Ngosuku olungaphambi kwekhefu lakhe lokuqala ngexesha elifanelekileyo, kwibhokisi yegugu yeWest Chelsea iti yekhaya, uAnderson Cooper wayehleli efunda iNew York Times ecaleni kwechibi elincinci elibonisayo. Sleek kwisuti yakhe emfutshane emnyama emnyama, wayejongeka njengorhwebo. Iti yeeNdlu yayingenanto, ngaphandle kweweyitala exakekile ilungisa ezi ntyatyambo zingaqhelekanga. I-anchor ene-titanium eneenwele ze-CNN yayisela kwiglasi engathandekiyo ende yejusi kunye neziqwengana ezi-humongous zeziqhamo kuyo-kwaye wayeyikhupha nge-lan.
Lo mbono welungelo eliphakamileyo laseManhattan-Unyana kaGloria Vanderbilt, akunakwenzeka ukuba angabi yinto yokudlala, ubusuku bakhe bachitha uPatrick McMullan eLizzie Grubman-exhaswa yimibutho yaseMarquee, ngeCawa emva kwemini kwisikhephe saseSag Harbour, edibanisa i-cocktail yokuqala nje kancinci kwangoko emini. Unenkangeleko entle yomkhenkce, kodwa uMnu Cooper akanangcingo ngokuzonwabisa. Iholide, phofu, ibibonisa ingxaki. Isicwangciso sam ibikukuya eHaiti iintsuku ezimbalwa, utshilo, kodwa i-CNN icebise ukuba ndizame ukuthatha ikhefu.
Ewe, iHaiti phakathi kubhukuqo-mbuso: hayi indlela ophola ngayo.
Ikhefu lam lokugqibela, endigqiba kulithatha, bendizokuya eBaghdad iveki.
Waphela e-LA endaweni yoko, etyelele abahlobo bakudala iintsuku ezimbalwa, kodwa wavakala engenasiphelo ekubuyeni kwakhe. Andazi nokuba ndikhe ndihlaziyeke nyhani na. Ndihlaziyiwe, utshilo, ndibuyela eNew York. Kwigumbi lakhe lesine lexesha lokwakha kunye neOfisi yokwakha (hayi indawo ebekwe kakuhle njengekaPaula Zahn), ikhabethe elinxibe kakuhle lehempe kunye namaqhina lijinga ngasemva komnyango, kunye nemingcelele yeepaseji zokuhombisa zihombisa iindonga- phantse zonke Ngokwenene. Iphepha lifakelwe phezu kweefestile zangaphakathi eofisini ezijikeleze ucango lwakhe, kwaye ebetshintshile eofisini yakhe wangena eLevis (iqhosha lokubhabha), isikipa esingwevu kunye neziteki zeBhalansi eNtsha emva kwentlanganiso yemveliso yentsasa yentsimbi ye-10. Wayejongeka ngathi ulungile kwaye uyakhazimla, phantse yindoda eqhelekileyo eneenyawo phezulu kwedesika. Umsebenzi wam lulwandiso lwento endiyikhathaleleyo ngexesha lam elingaphandle, utshilo. Umsebenzi awuziva ngathi ngumsebenzi. Icala elisezantsi kukuba ukudlala akuvakali ngathi kukudlala.
Iintsomi ezimbini ezivela kuAnderson Cooper ziyasasazwa; zombini ziyinyani. Kwinguqulelo yehlabathi-lehlabathi, ungumfana okrelekrele ohlawule iimali zakhe ngekhamera ebolekileyo egxalabeni lakhe. Wayelala phezu kophahla lwehotele kwaye wasebenza ukhenketho lwentlekele kwihlabathi lesithathu de umntu abeke iTV. Uyindoda eneendaba ezingumongo kwaye enegazi kwi-Betacam yakhe ukungqina, uphakame waya kwi-CNN anchordom yonke indlela esuka kwiChannel One-checker kunye ne-ABC News intatheli (kwaye, ngenxa yekhredithi yenkcubeko ethile, istint njengeyinyani -Umsasazi womboniso weTV). Ukusukela ngexesha ndandimncinci kakhulu, wathi, ndifuna ukuzimela kwaye ndifuna ukubona izinto ezinkulu kwaye ndithathe inxaxheba kwiminyhadala ebalulekileyo, kwaye bendingazi ncam ukuba kanjani ngelo xesha. Bendingazi ukuba ngayiphi indlela.
