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CNN Announces Andrew Cuomo ‘Love-a-Thon’ – on CNN
CNN put a lot of criticism on his head when he was called out on one of his own programs because he recorded at his first host Chris Cuomo’s numerous interviews with his brother, Governor Andrew Cuomo, in New York last year. the governor is in the middle of a scandal. ‘The Washington Post’s media critic Erik Wemple was part of a panel on Brian Stelter’s “Reliable Sources” to discuss the latest developments in the growing Cuomo scandal. The governor this week refuses to answer calls to resign, calling them a sign of ‘cancel culture’. Asked by Stelter about his thoughts on media coverage of Cuomo, Wemple praised the work of New York newspapers such as the New York Times, Albany Times-Union and the New York Post for their investigative work, saying that it “the right to undo wing-conspiracy theory” and claims that the mainstream media does not hold Democrats accountable. But then he turned his attention to CNN and criticized the network for allowing several ‘love-a-thon’ interviews last year between the Cuomo government and his brother, CNN’s first host Chris Cuomo, when the COVID-19 pandemic escalated. and Cuomo’s popularity was increasing thanks to his daily information sessions on the crisis on television. . @ ErikWemple, during an appearance on CNN’s Reliable Sources, CNN calls that he allowed the Cuomo-Cuomo “love-a-thon” interviews last year, but suspended them now that the governor is in the middle of a scandal is: “It’s a big black eye for this network.” pic.twitter.com/jMX1ppqO4T – Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) March 14, 2021 Two weeks ago, when Governor Cuomo plunged deeper into the scandal, Chris Cuomo took the show opened and said he would not be able to cover the scandals due to conflict of interest, something Wemple mentioned as a double standard. “They suspended the rule of conflict of interest for Chris Cuomo for these interviews, but suddenly they enforced it again now that Andrew Cuomo is in the midst of a historic scandal in the Albany State House,” he said. “It’s a big black eye for this network.” Also read: NY Senators Chuck Schumer, Kirsten Gillibrand Call for Resignation of Andrew Cuomo. The governor has been accused by several women of sexual misconduct and harassment, as well as falsifying COVID-19 death rates in nursing homes. The accusations led to increasing calls among Democrats in New York that Cuomo should resign, with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand joining the vast majority of the state Congress delegation over the weekend. “Because of the multiple, credible sexual harassment and misconduct, it is clear that Governor Cuomo has lost the trust of his government partners and the people of New York,” Democratic senators wrote in a joint statement Saturday. “Governor Cuomo must resign.” Watch Wemple’s remarks in the clip above Read the original CNN story exclaimed for Andrew Cuomo ‘Love-a-Thon’ – on CNN At TheWrap