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Chris Cuomo used his media sources to help Andrew with scandal damage control
SVPete:
Chris Cuomo used his media sources to help Andrew with scandal damage control
https://hotair.com/allahpundit/2021/11/29/chris-cuomo-used-his-media-sources-to-help-andrew-with-scandal-damage-control-n432024
--- Quote ---This guy keeps giving CNN excuses to fire him and replace him with someone who, unlike Cuomo, can draw better than a third or less of what Fox draws in primetime. And they just keep passing on the opportunity.
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We already knew that Chris participated in strategy calls held by Andrew’s aides this year as they tried to navigate the sexual misconduct scandal that eventually drove him to resign. CNN should have fired him then and there for a brazen violation of journalistic ethics, helping to shape current events that his network was covering without disclosing his role in them. Once that was revealed, Cuomo apologized to his colleagues — for getting caught, not for putting his brother’s interests above theirs and keeping them in the dark.
Jeff Zucker let him slide on that, possibly because Chris had already brazenly violated journalistic ethics in his treatment of Andrew once before with the network’s encouragement. The significance of today’s news, though, is that it’s now clear that Chris didn’t have a passive role in those strategy calls with Team Andrew. Not only was he actively assisting his brother behind the scenes, including drafting statements for him, but he was exploiting the journalist connections that CNN itself had helped him build to do so. ...
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Ptarmigan:
Unethical. :mental:
DefiantSix:
--- Quote from: Ptarmigan on November 29, 2021, 06:23:36 PM ---Unethical. :mental:
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Also, unsurprising. He is a Dim'Rat, after all...
:fuelfire:
SVPete:
CNN Suspends Chris Cuomo Indefinitely
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/cnn-suspends-chris-cuomo-indefinitely/
--- Quote ---CNN suspended anchor Chris Cuomo indefinitely following revelations that he used media contacts to help his brother, former New York governor Andrew Cuomo, navigate allegations of sexual harassment.
Those revelations came from documents published by the New York Attorney General’s Office on Monday, as part of an investigation by Attorney General Letitia James into the accusations against the former governor.
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Office pool time? Will Cuomo:
* Jump to MSNBC?
* Jump to NBC Skews?
* Jump to SeeBS Skews?
* Jump to ABC Skews?
* Be unsuspended in time to help the Dems in the 2022 midterms?
Ralph Wiggum:
--- Quote from: SVPete on November 30, 2021, 05:55:34 PM ---CNN Suspends Chris Cuomo Indefinitely
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/cnn-suspends-chris-cuomo-indefinitely/
Office pool time? Will Cuomo:
* Jump to MSNBC?
* Jump to NBC Skews?
* Jump to SeeBS Skews?
* Jump to ABC Skews?
* Be unsuspended in time to help the Dems in the 2022 midterms?
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If a nightly TV show host whose show draws bottom of the barrel ratings is suspended, will anyone notice?
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