Anderson Cooper Blasts MoveOn.org Spokesman for Deceptive Ad Regarding GOP and Women’s Health
- Posted on May 4, 2012 at 3:30pm by
Christopher Santarelli
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While the mainstream media may be spending Friday fretting over Anderson Cooper’s remarks regarding conservative shock-jock Rush Limbaugh’s weight, the CNN host also got in a spat with a MoveOn.org spokesman during AC 360 Thursday, slamming the organization‘s continued campaign to portray a GOP war on women’s health.
To give a little background, House Republicans have faced continued criticism from Democrats for extending low interest rates for student loans last week, which is paid for by cuts to prevention initiatives in the president’s health care law that opponents allege is furthering “an assault on women’s health.” When scanning over the HHS website that lays out what’s in the now eliminated Prevention and Public Health Fund, nothing can be found in the fund that is specifically aimed at women aside from $7 million for breastfeeding. Despite this, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi said last week of the GOP plan to extend the loans:
“In order to pay for it, [House Republicans] are going to make an assault on women’s health, make another assault on women’s health,continue our assault on women’s health and pay for this with prevention initiatives that are in effect right now for childhood immunization; for screening for breast cancer, for cervical cancer; and for initiatives to reduce birth defects – a large part of what the Center for Disease Control does in terms of prevention.”
Given the facts, the Washington Post Fact Checker blog awarded Pelosi’s statement Two Pinocchios and FactCheck.org of The Annenberg Public Policy Center has said The White House is greatly exaggerating when it says that “women, in particular,” will benefit from the fund set for elimination.
“We’ll chalk this up as another distortion in the political ‘war on women,’” Lori Robertson writes on FactCheck.
Despite the thrashing of the latest “war on women” claims from online fact-checkers earlier in the week, the progressive MoveOn posted a full-page ad in Politico Thursday attacking Republicans:
“Student loan rates double July 1, yet Republicans in Congress say they‘ll only keep rates low if they cut funding for women’s health.
That’s crazy. And it’s not fooling anyone into thinking they care about students.”
The beating of a dead, two Pinocchio-rated horse caught the attention of NPR and Anderson Cooper for his “Keeping Them Honest” segment. Justin Ruben appeared on AC360 Thursday where Cooper criticized the ad’s distortion of facts regarding the debate surrounding cuts to fund the latest student loan extension.
“You only seem to be targeting Republicans because it meets your political agenda,” Cooper accused.
Watch the heated exchange, via CNN:
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Comments (260)
Clmsadjman
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 4:06pmDon’t you love these godlesss baby killing Democrats! They can’t run on the administration records so they invent this war on women. I am starting to like Anderson Cooper for calling this nutjob out on this BS. Democrats hate Republican women because these are the hot chicks in HS that snubbed them they got stuck with the fat easy liberal chicks if they weren’t lesbians. There is no war on women and women don’t need the protection of Obama or any other president. I think this issue is going to backfire on these nitwits nobody sees it except this fantasy that was created by the whitehouse and David Axelhole.
Report Post »imsteph
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 4:32pmLMAO!
Report Post »CLMSADJMAN-tell us what you really think :D
Blazesurfer
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 4:47pmAxle-hole…Still laughing!!
Report Post »Ballot_Box_Revolution
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 4:51pmNice job Coop!!!…….Now stay consistent….
Report Post »marhee9
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 5:51pmI agree, I have to give him some credit for his “random act” of journalism. Perhaps they’re sick and tired of being in the toilet on ratings at CNN. Even the Huffington Post and the New York Times seem to be figuring out that being in the tank for Obama is destroying their organizations. We’ll see.
Report Post »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVXFGTUNDjE
awakeandalive24
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 6:19pmBravo!
Report Post »Intense66
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 6:34pmI‘m a woman and the only war I feel is bestowed upon me is the one from the libs telling me I’m too stupid to run my own life! And I’m not ashamed to say I have done well for myself…by myself.
Report Post »Miami
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 7:07pmWow Cooper, welcome to the fight
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 8:03pmBe careful… he is on the Left… which only ranges between Communists & Nazis!
Report Post »nzkiwi
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 8:14pmLOl. He actually went into shock! “What? Why are we having this conversation?” His consternation was priceless.
It seems that CNN is not the lapdog that he though they were.
Report Post »GiNa79
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 9:13pmIts funny after the CNN pluming ratings Cooper is reporting some facts!!! Maybe they have a change of hearth just because they need those Ratings go up
Report Post »Wakeup Maggie
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 10:18pmYou got that right
Report Post »koyettsu
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 10:52pmlol CNN is nearly out of business and they decide now is probably a good time to question some of the lefties.
