CNN’s Anderson Cooper is deservedly being raked over the coals for what many saw as his unprofessional treatment of Kellyanne Conway.
During an interview with the White House counselor on Tuesday’s “Anderson Cooper 360,” the CNN anchor visibly rolled his eyes as Conway defended President Trump in the wake of his firing of FBI Director James Comey.
Anderson Cooper’s eyeroll is all of us right nowhttps://t.co/gM8iokoUqEpic.twitter.com/J9hyCkRfaI
— CNNMoney (@CNNMoney) May 10, 2017
Really, CNN?
The hosts of Fox News’ “Outnumbered” blasted the mainstream media’s meltdown over Comey’s termination and ripped Cooper’s “disrespectful” behavior. The eyeroll comes in about the 45 second mark.
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“He rolled his eyes so hard, he actually sprained his face,” co-host Kennedy said on Wednesday’s show.
Meghan McCain agreed and sharply criticized journalists who behave like Cooper and MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” crew which treated White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders with hostility when she appeared on a segment earlier Wednesday.
“You may not agree with this. You may think this is a little controversial. I myself have some questions. But you have to have respect for the surrogates who are representing our president and our White House. And when you do this, Anderson Cooper and Morning Joe, you make us all look bad,” McCain said.
“I just don’t think it’s a good look for Anderson as a journalist to be rolling his eyes at anybody,” co-host Harris Faulkner added, “but let alone a woman who’s doing a job for the first time of any administration and the role that she played so close to the president. I just don’t think that’s a good side-by-side look for you, Anderson.”
Radio talk show host and Fox News Political Contributor, Tammy Bruce, destroyed Cooper’s sexism and misogyny.
.@HeyTammyBruce calls out Anderson Cooper for eyeroll at Kellyanne Conway: “He just reduced himself to being a child” pic.twitter.com/XQYvy5dXDp
— FOX & friends (@foxandfriends) May 11, 2017
“He just reduced himself to being a child,” she told “Fox & Friends” host Steve Doocy on Thursday. “If it was a man, I would tell you, he would not have used that same gesture.”
Others quickly joined the backlash, calling out Cooper’s biased behavior.
. @andersoncooper after watching ur unprofessional behavior as an #anchor as u interviewed @KellyannePolls my respect 4Uwent out the window! pic.twitter.com/ezQDHqdB0C
— Dr.Estella Sneider (@DrEstella) May 11, 2017
Thank you, @andersoncooper for being professional and unbiased.
As always.
Because “journalist.” ?#Comey https://t.co/KbEj84tlpZ
— Kelly B ? (@KellyAlfaroBeck) May 10, 2017
Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee humorously advised the CNN anchor to seek medical attention.
Anderson Cooper:see eye DR immediately! Ur eyes rolling back during intvu of WH official-no REAL journalist would roll eyes; much be medical
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) May 10, 2017
And while plenty of Twitter users unleashed on Cooper, it seems that eyeroll just gifted him with a meme that will probably make the rounds on social media for a long time to come.
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@KellyAlfaroBeck @DrMartyFox @andersoncooper Isn’t he the poster child for professionalism….. not. Grow up @andersoncooper
— Clicker (@clicker2017) May 10, 2017
@KellyAlfaroBeck @andersoncooper Hey @andersoncooper … #journalism …. #youredoingitwrong
— Ford (@d_sterns) May 10, 2017
This gif of Anderson Cooper while interviewing Kellyanne Conway might be my favorite thing on Twitter today. pic.twitter.com/esrEszKwZ4
— Emilia (@PoliticalEmilia) May 10, 2017
@EEEHSE @DrEstella @andersoncooper @KellyannePolls He only proved just that. He is a SPOILED BRAT!, HE NEEDS TO GROW UP TEMPER TANTRUMS ARE NEXT. He made a disgrace of himself and CNN AGAIN
— Shirley Buck (@buck_shirley) May 11, 2017
@DrEstella @andersoncooper @KellyannePolls Ridiculous display of childish behavior Anderson! Lol ..this really helps your falling ratings CNN. Your at the bottom getting lower!
— Kathleen Heasley (@HeasleyKathleen) May 11, 2017
@DrEstella @immigrant4trump @andersoncooper @KellyannePolls If that was Tucker eyerolling at Maxine Waters the Democrats would have already created a new word for it. Something akin to “mansplaining”
— Virgil Cole (@VirgilCole) May 11, 2017
@CNNMoney Are you proud of that? Should a journalist be rolling his eyes at an interviewee even if he does not agree? That was unprofessional @AC360
— Ife Aremu (@ife_aremu) May 10, 2017
@DrEstella @andersoncooper @KellyannePolls My respect for Anderson Cooper went out the window years ago.
He is a vicious little snot pretending to be an anchor!
??Mocking a good woman— mhdude1 (@Mhdude1Mhdude1) May 11, 2017
@DrEstella @andersoncooper @KellyannePolls The irony is that earlier in the interview Anderson had accused POTUS of behaving like a fifth grader. ? pic.twitter.com/OgFcy9NLrC
— Prairie Rose (@PrairieRosey) May 11, 2017
@DrEstella @andersoncooper @KellyannePolls Just proves cnn and AC are unprofessional biased left never saw Cronkite roll his eyes at anyone
— Eileen (@rayann2320) May 11, 2017
@CNNMoney This is shameful—tells you where @CNN stands!
— Serge П. (@spotafiy) May 10, 2017
@CNNMoney complete child Anderson C purely has an agenda and can no longer be taken as a serious news broadcaster-should go back in the news closet
— ForChange (@letsgetreal2017) May 11, 2017
@CNNMoney The eye roll of @AC360 is ignorant, sexist and demeaning. It also displays fully why #anderson and @CNN are called #fakenews. #GrowUp
— Bobbie Files (@bobbiefiles) May 10, 2017
@PoliticalEmilia @TruBluCatherine Anderson, always the Drama Queen…
— SECtxag (@SECtxag) May 11, 2017
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