reads. Her age and inexperience isn’t a valid excuse for defaming someone.

What’s his excuse?

Take it easy Cooper, what goes around comes around! Have you ever heard of Karma! It so easy to think in your elitist head that you will never be caught fooled! Hmm!

lonestar77 said:
Did you really just type “PWND”?

OMG, LOL, ROFLMAO

Hehehehe

hehehe….

Yes I did……I typed PWND……I’m glad you’re there to teach me the basics of communicating on the internet though,as it is very much related to the subject here,and also shows how much more mature than me you are.
lol
rof..and such.
So thanks again for the much needed correction MOFO,I really appreciate your constructive criticism, and surely will take it into consideration the next time I wanna communicate adequately with a dumbass like you.

PWND.

kswheels said:
The Daily Caller isn’t exactly an anonymous blog out there on the internet that no one reads. Her age and inexperience isn’t a valid excuse for defaming someone.

It is a valid excuse when you have a blog devoted to “creepers”, and whose said blog is almost entirely made up of “creepers’ she met in high school.

Sanders Youth said:
It is a valid excuse when you have a blog devoted to “creepers”, and whose said blog is almost entirely made up of “creepers’ she met in high school.

I understand your point but I strongly disagree.She gets paid to write this sheet and that makes her accountable.
She’s 22….not 14,and she has a brain.Maybe it’s time for her to grow up..you try to make your teeth in the business by trying to defame Anderson Cooper,then you better be right or that’s what you get.
Welcome to the real world Laura where attacking people does have a backlash.
Actually I thought Cooper knew what was going on and was pretty cool about it…it could have been worse.
I blame it all on Carlson Tucker anyway,cause that guy is one hell of a twit with a bow tie…

The bow tie is just the exclamation point on the joke that is Tucker Carlson.

GuessWhoSuka said:
and also shows how much more mature than me you are.

You?….

nah….

She rightfully got schooled. Web writers are all trying to be Gawker, but they lack the brains and the wit. It doesn’t matter if you’re The Daily Caller, Mediaite or the New York Times. You’ve got to get your facts right if you don’t want to look like idiots — especially when you’re piling on the snark. Most journalists learn that in internships with editors who can catch their mistakes before anybody sees them. Apparently websites have determined that accuracy is a quaint anachronism.

Thank you daily caller for making this funny story reappear so I could laugh at the same thing twice. Dammm I love to laugh.

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You?….

nah….

Why would you say that?
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OxyCon said:
Actually, while Copper was trying and failing at humor, he was looking down his nose at the young girl’s parents…this coming from a guy who used to hang out at the drug and homosexual infested Studio 54 when he was 10 years old.

Also, anyone else notice the 1950s Martha Stewart Unilever commercial here the other day? She was 15-16 years old playing the wife/boyfriend of a middle aged man, just like the real life story Cooper was covering.

Oh, that horrid queer infested place Studio 54, got any more dirt you want to dump on him? And no I didn’t see that old commercial. I bet you have a whole DVD collection of old commercials, what a turn off.

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GuessWhoSuka said:
I understand your point but I strongly disagree.She gets paid to write this sheet and that makes her accountable.
She’s 22….not 14,and she has a brain.Maybe it’s time for her to grow up..you try to make your teeth in the business by trying to defame Anderson Cooper,then you better be right or that’s what you get.
Welcome to the real world Laura where attacking people does have a backlash.
Actually I thought Cooper knew what was going on and was pretty cool about it…it could have been worse.
I blame it all on Carlson Tucker anyway,cause that guy is one hell of a twit with a bow tie…

?

Andersons Theme Song….. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tH9Y5Wnn4hM

I can’t believe Cooper had to explain satire to a journalist! Good for you Andersen. She’s young. Maybe she’ll learn what satire is.

Wll done Anderson!

Well..

That Cooper is miffed by this whole event merely shows how easily he his taken in and dragged down to the level of ‘he said she said”. Proving only that deep down Cooper is very shallow.

On the other hand, I am embarrassed that I took the time to read this article.

This is why females should be barred from journalism.

Playing her soundbites about what parts of her where “rill” was rilly, rilly funny. Anderson Cooper, keepin’ it rill. Great job, man!