I would have to say that Anderson Cooper is a good speaker.
He seems to have all three, but credibility and attractiveness as his main
strengths. He does have power when I come to think of it, in my opinion he was
one of the last good journalists. I remember reading about an incident on his
talk show. Some may have said that he sold out by having a talk show, but he
still kept his integrity. A woman came on the show once known as ‘the human
barbie’ and she talked about giving her young daughter plastic surgery coupons.
Anderson Cooper was so disgusted that he kicked her off the show. This really
made me think that he will always keep his integrity and I still feel like I
can trust what he says. He built ethos through credibility; by kicking that
woman off the show he maintained his credible status. It seems odd to say, but
he would rather have an honest discussion with someone rather than someone just
looking for publicity.
Anderson Cooper is a good speaker. His strengths do seem to be that he wields credibility, and he is an attractive face for the public. His credibility comes in part by the way he tries and tests all of his guests that come on his show. He's pretty good at calling people out for clarification and usually does this in an unbiased fashion. He even manages to do this in an appropriate manner at the most crucial moments of his reporting when the stakes are really high. He is very genuine in his reporting and seems to keep ego and personal opinion out of his reporting. In this way he is very unique as a reporter.
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