CNN's Cooper Interviews 'Chaz' Bono as Part of Pro-Transgender Publicity
By Matthew Balan
Fri, 03/12/2010 - 14:51 ET
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matthew-balan/2010/03/12/cnns-cooper-interviews-chaz-bono-part-pro-transgender-publicityChastity Bono, Daughter of Sonny Bono & Cher; NewsBusters.orgCNN went into full tilt in promoting its upcoming pro-gender "reassignment" documentary "Her Name Was Steven" with Anderson Cooper's interview of Chastity "Chaz" Bono, the daughter of Sonny Bono and Cher, on his AC360 program on Thursday. Cooper very sympathetically interviewed Bono, and threw softball questions, even going so far as to ask, "How do you like shaving?"
The anchor heralded the "extraordinary transformation" of his guest at the top of the 10 pm Eastern hour, and noted that "in a rare interview, he [Bono] talks about life as a man and the journey he's still undergoing." Prior to the first segment of the interview at the bottom of the hour, Cooper aired a report from CNN's Gary Tuchman on "how Chastity became Chaz." The correspondent confused the English language to the point of referring to Bono with a male possessive pronoun at the beginning of a sentence, and then referring Bono as "she" within the same breath.