Emoyeni, ubonisa iichops zeendaba zakhe: Kwiveki ephelileyo, uMnu Cooper wenze umnxeba ophilayo noMongameli waseHaiti ogxothiweyo uJean-Bertrand Aristide, kwaye wabethelela iibhola zikaMnumzana Aristide eludongeni kumabango akhe athi iU.S. yamgxotha eHaiti.
Emva koko kukho uguqulelo lwephepha lesithandathu likaAnderson Cooper: iManhattanite ekhazimlayo enxibe iisuti ezibukhali ezilungiselelwe. UDalton wamtyisa uYale. Ayisiyiyo kuphela ingumama wakhe oyinkosikazi ye-jean, umakazi wakhe omkhulu uGertrude waseka iMyuziyam yaseWhitney. Ubhalela iiNkcukacha, zechrissakes. Konke oku kuthetha ukuba uMnu Cooper, eneneni, ungumthombo weendaba ze-East Coast elite ukuba iFox News kunye neqela labo lemigulukudu. Ndiloluhlobo ndinetyala kuwo onke la manani-ndivela eNew York ndaya kwisikolo se-Ivy League. Ndicinga ukuba uzalwa njani kwaye umntu ukhetha njani ukuphila ubomi bakhe zihlala zizinto ezimbini ezahlukileyo- okanye kufanele ukuba zizinto ezimbini ezahlukeneyo, utshilo uMnu Cooper. Ubonakala ngendlela yakhe engachubekiyo kwaye engazukuthetha ngolu hlobo: Mka ushiye.
NgoSeptemba ophelileyo, i-CNN yaphosa phantsi ukuphikisana kuka Mnu. Cooper embindini wendlela yabo yangokuhlwa kwaye waphosa imali eninzi kwintengiso, ekhuthaza ubuso bakhe obukhethekileyo ngentsimbi yesixhenxe. bonisa ukuba ukurhweba ngabantu ngokuqonda kwiintsingiselo zobomi bakhe obumbaxa. Umboniso uyazazi kwaye uyazikhethela, phantse i-MTV-styled. Iqala ngokwaphula iindaba kwaye iphela ngokumba okukhohlakeleyo kwinkcubeko ye pop. UMnu Cooper ukude nakwizinto ze-anchor zemveli, ezenza umboniso ubenomdla. Kwabaqalayo, ilizwi likaMnu Cooper lelinye lombhobho oneentloni ngeempumlo-ligunya nje eliqhelekileyo.
Kodwa ukuya kuthi ga kumanani, uvavanyo alukasebenzi okwangoku. Kwimilinganiselo yentambo yemfazwe-ukuba isenokubizwa ngokuba yi-CNN iye yabethwa. UMnu Cooper utsala kancinci phantsi kwesiqingatha sesigidi sababukeli. Kwindawo efanayo kwiFox News, uShepard Smith uhamba amatyeli amathathu. Okwangoku, uphando lweqela ekugxilwe kulo olukhutshwe endlwini e-CNN kwiveki ephelileyo lubonisa ukuba uMnu Cooper uvavanya okomeleleyo kuzo zonke ii-ankile, utshilo umthombo we-CNN, kwaye ithemba kwi-CNN kukuba ukulinganisa kuya kulandela.
Ungaze ukhathalele: Ngexesha apho iindaba zekhebula ziyi-cesspool ye-partisan shit-stirring, i-rehashed feed feed kunye ne-cheery, umntu onemozulu emhlophe onamazinyo uyancuma, uMnu Cooper umile ngokucacileyo. Ujika abe yinto engalindelekanga ngakumbi kwaye inyanzelisa ngakumbi-kunophawu lwesini seGen-X / i-anchor yakhe yokwenza intengiso ye-CNN: ukubuya kwentatheli yeTV njengomntu.
Kwaye ke yingxaki ngomsebenzi wakhe. Iyure nganye u-Anderson Cooper uchitha ii-tarts zakhe zokumisa kunye nolunye uluhlu lodumo- kwaye uMnu Cooper ubonakala enenkxalabo yokuba yinkwenkwezi. Njengoko eyibona, ukunika ingxelo kunye nokumisa kuyangqubana nokungaziwa. Uyavuma, nangona kunjalo, ukuba kukho izibonelelo ezithile ngokwaziwa-ngakumbi ukubhukisha-kodwa kwangaxeshanye, inxenye yento endiyithandayo ngokuba yintatheli sisixa esithile sokungaziwa, kunye nokubanakho ukuqhuba nje amagqabantshintshi. Kungekudala ngokwaneleyo, isivumelwano sikaMnu Cooper kunye nomtyholi we-anchoring sinokuqinisekisa ukuba akasayi kuphinda afumane loo mbono kwakhona.
