gay and in the media

So I have a habit of compulsively checking this one celebrity gossip website that also has a lot of gossip about people in the media industry. The website is constantly insinuating that CNN reporter Anderson Cooper is gay. So I was wondering if it turned out that Cooper is gay and he decided to publicly come out, would it at all affect how he was perceived as a newscaster? It shouldn't, seeing as though it has absolutely nothing to do with his career, but when CNN newscaster Thomas Roberts came out at an annual convention for the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association last year, the newscast that he co hosted was cancelled a week later. CNN said it was cancelled due to budgetary reasons, which it very well might have been, but the timing does seem rather coincidental. I don't know of many high profile journalists who are openly gay, but I hope the time comes soon enough where journalists (and anyone for that matter) will not have to worry about whether or not coming out will affect their careers.