Anderson Daytime Show Getting Superficial On Topics Like Ufos Amish Life Bizarre Workplace Firings

Anderson Cooper says that his daytime show is "where the real conversation begins". This week, there's been a bit more variety and maybe a little less sensationalism.

Today, he hosted Marilu Henson, who coached people on how to sharpen the memory of details from their lives. Anderson admitted he has trouble remembering even last week in detail. I personally find that I can remember precise moments throughout almost my entire life. If I laid them out by date and time in a database, there would probably be a few thousand data points. In between these moments, though, I don't sense continuity.

Anderson interviewed people who had left the Amish community, and these persons said that the "shunning" is much worse if you had been baptized in the community. Social capital means everything to the Amish; no one individual is allowed to "stand out." One of the guests talked about the "black car Amish" who can have cars and minimal electricity.

A woman. Deborah Stevens, who got fired from a job (with Atlantic Automotive Group) after donating a kidney for her boss, which was not used, appeared. The details or this bizarre story appear elsewhere, as on Global Post, HERE. She believes she was invited back just for the kidney.

Earlier this week, Anderson interviewed people claiming to have seen UFO's. The director of MUFON (Mutual UFO Network) appeared, and Anderson challenged him, saying that the government is not very good at keeping secrets. A woman taking pictures of UFO's with uneven shape claimed that the alien crafted interfered with the operation of her camera and then confiscated some of the pictures.

In retrospect, it seems as though Anderson is glossing on the surface of some of his material. A lot of the material on the website seems "pre-digested" (like this segment on Amish rules, HERE).

By comparison, Anderson went into detail on the Internet libel problem with his March 12 broadcast (which got into the Section 230 issue). And his CNN coverage weeknights generally is more detailed, with lots of experts, and a mood of "keeping 'em honest".

He'll need to keep the content depth up on his daytime show (which, after all, replaced Oprah) to keep his audience and "ratings".

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