Chris Cuomo Isn’t The Only Media Icon Who Should Be Held Accountable – The Federalist

CNNs Chris Cuomo is not the only media icon who needs to answer for his attempts to shield his scandalous brother from fallout following accusations of sexual misconduct.

CNN finally caved on Tuesday and announced that the Cuomo Prime Time host would be indefinitely suspended after a series of text messages exposed the anchors attempts to help cover up former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomos sexual scandals earlier this year.

While CNN staffers such as Brian Stelter already hinted that Chris would return to the air as soon as January 2022, there are multiple other corporate media anchors, hosts, and writers who need to be held accountable for simply taking the governors weak defense at its face and amplifying it.

On the same day that Andrew Cuomo claimed he didnt sexually harass someone, MSNBCs Katy Tur ran a segment asking why someone like Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is a savvy politician, [would] not have buttoned things up, not have gotten the message to be careful about what he says around his staffers, around others. Tur also cited somebody who is close to the family as her source.

And the person said, its not that he didnt think the rules didnt apply to him, its just that in the Cuomo DNA, they are extraordinarily friendly, I guess, by nature, Tur claimed.

Turs public response not only gave undue credibility to the then-governor but used the words of Cuomo brother allies to inform her coverage.

Lis Smith, a Democrat political consultant who worked as Pete Buttigiegs senior presidential campaign adviser, was one of the many people who immediately aligned herself with the governor and began working overtime to coo corrupt corporate media icons into doing what they do best: amplify narratives to cover Democrats butts.

Im texting [with] Katy tur, Smith wrote. Katy is saying my spin live. Like verbatim.

As T. Becket Adams noted in his Substack on Thursday, the anchor was repeating the governor teams official stance, but Tur didnt have to repeat any of what Smith apparently told her.

She certainly didnt have to repeat it uncritically. Also, the fact Smith was privately pleased with Turs coverage suggests Tur did indeed serve Cuomos interests as opposed to the interests of MSNBCs viewers, Adams wrote.

Smith also reached out to Edward-Isaac Dovere at The Atlantic, whom she described as being very hard on our side on this.

Total mind meld. He says he could be convinced to write something on andrew Bc he thinks this whole thing is bullsh-t, Smith wrote.

Three days after Cuomos infamous March 3 press conference, Dovere wrote an article titled Of Course Andrew Cuomo Isnt Going To Resign just a few months before the governor called it quits.

Smith also reached out to Bill Maher, who didnt appear to take the bait.

Ok I texted Bill mahers producer, she wrote. To see if i could connect w him before show- want him to tee off on this.

We need some big names weighing in on our side, Smith said.

Two days after Andrew Cuomos address at the beginning of March, Maher roasted the governor for being f-ckin stupid.

Were four years into the MeToo era, hes this dumb that you dont hit on the help, dont touch people without their permission. What could this guy be thinking? Maher asked.

Other media outlets that Smiths recently released text messages do not discuss also gladly ran with pro-Cuomo narrative until they couldnt any longer. Countless corrupt corporate newsrooms gladly took aim at Republican leaders such as Gov. Ron DeSantis while fawning over the New York governor for offering press briefings that were like a tender embrace even though thousands of nursing home residents were dying as a result of his failed COVID-19 policies.

God, now theres a leader, said MSNBCs Joe Scarborough.

Smith, while doing the dirty work to help Andrew Cuomo cover up his sins, shouldnt be the focus of peoples wrath. After all, she was technically doing her job. The media veterans who lent a listening ear to her and the Cuomo brothers spin, however and then ran with it were not doing their jobs. They didnt offer scrutiny to the bait laid right before their eyes. Instead, people such as Tur, Dovere, and others repeated the narrative because they wanted to protect Cuomo and their Democrat alliances.

Jordan Boyd is a staff writer at The Federalist. She graduated from Baylor University where she majored in political science and minored in journalism.

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