# 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:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**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, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cooper-caper/804455/21 "2017-12-14T16:22:16Z")
“Someone hacked my Twitter” is right up there with “the dog ate my homework” and “the check is in the mail” on the list of classic (but implausible) excuses (which is not to say that dogs never eat homework or Twitter never gets hacked, just that the excuse is convenient and overused). The poll wasn’t asking if you thought Anderson Cooper sent the tweet, it was asking if you believed the whole story. Personally, I’d guess that either Anderson Cooper or his longtime assistant are lying and that one of the two of them sent the tweet. ---
**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, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cooper-caper/804455/22 "2017-12-14T16:25:46Z")
I see your concern. ---
**Author:** ![Inigo\_Montoya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inigo_montoya/32/124_2.png) [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cooper-caper/804455/23 "2017-12-14T16:29:54Z")
Honestly, I’d go a step further: it looks like something The Twittler would have posted had he hacked Cooper’s account. ---
**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, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cooper-caper/804455/24 "2017-12-14T16:30:55Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > I see your concern. I don’t. Either Anderson sent it or he didn’t. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cooper-caper/804455/25 "2017-12-14T17:49:15Z")
I _don’t_ think Cooper sent the tweet, which is a shame since (1) it was accurate, and (2) it was no worse than most of Trump’s tweets about CNN and its employees. Whether the assistant sent it or the phone was “hacked” I neither know nor care. Anderson Cooper’s assistant isn’t a public figure. ---
**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, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cooper-caper/804455/26 "2017-12-14T23:09:38Z")
NM…might be considered improper for the forum. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cooper-caper/804455/27 "2017-12-14T23:16:57Z")
The fact that the President of the United States endorsed a kiddie-diddler isn’t important. The true outrage should be reserved for some TV talking head who might have been mean to Donny Ten Diapers. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cooper-caper/804455/28 "2017-12-14T23:17:01Z")
Given that he has no history of similar behavior, and that he generally seems to be reasonable and self-possessed, I believe him. ---
**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, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cooper-caper/804455/29 "2017-12-14T23:22:15Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > The fact that the President of the United States endorsed a kiddie-diddler isn’t important. The true outrage should be reserved for some TV talking head who might have been mean to Donny Ten Diapers. That does seem to sum it up. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cooper-caper/804455/30 "2017-12-15T03:30:42Z")
> [@Crotalus](#): > > That tweet does not look like something Anderson Cooper would write. Yeah, that does not sound like his verbiage to me, at all. So, yeah, I believe him. ---
**Author:** ![CurtC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@CurtC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurtC)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cooper-caper/804455/31 "2017-12-15T15:28:13Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > The poll wasn’t asking if you thought Anderson Cooper sent the tweet, it was asking if you believed the whole story. But the “whole story” was that Cooper said he didn’t send it and they’re looking into how it happened. ---
**Author:** ![CurtC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@CurtC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurtC)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2017, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cooper-caper/804455/32 "2017-12-15T15:50:25Z")
Oh wait, you’re referring to the line “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.” I don’t have a link to that part of the story to know exactly what they said. I’m not sure why it matters though, since it’s pretty obvious that Cooper didn’t send it himself. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-cooper-caper/804455.md?page=1)