Njengokubonakala ngathi wonke umntu e-CNN, umvelisi olawulayo we-360 uJim Miller ungumlandeli we-Cooper fan. Baninzi abantu abanokuzithemba namabhongo, kwaye uninzi lwabo alulawuli kakuhle, utshilo uMnu.Miller, umatshini othe kratya wendoda ongayi kujonga ngaphandle kwindawo ye-Park Avenue South bar . Bafuna ithuba lokungenelela. Kwaye lihlabathi elizimeleyo-lonke ixesha, lithetha ngabo, ngabo, ngabo. Ndandinomthendeleko endlwini yam ngobunye ubusuku kuAnderson. Ndiqaphele malunga nesibini kwisithathu sendlela yesidlo sangokuhlwa ebengakhange asebenzise isimelabizo esithi ‘I.’ Wayenomdla kakhulu kumava abanye abantu. Bangaphi abantu odibana nabo abazithembileyo kwaye abafuna ukusebenza nzima kwimisebenzi yabo, kwaye kwangaxeshanye abayenzi ngeziqu zabo?
Ngentwasahlobo ephelileyo, uMnu.Miller-owayesakuba ziinethiwekhi ze-ABC kunye ne-USA, kunye nombhali-mbhali weLive From New York: Imbali engakhange ibonwe yangoMgqibelo ebusuku - waziswa ukwakha i-CNN ubusuku obutsha ukusuka kwindawo enkulu yokutshaya eyasala emva Ukurhoxiswa komboniso kaConnie Chung owaziwayo ngokuhlwa. UPaula Zahn wayebambelela nge-7 ukuya kwi-9 ebusuku. indawo yokubeka ukuwa yokugqibela babeka uMnu Cooper, sub yakhe rhoqo, ngokusisigxina kangangeyure yokuqala. Ukuba uAnderson abe yintatheli yasentsimini yenye i-ankile kuya kufana nokuqhuba iPorsche 40 yeekhilomitha ngeyure, utshilo uMnu. I-360 ihlala ivula kwakhona ikota yesibini yekota kunye neengoma zokudlala isiginci kunye ne-cowbell ka-Iggy Pop's Umkhweli. Endaweni yokuba ndicule u-Iggy omdala ndingumkhweli, ndihlala phantsi kweglasi…, sinoMnu Cooper okhuselekileyo-mhlawumbi ukhuselekile-kwibhokisi yakhe yeglasi ejikeleza kwisakhiwo seXesha noBomi. Isitudiyo (iikota zethutyana, njengoko umboniso uzakusa kwingcwaba lengilazi leZiko elitsha leWarner Centre ngoJuni) alikho likhulu kunegumbi lokutyela lomntu osisityebi ngokwenene. Ngaphandle kwendlela ye-Sixth Avenue, ngaphaya kweegels zeorenji ezigubungele iifestile, abakhenkethi babhengeza iikhamera ngaphakathi. Kodwa njengababukeli abangaboniswanga beTV, ngokukhawuleza bayadikwa kwaye baphambuke.
Xa uMnu Cooper wayeyinkwenkwana, wachitha iholide elinde iitafile eMortimer, indawo yokutyela yasekuhlaleni ephezulu kakhulu yaseGlenn Bernbaum. Kwiminyaka nje embalwa kamva, wathabatha iphepha lakhe lokuqala lokudlulisa-inkohliso-kwaye waxhuma ukuhambisa umkhosi eSomalia usuka eKenya.
Ugcwalise iphepha lakhe lokuqala lembalelwano yelinye ilizwe kuthungelwano lwesikolo iChannel One evela eBaidoa, esebenzisa kuphela ikhamera yevidiyo yasekhaya kunye nezikhokelo ezibini zokuhlawula imipu. Ividiyo esikiweyo imalunga nemizuzu esixhenxe ubude. Kuyo, iinwele ezincinci zikaMnu Cooper ngumbala omdaka ocacileyo, owenziwe ngohlobo lwe-80's ski-enthusiast cut. Impumlo yakhe isakhulu kancinci ebusweni. Ukhangeleka engenangqondo endaweni, njengoAlex P. Keaton kwindawo yokuxhela.
