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Some Wonderfully Awkward Moments During Glenn Beck Rally Debate On AC 360

by Jon Bershad | 1:36 pm, August 31st, 2010

As CNN continues to devote tons of air time to talking about their rival, a discussion about Glenn Beck’s Restoring Honor rally got a little awkward last night. But what made things uncomfortable? Was it seeing a polite conversation between Rolling Stone’s Matt Taibbi and Tea Partier Dana Loesch get heated and stop just short of name calling? Was it watching a couple of white people try to guess what all of our nation’s blacks are feeling? Or was it maybe the bizarre moment where Anderson Cooper halted the proceedings to explain that Dr. Alveda King isn’t actually a doctor.

Yes, right as he was signing off, Cooper stopped to explain to Loesch, as “a point of reference,” that King only holds an honorary degree. Loesch swiftly responded that, if King referenced herself as such, she’d “respect that.” Cooper then stammered a little and ended the segment. While nothing he said was untrue, the whole moment was just…awkward.

Check out the strange end and a bit of the debate beforehand in the video below: