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Don’t Mess with Anderson Cooper

September 28, 2010 islamoyankee
I love how he describes his job. It’s what reporters should be doing and so rarely do.

Anderson Cooper confronts anti-Muslim candidate – War Room – Salon.com.

During an exchange about whether Park51 is a “victory mosque,” a frustrated Cooper exclaims: “That’s like the lowest response I have ever heard from a candidate, I have got to tell you.”

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