4th December, 2008
Journalism schools alter curriculum after Anderson Cooper takes off shirt on ‘60 Minutes’
Last night on "60 Minutes," broadcast journalist Anderson Cooper interviewed Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps. The CNN anchor decided to take off his shirt and pants to race Phelps in the pool.
"Anderson Cooper is at the forefront of broadcast journalism in this country. Last night, we saw Anderson take broadcast journalism in an exciting new direction," says Professor Ryan F. Louter of Syracuse University. "We're now going to alter our curriculum to include taking off one's shirt to be part of a reporter's tools during interviews. It is an effective method while interviewing a public figure. We're glad that Anderson decided to do that on '60 Minutes," a program that offers many hard-hitting investigative reports."
Already, a number of Broadcast Journalism students are already getting gym memberships.
"I'm interviewing Joe Lieberman next month for a piece about Independents, and I want to make sure my pecs are looking good when I take off my shirt," says 19 year old Chad Bilix of Webster University.
Cooper's shirt removal wasn't the first time a '60 Minutes' correspondent bared his chest. In 2005, Andy Rooney took off shirt in a piece about annoying nipple hair.
Tags: hollywood, michael phelps, stylePosted at 7:44 am | Comment (0)