Report Post »toto
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 11:01pmThe liberals are depending on the crap they have been teaching our children for years to be believable for grownups, which are an endangered species. Kinda sad when a “journalist” get it right once in a while and we feel like celebrating.
Report Post »jzs
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 11:07pmI’ll go with Anderson on this specific point, but not that the Republican agenda is not anti-woman. I‘ll guess we’ll see who women vote for. Probably the candidate who isn’t trying to stick probes inside of them and deny mammograms to the poor.
In any case, since we’re fair and balanced here, here’s Cooper slamming Rush Limbaugh, who weirdly enjoys reading about Anderson Cooper in National Enquirer (Rush’s go to source for news):
http://popwatch.ew.com/2012/05/04/anderson-cooper-fires-back-at-rush-limbaugh-you-might-try-the-gym-from-time-to-time/
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 11:48pmThanks ANDY, You are the Man !!! need to call these
Report Post »JERKS out more often.. Refreshing !!
Therightsofbilly
Posted on May 5, 2012 at 12:23amHey JZS,
You should like this website link a lot. Check it out, you will see what I mean.
Some great posters.
Be sure to scroll all the way through.
http://thepeoplescube.com/peoples-blog/tales-from-the-war-on-women-t8608.html
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on May 5, 2012 at 12:39amJZS,
You didn’t have much choice but to go with Anderson on that point now did you?
JZS, you are reverting to childhood tactics more and more here lately. Just look at your last post.
But….but…..but…….look what he did, he did it toooooooooo.
JZS, if you guys insist on perpetuating this bogus “war on women” crap, I think we can start pushing the idea of the Democrats “war on babies”. (Abort them before they have a chance to become Republicans) That sounds like a fitting slogan.
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on May 5, 2012 at 12:46amThis one is pretty funny too.
http://thepeoplescube.com/peoples-blog/the-man-child-2012-you-are-in-t7270.html
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on May 5, 2012 at 5:10amTHERIGHTSOFBILLY, You are right. JZS has really been annoyingly childish in his statements and accusations of late. He has put things in more intelligent verse, and it is almost as if somebody else is filling for the real JZS now.
Report Post »Great site links. Really got a number of good laughs out of those. This war on women is so contrived that it has it’s own transparencies. The women around here that I have spoken with make fun of this as the crap that it is. But, I do live in the south and we are mostly conservative by nature anyway.
ronaldreaganthegreat
Posted on May 5, 2012 at 8:31am100% spot on my fellow Patriot, God Bless you :-)
Report Post »In Charge
Posted on May 5, 2012 at 9:44amYes,, I am surprise…glad to see that Anderson Cooper is finally understanding what true journalism is!!
Report Post »I gave up with CNN and Anderson and he knows why! Now he finally gotten out of bed with his multiple partnership and found a bunk bed to sleep in….More sound bites like this will not only Anderson see his rating increase but he and CNN with give FOX news a run for its money… Honest people want facts, find them and give them to us,,, Let your viewer decide their own mind. It leads to interesting viewing, and more people talking about it. I will continue to put my time in watching him, knowing I am getting facts and not smears, and /or being indoctrinated. However Anderson needs to understand, slip something in to duped the public, will lower his viewership to less than it is now and he can join Keith obermen in his bed..
rschampine
Posted on May 5, 2012 at 10:46amhurray, CNN!!! I hope this is an indication of progress toward objective journalism… With reporting like this, maybe there is a chance to give Fox a run for their money.
Report Post »jtmfc
Posted on May 5, 2012 at 12:53pmI have new respect for Anderson Cooper, and will start watching his program again. It took courage to call one of Soros people out for using deception, because we all know Media matters skews everything in favor of radical ideals. Thanks Anderson, You are a winner!
Report Post »drattastic
Posted on May 5, 2012 at 1:01pmCooper did okay ,now if he’d really wanted to be a “journalist” he could have also pointed out that the democrats ,in 2007, were the ones who made it so the student loans would double this year , then I would have been totally impressed .
It was humorous to see the “move on” socialist squirm a bit ,in his mind he was thinking why is this happening we’re on the same team. He almost says something to that effect during the interview.
Report Post »sweetgold
Posted on May 5, 2012 at 1:44pmI can think of two letters he could replace XEL with.
Report Post »newsjunkie
Posted on May 5, 2012 at 3:13pmYou’ve got it right. Love that last sentence…David Axlehlole
Report Post »4blackhorses
Posted on May 5, 2012 at 7:50pmI love it! Isn’t President Obama wrong when he want to cut billions from the program? Qoute, “Yeh!” BUT-BUT-BUT THE REPUBLICANS.
Report Post »Ablestreet
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 5:35amAnderson Cooper should do his own fact checking and not rely on other sources.
