# That Stormy Daniels interview was a bust **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 26, 2018, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stormy-daniels-interview-was-a-bust/811183 "2018-03-26T01:48:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stormy-daniels-interview-was-a-bust/811183/161 "2018-03-26T19:05:01Z")
Honestly, people. I haven’t watched 60 minutes in 30 years, but a simple Google search will bring you to the 60 Minutes homepage, where you can hover over the tab that reads “The Team,” and see that Anderson Cooper is listed as a correspondent. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stormy-daniels-interview-was-a-bust/811183/162 "2018-03-26T19:09:39Z")
I have no interest in visiting their webpage, though. Or any television “news” site. I only know about Anderson Cooper at all because Dopers can’t seem to restrain themselves from mentioning him. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stormy-daniels-interview-was-a-bust/811183/163 "2018-03-26T19:21:13Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I have no interest in visiting their webpage, though. Or any television “news” site. I only know about Anderson Cooper at all because Dopers can’t seem to restrain themselves from mentioning him. You’re the one who asked the question. You must have some interest. > [@](#): > > Originally Posted by \*\*kaylasdad99 \*\* > Is Anderson Cooper on Sixty Minutes? I thought he was with CNN. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stormy-daniels-interview-was-a-bust/811183/164 "2018-03-26T19:22:43Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I have no interest in visiting their webpage, though. Or any television “news” site. I only know about Anderson Cooper at all because Dopers can’t seem to restrain themselves from mentioning him. Visiting a major news program’s website isn’t going to make you gay or give you herpes. No need to be frightened. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stormy-daniels-interview-was-a-bust/811183/165 "2018-03-26T19:24:50Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I have no interest in visiting their webpage, though. Or any television “news” site. I only know about Anderson Cooper at all because Dopers can’t seem to restrain themselves from mentioning him. 😕 Sorry, I didn’t realize Googling Anderson Cooper or 60 minutes was beneath your dignity. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stormy-daniels-interview-was-a-bust/811183/166 "2018-03-26T19:25:04Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I have no interest in visiting their webpage, though. Or any television “news” site. I only know about Anderson Cooper at all because Dopers can’t seem to restrain themselves from mentioning him. Why the scare quotes around “news”? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stormy-daniels-interview-was-a-bust/811183/167 "2018-03-26T19:28:59Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > You’re the one who asked the question. You must have some interest. Not “interest” so much as “confusion.” ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stormy-daniels-interview-was-a-bust/811183/168 "2018-03-26T19:30:32Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > 😕 Sorry, I didn’t realize Googling Anderson Cooper or 60 minutes was beneath your dignity. “News” on television is beneath EVERYBODY’S dignity. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stormy-daniels-interview-was-a-bust/811183/169 "2018-03-26T19:31:34Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > Why the scare quotes around “news”? Because ACTUAL news involves journalism, which doesn’t exist on television. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stormy-daniels-interview-was-a-bust/811183/170 "2018-03-26T19:31:58Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > I wonder who her baby’s dad is. Has she told that? Her husband, Glendon Crain. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stormy-daniels-interview-was-a-bust/811183/171 "2018-03-26T19:34:30Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > “News” on television is beneath EVERYBODY’S dignity. > [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Because ACTUAL news involves journalism, which doesn’t exist on television. What “news” sources meet your high standards of journalism, praytell? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stormy-daniels-interview-was-a-bust/811183/172 "2018-03-26T19:34:35Z")
> [@](#): > > Quoth **Rick Kitchen** : > > Never seen anybody under those huge lights TV cameras use? The pupils get really big. Huge lights will contract the pupil, not dilate it. And there’s a horse sport that’s actually called “event”? Because I guess they decided that there’s no other activity that word could possibly refer to? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stormy-daniels-interview-was-a-bust/811183/173 "2018-03-26T19:35:49Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > What “news” sources meet your high standards of journalism, praytell? Print, and NPR. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stormy-daniels-interview-was-a-bust/811183/174 "2018-03-26T19:37:15Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Print, and NPR. Agreed. I’m a fan of both of those. What about BBC? ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stormy-daniels-interview-was-a-bust/811183/175 "2018-03-26T19:38:21Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by kaylasdad99 > Because ACTUAL news involves journalism, which doesn’t exist on television. May I suggest _60 Minutes_? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stormy-daniels-interview-was-a-bust/811183/176 "2018-03-26T19:39:08Z")
I hear them sometimes on NPR, late at night; early in the morning. I don’t pull in the BBC on my TV, though. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stormy-daniels-interview-was-a-bust/811183/177 "2018-03-26T19:40:51Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Because ACTUAL news involves journalism, which doesn’t exist on television. See, now I’m sorry I responded to your question. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stormy-daniels-interview-was-a-bust/811183/178 "2018-03-26T19:43:59Z")
> [@Procrustus](#): > > May I suggest _60 Minutes_? They and their fiscal success are what led to the elimination of journalism on television in the first place, by demonstrating that a news division of a television network could be a profit center. The output of television news divisions is not tailored to inform; it is tailored to terrify, to titillate, and to generate (usually self-) righteous outrage, all in the service of pulling in eyeballs that can be sold to advertisers. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stormy-daniels-interview-was-a-bust/811183/179 "2018-03-26T19:46:10Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I hear them sometimes on NPR, late at night; early in the morning. I don’t pull in the BBC on my TV, though. I agree that the 24 hour news cycle has done more to damage the credibility of journalism than help keep people informed. But I urge you to reconsider your negative opinion of journalists like Anderson Cooper. Although he does sometimes drift into opinion, he’s one of the few good ones out there. ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2018, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stormy-daniels-interview-was-a-bust/811183/180 "2018-03-26T19:48:10Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > They and their fiscal success are what led to the elimination of journalism on television in the first place, by demonstrating that a news division of a television network could be a profit center. The output of television news divisions is not tailored to inform; it is tailored to terrify, to titillate, and to generate (usually self-) righteous outrage, all in the service of pulling in eyeballs that can be sold to advertisers. The New York Times wants to make a profit too, but I think of them as part of journalism. That 60 Minutes caused other shows to provide crap does not mean that their show is crap. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stormy-daniels-interview-was-a-bust/811183.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-stormy-daniels-interview-was-a-bust/811183.md?page=10)