Anderson Cooper. .. Neal Gable in Salon pretty much gets it right

Last year working on the speaker's committee, I got a yes from a visit from Anderson Cooper, but it just never worked, out.. Now he's probably too big, but I will try again.
Also, this time I know a student (aleks) will be interning with him this fall.. so maybe some extra oomph.... there...

the one thing about AC, that a lot of people don't mention is.. the most important thing in tv news, alas, ratings.. heres an article from media week from a while ago..and i remember reading he pulls in about 410,000 viewers, i think about the same as Olberman on MSNBC. Plus his q-scores are not that great. How does the P.R. machine chug to make a star? I am reminded of Gretchen Mol, Julia Ormond and a few others. the machine gets them on Vanity Fair cover, and then off the radar screen. Mol is trying to make.. it.. and a decent actress (I saw her off-broadway in "Shape of Things") but not a start to match her push...