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Anderson Cooper

Anderson CooperAKA Anderson Hays Cooper

Born: 3-Jun-1967
Birthplace: New York City

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Matter of Dispute
Occupation: Journalist

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Anderson Cooper 360

Interview with Jerry Falwell, 29 November 2004:

COOPER: But there are a lot of gay families out there, Reverend Falwell, there are a lot of gay families out there. I think there are like a million kids being raised by gay parents who say that if you want to protect families, you know, civil unions will give inheritance rights, will give Social Security, survivor benefits rights to...
FALWELL: Anderson, that's all a red herring. If you want to leave something to your cat, you can do that in your will...
COOPER: It's not a red herring. That's simply not true. It's not true. You know we [emphasis ours] pay taxes.

CNN posted the transcript originally with the "we" as shown, but then altered it after the fact to say "you". Of course, when you do that, the sentence no longer makes sense.

Father: Wyatt Emory Cooper (b. 1-Sep-1927, d. 5-Jan-1978 heart attack)
Mother: Gloria Vanderbilt (fashion designer, b. 20-Feb-1924)
Brother: Carter Vanderbilt Cooper (b. 27-Jan-1965, d. 22-Jul-1988 suicide)
Special Friend: Julio Cesar Recio
Special Friend: Benjamin Maisani (special friend since 2009)

    High School: Dalton School
    University: BA Political Science, Yale University (1989)
    University: University of Hanoi

    CNN
    CIA employee Internship (1988-89)
    Vanderbilt Family by birth
    Risk Factors: Malaria

    TELEVISION
    Iron Chef America judge, "Morimoto vs. Donna"

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Pregnancy Pact (23-Jan-2010) · Himself
    When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (16-Aug-2006) · Himself

Author of books:
Dispatches from the Edge: A Memoir of War, Disasters, and Survival (2006)


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