The Ticker: Snow/Cooper, Huddy, Vargas…

> CNN’s star got a shout-out from Tony Snow in Wednesday’s WH press briefing: “Hezbollah suckered a lot of people, including journalistic organizations in this room, because it ended up being able to stage photographs. Remember Anderson Cooper getting up there saying, every single thing we go to is getting staged here…”

> “CNN owned the news of the evacuation of the port of Seattle,” an e-mailer says. “The network was first, and has struck a good balance between” the JonBenet arrest and the breaking news…

> “You never know what will happen on live television:” Johnny Dollar has video of a DaySide guest who wants a date with Juliet Huddy…

> Remember this resignation letter? Former Fox News freelancer Serene Sabbagh was interviewed by Democracy Now! recently…

> Elizabeth Vargas will anchor “Last Days On Earth,” a two-hour special edition of 20/20, on Aug. 30. It features “seven riveting scenarios detailing the deadliest threats to humanity…”