Yeah, I'm obsessed with CNN right now. After days of being glued to Anderson Cooper 360, it's becoming clear that he's seriously coming off the rails. During last night's broadcast, Cooper seemed to do little reporting and a lot of "ranting" (his words) about the lack of supplies and aid getting to Haiti.

It's honestly riveting. Not only is he airing his frustration at the red tape hindering the process, but he seems to be approaching Katrina levels of pissed off.

At one point, after a story about orphans, Cooper became angry that a Doctors Without Borders flight was not allowed to land in Haiti, but non-injured orphans were flown out using runways. While I sympathize with his frustration, Cooper has certainly lost his journalistic detachment. At the end of this rant, he practically shouted something along the likes of, "It's not that I don't love orphans! I love and care about orphans ... so please don't send me angry e-mails."

Later, after another extended spiel to Sunjay Gupta about the aid efforts, he finally paused for breath and mumbled, "OK end of rant ... for now," becoming sweaty and red-faced.

Now, his candid manner is part of what makes Cooper so watchable. His everyman attitude during natural disasters makes the news accessible without it becoming shoddy journalism. He's saying what a lot of people must be thinking. And his anger and frustration at the situation is palpable and it brings an unvarnished look to the disaster we rarely see.

Cooper's rants and recent rescue of a young boy have also made him something of a hero. Twitter and Facebook are all a buzz with praise of his actions.

If anything, the CNN reporters being affected by these horrible stories makes the tragedy all the more real. I don't know if that makes them bad reporters, but I don't think so. Though, honestly, can someone please check up on Anderson Cooper? After last night's 360, he looks like he's approaching a full on meltdown.

Update: CNN has posted the transcript from last night's 360 and here are some of Cooper's exact words:

COOPER: Well, I mean, you sort of wonder, I mean, there is some sort of Haitian government. You kind of wonder where they are. Are they in a bunker somewhere?

Because I mean, they could put -- they could start compiling a list, they could start putting together some photographs. Everyone is sort of like pretending like, you know, oh, you can't say anything about the Haitian government because, you know, they can't be expected to actually do anything.

But I mean, you know, they're adults. They know how to do this. You would think they could at least come out and make some announcements to these people in the park about where to go, what to do.

I haven't heard any sort of official government -- even if the President drove around in a pickup truck with a microphone and a speaker I think an awful lot of people here would be happy. A lot of Haitians would be glad to see their president and glad to hear that you know -- get some actual information because there's not a lot of information being disseminated.

...COOPER: Inflatable that they deploy. I mean of all the people who need surgery out here, they employ these inflatable units to conduct surgery save people's lives. That plane wasn't allowed to land here in Port-au-Prince. Had to land in Dominican Republic then be driven over land here. That must have taken -- I don't know -- six hours or at least eight to ten hours extra not including flight time and organization time.

People die because of these decisions and then you hear that, you know, others sorts of planes are getting in taking out, you know, groups of people. I just don't understand how decisions are being made when the most important thing right now besides search-and-rescue teams is getting doctors on the ground here operating, saving lives, stopping infections from spreading, getting medicine to those who need it.

GUPTA: You know, usually when you ask me a question I have an answer for you.

COOPER: Right. I didn't have a question, that was just like a rant.

And later on, he flips out about the orphans

COOPER: .... Doctor, what has gone wrong here? I mean, why is it that nearly seven days after this thing began, you know, is a plane from Doctors without Borders, not able to land right now? They were supposed to land at 8:00 tonight. They are not sure why they're not allowed to land. Their mobile set -- their mobile surgical unit wasn't allowed to land yesterday. They had to go to Dominican Republic.

And yet, a plane from a governor in a democratic state is able to land and take out, you know, several orphans and, I mean, we all love orphans and want them to be ok, but I mean, does -- are the right decisions being made?


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