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http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/anderson-cooper-attacked-mob-egypt-95628
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Anderson Cooper was attacked in Egypt Wednesday.
CNN producer Steve Brusk Tweeted, "Anderson said he was punched 10 times in the head as pro-Mubarak mob surrounded him and his crew trying to cover demonstration."
Cooper then escaped to the roof of a nearby building, where he said on air: "We were in a crowd and we were just set upon."
Cooper told CNN's live blog that the attackers "pushed and shoved the CNN crew and punched them in the head... but no one was seriously hurt."
Added Brusk on Twitter, "Live images now of crowds on opposite side of trucks throwing rocks. A CNN reporter called earlier scene snowball fight with rocks."
CNN's Ben Wedeman told the blog that "he overheard a panicked army officer say the situation was out of control and there was nothing the army could do to restore order."
Copper landed in the country Sunday night to cover the protests againt President Hosni Mubarak, who has been in power for 30 years.
"It's a fast-changing situation," he told The Huffington Post Monday. "It feels like it changes every few hours."
On Monday, Christiane Amanpour called The Hollywood Reporter from Cairo, where she had been reporting since Saturday.
"We had no idea what to expect,” she said. “But it is always more scary from the outside than it is from the inside.”
The journey from the Cairo International Airport to her hotel took over an hour because "every 50 to 100 yards our car was stopped and there were people with machetes, meat cleavers, swords, rifles, metal bars,” she said. “Once they saw [who we were], they waved us through. I would describe the journey as tense but friendly.”
ZonieDiver
02-02-2011, 11:08
This thread is worthless without pictures... or video! Priceless with them! :D
The Reaper
02-02-2011, 11:24
They must have seen his show.
TR
TOMAHAWK9521
02-02-2011, 12:44
On Monday, Christiane Amanpour called The Hollywood Reporter from Cairo, where she had been reporting since Saturday.
"We had no idea what to expect,” she said. “But it is always more scary from the outside than it is from the inside.”
The journey from the Cairo International Airport to her hotel took over an hour because "every 50 to 100 yards our car was stopped and there were people with machetes, meat cleavers, swords, rifles, metal bars,” she said. “Once they saw [who we were], they waved us through. I would describe the journey as tense but friendly.”
I swear that every time she opens her mouth in a place where there is a lot of tension and controversy to "get a dialogue and understanding" between the opposing groups, either one party attacks or threatens the other, or both parties wind up at each others' throats. Is it just me or does she celebrate fanning the flames?
And here Old Andy was worried about the Tea Party.
I swear that every time she opens her mouth in a place where there is a lot of tension and controversy to "get a dialogue and understanding" between the opposing groups, either one party attacks or threatens the other, or both parties wind up at each others' throats. Is it just me or does she celebrate fanning the flames?
Yes. They all do.
They want Pulitzers in Utopia, and they don't care how they get there.
mark46th
02-02-2011, 14:08
Did they mess up his hair?
mojaveman
02-02-2011, 14:21
The overprivileged Vanderbilt does have a rather large schnoz. I could see where it would make an attractive target to an angry person. :p
What I'd like to know is, how does he know he was "....punched in the head 10 times" ????
Did he sit there and count EVERY blow ???
You'd think he might have done something, say after the 1st or 2nd punch.
Like leave ......
What I'd like to know is, how does he know he was "....punched in the head 10 times" ????
Did he sit there and count EVERY blow ???
You'd think he might have done something, say after the 1st or 2nd punch.
Like leave ......
He prolly did. He prolly shit his britches.
It might have been done simultaneously.
I saw the Yemen president is leaving. I hope that entire region turns over to the Muslims. So they can return it to the 3rd Century where it belongs.
Roguish Lawyer
02-02-2011, 16:39
Maybe they knew he's gay?
I saw the Yemen president is leaving. I hope that entire region turns over to the Muslims. So they can return it to the 3rd Century where it belongs.
Isn't that a bad idea?
It might have been done simultaneously.ESPN's SportsCenter will provide a blow by blow breakdown of the punch out with expert commentary...tonight, right after bowling.
Yeah, Cooper's an asshat, CNN is just a service I flip through on the way to C-SPAN2, and I'd rather have a sister in a whorehouse than a brother who makes his living as a broadcast journalist. But still--it is not a good sign that demonstrators in Egypt are attacking journalists. Coupled with the government shutting down cellular service and internet access, this latest development bodes ill for rank and file Egyptians who want a competent government.
mark46th
02-02-2011, 17:17
Sigaba-" But still--it is not a good sign that demonstrators in Egypt are attacking journalists..."
What about sending Geraldo Rivera? I'll pop for the ticket...
I think I saw Hannity in the crowed throwing a Punch.....
Isn't that a bad idea?
Oh please. Their Police are riding Camels chasing protesters with rubber hoses. There is nothing the World will lose if these people implode.
greenberetTFS
02-02-2011, 18:02
I saw the Yemen president is leaving. I hope that entire region turns over to the Muslims. So they can return it to the 3rd Century where it belongs.
Amen to that!.............:boohoo
Big Teddy :munchin
Sigaba-" But still--it is not a good sign that demonstrators in Egypt are attacking journalists..."
What about sending Geraldo Rivera? I'll pop for the ticket...
