CNN reporter Anderson Cooper rescues Haitian boy

the media's job is to report on tragedies, not to provide aid. thats someone else's job

Dare I repeat what randallr01 said a bit earlier? It sure does pertain here, too.

don't worry, derk, I'm sure Cooper sodomized the kid later while eating a cheeseburger as a dozen orphans dropped dead from hunger

more than likely they brought their own food and water. It doesn't take much to load up a small cooler with some sandwiches and water or they used MREs.

what a stupid comment.

yeah, you're right about him eating food and occupying shelter that someone might possible need more. but then again, if reporters weren't there to document this tragedy, then how many less donations do you think would be going there?? how many more are benefiting than the one person due to his presence? what could've happened to the kid were he not there? your point is ridiculous.

randallr01:

Precisely! And precise!

and let us not forget that Anderson Oxygen-hogging Cooper also breathed the air that would've otherwise have gone to a Haitian in need had he been stateside where he belongs and not rushing to stage photo op rescues.

randallr01, as always, you are right on.

oppressed1, seemingly obsessed by sex – a true conservative indeed.

Wow, then, that just PROVES that Anderson Cooper -- even if this story WERE true -- can't POSSIBLY care enough about another human being to drop everything to help save him. Sex and humanitarianism can't go together, eh?

Oppressed1, you're enjoying yourself, but you're not coming through with certifiable FACTS, and you're avoiding the serious issue(s).

I ask for a link to support your claim that Cooper staged such things as this article in New Orleans during Katrina and all you could come up with is some tabloid link of him blowing a dude in Atlanta? As much as I hate to use lame internet lingo I have to label both your comments on cooper as EPIC FAIL.

What is wrong with you, oppressed1?
Who cares?

lol its amusing.

So what if this dude grabbed a kid who was bleeding and helped him out. What other person wouldn't do that. The article i post is just for laughs. You guys seriously need to chill out. This is the internet, not your liberal think tank.

Samuria i looked and looked and looked, but i couldn't find the youtube of AC acting like there was 20 feet of water, but there was evidence in the background that it was like inches. He's a freaking actor who pretends to report unbiased reports, but just like everyone at CNN and Faux news its all made up bullshit. You guys need to take the AC :::: out of your mouth and wake up.

oppressed1, just because you utterly fail to grasp the basic concept of an argument such as supporting accusations does not mean we have AC's pride and joy in our mouth - makes me wonder why you think about it though

and this is relivent how? way to not add to the story pal. isn't there a picture of obama somewhere that you haven't added a hittler stash to yet?

i have such a crush on this guy, what do you think? any chance? no? OK

cooler than al roker is faint praise

and, while ac annoys me to no end, i, too, have tip my hat on this one.

Ther are a lot of good people working in Haiti, Anderson is just one of them.

agreed. it was just nice to see such a public figure out there helping like that.

i only saw him full of carrying the injured, at his own risk (not in journalist job description), and doing his best to let the world at large know what was going on...and "Hey, We need help here!" did i miss something?

I obviously don't think he's full of himself based on what he did here.

lol some one has a crush

really? Link?

That blood didn't look very fake to me... Maybe the boy was a good actor, or they brought a make-up crew with them to pull that stunt off.

Seriously, stop trying to marginalize a humanitarian act because you don't like the news station. It's got nothing to do with that, and everything to do with what he did.

hmm i like CNN. ITs all we watch on the base.

ahem! link to the bit about Cooper being fake during Katrina?

If Limbaugh had done the rescuing, I would have shared the very same, enlightening details, and with the very same amount of gratitude.

As with SamuraiDave, I seriously want to see links to some actual footage to back up your statements about Anderson Cooper in Katrina.

the world needs more people like that

Wow......................... you sure are cold.

Did you put down YOUR camera to help anyone in Haiti, or anywhere ELSE in this world?

I don't think it would be a good idea to set the camera down for a minute while there was looting going on.

And not save a LIFE?!?

Where are your priorities? I can't believe I have to write the following: A camera can be replaced -- a human being can not.

What the heck does THAT mean?!

Judging from the above response, I am going to go with CNN is a problem because its factual reporting generally is in direct conflict with his news source of choice. That seems to be Fox and explains volumes about our new little militia member.

Communist Nazi?

Met any Atheist Muslims lately?

I'll join the teaparty movement, since we apparently as taxpayers are wasting money in our educational system on people like you.

seriously dude you have like 8 comments here..how the hell do you know anything about anyone here?GTFO with your i'm so gangster pic...pitiful

You really are a piece of work, DeSpain. Exactly what are you attacking KeithPonder for? Saying "Brave man. I am really impressed"? Really? Other than being completely misinformed you are also unreasonable rude.

A Communist Nazi? Could you at least make it a little difficult to insult your intelligence? There's no challenge to this turkey shoot.

You do realize that "Communists" and "Nazis"are political opposites? You just showed and proved your ignorance by calling CNN "Communist Nazis". You can't simply toss around slandering terms and not even know what they represent.

well it's safe to say we can all agree that Robert Despain was educated in the same manner everyone at FOX.. oh excuse me FAUX "News" was... because his comment is severely contradicting itself and lacking any foundation in reality... didn't your mother ever teach you if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all?

*Thanks for a good laugh though!

This post has to be a joke haha.. .

@robert_despain, you are part of the people who are dividing the country apart. even msnbc, who is liberally, actually took the time to set aside much time for updating on haiti. all fox talked about was palin working for them and glenn beck calling the president a flaming communist, when they knew people in haiti were dying and that they could have spent time covering the crisis there

It's not that the locals were uncivilized, nor uncaring. In general, they care about human life, especially of a young boys, as much as we do. Rather, they have been subject to a place described as 'apocalyptic' for the past few days, with an enormous amount of fear. People often tend to get a bit numb to cope. The mob mentality takes over easily.

Anderson Cooper is a hero for helping the kid. But he has the luxury of being an outsider, a person who does not need to fear for their food supply, for instance. He does not need to be so fearful as the Haitians, and is able to pay more attention to others, rather than worry about his own survival, as most the locals do.

People act differently in times of duress. Some of the uglier times during the post-Katrina days also reflect that. The environment affects the individual profoundly.
So, careful with your judgment.

They're running for their lives, I'm sure you'd be "uncivilized" as well :D

Those "locals" you refer to as "uncivilized" were running for their LIVES, damnit. Other people were hurt by the same individual.

I suspect you've never being in a truly terrifying situation where you can't even THINK straight from your fears and your pain.

If that's "uncivilized" behavior, I've seen it all over the world, and it's human nature... "fight or flight" is encoded in our brains, dear lady.