Ingxelo yemizuzu esixhenxe ubude iyamangalisa, inemifanekiso ebalaseleyo, kodwa ngaphandle kwesikhalazo seSally Struthers. Emacaleni endlela, izilwanyana kunye nabantu zilele zibolile apho bawele khona, umfo omncinci uMnu Cooper ilizwi-over cwaka. Ndizamile ukuziqhelisa. Ndizamile ukufumana iindlela zokulibala umbono, amavumba abafileyo nabafileyo. Kwaye kamva: Ufuna ukubamba umntu kwaye ubancede, kodwa akukho mntu ujikeleze. Akukho nto unokuyenza. (Kubhalwe kancinci kancinci, umntu omdala uMnu Cooper waxolisa.)
Ividiyo iphela ngemifanekiso katata esebenzisa amanzi akhe okugqibela ukuhlamba umzimba wonyana wakhe ofileyo. Ubuso benkwenkwe esele bunamathambo bubonakala ngokucacileyo ngelaphu.
Yintoni eyamnyanzela ukuba afake eli bali? Kum, umbuzo awuthethi ukuba kutheni, umbuzo uhlala uhlala kutheni kutheni abantu abaninzi bengafuni ukuyenza? Kubonakala kum njengelungelo ukukwazi ukuyenza, kunye nelungelo lokuba nako ukuya eSarajevo ngexesha lemfazwe. Kutheni ungafuni ukuhamba? Kutheni ungafuni ukubona ezi zinto zenzekayo kwaye unike ubungqina kwinto eyenzekayo?
Ukunikela ubungqina, ewe, kunokuba sisindululo esibi; Ukubonisa ukoyikeka kwehlabathi akuthethi kuthi kunike uncedo, okanye ukuqonda. Kodwa izizathu zikaMnu Cooper zobuqu zenza ukuba umfanekiso ube nzima ngakumbi. Le vidiyo yadutyulwa ngo-1991, kwiminyaka nje embalwa emva kokuzibulala kuka-1988 komntakwabo Mnu. Cooper.
Ndaziva ndibuhlungu ngaphakathi kwaye ndifuna ukuya kwindawo apho kulungile, apho abanye abantu beyiqonda khona intlungu, kwaye apho ndingafunda khona kwabanye abantu malunga nendlela abasinda ngayo kwaye kutheni abanye abantu besinda kwaye abanye abantu benga- kwaye kutheni abantu abalungileyo bayafa kwaye abantu ababi bayasinda kwaye bayachuma, utshilo uMnu Cooper. Abantu abathethi ngemicimbi yokusinda kwiincoko ezichubekileyo, wongeze woma.
Ukuzibulala komninawa kaMnu Cooper kwenzeka kwigumbi likaNks Vanderbilt eManhattan, ishumi leminyaka emva kokubhubha komyeni wakhe uWyatt Cooper, utata wamakhwenkwe. Ngelo xesha, u-Anderson Cooper wayekufutshane e-Yale. Uninzi lwemibuzo malunga nokuba kutheni abantu besinda bavuswa kukusweleka kwakhe nayo yonke imibuzo ejikeleze leyo. Kwaye ufuna iimpendulo kwimibuzo, kwaye uphume uye kuzifuna naphina apho unakho.
UGloria Vanderbilt wayeyintombazana encinci esisityebi. Wayebandezeleka ngenxa yedabi lokugcina umntwana phakathi kukanina kunye no-anti wakhe uGert owamisela umgangatho omtsha wokunika ingxelo ngetabloid. Ngaphezulu komsebenzi wakhe, wenza ubutyebi ekuyileni nasekunikeni ilayisensi yefashoni kunye nentengiso, kwaye-njengabafazi abaninzi besizukulwana sakhe-babenamaqhekeza amakhulu ala matyebiso abiwe ngabaphathi. Watshata amatyeli amane elandelelana, kwaye kusithiwa ufumene uthando lobomi bakhe eWyatt Cooper.
UNks Vanderbilt wathumela umncinci uMnu Cooper eDalton kuba ibonwa njengenkululeko, kwaye ndicinga ukuba yayiluhlobo lwezikolo ozibonayo kwimiboniso bhanyabhanya, uMnu Cooper ukhumbule, kuba abadlali beqonga kunye nabazobi babengaphezulu yemfumba, kwaye iimbaleki bezisezantsi kwinkqubo yesikolo esiphakamileyo.
