{"id":1085112,"date":"2021-12-04T21:59:04","date_gmt":"2021-12-05T02:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1085112"},"modified":"2021-12-04T21:59:08","modified_gmt":"2021-12-05T02:59:08","slug":"too-da-loo-fredo-chris-cuomo-and-cnn-slammed-after-network-fires-host-following-scandal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/too-da-loo-fredo-chris-cuomo-and-cnn-slammed-after-network-fires-host-following-scandal\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Too-da-loo, Fredo\u2019: Chris Cuomo And CNN Slammed After Network Fires Host Following Scandal"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftoo-da-loo-fredo-chris-cuomo-and-cnn-slammed-after-network-fires-host-following-scandal%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1085112&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former CNN host Chris Cuomo, who was fired on Saturday night, was mocked online, and his former employer was slammed for a variety of reasons following the announcement.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement announcing Cuomo\u2019s termination, the network&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-cnn-terminates-chris-cuomo-effective-immediately-over-scandal\">said<\/a>&nbsp;that it had encountered new information that led to its decision:<\/p>\n<p><em>Chris Cuomo was suspended earlier this week pending further evaluation of new information that came to light about his involvement with his brother\u2019s defense. We retained a respected law firm to conduct the review, and have terminated him, effective immediately. While in the process of that review, additional information has come to light. Despite the termination, we will investigate as appropriate.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not how I want my time at CNN to end but I have already told you why and how I helped my brother,\u201d Chris Cuomo said in a statement. \u201cSo let me now say as disappointing as this is, I could not be more proud of the team at Cuomo Prime Time and the work we did as CNN\u2019s #1 show in the most competitive time slot. I owe them all and will miss that group of special people who did really important work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Notable reactions to CNN\u2019s statement that it fired Cuomo included:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Batya Ungar-Sargon<\/strong>, Newsweek: \u201cThere\u2019s a parallel between Chris Cuomo\u2019s downfall and Andrew Cuomo\u2019s: It was sexual misconduct, not sending seniors to their deaths, that brought down Andrew\u2014and it was advising Andrew on sexual misconduct, not failing to report the deaths of seniors, that brought down Chris. I don\u2019t think it minimizes the seriousness of sexual misconduct to point out that a society that ranks it as a worse sin than sending seniors and the developmentally disabled to their deaths is in some way deeply sick.\u201d<strong>Jason Rantz<\/strong>, radio host: \u201cJeffrey Toobin still has a job. But not Chris Cuomo. So it begs the question: what in the world did CNN find during their investigation (up until this point)?\u201d<strong>Caleb Hull<\/strong>, political strategist: \u201cChris Cuomo should have been fired a long time ago when he tested positive for COVID, left his house anyway, got into a fight with a cyclist, and then making a spectacle of him leaving quarantine for the \u2018first time\u2019 when we all knew the truth.\u201d<strong>Mollie Hemingway<\/strong>, The Federalist: \u201cSo whatever Chris Cuomo did, it was worse than peddling Russia collusion lies like @jaketapper does, and worse than @JeffreyToobin\u2019s at-work self-pleasuring. Because they\u2019ve both kept their CNN jobs.\u201d<strong>Karol Markowicz<\/strong>, New York Post: \u201cWhere do I place my $5 bet that this is ultimately NOT about Chris Cuomo helping his brother? The rumor right now is Chris has his own sexual harassment allegations. I\u2019ll buy that, or something else, not buying it was because he \u2018helped\u2019 Andrew. My other bet is we\u2019re going to start hearing stories about abusive behavior from Chris Cuomo ala his brother. And everyone will be like \u2018oh yeah, everyone knew that.\u2019\u201d<strong>Greg Dworkin<\/strong>, Daily Kos: \u201cIf we are lucky Cillizza will quit in solidarity.\u201d<strong>Ned Ryun<\/strong>, political strategist: \u201cTood-a-loo, Fredo.\u201d<strong>Adrienne Lawrence<\/strong>, attorney: \u201cTRANSLATION: We terminated Chris Cuomo for cause after finding out about more misconduct in which he\u2019s engaged that you\u2019ll likely find out about soon.\u201d<strong>Paul DeBenedetto<\/strong>, reporter: \u201cAgain a reminder that CNN regularly allowed Chris Cuomo to interview his brother, the governor of New York, on live national TV. Through February. And only after the governor was being scrutinized for the nursing home deaths. Lindsey Boylan made her allegations in December. In grad school journalism ethics class I remember everybody asking questions about all kinds of minutiae \u2014 can I drink coffee with a source??? can they pay???? can I pay???????? \u2014 and CNN let Chris Cuomo have a standing interview with his governor brother during multiple scandals.\u201d<strong>Giancarlo Sopo<\/strong>, media strategist: \u201cOf all the dumb things Chris Cuomo has done over the years, helping out his brother might be the least offensive.\u201d<strong>Howitzer Balding<\/strong>, political commentator: \u201cKind of interesting that CNN announces they are going to be cutting costs and then all of a sudden all this stuff comes out even the basics of him helping his brother were already known. He was and is scum but just saying.\u201d<strong>Drew Holden<\/strong>, media critic: \u201cDefinitely well-deserved, but I hadn\u2019t expected it. Thought this would be the latest storm Cuomo would survive.