CNN’s dramatic and insurmountable conflict of interest of using Chris Cuomo as a “news anchor” just keeps getting more ridiculous. Letitia James, New York’s attorney general investigated ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Once again, it underlined that Chris Cuomo didn’t have a line of media ethics that he wouldn’t cross.
CNN finally did something …. after they allowed him to continue hosting his program for another night. Now, he’s suspended indefinitely as they examine the new evidence.
Governor. Cuomo resigned in August, the CNN host claimed “I’m not an advisor, I’m a brother. My role was to listen and offer my opinion. I was there to listen and offer my take, and my advice to my brother was simple and consistent.”
However, the documentation shows that Chris was an aggressive consultant who made use of what was available to him. New York Times called “his vast network of sources in and outside of media” to keep his brother’s political career intact. He was correct to say it was “family first, job second.” He used the second to help the first, and CNN has seemed more interested in milking the scandal for ratings than issuing any punishments.
Cuomo said he was in a “panic” about how the governor’s team was handling the accusations and pleaded to “let me help with the prep” before drafting his own proposed statements for the governor to read, including one referencing “cancel culture.”
These documents reveal that Chris was using a royal We. “You need to trust me,” Chris Cuomo pleaded with Melissa DeRosa, the governor’s secretary, at one point in March. “We are making mistakes we can’t afford.” He also texted he was happy when Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie “used our language.”
Back in July, DeRosa told investigators: “Chris sends me a lot of things a lot of the time. Half of it I don’t engage in. He gives unsolicited advice.”
Even the CNN report on this matter noted Cuomo also said on the air in August “I never made calls to the press about my brother’s situation.” But he lied in his testimony to the Attorney General’s probe. Cuomo said “I would, when asked, I would reach out to sources, other journalists, to see if they had heard of anybody else coming out.”
Chris Cuomo didn’t have “Facts first.” He was the “Lies First.”
CNN was mostly silent during this day, despite the latest pile of papers. Its “CNNPR” Twitter account said nothing. CNN put out a non-committal statement about how the documents “deserve a thorough review and consideration,” and “We will be having conversations and seeking additional clarity about their significance as they relate to CNN over the next several days.”
Chris Cuomo was put back on air by the hosts, and he showed Team Biden the overweening courage to inform them about the forthcoming Omicron version of the coronavirus. Cuomo urged, “Don’t let us continue to have to catch that there were things we could have learned but didn’t,” Let’s be better. His shamelessness level is unmatched.
In his newsletter, CNN media reporter Brian Stelter repeated his Cuomo spin from August as persistent wisdom: “This has been a conundrum for CNN that has no perfect answer, no perfect solution.” That’s wrong. Fire Cuomo is the best solution to all of this lies. An indefinite suspension at least acknowledges Cuomo’s lying deeply embarrassed CNN. Cuomo’s lying deeply embarrassed CNN. It is now unclear if he will be allowed to return, as though nothing has happened. This was the case with Jeffrey Toobin after eight months.
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