Zach the brilliant anchor you refer to is Tony Harris, and he used to work for Entertainment tonight so don't hate. Also don't be so hard on Anderson Cooper. He has the misfortune of working for CNN but he comes closer then most news anchors to attempting to report the news. I think its safe to say Tom Brokaw jumped the shark several years ago. At this point I'd rather have Anderson Cooper reporting something then Tom Brokaw scolding me for going over my time limit. Just to be clear sarcastic about Tony Harris, serious about Anderson Cooper.
OK, "Read a Book". This is a classic example of something that gets so blown out of proportion you remember it as funnier and more subversive then it was. I thought it was funny, I didn't think it was brilliant but by the time I was done watching the CNN segment I wanted to give the creators Pulitzer. It was awesome watching Tony Harris get flustered when they asked him if his kids watched BET. Why did the guy on the right sound like Darth Vader? He was a douche too. I think you could argue that an eight year old might not "get" satire but a 12 year old definitely could; "Stop insulting my kids!" That said the video itself was just funny, not life-altering. I love me some mainstream media overreaction.
Anyway, I think moving on to a non-sports topic is a good idea. We need to demonstrate that we can talk about a VARIETY of topics with very little authority.
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