(BTW, Check out Snopes' "Explanation": he could have stood in a different spot... - but their own link to CNN video does NOT show Cooper altering his position in the water to show viewers the difference in height, or to explain why he is apparently kneeling)
So while Cooper might have been able to find a somewhat drier spot to report from and instead chose one that provided a visually dramatic appearance, he wasn’t misrepresenting or “lying” about the general state of the flood as seen in the finished program. And his positioning seems “fake” only when contrasted with that of the camera crew’s, who obviously could not operate under the same conditions as Cooper and had to be situated either on higher ground or on platforms that kept them and their equipment above water.
(BTW, Check out Snopes' "Explanation": he could have stood in a different spot... - but their own link to CNN video does NOT show Cooper altering his position in the water to show viewers the difference in height, or to explain why he is apparently kneeling)
That's what makes it fake!!!
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/anderson-cooper-hurricane/
And one more for fun, this one from the Today Show:
www.youtube.com/embed/cgm3_jzcNm4