Umnumzana Cooper usandula ukutyelela kwakhona uDalton, ukuba enze intetho kubafundi-njengoko wenzayo uBarbara Walters xa wayesengumfundi. Isiphakamiso, nangona kunjalo, ukuba angaphela njengoBarbara Walters olandelayo ebonakala ngathi uyamphosa. Kusele indlela ende ekufuneka ndiyihambile phambi kokuba ndihambe ngeManolo Blahniks yakhe, utshilo uMnu Cooper. Ndinentlonipho entsha enkulu kubantu abaphila ixesha elide kwishishini. Uyazi, uBarbara Walters ebephezulu komdlalo wakhe iminyaka-yinto entle kakhulu. Kukho uluvo oludumileyo lokuba iinkwenkwezi zeendaba ezikumgangatho ophezulu zinokwenza nantoni na esihogweni abayifunayo, uMnu Cooper ekhawuleza ukuyilahla.
Ndicinga ukuba usebenza nzima kunabantu abaninzi, utshilo. Kwaye, ukuxelela: Umbhaleli e-ABC wakha wathi kum, 'Akukho mntu wakha wakunika umhlaba.'
E-Dalton, uMnu Cooper wafaka isicelo kwikholeji kwangoko kwaye akazange angene, ngenxa yoko wathatha isemester yakhe yokugqibela ukujikeleza iAfrika. Bebegula ndim, watsho efunda nabo. Ngokuqinisekileyo wayegula ngabo. Ndicinga ukuba akukho nto ikruqulayo njengokudibana nomntu endandifunda naye kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo osebenza nabazali bakhe, kwaye baselapha kwaye abakhange benze nto ingako.
Ngethuba lokunika ingxelo kwangoko, uMnu Cooper wathi nge-machismo encinci, wayehlala esitya uthuli lwenethiwekhi-kwaye i-CNN ihlala inesithuthi. Kubonakala ngathi, akukho namnye owakhe wamnika umhlaba. Akumangalisi, mhlawumbi, ukuba umnumzana omncinci uMnu Cooper angabanoluvo lwangaphandle. Kodwa kuhamba kakuhle nokuzithoba kwakhe. Thatha ubusuku kwiminyaka embalwa ebuyile awathetha ngayo emoyeni malunga nokungenakuphepheka (kunye nokulahlekiswa ngokunzulu) okuvela kwi-Playgirl ukubeka unganxibanga: Into yokugqibela eMelika ekufuneka ayibonile yimilenze yam encinci yenkuku ebaleke ijikeleza. Mhlawumbi ndingazifumanela iinkukhu zaseMelika. Izinto ezihlekisayo, zivela endodeni enabazinikeleyo abashushu nabanobunzima abaye bazalisa i-Intanethi ngamaphepha abalandeli be-ga-ga.
I-CNN yiponti yenja yokwenyani yee-anchor ngoku-ezinye ungathanda ukuzamkela, kwaye ezinye awunakucinga ngokuntywila emlanjeni. Kukho uMiguel Marquez omncinci, ofumana ixesha elingaphezulu lomoya ovela kwi-LA Bureau kwezi ntsuku njengoko esebenza ngomonde e-backstage ukuya kwi-prime-time hunk elandelayo. Kukho u-Aaron Brown, othe njenge-ankile yomhla wokugcwalisa umoya kwi-Gulf War II inokuba yile mpi yesibini eyathiywa kakhulu, kanye emva kwe-Chemical Ali.
Kukho inkwenkwezi ekhulayo kaSoledad O'Brien, ehlawuliswe kwiphepha lakhe le-bio njengelungu loMbutho weSizwe weeNtatheli eziMnyama kunye noMbutho weSizwe weeNtatheli ze-Hispanic-kwaye ngo-1998 wabizwa kwakhona kwi-Irish America Magazine. -Uludwe lwaseMelika.
Ngexesha leholide kaMnu. Cooper ye-LA, iimpawu zakhe ze-anchor zenziwa zacaca ngakumbi ngobukho bendwendwe kwi-360 yeqabane likaNks O'Brien kwiAmerican Morning, uBill Hemmer. Iqhina elibomvu, elimhlophe kunye nelokujonga ulutsha ngendlela engaqhelekanga iminyaka engama-39 ebotshiweyo yayilikhulu kakhulu, kodwa kwakungekho nto iphosakeleyo ngokumisa kwakhe. Kwakugudile kwaye kufanelekile- kodwa yayingahlukanga.
