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The fact is, I’m gay, always have been, always will be, and I couldn’t be any more happy, comfortable with myself, and proud.

Anderson Cooper in an email to Andrew Sullivan (Anderson gave Andrew permission to post the email, which you can read in its entirety on The Dish). (via newsweek)

The lead-in is the most compelling part, I think:

Recently, however, I’ve begun to consider whether the unintended outcomes of maintaining my privacy outweigh personal and professional principle. It’s become clear to me that by remaining silent on certain aspects of my personal life for so long, I have given some the mistaken impression that I am trying to hide something - something that makes me uncomfortable, ashamed or even afraid. This is distressing because it is simply not true.

I’ve also been reminded recently that while as a society we are moving toward greater inclusion and equality for all people, the tide of history only advances when people make themselves fully visible. There continue to be far too many incidences of bullying of young people, as well as discrimination and violence against people of all ages, based on their sexual orientation, and I believe there is value in making clear where I stand.

The headline quote will be the one this letter is known and blogged by, but this is the one that’s the heart of the entire piece:

I’m not an activist, but I am a human being

Click the link and go read it, it’s well-written, as articulate as you’d expect, and a good way to start the week.

(via spytap)

(Reblogged from spytap)

futurejournalismproject:

If things are demonstrably untrue, should you continue with truthiness?

John Stewart interviews Anderson Cooper.

By way of background, an overview of the criticism leveled against Cooper for calling liars liars can be read here.

(Reblogged from futurejournalismproject)
brooklynmutt: The Attack On CNN’s Anderson Cooper On The Streets Of Cairo More photos @ Mediaite View high resolution

brooklynmutt:

The Attack On CNN’s Anderson Cooper On The Streets Of Cairo

More photos @ Mediaite

(Reblogged from brooklynmutt)

CNN’s Anderson Cooper Smacks Down Bogus Reports About $200 Million Presidential Trip

I <3 Anderson Cooper.

unburyingthelead: As things got really out of control, I saw a looter on the roof of the store they’d broken into throw what I think was part of a concrete block into the crowd. It hit a small boy in the head. I saw him collapse. More chunks of concrete were being thrown at the looters on the roof. The injured boy couldn’t get up. He’d try and then collapse again. Blood was pouring from his head. He was conscious but had no control over his body. I was afraid someone on the roof would see him lying there and throw another cinderblock piece onto him. I was afraid he’d get killed. No one seemed to be helping him. I ran to where he was struggling, and picked him up off the ground. I brought him to a spot about a hundred feet away. I could feel his warm blood on my arms. I stood him up, but he was clearly unable to walk. He wiped his bloody face, and I tried to reassure him. He had no idea where he was, and he clearly couldn’t walk, so I picked him up again and handed him over to someone behind that makeshift barricade. Tony, the American businessman, gave the boy a wet towel. He was then taken away by someone else. We don’t know what happened to him. (Anderson Cooper 360: Blog Archive - Anderson in the midst of looting chaos) (via 6h057:think4yourself) All in all, I like Anderson Cooper. A lot of people might not know that in order to get his foot in the door as a reporter, he produced home-made news reports from places like Vietnam, Burma, Rwanda, Somalia, and Bosnia, that he sold to Channel One in New York. [Note: I disagree with the use of the term “looting” in the headline, obviously.] I really, really like Anderson Cooper. View high resolution

unburyingthelead:

As things got really out of control, I saw a looter on the roof of the store they’d broken into throw what I think was part of a concrete block into the crowd. It hit a small boy in the head. I saw him collapse. More chunks of concrete were being thrown at the looters on the roof. The injured boy couldn’t get up. He’d try and then collapse again. Blood was pouring from his head. He was conscious but had no control over his body. I was afraid someone on the roof would see him lying there and throw another cinderblock piece onto him. I was afraid he’d get killed. No one seemed to be helping him. I ran to where he was struggling, and picked him up off the ground. I brought him to a spot about a hundred feet away. I could feel his warm blood on my arms. I stood him up, but he was clearly unable to walk. He wiped his bloody face, and I tried to reassure him. He had no idea where he was, and he clearly couldn’t walk, so I picked him up again and handed him over to someone behind that makeshift barricade. Tony, the American businessman, gave the boy a wet towel. He was then taken away by someone else. We don’t know what happened to him. (Anderson Cooper 360: Blog Archive - Anderson in the midst of looting chaos)

(via 6h057:think4yourself)

All in all, I like Anderson Cooper. A lot of people might not know that in order to get his foot in the door as a reporter, he produced home-made news reports from places like Vietnam, Burma, Rwanda, Somalia, and Bosnia, that he sold to Channel One in New York.

[Note: I disagree with the use of the term “looting” in the headline, obviously.]

I really, really like Anderson Cooper.

(Reblogged from oversets)