Early this morning @andersoncooper tweeted out
in reply to a Trump tweet about the Alabama Senate election. @andersoncooper then deleted that tweet and sent out this one:
A statement released by CNN later said the tweet came from Cooper’s assistant’s phone, which was commandeered by a hacker at the gym. Do you believe this story?
Yes. Cooper is well aware of the problem sending that tweet would cause him. So unless someone gives me a better reason to think he’s lying I’ll assume it was someone else.
Anderson wouldn’t lie to me. Seriously, isn’t he above reproach?
Based ONLY on what you posted and my limited experience with Anderson Cooper and/or twitter, yes, sure. I’ll believe it. Does it matter? Why do you care?
To the best of my knowledge, Anderson Cooper has never gotten in a Twitter battle with Donald Trump. As a matter of fact, Cooper’s posts run on the dull side.
Having heard nothing at all about this, I read as far as the above and immediately thought “No way did Anderson Cooper write that. Not even drunk.”
If he chose to insult somebody, he’d do it in a much more intelligent manner.
If the tweet was from Anderson’s Assistant’s phone - it could have been anyone typing on it. Why assume it was Anderson rather than say, the Assistant’s Boyfriend? Or Assistant’s Workout Buddy? Or Assistant’s Mom? It’s not Anderson’s phone.
The only thing I suspect is that the “hacker” will turn out to be someone who saw an unlocked phone and jumped at the opportunity.
I’d like to think a journalist would know that there should be a comma between him and you in the middle sentence.
That tweet does not look like something Anderson Cooper would write.
Anyone want to guess who voted no?
For posterity: currently 15-1.
So either late night drunk tweeting or an unsecured account. Either way, what was said is basically accurate. Trump did endorse Moore. Let the rest stand. I tend to believe he didn’t send it himself.
Twitter, bringing embarrassment to the unknown and the well known and thanks to Rump the entire nation.
If a hacker sent hacked my Twitter account and sent that tweet, I’d totally take all the credit myself.
I don’t believe the story. It seems like too much of a coincidence. Anderson’s assistant has an easily accessible phone? With easy access to Anderson’s twitter? And it was conveniently commandeered for just a bit at this opportune moment?
I’m more inclined to think the assistant did it. Forgot which account they were logged into and made up the hacker story. No real way to disprove so convenient excuse for all parties.
The Cooper Caper (as summarized by Jack Webb): “Cleaning woman Clara Clifford discovered your clean copper clappers, kept in a closet, were copped by Claude Cooper the kleptomaniac from Cleveland. Now is that about it?”
Considering the shots I’ve taken at Dotard, Andersons tweet was a model of respectability.
Damn, I clicked wrong. That’s what you get for voting when you’re trying to decide if you should or should not have that piece of chocolate making sad faces on a nearby box.
Cooper’s previous Tweets frankly suggest he might not even have been the guy doing most of it all along. They’re dull and lawyery. I can believe the hack explanation.
Had he been prone to tweets like that, I’d be more suspicious.
I don’t believe Anderson did it. But I think it was more likely the assistant didn’t realize they were still in Cooper’s account when they tweeted it.
I’d like to know how the OP was able to vote “no” four times.
Maybe they don’t believe the “hacker” part and the assistant sent the tweet while logged on the wrong account.
Or they could be badly lacking in critical thinking skills.