Anderson Cooper slams Twitter follower Pamela Weiss for ‘ridiculous claim’
The CNN host was critical of Weiss' 'dull' tweets as he accuses her of not following the news
Foodie Pamela Weiss learned the hard way that Anderson Cooper is not the person to mess with on Twitter.
The CNN reporter was once again in a war zone covering the Israel-Gaza situation from the ground. While it may seem like full-time work to duck rockets and do live hits, Cooper still had time to fire back at a Twitter critic.
Cooper was in Gaza City live tweeting what is happening, including when rockets are fired from either Gaza or Israel and how the Israel Defense Force dropped leaflets warning people in Gaza to stay away from Hamas. He also had time to tweet about who will co-host his daytime talk show, which has been cancelled.
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In one tweet he wrote about rockets being fired from a media centre in Gaza that was hit by IDF missiles earlier in the day and Weiss didn't really like that.
4 rockets just fired from near media center in #Gaza City. The same media center bldg hit by three IDF missiles earlier today
— Anderson Cooper (@andersoncooper) November 19, 2012
The self-proclaimed travel nut and social media junkie tweeted Cooper saying, "Report a fair story. Report facts. Why not talk about the rockets being fired FROM Gaza?!? #Losingcredibility." It appears Weiss didn't read the tweet she responded to so Cooper did some quick research into Weiss' Twitter history and shot back.
.@pamela_weiss perhaps spend less time tweeting about coconut flan and more time actually following the news
— Anderson Cooper (@andersoncooper) November 20, 2012
.@pamela_weiss ummmm.... I just did that and have been doing that repeatedly on twitter and on tv. Do you actually think before you tweet?
— Anderson Cooper (@andersoncooper) November 20, 2012
@andersoncooper damn man, you just dug into her tweet history for that burn. Respect.
— Caleb (@cpenny20) November 20, 2012
.@cpenny20 nothing funner than looking at a dull tweet history for specifics
— Anderson Cooper (@andersoncooper) November 20, 2012
@913spiffy @andersoncooper The fact that he was such a smart ass in dealing with her just made me love him more! Lmao!!!
— De (@DEvoted2RStar) November 20, 2012
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Some people tweeted Weiss and she responded with a bit of humour:
@dan_rob_harris @andersoncooper Haha thanks! Sheesh, someone's just jealous I didn't save him a slice LOL
— Pamela (@Pamela_Weiss) November 20, 2012
She also asked what the problem was with loving cooking and Israel?
(Photo posted by Anderson Cooper on Twitter)
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