# the Cooper Caper **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 14, 2017, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cooper-caper/804455 "2017-12-14T00:57:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cooper-caper/804455/1 "2017-12-14T00:57:12Z")
Early this morning @andersoncooper tweeted out > [@](#): > > [Oh Really? You endorsed him you tool! Pathetic loser.](http://a57.foxnews.com/images.foxnews.com/content/fox-news/entertainment/2017/12/13/cnns-anderson-cooper-says-hacker-called-trump-pathetic-loser-from-his-verified-twitter/_jcr_content/par/featured_image/media-0.img.jpg/931/524/1513198820992.jpg?ve=1&tl=1) in reply to a Trump tweet about the Alabama Senate election. @andersoncooper then deleted that tweet and sent out this one: > [@](#): > > [just woke up to find out someone gained access to my twitter account. i have not sent a tweet in days or replied to any tweets. We are looking into how this happened.](https://twitter.com/andersoncooper/status/940929891947745280) 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? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cooper-caper/804455/2 "2017-12-14T01:05:49Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cooper-caper/804455/3 "2017-12-14T01:09:28Z")
Anderson wouldn’t lie to me. Seriously, isn’t he above reproach? ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cooper-caper/804455/4 "2017-12-14T01:44:29Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cooper-caper/804455/5 "2017-12-14T03:20:31Z")
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.](https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2017/12/13/anderson-coopers-boring-twitter-account-suddenly-perks-up-cnn-claims-hacking/?utm_term=.c142d435fdc9) ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cooper-caper/804455/6 "2017-12-14T05:29:20Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > Early this morning @andersoncooper tweeted out > > in reply to a Trump tweet about the Alabama Senate election. > > . . . 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. ---
**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cooper-caper/804455/7 "2017-12-14T09:27:57Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cooper-caper/804455/8 "2017-12-14T12:09:39Z")
I’d like to think a journalist would know that there should be a comma between him and you in the middle sentence. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cooper-caper/804455/9 "2017-12-14T12:23:22Z")
That tweet does not look like something Anderson Cooper would write. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cooper-caper/804455/10 "2017-12-14T12:26:30Z")
Anyone want to guess who voted _no_? For posterity: currently 15-1. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cooper-caper/804455/11 "2017-12-14T12:42:20Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cooper-caper/804455/12 "2017-12-14T12:51:59Z")
If a hacker sent hacked _my_ Twitter account and sent that tweet, I’d totally take all the credit myself. ---
**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cooper-caper/804455/13 "2017-12-14T13:02:13Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cooper-caper/804455/14 "2017-12-14T13:30:12Z")
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?” ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cooper-caper/804455/15 "2017-12-14T13:51:58Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > If a hacker sent hacked _my_ Twitter account and sent that tweet, I’d totally take all the credit myself. Considering the shots I’ve taken at Dotard, Andersons tweet was a model of respectability. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cooper-caper/804455/16 "2017-12-14T14:17:02Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cooper-caper/804455/17 "2017-12-14T14:35:18Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cooper-caper/804455/18 "2017-12-14T15:36:10Z")
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. ---
**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:** [December 14, 2017, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cooper-caper/804455/19 "2017-12-14T16:08:46Z")
I’d like to know how the OP was able to vote “no” four times. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cooper-caper/804455/20 "2017-12-14T16:11:25Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > 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. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cooper-caper/804455.md?page=2)