St. Petersburg Times
The hope of CNN’s future explained his decision to accept an award from the government of Haiti Monday this way, according to the Associated Press:
“I thought a long time about not accepting it,” anchor Anderson Cooper said, after accepting a medal and certificate from a Haitian president fending off criticism that not enough has been done to rebuild the country since the devastating earthquake six months ago.
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“We finally came to the opinion that it was recognition by the country for all journalists,” he told the AP. More…