This Sunday's episode of "The Whole Story With Anderson Cooper," features correspondent David Culver traveling to Oregon and Jamaica to explore using psilocybin mushrooms for medical purposes, in an episode titled, "Magic Mushrooms: Can They Change Your Mind?"
Ratings-challenged CNN hit a new nadir as the once-dominant news channel was beaten by conservative cable channel Newsmax in a primetime slot guest-hosted by Florida Congressman Matt Gaetz..
CNN posted a whopping 25% decline in primetime ratings compared to last year even as the struggling network got a much-needed jump in vieweship from its controversial town hall with former President Donald Trump earlier in the month.
Nearly a year since the Texas school massacre, and ahead of a network special, the CNN correspondent addresses journalistic challenges (“authorities here just played games”) and emotional ones. “Covering this story,” he says, “has been the hardest thing in my life.”