AC first "job" was at Channel One.
Those of you who were not alive, or in a test school in the 1990's are unaware, but it worked like this: Channel One approached a school and offered to install "free" TV's into every classroom in the school, and in return, about 15 minutes of homeroom was dedicated to watching their programs.
You may be more familiar with their alumni:
https://www.channelone
.com/reporter/anchor-alumni/
Channel One started by this man:
https://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/Chris_Whittle
Married to this woman:
https://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/Priscilla_Rattazzi
Who is niece of this man:
https://en.wikipedia .org/wiki/Gianni_Agnelli
So basically, Anderson Cooper got his first reporting gig at a startup company with marriage ties to illuminati bloodline.
I can't find a whole lot on the Channel One early days, and need some help. Looks like good mocking front/academy to me. Doesn't Esquire have Clown ties? Whittle worked there too.