Oh, L’Amour

Tuesday, 07.31.07 

Earlier today I blogged about the fact that John is a self-proclaimed private individual, which is something that no one can really blame him for.  

But every now and then some personal information surfaces that just can’t be avoided. The Washington Post recently brought to light some John King information, which you can read here.  It regards John coming forward about dating Congressional Correspondent Dana Bash.

The Washington Post blurb does not elaborate, and johnthenewsking does not wish to speculate regarding such a private matter, either.  While it caught most of us at the yahoo group by surprise, it is, however, something we felt was relevant enough to be included as a mention here at our site. 

Out of respect for John and Dana,  johnthenewsking will not post any further blog entries about their courtship.

If you would like to leave a comment, please be considerate.  Inappropriate remarks will not be tolerated and promptly removed.

“A Real Bostonian”

Tuesday, 07.31.07

Ok, for those of you who are loyal John King admirers, you know how hard it is to come across interesting tidbits of information about our favorite CNN reporter’s background. Granted, he is a self-proclaimed private person – which is something he should absolutely be respected for. However, while details can sometimes be found in a snippet here or snippet there, we’re pretty much limited to basic information we find at places such as his official CNN bio.

So imagine my surprise when I found this piece from The Dorchester Reporter dated July 5, 2007, which mentions, among other things, the name of the grammar school he attended. The little article needs no further introduction, as it speaks for itself!

Just The Caps, Ma’am… Just The Caps

Tuesday, 07.31.07

I am really digging the ladies over at All Things Anderson and All Things CNN. They are funny, honest, clever and just plain smart. Their content isn’t full of fluff – they take their blogging seriously, and have a sincere passion about highlighting Anderson Cooper’s work in a postive and upbeat manner.

Having started up this blog myself, I now know what an undertaking this kind of work is! Yeah, it’s a lot of work, but heck, when the material you are covering is John King, it doesn’t seem like work. Ooops! I forgot…. I had stopped gushing at the end of Sunday’s post. How easily one forgets.

But I digress.

I totally cracked up the other day when I read ATA’s post about crime and punishment.

There is a long row of screencaps taken from last Friday’s AC360 program, highlighting the various reporters who contributed to the stories which aired that evening. Then, all of the sudden:

I don’t know why, but that just really tickled my funny bone. Inserting an Anderson screencap just for the sake of… well, inserting a yummy screencap!

Thus, today I will piggyback on that thought. This morning’s blog is solely for the purpose of gratuitous John King screencapping. All the still shots below were taken from last week’s programming.

The first series is courtesy of Mebz, who notes that these are from CNN International, where John’s official title is “Chief US Correspondent”.

The second series is courtesy of Kitten.

Enjoy the gratuitous-ness!