Anderson Cooper Cashes In
He's reportedly about to sign
a million-dollar book deal detailing the last year of his professional life, with much emphasis on Hurricane Katrina.
As New York Daily News columnist Lloyd Grove reports, the book is being sold without a proposal.
"It's 'We saw you on TV, we saw you get very emotional, we love you, here's the money!'" said a publishing source.
Cooper says he's going to give some of the proceeds to charity...but still, something about this doesn't sit right. If news anchors do memoirs, they usually wait till the end of their careers, so that whatever they disclose in the books doesn't affect their appearance of objectivity.
But that value—objectivity—seems to be of diminishing importance in the news business.
And honestly, if Anderson Cooper wants to give money to charity, he could always contribute some of the proceeds from the sale of one of his multi-million dollar apartments....
