charming welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
the top ten Anderson Cooper moments so I
found this place the warming store which
is a small business in Philadelphia that
sells heated clothing I didn’t know he
did clothing existence for 15 friggin
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we’re looking at singular moments from
Cooper’s life and career books that
examine a wider time in his life however
such as his memoir dispatches from the
edge will be excluded dozens of children
still at risk of starvation and early
death it’s smiling and strong enough to
enjoy themselves and joke around with me
number 10 underground reporting from
Myanmar after interning at the CIA and
studying in Vietnam Anderson Cooper
decided to pursue a career for himself
reporting the news despite having no
formal journalistic training following
his graduation from Yale he got a job as
a fact-checker for Channel One News but
was pigeon-holed and unable to rise up
into a reporting job I just have to go
to really dangerous places and go to
places that other people don’t want to
go to or too scared to go to Cooper then
took matters into his own hands forging
a press pass to sneak into my and Mar
and report on the students fight against
the government and I and as soon as I
had shot the story I soon I was there I
mean my first day there I knew this is
what I wanted to do he was then able to
sell these homemade reports back to
channel 1 effectively kick-starting his
career with this brave and risky move
number 9 planet in peril a monumental
two-part miniseries that aired on CNN
planet in peril was a documentary
created by Cooper with longtime
collaborator dr. Sanjay Gupta biologist
Jeff Corwin and Lisa Ling of National
Geographic the ambitious series covered
the state of the world and the many
threats facing it and its people
including climate change overpopulation
species loss and deforestation the need
for food the international food crisis
is causing people to go deeper and
deeper into forest habitats the
documentaries show
how the dangers to the environment were
already taking effect traveling to
places like the Amazon to show the vast
deforestation there and the oil conflict
in the Niger River Delta number eight Co
Feifei tweets when President Donald
Trump sent out the bizarre tweet despite
the constant negative press Kofi Fay
late at night and quickly deleted it in
the morning the world was left wondering
and laughing was Kofi a mysterious
secret code tweeted to everyone and
known only to a certain few or could it
perhaps be that Trump fell asleep on his
phone was it all just a dream the wind
whispered cough FA the Internet of
course had a field day with the newly
invented word coming up with a storm of
jokes and tongue-in-cheek
explanations for Kofi Fay in a brilliant
fake serious tone Cooper read off many
of the most hilarious responses in one
of his most memorable the ridiculous
segments if you think you’re above Kofi
Fay you’re part of the prop feffy number
7
Obama White House interview less than a
month after Obama took office in 2009 he
granted an interview to Anderson Cooper
inside the Oval Office and this was one
of Obama’s first interviews as a sitting
president you feel you’ve you’ve lost
some of that moral high ground which you
set for yourself on day one with you
know I think this was a mistake not
shying away from hard-hitting questions
Cooper asked Obama about tough issues
including the controversy surrounding
Tom Daschle a senator policy advisor who
Obama had nominated for Health and Human
Services Secretary despite the
curveballs the pair was respectful
towards each other throughout the
interview while providing a glimpse into
the president’s plans and motivations
going forward you know I I didn’t do all
this just to occupy this fancy office I
I did I came here to change things
number 6 getting the giggles despite
being one of the most talented reporters
out there Cooper certainly has a jovial
side as well as he’s demonstrated a
number of times during more lighthearted
or comical segments in fact when a story
is particularly ridiculous he might even
fall into a fit of the giggles with the
best example of the
being his coverage of how French actors
Gerard Depardieu relieved himself while
on an airplane so Depardieu created his
own little Jetstream or as the French
would say oui oui rattling off a storm
of toilet humor related puns Cooper
cracked up in hysterical laughter his
boyish charm and good nature on full
display now all I can say is they should
thank their lucky stars it wasn’t deaf
hard to number five bombing in Gaza on a
much more serious note Cooper has never
shied away from reporting from dangerous
and volatile situations
and his reporting from Gaza as violence
escalated between the Israelis and
Palestinians in 2012 showed just how
dangerous an environment he was willing
to work in as he was reporting live from
the scene an explosion just a few miles
away
those are rather large explosion yeah
the journalist ducked assess the
situation and then went on with the
newscast keeping his composure
throughout while many other newscasters
would have fled or likely not have even
been so close to danger in the first
place
Cooper’s stood his ground shaken but
never faltering number four debating
Kellyanne Conway when it comes to
holding public figures accountable
Cooper has always been one of the more
dedicated news people frequently calling
out guests he feels have twisted the
truth or straight-up lied nothing none
of that has anything to do with today’s
actions has nothing to do with mr. Jeff
Sessions said that though and now
they’re now you’re taking issue with
that very announcement with that in mind
it should come as no surprise that the
fact adjusting spin machine and former
Donald Trump campaign manager became a
person he consistently clashed with
during and following the 2016
presidential campaign Conway’s antics
became so comical that Cooper actually
led his professionalism slip and rolled
his eyes at her saying two things that
don’t belong together thanks for the
trip down memory lane I was on your show
often last fall saying we were gonna win
Michigan and how we were going to do it
so that was fun but here’s what happened
today
they’re dynamic became so noteworthy
that Saturday Night Live even parodied
her in Cooper’s interactions with a skit
where Conway took on the role of penny
wise from it
number three coming out as gay
speculation about Cooper’s sexuality had
been swirling for years and while he had
been out to his friends and family for
decades he had decided to keep his
private life out of the public realm
citing that he should report the news
and not be the news he refused to
publicly confirm whether he was straight
or gay for years eventually however
Cooper acknowledged his sexuality
publicly by way of an email to a friend
who’s also a writer and editor in which
he said he didn’t want the public to
feel he was ashamed of his sexuality
Cooper’s decision has undoubtedly
inspired countless people to be
accepting of themselves and others words
do have power and they’re used like
weapons when you’re a kid you know it
does it can change the way you see
yourself
number two saving a boy during the 2010
Haitian riots in yet another example of
Cooper putting himself right in the
middle of a dangerous situation while
reporting he was in Haiti during the
violent riots that arose in the
aftermath of the earthquake that rocked
the island nation in the chaos Cooper
came across a boy who’d been struck in
the head by passing looters badly
bleeding and clearly concussed and
noticing he was too out of it to walk
Cooper heroic Lee grabbed the boy and
literally carried him to safety as he
passed the injured youngster over a
barricade before we unveil our number
one pick here are some honorable
mentions III try to be really polite to
all my guests I just think you’re
dreadful and I honestly don’t want to
talk I’ve actually muted the President
on Twitter don’t tell him what I’ve
muted him you can do that yeah you know
when you get annoying people tweeting
you you don’t want to delete because
then that tells them you’ve deleted them
so if you just mute them they think
you’re still following them and and you
don’t actually see their tweets what
does it mean to hear it means to me that
I had the hard heart of a child from
then on and that I could survive things
and I did number one coverage of the
Orlando nightclub shooting some of the
reasons Cooper’s become one of the most
respected and recognized news people in
the United States include his dedication
his honesty and most of all his passion
his emotional coverage of the tragic
domestic terrorist attack at pulse a gay
Orlando nightclub which claimed almost
50 lives and injured dozens more had all
of those qualities on display there were
more than a list of names there are
people who loved and were loved there
are people with families and friends and
dreams his tear-filled coverage of the
shootings aftermath and his decision to
not read the shooters name and instead
give a touching tribute to those whose
lives were lost earned praise from his
peers and the public many have said that
Cooper’s coverage of the tragedy is what
journalism should be and 20 Erdogan
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