Anderson Cooper’s live blogging…
TV Squad’s Bob Sassone pens a letter to Anderson Cooper…
It would be one thing if Soledad O’Brien was doing it on her old MSNBC show The Site (ah, memories) since that show was about the web and technology. And I’m sure this would fit in well over on G4 too. But I don’t know if I want you or Katie Couric or Brian Williams actually live blogging while the news is going on.
You certainly don’t have time to blog anything too worthwhile (at least I hope you don’t - you must already be busy during commercial breaks), and it could just turn into some lame attempt at “interactivity.” In the comments last night, you answered a viewer’s question about Britney Spears and told us you were taking TheraFlu for a cold (that stuff is good - I took Comtrex one time and it made me feel worse). Yeah, that’s fun and all, but I just find it a bit disappointing that everything we do now has to have some “multi-tasking” aspect to it. I’d rather you do the show and then blog when you’re not on the air. It won’t interrupt what you’re doing on the show, and the blog posts will be more substantial.
Geez some people…I really don’t get what the big deal is about him live blogging. As long as it doesn’t affect the program, let him do whatever the heck he wants during the break.
Comment by THE Anonymous — February 8, 2008 @ 8:00 pm
For viewers of 360, it’s a good way to interact with each other and sometimes with Anderson himself during the show–there are a few little glitches here and there, but I hope they continue this.
Comment by Marty — February 9, 2008 @ 3:50 am