Earlier this week, the New York Times ran a piece that questioned whether Anderson Cooper’s new daytime show “Anderson” might diminish the CNN anchor’s journalistic credibility:

Some traditionalists may see a risk for Mr. Cooper’s news reputation in diverting himself into the more superficial fields of daytime talk.

Question answered.

From Mediaite:

Not Exactly Haiti: A Shirtless Anderson Cooper Joins Snooki At The Tanning Salon

Jersey Shore star Snooki took Anderson Cooper out to Beach Bum Tanning on Tuesday’s edition of Anderson, stripping the newsman down to his skivvies. “I had no idea that Mr. Anderstand (sic) had muscles,” Snooki remarked incredulously, “so when he took off his shirt, he had like a huge peanut muscle! Cool.”

Really? Cool? The hardworking staff is not so sure.

(Campaign Outsider Bonus Fun Fact: Henry Winkler tells NPR’s “Wait Wait . . . Don’t Tell Me” – ironic, no? – how the Fonz came to jump the shark.)