Report Post »Directoratasmallbusiness
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 1:37pmWow! For the first time I think he is reporting the news without a democratic skewed version! I think he tries too, but subconsciously his democratic view shines through even though he is trying to hide it. Now let’s see if he can keep up the good work. The guy he is reporting is obviously getting paid to carry his democratic favor of the president on shows like A.C. I think A.C is getting better. However, there is no doubt the media helped the president get elected in 2008 and some is still very selective in their reports to keep the reputation of the president in a good light. All media should report fairly.
Report Post »llotus
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 4:05pmIs this Andersons audition? He is the last descent person on cnn. Give it up Anderson…….move on over to Fox…….if only to get away from roland martin. Take one of Sheps spots or even possibly the fives spot. No…..then I couldnt watch cause I`m watching GBTV at that time. Don`t wait till the cnn ship sinks………! Lotus.
Report Post »Baddoggy
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 4:15pmHe is just a little left of Geraldo still…Kinda goofy but makes sense at times. Fox is starting to lean left so he might be a good fit. I hardly watch FOX anymore because they make me ill with their bullcrap stories
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 4:29pmI would love to see them get rid of Geraldo and it would be no worse left if they got Anderson in Geraldo’s spot. At least Anderson cooper has a limit on what he will put up with.
Report Post »inblack
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 7:50pmWow – I am really impressed.
That was the best example of LOGIC that I have ever seen from CNN
Report Post »super redhawk
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 8:34pmBroken clock, blind squirrel. Still a lib. The left is so far left that the center is no longer the center. Rinse.
Report Post »RLTW
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 10:03pmSUPER REDHAWK
Report Post »BOOM GOES THE DYNOMITE! Right on target
MIBUGNU2
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 11:56pmGOOD GAWD, First Jermoo, then MoveOn.org…and Mika turning
on the King, it’s been a good day !!!!! OORAH !!
ROMNEY – RICE..2012
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on May 5, 2012 at 12:28amAnd with Arianna Huffington turning on the KING,
Report Post »That makes for a good week…
spirited
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 4:01pmWell, well….Has Anderson Cooper come back to investigative reporting; for the moment?
CNN viewership is at a low, low, low.
>Hopefully, there are some anti-marxits out there who have just been laying low. (hopefully)
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 8:37pmIs CNN finally waking up. Maybe everybody except Soledad Obrien. But she’s a racist and she has an agenda
Report Post »richtrow
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 3:59pmDid that just happen?
Not sure I can believe my own ears & eyes. But it almost looked like a journalist was trying to stick to facts and objectivity while calling out lies and political agendas.
CNN’s ratings have been the worst ever. Let‘s hope this isn’t just “pandering to the right” to win back viewership!
Report Post »Blackhawk1
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 4:44pmAnderson knows the liberal ship is sinking fast and is hoping FOX will throw him a preserver after November.
Report Post »amtsoundsmith
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 7:29pmWelcome to bizarro world.
Report Post »Unbelievable
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 3:58pmRepublicans need to push the fact that Democrats has waged a WAR ON SUCCESS!
Democrats stand in line to demonize anyone who is successful!
Report Post »sWampy
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 4:09pmHell they aren’t on a war on success, the democrats policies don’t hurt the successful, they hurt the middle class, and the poor. Successful people find enough loop holes to pay very little taxes once all is said and done. They just scream tax the rich, to make the poor idiots vote for them.
Report Post »PALEHORSE
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 3:56pmWho was that doing the interview?
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on May 5, 2012 at 6:03amA network with rating so low that they just might try some honest reporting…..
Report Post »Sharon Rose
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 3:55pmMove on .org=evil =Soros
Report Post »nbarendt
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 3:55pmThis is all a put on CNN’s rating are sinking fast and if they want to be in business they better start reporting what the MSM is not. They sould be asking themselves what is more important Obama or going out of business.
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 3:54pmAnderson, I wanted to add, your gayness is not defining you as a person, but it will keep you out of Heaven. I also want to add I know you love your friend, but he needs to get right too so he can go to heaven as well. I hope I have not hurt your feelings with this, but it is probably the only way I can even have a chance to let you know this.
Report Post »Simonne
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 6:05pmAnderson is a good person & he will get to heaven because it’s up to God, not you.
Report Post »SHOOTnCRASH
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 6:46pmJudge not lest ye be judged? Id say you’re in for a heaping spoonful of judgement buddy. No need whatsoever to call out his sexuality.
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 6:48pmQuit trying to pretend you are a Christian with your comments. You are a disgrace and before you judge someone for their sins, perhaps you might want to look at your own and mind them.
Report Post »Your Name Here
Posted on May 5, 2012 at 1:19pmIf Adam & Eve had nevr sinned where would they be right now?
Report Post »They sure wouldn’t be in heaven.
God created mankind to live on the Earth.
If going to heaven is such a great thing why do people fight so hard to keep living?
