Ratings-Weighty Haiti Baits CNN

Anderson Cooper and CNN, listen up.  Once again the Society of Professional Journalists is urging you (and others trying to make a name for themselves off the misery of others) to back off injecting yourself into Haiti earthquake aftermath news coverage (and telethons):   "Advocacy, self promotion, offering favors for news and interviews, injecting oneself into the story or creating news events for coverage is not objective reporting, and it ultimately calls into question the ability of a journalist to be independent, which can damage credibility."

Cooper, one of three hosts of last night's George Clooney "Hope For Haiti Now" MTV telethon roadblocked on dozens on TV networks, now "tweets" he's milking it staying there another week. CNN's insinuated the network into the effort with stories and website ads.