Anderson Cooper decided to quit his moonlighting job at "60 Minutes," but not without a few words interpreted as "a dig" at CBS News Editor-in-Chief Bari Weiss.

In an "Overtime" video reviewing his CBS career, Cooper proclaimed: "There's very few things that have been around for as long as '60 Minutes' has and maintain the quality that it has," and "I think the independence of '60 Minutes' has been critical."

Always beware the I-word. "Independence" is code for "crusading liberal bias." We at "60 Minutes" demonstrate our "independence" by trashing Donald Trump on a weekly basis.

Cooper often didn't sound "independent" when interviewing Democrats. Just start with the 2022 interview with Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg. Sending one famous gay liberal man to interview another famous gay liberal man didn't sound like it would be hard-hitting, and it wasn't.

Cooper asked Buttigieg a series of bland softballs, such as: "When somebody's driving over a bridge, should they feel........

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