UJim Miller-engathethi ngokuthe ngqo ngoMnu Hemmer-uphawula ingxaki ngexesha lokutshintsha uMnu Cooper. Xa abantu bengena, bathi, 'Wowu, lo ngumboniso onzima.' Kwaye kukho abantu abanokuziva bengekho ndawo ngayo. Oku kwenzelwe ukuba yinto ka-Anderson.
UMnu Cooper yi-ankile efanelekileyo, kwaye kungenxa yendlebe yakhe yoluhlu lweetoni. Kum, into ebalulekileyo kukuba singagubungeli i-Grammys ngengqondo efanayo neendaba ezinzima, utshilo uMnu Cooper. Ngumgibe we-anchor-njengelizwi elidumileyo lokugculela, kukho ilizwi le-anchor. Ngelixa kunokuba yinto ethuthuzelayo njengesiraphu yokukhwehlela yekhodine, ekugqibeleni iba ngumjelo wokugula wokungabinantsingiselo, ukufa kwenziwe mnandi ngaphezulu kweedinala zaseMelika eziCekecekileyo zokutya.
Eyona mpikiswano inkulu ka-Anderson Cooper ngoku ichasene naye, ngokuchasene nayo nayiphi na inkanuko yokhuseleko eyamnyanzela ukuba athathe lo msebenzi we-ankile. Kuchasene nesibheno esithengiswayo samehlo akhe amahle ngokungaqhelekanga kunye nengqondo yakhe egqibeleleyo malunga nokuba iindaba mazithunyelwe njani. Ngumcimbi wenkwenkwezi-ayisiyonto icacileyo yokulinganisa? UTed Turner kwi-CNN wayehlala egxininisa ukuba iindaba ziza kuqala, nokuba ngubani owaziphalazayo emoyeni, kodwa kulawulo lwamva lukaWalter Isaacson kwaye ngoku nguJim Walton, akukho namby-pamby crap malunga nobunqambi bobuso be-telegenic buba ngamagama amakhulu tsala amanani amakhulu. Kulula ngokwaneleyo ukudumisa uMnu Cooper: Usondele kakhulu. Kwizitrato zaseManhattan, ubuncinci, akahambi engaziwa.
Umnumzana Cooper kutshanje uthenge indlu e West 38th Street, kwinto ayibiza ngoluhlobo lwesitrato esingaqhelekanga se-wholesale-amaqhosha kwisitalanyana esincinci ngaphezulu kwengubo yesithili-njengentlanzi encinci efunxa kukrebe. Uyavuya apho. Bendingazi ukuba kukho ishishini elinamaqhosha, utshilo, kodwa ngokoqobo, njengentsasa yangeCawa, iivenkile ezinamaqhosha zigcwele ngabantu abangahleliyo abafuna amaqhosha. Andazi ukuba ngoobani aba bantu, andazi nokuba bathenga amaqhosha angatshatanga na. Kwaye ngoku iivenkile ezingamanyala ziye zafudukela ebumelwaneni. Ndiyalikhumbula elommelwane. Kodwa okwangoku, yeyona ndawo incinci yefashoni kwiplanethi.
Yintoni, umntu uyazibuza, ngaba uMnu Cooper wenza ntoni ngeempelaveki? Kwimpelaveki edlulileyo, ebesendlwini yakhe eQuogue, exakekile engabukeli TV. Khange ndiphume nyani endlini. Ndinazo zonke ezi ncwadi sikhule ngazo bobabini umama notata kunye nomntakwethu. Amawaka namawaka eencwadi. Bezikwiibhokisi kwindawo yokugcina, ngenxa yoko bendizibeka ezishelfini kwaye ndizifunda.
Kukho umfanekiso kaAnderson Cooper njengomntwana, ubuso bakhe buzalisa yonke ifreyimu ethambileyo emnyama kunye nomhlophe. Yathathwa nguDiane Arbus, kwaye iyajongwa ngoku eNYU's Grey Art Gallery. Ukuyijonga ngoku kukukhumbuza ukuba umntu omdala uMnu Cooper usadlulisela imvakalelo yokuba yinkwenkwana, eyedwa, kodwa engabi nesithukuthezi: umntwana okhule engaphambi kwendalo enxibe isuti entle, ehleli nkqo kwaye ehleli kuhambo lwenqwelomoya olungapheliyo. Umnumzana Cooper, nditsho nentando yakhe yendalo yesini ngokusisigxina kwi-beam ephezulu, ukhupha umnqweno ongaqhelekanga wabazali kubantu abamngqongileyo.
