我最喜欢的CNN主播，Anderson Cooper.耶鲁大学高材生，父亲是著名作家Wyatt Emory Cooper,母亲则来自著名的Vanderbilt家族。
说起来Anderson Cooper家庭还是挺不幸的，11岁的时候父亲心脏病去世，21岁的时候哥哥自杀。可是Anderson也是有着相当强硬性格的人，17岁的时候去非洲 野外生存数月，在肯尼亚因为感染疟疾还病倒了。在耶鲁大学主修政治学期间，在中情局实习两个暑假，最后因为哥哥自杀的事决心要当一名记者：”Loss is a theme that I think a lot about, and it’s something in my work that I dwell on. I think when you experience any kind of loss, especially the kind I did, you have questions about survival: Why do some people thrive in situations that others can’t tolerate? Would I be able to survive and get on in the world on my own?”
求职不利，竟然只在ABC公司做小小的电话接线员。 Anderson显然呆不住，就在朋友的帮助下伪造了媒体证自己跑去报道缅甸反政府运动⋯⋯而后的职业生涯中，辗转多处战地进行报导，面对死亡几乎麻木。 他自己曾说，在卢旺达大屠杀中看到地上躺了十几个尸体，”I would see a dozen bodies and think, you know, it’s a dozen, it’s not so bad.”一直到有一天，当他在路边看到曝晒多日的5具尸体，其中一个女人手上 的皮已经开始剥落，像手套一样。他感到一种死亡的魅力，于是摸出相机拍照存在自己的私人像册里，却发现旁边有别人在拍他。之后，这个人拿照片给他看，对他 说“你应该看看你在干什么⋯⋯” 他突然意识到，该停止这种生活了，必须提醒自己抽离。(On the side of the road [Cooper] came across five bodies that had been in the sun for several days. The skin of a woman’s hand was peeling off like a glove. Revealing macabre fascination, Cooper whipped out his disposable camera and took a closeup photograph for his personal album. As he did, someone took a photo of him. Later that person showed Cooper the photo, saying, “You need to take a look at what you were doing.” “And that’s when I realized I’ve got to stop, […] I’ve got to report on some state fairs or a beauty pageant or something, to just, like, remind myself of some perspective.”)
很喜欢Anderson的播报方式：从不外露个人情绪，冷静到冷酷的地步，叙事准确客观，风度翩翩，绵里藏针。一点不像其他人，有些以爆脾气质问别人为豪，有些则走所谓温情路线，矫揉造作得很。四十多岁的年纪，配上一头银发和湛蓝的眼珠，眼神犀利口气冷酷，真是夺人心魄。
最后说一句，Anderson还是公开的同性恋，不得不承认我知道的时候还是小小地伤感了一下。。为什么帅气有教养有学识有能力的人都是gay呢,我们这些苦命的女人啊⋯⋯
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