If Anderson Cooper Can’t Win After an Earthquake, When Can He Wi Earlier this week, CNN came under scrutiny by media watchbirds for participating in the epic story that is the aftermath of last week's devastating Haiti earthquake. After Anderson Cooper saved a child on-camera, and Dr. Sanjay Gupta put his medical skills to use operating on a girl whose life was in danger, critics like Poynter's Bob Steele accused them of "muddling the journalistic reporting." While Gupta and Cooper used their unique talents (in Gupta's case, his surgical skills; in Cooper's, the bulging biceps he's always careful to show when he's on location in an emergency), at-home anchor Campbell Brown fought back tears while reading the news. Cooper has made his reputation at CNN on his in-depth, sometimes difficult-to-watch reporting from disaster areas like Darfur and New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. So how has he done these past few weeks, during the aftermath of the Haiti quake? Disasters are CNN's bread and butter, for Cooper more than anyone.
World War 4 Report | Deconstructing the War on Terrorism -The Best Place- Haiti Disaster Capitalism Alert: Stop Them Before They Shock Aga Readers of the The Shock Doctrine know that the Heritage Foundation has been one of the leading advocates of exploiting disasters to push through their unpopular pro-corporate policies. From this document, they're at it again, not even waiting one day to use the devastating earthquake in Haiti to push for their so-called reforms. The following quote was hastily yanked by the Heritage Foundation and replaced with a more diplomatic quote, but their first instinct is revealing: "In addition to providing immediate humanitarian assistance, the U.S. response to the tragic earthquake in Haiti earthquake offers opportunities to re-shape Haiti’s long-dysfunctional government and economy as well as to improve the public image of the United States in the region."