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HuckleB Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-10-11 08:21 PM
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52. Good for you.
All he's done is a basic reporter's job. He clearly knows very little about the matter he's covering, however.
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  -Anderson Cooper Can't Carry Robert Fisk's Jockstrap. HuckleB  Feb-09-11 09:37 PM   #0 
  - Yep.  Luminous Animal   Feb-09-11 09:43 PM   #1 
  - Yup.  HuckleB   Feb-10-11 12:51 AM   #28 
  - I doubt Cooper is interested in the job.  Buzz Clik   Feb-09-11 09:55 PM   #2 
  - True. True. -eom-  HuckleB   Feb-09-11 09:57 PM   #3 
  - he is the best there is  sasha031   Feb-09-11 10:06 PM   #4 
  - +1  HuckleB   Feb-09-11 10:11 PM   #5 
  - A DUer unrecced this?  HuckleB   Feb-09-11 10:11 PM   #6 
  - I hope you mean Fisk.  HEyHEY   Feb-09-11 10:35 PM   #11 
     - I found Robert Fisk before the Iraq war and remained a devoted follower  sasha031   Feb-09-11 10:42 PM   #13 
        - read his book about when he disguised himself and traveled with Arabs?  HEyHEY   Feb-09-11 11:14 PM   #19 
        - Unlikely there's a Westerner with knowledge of the Middle East than him. n/t  Ghost Dog   Feb-10-11 01:52 AM   #29 
  - Sadly, Anderson Cooper was born with a silver spoon up his ass.  rhett o rick   Feb-09-11 10:13 PM   #7 
  - And this is his fault how?  Dappleganger   Feb-10-11 02:19 PM   #44 
     - I didnt claim it to be his fault. Sadly, it affects his journalism. He sees the world thru designer  rhett o rick   Feb-10-11 05:05 PM   #47 
  - Cooper's a tool.  HEyHEY   Feb-09-11 10:18 PM   #8 
  - I don't know about that, but I'm not sure where the perspective is right now.  HuckleB   Feb-09-11 10:32 PM   #9 
     - Ever since I saw that egomaniac showing himself rescuing a kid on the news  HEyHEY   Feb-09-11 10:34 PM   #10 
        - No argument here.  HuckleB   Feb-09-11 10:37 PM   #12 
           - People, DUers especially, are easy to lead  HEyHEY   Feb-09-11 11:15 PM   #20 
  - There is no one like Fisk. n/t  EFerrari   Feb-09-11 10:45 PM   #14 
  - +1  HuckleB   Feb-09-11 11:40 PM   #22 
  - what's your problem with Anderson , he has been doing well covering Egypt protests  JI7   Feb-09-11 10:50 PM   #15 
  - He's done an adequate reporting job in Egypt.  HuckleB   Feb-09-11 10:52 PM   #16 
  - Cooper hops on whatever bandwagon he can, gets his info from Reuters  HEyHEY   Feb-09-11 11:39 PM   #21 
     - He's about an inch deep. n/t  EFerrari   Feb-09-11 11:46 PM   #24 
  - Cooper is America's Robert Fisk  ReggieVeggie   Feb-09-11 10:55 PM   #17 
  - .  HuckleB   Feb-09-11 11:09 PM   #18 
  - Seriously. Al Jazeera English is on LINK TV because of Egypt  EFerrari   Feb-09-11 11:45 PM   #23 
  - +1  HuckleB   Feb-09-11 11:48 PM   #25 
     - Fisk was on the phone with Amy Goodman this morning.  EFerrari   Feb-09-11 11:51 PM   #26 
        - Sweet! Thanks. I will now be away from DU for a while.  HuckleB   Feb-09-11 11:53 PM   #27 
  - Got me...  Ignis   Feb-10-11 05:33 PM   #48 
  - It is so hard to keep up with who is currently bringing the tablets down  Obamanaut   Feb-10-11 02:22 AM   #30 
  - Uh, Robert Fisk has been living and reporting on the ME for decades.  HuckleB   Feb-10-11 09:44 AM   #31 
     - Uh, I guess it's true what the character in the movie "Roadhouse" said:  Obamanaut   Feb-10-11 01:22 PM   #38 
        - On experience in reporting on the Middle East? No, not even close.  Ignis   Feb-10-11 05:35 PM   #49 
        - Nice pointless response.  HuckleB   Feb-10-11 07:41 PM   #51 
  - Sigh. Anderson Cooper in a jockstrap ... sigh  Ratty   Feb-10-11 10:31 AM   #32 
  - +1!  racaulk   Feb-10-11 02:36 PM   #45 
     - Thanks for the +!!  Ratty   Feb-10-11 03:14 PM   #46 
  - Huh  malaise   Feb-10-11 10:32 AM   #33 
  - He was targeted by anti mubarak thurs.  Swede   Feb-10-11 10:35 AM   #34 
  - Fisk is print reporter. Cooper is TV  cali   Feb-10-11 10:38 AM   #35 
  - It has become apparent that many at DU don't know who Fisk is.  HuckleB   Feb-10-11 10:40 AM   #36 
     - Well, aren't we just woefully uninformed. Good for you for knowing. nt  Obamanaut   Feb-10-11 01:23 PM   #39 
        - Not the point at all.  HuckleB   Feb-10-11 07:40 PM   #50 
  - Why would he want to carry someone else's jock strap?  Pathwalker   Feb-10-11 11:31 AM   #37 
  - He is a brilliant reporter who always told the truth  sabrina 1   Feb-10-11 01:30 PM   #40 
  - Fisk is great. You wont see anyone like him in the US corporate media.  Puregonzo1188   Feb-10-11 01:55 PM   #41 
  - Qiute true, PureGonzo.  Mimosa   Feb-10-11 02:13 PM   #42 
  - Perhaps AC doesn't care to wrestle with you for the privilege.  11 Bravo   Feb-10-11 02:18 PM   #43 
     - Good for you.  HuckleB   Feb-10-11 08:21 PM   #52 
 

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