Others are complaining about Cooper as much as me (click on). Do you think Klein will ever get the hint? I was watching CBS yesterday evening. It's fascinating to watch a first rate news team with the same style of journalist involvement as Aaron Brown and David Bohrman once had. There must be something about collegues that people seem to believe is better presentation than a sole anchor making himself the center of atttention.
As this, the most even-handed of news programs begins, the announcer's voice gives us a tease of one of tonight's stories, this one about a house where Mary (yeah, that Mary) is said to have lived her last days. The location is a popular place of prayer for Christians and Muslims alike. The voice caps off the tease by labeling it "a true miracle."
What?? A miracle? Is he referring to "an event that appears inexplicable by the laws of nature and so is held to be supernatural in origin or an act of God"? This is a "true miracle"? Is that supposed to be funny? Someone should have reminded the announcer to put a little whimsy, or at least some sarcasm in his voice, because he sounds completely serious to me.
Bad, bad Anderson Cooper. He's the managing editor of the show, as I understand it. I blame him. This was a stupid thing to say for numerous reasons. Is it really their intention to tell us that it's so unusual for Christians and Muslims to agree on something that it should be called a miracle? Jesus is honored as a prophet in Islam, so it doesn't surprise me that his mom would get a decent amount of respect too. Even if we drop the "true" in "true miracle" and allow that maybe "miracle" was just a cute turn of phrase for a show that was going to deal with religion, I think it's just wrong to imply that one should consider it weird that members of these two religious groups could agree on anything.
