MSM, Including CNN’s (Anderson) Cooper, Join ‘Notable Attendees’ at Clinton Summit

NewsBusters.org ^ | 9/27/2007 | Matthew Balan

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CNN’s Anderson Cooper interviewed a "squinting" Bill Clinton for a segment on Wednesday’s "Anderson Cooper 360" (a 2-minute clip was featured on Wednesday’s "The Situation Room"), and if there was speculation on why Cooper, instead of someone "higher up the food chain" like Wolf Blitzer, interviewed Clinton on the occasion of the "Clinton Global Initiative" annual meeting, it could be because Cooper is one of the "featured attendees" at this meeting. Cooper moderated a "working session" panel discussion on Wednesday on "The Most Effective Strategies for the Most Vulnerable Children."

Cooper joins other members of the mainstream media who are "featured attendees" at this year’s "Clinton Global Initiative" annual meeting, including Daljit Dhaliwal of PBS; Nicholas Kristof and George Suroweicki of the New York Times; Fareed Zakaria of Newsweek, and former (current?) Clinton lackey George Stephanopoulos of ABC News. Major media executives attending the meeting include Judy McGrath, Chairman and CEO of MTV Networks; Rupert Murdoch; and Ted Turner.

In past years, other members of mainstream media have been participants in the "Clinton Global Initiative" annual meeting. In 2006, CNN's Christiane Amanpour, Tom Brokaw, Katie Couric, Thomas Friedman of the New York Times, CNN's Sanjay Gupta, former PBS anchor Charlayne Hunter-Gault, NPR "All Things Considered" anchor Michele Norris, Diane Sawyer, CNN anchor Zain Verjee, and Judy Woodruff were "featured attendees," along with some of those named above.

Besides the panel discussion Cooper moderated, among the other topics being discussed at the "Clinton Global Initiative" annual meeting include "Stabilizing the Climate: Pathways to Success;" "Promoting Growth and Fairness;" and the peculiarly-named "Addressing Under and Over Nutrition."

—Matthew Balan is a news analyst at the Media Research Center.

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Well, well...

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Incestuous.

[Enchante]

An incestuous liberal circle-jerk if ever there was one.......

[Steely Tom]

But no one should question for even a fraction of a second the ability of these media personalities to maintain their precious objectivity, which is so important to the functioning of our democracy.

[Cementjungle]

But, as we all are told, the MSM is heavily biased in favor of Republicans.

[Ancient Drive]

disgusting Pinocchio has been found!

[Badeye]

A gathering of trust fund babies in honor of the Clinton’s, people the trust fund babies would ignore as being ‘beneath them’ if not for the Impeached One being elected President.

Thats how I like my irony served.

[lilylangtree]

Wonder how many attendees clintoon propositioned in one form or another?

[TexasCajun]

From that picture, it looks like Slick & brother Roger are up to their old ways.

[AngryJawa]

Hotair.com has the bent one's sanctimonious tirade about the Republican's reaction to the MoveOn "Betray Us" ad.

Remember the good old days when ex-Presidents would retire and STFU?

Oh wait - that only covers Republican Presidents...

[roses of sharon]

Our rulers.

[vpintheak]

But never question that these “esteemed journalists” have the ability to be unbiased.

[Mikey_1962]

Gee, Anderson(Vanderbilt)Cooper a trust fund baby???

[Badeye]

Yes, and he obviously has some issues with ‘daddy’....