You should all be looking for a faster way to die and MoveOn.
Iron_Wyll
Posted on May 5, 2012 at 8:31pm“Judge not, lest ye be judged.”
Report Post »BJC
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 3:54pmWoW!! Anderson made a fool out of the fool!
Report Post »CatB
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 4:07pmEvery once in a while AC does something good .. .like he did during the Gulf Oil Spill .. then he walks it back later!
Report Post »dealer@678
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 8:40pmI think Anderson took the free 14 day subscrition to GBTV and learned the truth
Report Post »in vino veritas
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 3:53pmWow ! If CCN starts to actually challenge these idiots by stating facts, people might start watching.
Report Post »I did not know AC had it in him.
Kevin The Elder
Posted on May 5, 2012 at 6:39amAh to fantasize! CNN singing out ‘We’re number one! We’re number one! We’re number one!’ What would it take? Simply a top to bottom inside to out investigation of past reporting with a final ‘Inspector General’s Report’ confessing the multiple of sins that they committed, admitting to all that they have been a major tool of the left since their existence and then a vow to completely remake itself into a ‘honest to the core’ News Agency. Then they would need to fire all who work for them who vote Democrat and rehire fresh new blood from college who currently believe is less government (hard to find, I know). That done, they might just be able regain some of the respect that they’ve squandered.
Report Post »SOUNDTHETRUMPET
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 3:52pmWOW Anderson Cooper standing up for Republicans ………First time I have seen a Communist do this. Now we all know the Move on bunch are all Communist funded by Soros. All this funding for all of this is unconstitutional.
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 3:51pmAnderson, I am proud of you. I pray for you to get saved. I know you say you are gay, etc, but you are worth saving. I even pray for Bob Beckle. There is something special about the both of you. Bob is not gay, though, but he seems like he is a good man. I am very conservative and know that the lifestyle you are in is an abomination to God, but once you get the Spirit of Christ in your heart, you will want to turn away from any sin you are in an around. You will be motivated and will have a conscious about it. Just to let you know, you are appreciated for trying to keep the truth as best you can in the position you are in.
Report Post »thekuligs
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 3:51pmI’m shocked that phrase came out of Andersons mouth! DUH of course they are only targeting Republicans because it fits their agenda. See, oh, every other thing they have ever said.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on May 5, 2012 at 7:24am“You only seem to be targeting Republicans because it meets your political agenda,” Yea, it takes one to know one.
Report Post »justangry
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 3:51pmLMAO… Cooper made that dude look STUPID.
Report Post »MammalOne
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 3:49pmI’m glad these morons get called out for their hypocrisies in public. Let the world see who these people really are.
Report Post »poster
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 3:48pmWhat’s CNN?
Report Post »Jim in Houston
Posted on May 6, 2012 at 5:10pmIt used to be the only game in town when traveling outside the US, but when FOX came along and began reporting instead of making up the news they sank like a rock. CNN = Crap Not News
Report Post »LibertyGoddess
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 3:48pmAnderson should be reporting like this everyday, so I’m not impressed much. But, I will give thanks and credit when it is due.
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 4:07pmAnderson Cooper has something good about him. Pray for him.
Report Post »Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 3:46pmAs far as Anderson Cooper is concerned, as long as they don’t start trying to regulate his seeking sex in public restrooms, he has no interest in womens contracetion issues. It means nothing to him or his life.
Report Post »MammalOne
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 3:54pmWhat about his sisters, friends, family? Anyone who cares about a woman has a vested interest in their well being and hence, these issues come into play in their politics.
Report Post »spirited
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 4:04pmMAMA
He has no sister.
Report Post »Docrow
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 3:45pmJustin just say it “we twisted the facts to fit the agenda”. The truth will set you free.
Report Post »welovetheUSA
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 3:44pmShocked……………………move on need to be investigated for IRS fraud.
Report Post »fedupli
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 3:44pmcuddos to Anderson Cooper, NEVER did I think I would say that but he did the right thing here.
Report Post »MrSunshine
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 3:44pmOh yeah, I forgot….we also want to rip out women’s uteruses and strangle puppies.
Report Post »spirited
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 4:03pmhave dirty water
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 3:44pmSay what?
Report Post »MrSunshine
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 3:43pmDang it! We’ve been found out. Now how are we going to wage our war on women as well as pollute the air, contaminate the water, kill illegals, torture orphans, push grandma over a cliff and bathe in hot tubs full of crude oil?
Report Post »RightPolitically
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 3:46pmYeah, right. And after we do that we’ll ask them to vote Republican. That ought to work. I mean, why the heck wouldn’t it?
Report Post »infortheride
Posted on May 4, 2012 at 5:53pmDon’t forget the kids with Autism, aka Obamaitist
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