Giving Anderson Cooper Credit Where Credit is Due

As important as it is to point out moments of bias in the mainstream media, it’s also important to point out moments when the mainstream media gives us a glimmer of – dare I say – “hope” that someone out there wants to do their job. Anderson Cooper has certainly had moments of blatant bias. A good example is when he did an investigative report on Planned Parenthood. Cooper came to the table with the belief that abortion clinics, as they are now, are a necessity and that they should be covered by insurance. But recently Anderson Cooper has shown on more than one occasion that he is capable of giving a hard interview to the normally unchallenged left. It started with Shirley Sharrod. When Sherrod went on AC360, Cooper let her claim that Andrew Breitbart wanted to take us back to a time of slavery unchallenged. Cooper later apologized to his viewers and since then has found a new vigor in interviewing controversial guests.

The left uses CNN as their crutch for “brave” interviews. If you go on MSNBC it’s just too obvious that you’re not interested in having an interview with any real challenge. When Rep. Bernice Johnson went on Anderson Cooper a few weeks ago, she got way more than she bargained for and we applauded Mr. Cooper for that. It’s time once again to give credit where credit is due to Mr. Cooper.

On October 6^th, Representative Alan Grayson went on AC360 to give what he hoped to be an easy interview about his very controversial – and frankly sickening – Taliban Dan ad.

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Anderson immediately went on the attack claiming that Rep. Grayson had taken the comments of Mr. Webster out of context. After a quick back-and-forth Anderson played the quotes in context in front of Rep. Grayson and then demanded an explanation. Rep. Grayson said, “Well I think the term that you used last week is that we ‘cleverly edited’ it. And I will let other people decide whether that was clever or not.”

Cooper then moves on from that ad and attacks him on another ad where Rep. Grayson claims that his opponent is unpatriotic because he didn’t serve in the military. After Grayson claims that Cooper is taking that statement out of context, Cooper plays the ad for him and again demands an explanation.

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Cooper asks Rep. Grayson several times if he believes his opponent is unpatriotic and hates America. Representative Grayson finally responds to the question by saying, “I think the ad speaks for itself.” Well done, Mr. Cooper, for doing the job that many of your liberal colleagues would never do.