He can talk to the anti-government protesters and then give a live feed of what their future plans and movements are. Maybe he'll bring a sandbox with premade model houses of Cairo. Maybe he'll give a 5 paragraph OPORD.
This thread is worthless without pictures... or video! Priceless with them! :D
Saw some video on the local news today, shockingly they took a break from reporting on the damned snow. :rolleyes: It looked pretty wild, but I had to laugh. I bet they have video on Fox...
I guess his black t shirt (google it) was wearing thin; and I have even money he pee'd his pants.
I guess his black t shirt (google it) was wearing thin; and I have even money he pee'd his pants.
Oh, I don't know. I think he probably had a hard on. It's all exciting until someone dies.
{Daniel Pearl, anyone?}
dr. mabuse
02-02-2011, 21:49
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He prolly did. He prolly shit his britches.
LMAO! :)
Anyway, I have a simple rule: never travel to a war zone (which the entire middle east qualifies for in my opinion) without a gun. If you do, it's your ass.
I think I saw Hannity in the crowed throwing a Punch.....
lol Prolly all ten.
incarcerated
02-03-2011, 02:04
I'd rather have a sister in a whorehouse than a brother who makes his living as a broadcast journalist.
Leave my sister out of this!
:rolleyes::D
incarcerated
02-05-2011, 23:47
http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b224340_anderson_cooper_in_undisclosed_location.ht ml?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-celebritynews&utm_source=eonline&utm_medium=rssfeeds&utm_campaign=rss_celebritynews
Anderson Cooper in "Undisclosed Location" After Another Attack; Couric, Williams Flee Egypt
Fri., Feb. 4, 2011 8:55 AM PST
by Josh Grossberg
Anderson Cooper has gone underground
A day after being attack by a mob of supporters of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak and then assaulted again by the same rabble rousers who smashed his car window, CNN's star anchor has moved to a Cheney-esque "undisclosed location" out of fear for his and his crew's safety amid the ongoing tumult Luckily, not a hair on that beautiful white mane of his has been harmed. But he's not the only journalist under assault....
Cooper's former CNN colleague, Christiane Amanpour, now at ABC News, found herself in a similar situation as she was fell upon and chased by pro-Mubarak demonstrators.
"An angry mob surrounded us and chased us into the car shouting that they hate America. They kicked in the car doors and broke our windshield as we drove away," she said.
CBS News' senior foreign correspondent Lara Logan and her crew were detained on Thursday outside Israel's embassy in Cairo by Egyptian military before being released today. She reported being threatened by Mubarak supporters and followed throughout the day while an ABC News producer said he was threatened with beheading. An NPR crew was also attacked.
Logan, along with CBS News anchor Katie Couric and NBC News anchor Brian Williams, have since returned to the U.S. out of safety concerns....
dr. mabuse
02-06-2011, 11:20
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Cooper was hoping it would have been "his ass". I can see the little tonsil-jockey in the fetal position screaming; "not the head...in the CAN, in the CAN"!!! Silly freak, he should realize that he's a tad "old" to be of interest to the devotees of the "religion of peace".
Oldrotorhead
02-06-2011, 12:26
Luckily he was only hit in the head, If they kicked him in the ass they could have killed him( or at least wrecked his sex life). I don't know why "journalists" expect to be left alone, if you swim with alligators you have to expect to be bitten on occasion.
I wish we could do that here in the states to reporters and actors. Just beat them every time they come out. Could make a reality show about it.
Walter Cronkite was a journalist, Ernie Pyle was a journalist, (killed by enemy machine gun fire in the South Pacific)
Geraldo and Cooper are at best "celebrity hairstylists abroad" who should be nicknamed Bob and Neil, or is it Neil and Bob?
Walter Cronkite was a journalist, Ernie Pyle was a journalist, (killed by enemy machine gun fire in the South Pacific)
Geraldo and Cooper are at best "celebrity hairstylists abroad" who should be nicknamed Bob and Neil, or is it Neil and Bob?
Agreed, although one must admit Gerry Rivers sports a spendidly mantastic mustache.
mojaveman
02-06-2011, 13:20
I wish we could do that here in the states to reporters and actors. Just beat them every time they come out. Could make a reality show about it.
We could call it personality pinata and if it proved to be popular we could even include politicians that we didn't like. :D
The Reaper
02-06-2011, 13:24
Agreed, although one must admit Gerry Rivers sports a spendidly mantastic mustache.
Looks like a 70s pornstache to me.
Is Geraldo really Harry Reems?
TR
ArmyStrong
02-06-2011, 13:31
So a white, homosexual, American, journalist walks into the middle of a riot in an arab country... stop me if you've heard this one.:D
Really though, what did he think would happen?:rolleyes:
So a white, homosexual, American, journalist walks into the middle of a riot in an arab country... stop me if you've heard this one.:D
Really though, what did he think would happen?:rolleyes:
Pulitzer.
Oldrotorhead
02-06-2011, 14:05
So a white, homosexual, American, journalist walks into the middle of a riot in an arab country... stop me if you've heard this one.:D
Really though, what did he think would happen?:rolleyes:
Maybe because the had such a good time on Thursday nights in Afghanistan he could do a second act in Cairo.:D
DaveMatteson
02-11-2011, 11:19
Looks like a 70s pornstache to me.
Is Geraldo really Harry Reems?
TR
Looks more like Ron Jeremy to me.... :D