Loverboy Anderson Cooper introduces more footage of that counterfeit eyeglass dealer who attacked an investigative reporter. Turns out that the scuzzy store actually baited the reporter down there for a fight. In a phone call, the optician told the reporter, “I’ve become a new man, I witnessed the power of God, and I want to tell you, Mr. Silverman, that I do love you, and you wanna come back here, you can talk to me.”

The power of submitting complaints to investigative reporters. Sometimes the journalist will gadfly the offender into making a complete ass of himself on international television. — BEN POPKEN

Eye Doctor Has a Bit of a Temper [YouTube] (Thanks to Malatron!)

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