From Sunday’s LT Times interview:
This year we saw the rise of Rachel Maddow and Campbell Brown — very opinionated. You haven’t succumbed too much. Do you have plans to?
COOPER: I have no plans to, no. I think those people are really good at what they do. Rachel Maddow is an incredible talent — she’s funny, and smart, obviously well researched on subjects. I’m just not interested as a viewer in listening to anchors’ opinions. It seems like there’s an awful lot of yelling, and this year yelling’s been replaced by sarcasm and snark- iness.
After the years of straight-laced reporting (no pun intended) it is a nice change to laugh while watching the news. But no surprise this coming from me … who thinks Maddow deservedly is going to the top of the charts. AC has done well himself–and throws his point in, now and again. Diverse points of views is a welcomed change 🙂