Aaron Brown, once one of CNN’s most prominent anchors, is leaving the network after a shakeup that gives his prime-time slot to rising star Anderson Cooper and expands it to two hours. Cooper’s old 7 p.m. EST show will be filled by an expanded version of “The Situation Room” with Wolf Blitzer, the late afternoon program attracting attention for its arresting use of multiple
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Cooper, 38, has been gathering momentum all year that peaked with his on-the-scene coverage of Hurricane Katrina, Klein said. “He’s got a refreshing way of being the anti-anchor,” he said. “He’s not quote-unquote reporting at you. He’s just being himself. He’s asking the questions you would like answered. He’s getting involved the way you might. You feel that he’s a regular person that you can trust talking to you…”
