Local News Anchor Accuses Anderson Cooper Of Ripping Off His Segment

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by Mark Joyella | 1:06 pm, July 13th, 2011

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Local news anchor Derek James has a bone to pick with one Anderson Cooper–and naturally, this has everything to do with Jersey Shore‘s Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi. As you may have read in the suicide note of your high school English teacher, Snooki’s at work on her second book, and Cooper “defended” Polizzi’s chops as an author by giving a dramatic reading of some of her “work.” More great TV from the Silver Fox, you say? Sure. But the morning crew at WCCB-TV were simply not amused. “I’m going to address you personally, Anderson Cooper, Mr. Silver Fox,” began James on his show, Fox News Rising. “You and your staff–your huge staff–have to steal segments from me, little local TV host Derek James?”

James then aired a similar segment he did back in January–reading from Polizzi’s book in an armchair, with a pipe, by a virtual fireplace. If only James could offer evidence that Anderson Cooper was vacationing in Charlotte on that day! Maybe he just watches Fox News Rising on the web?

“I did it first, and I did it best,” James said, declaring Cooper “the most ridiculististist person in the World,” which will probably result in a massive self-esteem collapse for Cooper at the Worst Possible Time, just as Cooper prepares to move to 8 p.m. and launch a new daytime talk show, Anderson, that–as luck would have it–on WCCB.

Watch it here, from WCCB:

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felixw

If CNN wants to steal something, they should take a look at Fox News’s successful formula.
Erebys

Dramatic readings of ridiculous literature is hardly something new.
Just4thefax

Fact: I stand corrected there are more than one moron in the race for village idiot this year!
libra blue

Derek James shouldn’t be blaming Anderson Cooper for this because from what I understand Jack Gray does these stupid segments, AC is just reading the script. He wouldn’t know if they were original or not.
http://www.facebook.com/people/Ryan-Cooper/1058087532 kswheels

Some local “never was” trying to make a name for himself at Anderson’s expense, and Mediaie is helping him.
http://www.mediaite.com/tv/glenn-beck-explains-how-the-unions-are-using-teachers-firefighters-and-co ImNotBlue

Didn’t someone a little while ago call attention to how over-done this has become. Lady Gaga, Snookie, Palin, and on and on… it’s been done. It’s not funny anymore, it’s hack.

Oh yeah, it was me.
http://twitter.com/SailRabbits Magister

Kudos to them. It was a funny bit, the local guy got a moment to crow, they kept it very light and humorous, while filling just over three minutes with a couple of seconds from CNN and a rerun of their own.
ostracario

It’s not original. Period. It’s old. Been done to death.
SpringingLeaks

Ripping off segments. What’s the world coming too? I think I’m going to start cross dressing
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Local TV Nooz hacks will get outraged and incensed about pretty much anything. They are, after all, the amoebas of society…pretty much unable to do anything else in life besides reading copy and staring into a camera while acting much more ‘knowing’ than they really are.

Those who can, do; those who can’t, they become local TV Nooz hacks.
78Thomas

Derek James in a JackAss. Dramatic readings of ridiculous writings have been done so many times it makes him sound ridiculous.
Sleepyo

What a low life, you’re not funny but you really think you are and you’re not creative. Anderson didn’t steal anything from you, he simply read a few lines from the book. So what you are saying is if anyone reads from this book they are stealing your idea, get real dude and get a job where you’re not so annoying, oh wait you work for fox, stay where you are, annoying is their specialty. I repeat an earlier comment “Dramatic readings of ridiculous literature is hardly something new”, they have been doing this type of crap forever. Don’t even think your show is good it is adolescent at best.