Posted on 02/02/2011 12:06:32 PM PST by lbryce
CNN's Anderson Cooper and his camera crew were attacked and repeatedly punched by pro-government forces near Tahrir Square in Cairo today.
"My team were set upon by the crowd," Cooper said on CNN this morning via telephone from the safety of a hotel balcony. "There was no rhyme or reason to it—it was just people looking for a fight, looking to make a point, and punching us." According to a Twitter post from George Hale, the English editor of the Ma'an news agency, who cited a CNN "manager," Cooper was punched "10 times in the head."
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I heard on the news that there were THUGS hired to INFILITRATE AS PRO-MUBARIK supporters!! Heard it right on the radio with my own ears.
At noon, NBC had a “special report”, it was Brian Williams, on the scene in Egypt.
At least he was commenting from high up in a building, not IN the angry mob. He’s still an idiot. Just not as big an idiot as AC180.
The reporters are so naive and so Darwinian. Um, mobs are chaotic; people get hurt in chaos. Sometimes even INNOCENT people get hurt. Or lefties who support the chaos.
Because .. it’s CHAOS. Those thugs do not care who KC is, or know. Who’s keeping the violence going? I bet anything it is the MB thugs stirring things up.
They might have been watching his live feed!
Yes!
“Nobody wants the same corrupt government for 30 years”
Exactly - these people fighting back are not “pro Mubarak”. They are “NO WE DON’T WANT EVIL ISLAMIST RULE”
Suck it up... well, ...maybe I should put it another way. Man up Anderson. Stop being a wuss, and get back out there.
Wishing no harm to anyone, but I find Katie Couric to be preposterous.
Barney Fwank....Banking Queen, is turned on.
Is there video of the attack on Cooper? Otherwise, how CON-veeeen-ient.
Who is this Anderson Cooper and what is CNN? Is there any reason I should care?
Isn’t it interesting that the obama media physically kept their distance from tea party rallies out of fear. Fear of their fellow Americans. But now they walk right into violent rallies in Egypt like they belong there.
Hey media, even though you hate this country, the bad guys in the world still consider you to be Americans and hate you just the same. The 9/11 terrorists and all the others don’t discriminate. Stupid people.
“quadruple hate crime? gay, white, American, rich.”
Sorry, A. Pooper...the “white” part disqualifies you from being the victim of a hate crime.
Can we send aid and comfort....to the thugs?
He could have fought back using his purse.
oh yeah, i forgot. poop schutes
What? No happy ending?
LLS
agree, you said it well....:O)
About the same time as Katie Couric? Seriously, I heard she was going ...... wonder how the mob will appreciate her presence since all the commentators are mentioning they aren’t seeing women in the crowds.
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