Anderson Cooper, the baby-faced CNN anchor and host of Anderson Cooper 360, has signed a deal to contribute stories to CBS's newsmagazine 60 Minutes.
CNN correspondent Christiane Amanpour has been appearing in segments on the venerable CBS newsmagazine since 1996, and now Cooper will take over for her. He will be featured in up to five stories a year starting this fall, and the segments will be rebroadcast on his CNN show.
Cooper joined CNN in 2001 after doing the duty of reality-show host on the ABC series The Mole. Last year, he "became" the story when he angrily chided the US government for lackluster response in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina.
In November, CNN anchor Aaron Brown was ousted from the network's flagship show, NewsNight, and the show was replaced by a two-hour version of Anderson Cooper 360.
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Just saw Anderson Cooper's story on "Stop Snitching". I am a 45 year old black female who agrees that this is a problem in our community, but it did not start with rappers. It started when whites used the Police department to keep us in our place, when the FBI was used against Martin Luther King. The history told to our children coupled with profiling and many blacks serving more time than whites for the same crimes are some of the reasons. In 2007 more and more blacks are being released from prison with DNA testing. These were people that the police said were guilty. It's not just rappers and/or some code that has no real root it truth. If we have never been able to count on the police and the justice system, why would young blacks cooperate. Tell the whole truth not just the part that make whites feel comfortable. Stop snitching has roots in American Justice Culture, not just black communities. Remember that most rap music is being purchased by young whites, where is that going with stop snitching?moreless
I never really liked 60 Minutes