\u201d<strong>Meghan McCain<\/strong>, blogger: \u201cWhat did he do that\u2019s worse than masturbating on a zoom call?\u201d<strong>Stephen L. Miller<\/strong>, political commentator: \u201cReminder that it was easier to get Andrew Cuomo out of being the Governor of New York than it was to get Chris Cuomo out of CNN.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former CNN host Chris Cuomo, who was fired on Saturday night, was mocked online, and his former employer was slammed for a variety of reasons following the announcement.In a statement announcing Cuomo\u2019s termination, the network\u00a0said\u00a0that it had encountered new information that led to its decision:Chris Cuomo was suspended earlier this week pending further evaluation of new information that came to light about his involvement with his brother\u2019s defense. We retained a respected law firm to conduct the review, and have terminated him, effective immediately. While in the process of that review, additional information has come to light. Despite the termination, we will investigate as appropriate.\u201cThis is not how I want my time at CNN to end but I have already told you why and how I helped my brother,\u201d Chris Cuomo said in a statement. \u201cSo let me now say as disappointing as this is, I could not be more proud of the team at Cuomo Prime Time and the work we did as CNN\u2019s #1 show in the most competitive time slot. I owe them all and will miss that group of special people who did really important work.\u201dNotable reactions to CNN\u2019s statement that it fired Cuomo included:Batya Ungar-Sargon, Newsweek: \u201cThere\u2019s a parallel between Chris Cuomo\u2019s downfall and Andrew Cuomo\u2019s: It was sexual misconduct, not sending seniors to their deaths, that brought down Andrew\u2014and it was advising Andrew on sexual misconduct, not failing to report the deaths of seniors, that brought down Chris. I don\u2019t think it minimizes the seriousness of sexual misconduct to point out that a society that ranks it as a worse sin than sending seniors and the developmentally disabled to their deaths is in some way deeply sick.\u201dJason Rantz, radio host: \u201cJeffrey Toobin still has a job. But not Chris Cuomo. So it begs the question: what in the world did CNN find during their investigation (up until this point)?\u201dCaleb Hull, political strategist: \u201cChris Cuomo should have been fired a long time ago when he tested positive for COVID, left his house anyway, got into a fight with a cyclist, and then making a spectacle of him leaving quarantine for the \u2018first time\u2019 when we all knew the truth.\u201dMollie Hemingway, The Federalist: \u201cSo whatever Chris Cuomo did, it was worse than peddling Russia collusion lies like @jaketapper does, and worse than @JeffreyToobin\u2019s at-work self-pleasuring. Because they\u2019ve both kept their CNN jobs.\u201dKarol Markowicz, New York Post: \u201cWhere do I place my $5 bet that this is ultimately NOT about Chris Cuomo helping his brother? The rumor right now is Chris has his own sexual harassment allegations. I\u2019ll buy that, or something else, not buying it was because he \u2018helped\u2019 Andrew. My other bet is we\u2019re going to start hearing stories about abusive behavior from Chris Cuomo ala his brother. And everyone will be like \u2018oh yeah, everyone knew that.\u2019\u201dGreg Dworkin, Daily Kos: \u201cIf we are lucky Cillizza will quit in solidarity.\u201dNed Ryun, political strategist: \u201cTood-a-loo, Fredo.\u201dAdrienne Lawrence, attorney: \u201cTRANSLATION: We terminated Chris Cuomo for cause after finding out about more misconduct in which he\u2019s engaged that you\u2019ll likely find out about soon.\u201dPaul DeBenedetto, reporter: \u201cAgain a reminder that CNN regularly allowed Chris Cuomo to interview his brother, the governor of New York, on live national TV. Through February. And only after the governor was being scrutinized for the nursing home deaths. Lindsey Boylan made her allegations in December. In grad school journalism ethics class I remember everybody asking questions about all kinds of minutiae \u2014 can I drink coffee with a source??? can they pay???? can I pay???????? \u2014 and CNN let Chris Cuomo have a standing interview with his governor brother during multiple scandals.\u201dGiancarlo Sopo, media strategist: \u201cOf all the dumb things Chris Cuomo has done over the years, helping out his brother might be the least offensive.\u201dHowitzer Balding, political commentator: \u201cKind of interesting that CNN announces they are going to be cutting costs and then all of a sudden all this stuff comes out even the basics of him helping his brother were already known. He was and is scum but just saying.\u201dDrew Holden, media critic: \u201cDefinitely well-deserved, but I hadn\u2019t expected it. Thought this would be the latest storm Cuomo would survive.\u201dMeghan McCain, blogger: \u201cWhat did he do that\u2019s worse than masturbating on a zoom call?\u201dStephen L. Miller, political commentator: \u201cReminder that it was easier to get Andrew Cuomo out of being the Governor of New York than it was to get Chris Cuomo out of CNN.\u201dThe Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1085112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1085112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/134"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1085112"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1085112\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1085112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1085112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1085112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}