One month after the Sandy Hook Elementary shooting, Anderson Cooper will anchor a special AC360° "United in Newtown" , airing at 8 and 10pm ET.
Cooper
will speak with Mark Kelly about the political action committee he
launched with his wife Gabrielle Gifford, about their recent visit to Newtown and what their lives have been like in the two
years since the shooting in Arizona.
And
in honor of the lives lost, country superstar Kenny Chesney recorded a
special version of “Amazing Grace” for AC360°, which premiers on Monday's
program.
Cooper
will also visit with family members of Newtown
and ask about their push for change in gun control policy, and of the
overwhelming support the community received from people around the world.
An example of which is evident when Gary Tuchman visits a warehouse
filled with letters, toys and gifts sent to the town from every corner of the
globe.
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Soledad O'Brien was in Newtown this morning as well on this one month since the tragedy. She did a great job.
I like the new prime time ads shown on CNN for Erin Burnett, Anderson Cooper, and Piers Morgan. The graphics are great and should be used regularly on their on-screen graphics.
Anon 7:40pm - I agree 100%! They should do similar ads for other shows featuring Soledad and Wolf. Maybe make a new ad featuring John Berman - he has become popular. It would create brand cohesion.
I noticed that tonight AC is confronting Newtown Conspiracy Theories. I don't think that is a good idea. Honestly, I had no idea people could come up with such crackpot ideas but I certainly don't think they should be elevated to a national stage. Really, let's just ignore this garbage. Most people realize the theories are crazy and for those who believe it, well they should not get any ideas that spouting this stuff will make them famous. C'mon Anderson, you can do better than this. This is Piers territory now.
I'm surprised at how Joe Johns has become a good live anchor, filling in for Wolf Blitzer at times. In the past, I've found him a bit sleepy but he has changed for the best. I think it would be great for CNN to develop a new live afternoon program for him paired up with Kate Bolduan (perhaps 3PM) once Jake Tappers show launches at 4PM. Two solid hours of Wolf Blitzer is fine enough at 5PM. Lisa Sylvestor should be the primary fill-in anchor for Wolf Blitzer. She deserves to be. That's what she did for Lou Dobbs.
I agree with the 4:16PM comment. Also, why are all the other Washington based programs broadcast in The Situation Room? They need to rename the program OR use the studio wall divider that I read somewhere, that was supposed to be used to split the new studio into two or three sets once the election ended, ending the CNN Election Center huge studio until next election season.
Why is it that when I run into an online article about Ann Curry wanting to come to CNN, they always mention in the article that they want to replace Anderson Cooper with her? I highly doubt that would happen. They may give her the 8:00PM hour (if she does move to CNN) but he can easily be moved to 9:00PM or back live to 10:00PM (which he would be able to because his talk show is ending), or what I prefer...CNN Mornings. I really do think Anderson would do great in the morning with a co-host. It would give him the opportunity to travel a lot more because he would have a co-host (I prefer Robin Meade rather than Erin Burnett who is reportedly moving to mornings by Jeff Zucker) that would be able to hold down the fort while he reports live elsewhere, and file reports for primetime and during the day. Anderson is better at field reporting and filing reports rather than doing broadcasting, in my opinion.
Wow! I posted my 4:16PM comment after seeing Joe Johns fill in for Wolf Blitzer, then went to class and came back only to catch the end of the 6PM hour of TSR where Joe Johns was co-hosting with Kate Bolduan! That was awesome!!
"I noticed that AC is confronting Newtown conspiracy theories."
No, he's not "confronting."
He's giving them a platform to air their craziness when no one else will in hopes of getting better ratings.
That is totally irresponsible journalism IMHO.
But you go for it Anderson.
You have nothing else to lose but your credibilty which was long gone anyway.
@7:40PM: I agree and I totally think that it would be a great idea to have the CNN logo white with a red background, just like what is shown in those promos.
Piers Morgan had that horrible Dana Loesch on as a pundit to debate the President's proposals on gun control.
Loesch is now a 'conservative radio talk host.'
Did we think otherwise.
She had the nerve to tell Piers that none of the POTUS's proposals suited her and that there is no difference between a semi-automatic rifle and an automatic rifle and the reason they were "picked on," was because they are scary.
Someone must tell Ms Loesch, that these weapons of choice have NO other purpose but to kill multiples of living things, like herself.
And as far as the way in which they look, these weapons are no scarier than she.
Piers, please don't have her on again. I'd rather look at the rifle.
Any organization that stoops as low as the NRA to use the President's children in their pro-gun movement, are disgusting individuals.
Unfortunately, that type of ridicule is undermining to all reasonable gun owners, but the NRA doesn't care.
They are willing to use as many deplorable tactics as possible because they are on the defensive.
This is good.
There will be a "next time" and this time perhaps the NRA needs to be charged with "murder."
All it takes is a high profile attorney and loop holes.
Maybe this will teach them to be a little bit more respectful when it comes to this Administration and law abiding citizens who don't own guns.
I enjoyed Mayor Bloomberg's interview on 360, but I wish he would have been a bit more emphatic
when denouncing the motives of the NRA.
Yes, he said their statement about the President's children was 'outrageous' but when pressed, he seemed to back away from his original reaction.
He did however, emphasize how impractical it would be, to have guns in schools, locked in closets, out of the reach of children, and the adults who were their first line of defense.
It is pressure from Independents, like Bloomberg, who ultimately will help push some legislation through.
And to those who say it will be difficult, yes, but public attitudes are more anti-gun than ever before, and the time to act is now.
Take advantage of it, before there is another shameful atrocity.
Anderson Cooper asked Mayor Bloomberg whether background checks would have helped in the Adam Lanza case.
This was a good question, because as the Mayor pointed out, the answer was no.
The NRA has repeatedly suggested enforcing background checks as the solution to gun violence.
Therefore, we can conclude that something else is needed other than enforcing background checks, and that is where the NRA loses.
The answer is making it much harder to buy and trade guns.
Looking into a person's background, can only trace what he has done so far.
Adam Lanza would have passed a background check because he had no prior criminal record.
At most, he was described as 'odd.'
So if you're odd, you don't get a gun?
The NRA has proven to be a devisive, self absorbed, money making machine, that has been catered to by Congress for far to long. They might start to rethink their strategy. So far they get an 'F'in PR.
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