Anderson Cooper’s career

BJs.

Op must be a troll. AC did serious investigative journalism prior to becoming host of The Mole. And The Mole was considered sophisticated reality tv you hateful cunt.

Maybe he IS the second coming!

Mommy money counts for something

Mommy blew through whatever money Grandma hadn’t, and had to hustle jeans. AC was well off but not independently wealthy.

[Quote] The Mole was considered sophisticated reality tv you hateful cunt.

Oxymoron

Serious investigative journalists don’t become reality TV hosts

Nepo Baby par excellence.

Mr. Cooper is part of the problem with corpse media. He is worthy of a block.

He lies so fucking much - you want us to believe you were raised just a middle class boy on the Upper East Side, going to private schools and your mom was Gloria Vanderbilt?

She transferred all her money over to him via a trust years before she died - you think she really had only a 1 million dollar apt to her name and that's it?

He annoys the hell out of me because he does not acknowledge his privilege at all - on the contrary, he actively tries to promote this myth of the self-made man.

He was on nyc news channel tv1 I believe before "the mole."

R7 Oh I forgot to renew my prescription.

He was certainly raised with money and privilege - but the Vanderbilts were once the most wealthy family in the US. That insane amount of wealth was long gone by the time AC came along.

[Quote] Oxymoron

I hate these internet insults!!!

R13 - yes, the wealth had been dispersed, but they overplayed their 'we have no money anymore' hand. He's not just a Vanderbilt, he's a Morgan and a Whitney as well.

His whole life story is a lie. Wealthy people can do great things - but the connections and lack of money worries makes it 1000 times easier.

So he went to New Orleans during the hurricane aftermath - big deal. For wealthy people like that, it's an adventure - and one they can escape from very easily. It's the stuff of cocktail party conversations - oh you're SO BRAVE!

What does Murjani have to say about this?

[quote]He was on nyc news channel tv1 I believe before "the mole."

He was on Channel One news, which was a dumbed down news service provided to high schools that subscribed to it. It's experience, but I wouldn't call it an obvious stepping stone to a star position at CNN.

[quote]And The Mole was considered sophisticated reality tv you hateful cunt.

Oh, it was considered "sophisticated" reality tv, was it? Well, whatever you say.

r13 Famous and well connected families have more access to wealth than rich people with no famous/well connected families. So even if Anderson didn't have a lot of money, he would always have access to certain loans, networking circles, etc.

r17 Lisa Ling was also on it and has had a serious investigative journalist career.

He is not a "Morgan" Morgan.

r17 are you talking about New York One news? And you are mistaken, because I actually remembered him. I have always been enthralled by journalism and film. Anderson was on ABC reporting stuff before The Mole came out.

And I stand but what I said. Before the Housewives, Mama June, Vanderbilts-- reality wasn't completely vapid. Survivor, The Mole, Amazing Race was considered intelligent reality tv.

R22, but they’re rather valid too

NYC One is not a high school subscription service. Did it start that way in the 70s or something lol. It always had more journalistic integrity than all the majors. That shit was a public channel with anyone with cable or antenna able to tune into. It's making me nostalgic for New York actually.

I find him unwatchable on CNN.

Anderson also paid his dues hosting the ABC overnight news for several years before getting his primetime show.

No, Anderson Cooper was at Channel One and then moved to ABC, where he did a variety of things. I don't know what NYC One is but if he worked there it must be something at ABC. He also did the Mole as part of his duties at ABC.