Gibson Slams Cooper War Coverage
John Gibson slammed Anderson Cooper for covering Iraq over the death of Anna Nicole Smith, calling him a “snob.â€
The attack was on Gibson’s radio show and it relied on the timeless right-wing theme of “liberal elitism.â€
GIBSON: Now I submit to you that that is a real, honest-to-God drama. Now it may not fit the high-minded views of a lot of news professionals, people who think that their news program is just another part of Foreign Affairs Quarterly. That only a certain kind of news is worthy of their discussing. Those people are snobs. They’re people who, when they see a story, go, “Ew, icky. I don’t want to do that.†I did this for years. I’ve been doing a long time. I’ve approached many stories and said, “That story isn’t worth our trouble.†It has always been a mistake. Always. Every single time I did it. So when I see people like this guy —
[CLIP ANDERSON COOPER] There’s a war on, there’s a war on, there’s a war on.
GIBSON: Oh, there’s a war on, there’s a war on. Maybe, just maybe, people are a little weary, Mr. Cooper, of your war coverage, and they’d like a little something else. Maybe that’s why they all thundered to this story.
[CLIP ANDERSON COOPER] There’s a war on, there’s a war on, there’s a war on.
GIBSON: My complaint about this is what you’re listening to when you hear that guy lecture the audience, is you’re listening to news-guy snobbery. Essentially saying, “I’m better than you. I know what you want to hear about, but I’m better than that story. I’m too high class for that story. I won’t stoop to what you want to hear about.†[emphasis added]
I’m not playing that. People want to hear about the Anna Nicole story, I’m happy to tell them.
If you read carefully, Gibson called himself a “snob.â€
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