Anderson Cooper: It's news to him
THE SUNDAY CONVERSATION
The versatile CNN anchor-reporter says there aren't enough hours in the day to cover every story he'd like to go out on.
In addition to his duties hosting "Anderson Cooper 360°" on CNN from 10 p.m. to midnight, Cooper reports for "60 Minutes." He is also CNN's Mr. New Year's Eve.
What's life like after the election?
Anderson Cooper: The Sunday Conversation column in Sunday's Calendar section said that "Anderson Cooper 360°" is broadcast on CNN from 10 p.m. to midnight. That broadcast is a repeat of the original showing, which is 7 to 9 p.m. PST.
Anderson Cooper: Last week's Sunday Conversation column said that "Anderson Cooper 360°" is broadcast on CNN from 10 p.m. to midnight. That broadcast is a repeat of the original showing, which is from 7 to 9 p.m. PST.
I think it's maybe different for viewers, but it's not that different for us. It's kind of the same level of intensity. And with the economic collapse, that's something that's taken up a lot of our attention post-election.
You don't have to wrangle as many crowds.
I liked the wrangling. I miss our nightly meetings with 20 different analysts. I was joking with some of them that I feel like we should convene panels in my home on the weekends and go over polls that don't exist.
This year we saw the rise of Rachel Maddow and Campbell Brown -- very opinionated. You haven't succumbed too much. Do you have plans to?
I have no plans to, no. I think those people are really good at what they do. Rachel Maddow is an incredible talent -- she's funny, and smart, obviously well researched on subjects. I'm just not interested as a viewer in listening to anchors' opinions. It seems like there's an awful lot of yelling, and this year yelling's been replaced by sarcasm and snark- iness.
How do you like your slot?
My time slot? I've never really thought much about it, honestly.
But often it seems as if you end up with news that's not really breaking. You end up with day-end stuff, and I feel that it doesn't necessarily serve you.
When there's breaking news we try to have it be something that's occurred within the last two, three hours. If you notice on a lot of other networks, they have something called "breaking today." Which, to me, I think that's called news? I don't quite understand how people get away with "breaking today," but that's become a mainstay of MSNBC and others. Can I say something off the record?
Yeah, sure! [Two minutes later.] But you don't have a Twitter feed yet.
I think I do have a Twitter feed! I'm not as Twitter-friendly as [CNN anchor/correspondent] Rick Sanchez. He seems to be tweeting and twittering. I'm hoping he'll give me a lesson on it someday.
And your blog goes un-updated because you have a job.
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