But is Anderson Cooper making that money as a journalist or as a TV personality? I don't mean to demean him by saying that, as I'm not very familiar with his b

But is Anderson Cooper making that money as a journalist or as a TV personality? I don't mean to demean him by saying that, as I'm not very familiar with his background or his career. I would question, however, whether he is paid that much because of the journalism he does or because of his status as a TV star. Maybe there's currently a large market for TV personalities who talk about things that are new but not a large market for actually discovering and distilling facts about our world. Maybe appearance, not content, is where the money and market is.