The Ticker: Cooper, Fat, Halperin…

> Anderson Cooper 360 is live from Africa this week. “Logistically this is an incredibly difficult undertaking. It’s expensive, and requires a huge team of people. The truth is no one but CNN would undertake a mission like this,” he blogs…

> NewsBusters is tracking Countdown with Keith Olbermann‘s fat jokes (including the ones aimed at Roger Ailes)…

> The NY Daily News’ take on the evening news ratings: “The results indicate there’s a real race for No.2 between CBS and ABC, something that hasn’t happened in a long time…”

> Monday’s Nightline devoted the full show to the Amish school shooting. An e-mailer raved about John Donvan‘s report…

> A man who shot and wounded Elizabeth Vargas‘ husband Marc Cohn is spending the next 36 years in prison…

> Meet Mark Halperin in this FishBowlDC interview…

> Per the Starr Report, happy birthday to MSNBC’s Leslie Schwartz…

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