UMnu Cooper wayenomdla kakhulu ngohambo olucwangcisiweyo oluya eBaghdad ekuqaleni kwale nyanga, kodwa abazali bakhe abenza i-CNN ngoku abayi kuvumela. Ndicinga ukuba kufuneka ahambe ukuba iyavakala. Ukuba ayenzi ngqondo ngokubhekisele kwezokhuseleko, siza kuhlehlisa, uJim Miller walumkisa ngoFebruwari. Izolo, i-CNN iqinisekisile ukuba, emva kwenyanga yokuxoxisana, baya kuvumela ukuthumela uMnu Cooper ukuba aye e-Afghanistan kwiiveki ezimbalwa ezizayo.
Iingxaki zikaAnderson Cooper ziyanyibilika xa ethetha ngengxelo yentsimi, kwaye ubuso bakhe buyatshintsha kwaye buphila-ikakhulu lusizi. Okokugqibela, ekugqibeleni, indawo yakhe elawulwa kakhulu kwaye ibonakalisa, ukuthanda kwakhe okungcolileyo kweenkcubeko zabantu abadumileyo, iisuti zakhe ezintle, i-anchorness yakhe, konke oko kusongelwa yingqondo yakhe yendima ye ntatheli njengomjelo webali elingapheliyo lokungalingani kwabantu .
Ukusukela ngexesha lakhe eSarajevo, wathi, wafunda ukuba umntu ophila ubomi obunesidima kunye nenkcubeko wancitshiselwa ekubeni abe liwotshi yakhe kwimarike. Kwaye umntu owaziyo ukubeka iingcingo ezimbini kunye nokuqhuba irhasi waba ngumongameli. Ngamanye amagama, akanakulibala eyona nto iyinyani: ukuba ubomi bunobuzwilakhe obungenabulungisa, kwaye iindaba zokubika ziindaba eziphosakeleyo esizisebenzisayo ukuzama ukuqonda oko.
Abantu endikuthandayo ukwenza udliwanondlebe uninzi lwabantu lubanjwe ziimeko-kwaye ayisiyiyo inkokeli yehlabathi okanye ipolitiki. Ngokwesiqhelo ihlala ingabantu abaluhlobo lokwenyani, abanobuntu. Udliwanondlebe endiye ndafunda kakhulu kulo beliseSarajevo, ngexesha lemfazwe. Ndidibene nentombazana kwimpompo yamanzi wandibuyisa kowabo, ndadibana nogogo notata wakhe.
Yayingudliwanondlebe eyayingatshabalalisi umhlaba, kwaye kwakungekho ngxoxo nge-geopolitics. Uye kwelinye igumbi wazithambisa. Wayenomntwana omncinci. Kuyavela ukuba umyeni wakhe ebelahlekile ngaphambili kwaye wayenethemba lokuba uyaphila, kwaye umakhulu wakhe undixelele nyani ukuba ubhubhile kodwa ebephika nje ngako. Umakhulu undiphakele ikofu kunye nomvuzo wokugqibela. Kukule mizuzu mincinci mincinci kwaye ezi… ezi mbono zenyani. Yayiludliwanondlebe ke leyo, leyo kum… andinakuze ndiyilibale, wathi kum: ‘IParadesi yitumato,’ kuba babenayo le tomato enye kudala beyigcinile. Olu ludliwanondlebe endilonwabeleyo.
Umntu uyazibuza ukuba ingaba uMnu. Cooper angaze abenamava abalulekileyo kwakhona-okhe ajongane nehlabathi njengemihla yamandulo ye-badass, ikhamera e-crap ejinga ngakwelinye icala, mhlawumbi eyaphukileyo-ntliziyo kodwa ubuncinci engabotshwanga kwisuti enamaqhina, ebotshiwe kwisiqithi saseManhattan. Okwangoku, u-Anderson Cooper luvavanyo lolawulo lweendaba, uhlobo olutsha lwe-specimen-crisp, epholileyo kunye nengqondo ebonakalayo eboniswe ngaphakathi kwe-CNN yeglasi etywiniweyo. Ngaba uya kuze avunyelwe ukubaleka kwakhona?
