For Stormy Daniels, too much hype is counterproductive

Published March 26, 2018 8:37pm ET



The millions of Americans who tuned into CBS at 7:00 p.m. on Sunday night in the hopes of catching some fireworks got what they were looking for — just not from “60 Minutes.”

Anderson Cooper’s much-anticipated interview with Stormy Daniels was delayed for nearly forty of those sixty minutes between 7 and 8 p.m. Viewers instead saw Duke and Kansas settle a thrilling overtime battle for the last slot in the Final Four before the show could proceed as scheduled. And Kansas’ victory turned out to be too good to top — both because it was a great win and because Daniels failed to live up to the hype generated in part by her own legal team.

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