Don’t expect journalists Anderson Cooper and Rachel Maddow to be working together in the near future.

Not only are they on different networks — Cooper is CNN’s big man, while Maddow is MSNBC’s fresh face — but apparently Cooper doesn’t always appreciate Maddow’s approach to worldwide events.

Chatting with the Los Angeles Times this weekend, Cooper lamented the fact that Maddow and another outspoken lady, CNN colleague Campbell Brown, inject their coverage with too much opinion:

LA Times: This year we saw the rise of Rachel Maddow and Campbell Brown — very opinionated. You haven’t succumbed too much. Do you have plans to?

AC: I have no plans to, no. I think those people are really good at what they do. Rachel Maddow is an incredible talent — she’s funny, and smart, obviously well researched on subjects. I’m just not interested as a viewer in listening to anchors’ opinions. It seems like there’s an awful lot of yelling, and this year yelling’s been replaced by sarcasm and snarkiness.

Yeah, that may be the case, but we love a girl with a sense of both the world and humor about it all. Because, let’s face it, sometimes the news is too grim to bear!