{"id":1107191,"date":"2021-12-10T18:59:13","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T23:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1107191"},"modified":"2021-12-10T18:59:18","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T23:59:18","slug":"report-ex-cnn-anchor-chris-cuomo-and-andrew-cuomos-aide-plotted-to-discredit-fox-news-janice-dean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-ex-cnn-anchor-chris-cuomo-and-andrew-cuomos-aide-plotted-to-discredit-fox-news-janice-dean\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Ex-CNN Anchor Chris Cuomo And Andrew Cuomo\u2019s Aide Plotted To \u2018Discredit\u2019 Fox News\u2019 Janice Dean"},"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\">32<\/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%2Freport-ex-cnn-anchor-chris-cuomo-and-andrew-cuomos-aide-plotted-to-discredit-fox-news-janice-dean%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=1107191&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>Fox News\u2019 Janice Dean scared ex-Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York and his recently unemployed brother Chris so badly because of her work in exposing the New York governor\u2019s mishandling of the COVID-19 crisis that the two allegedly plotted together with the help of Andrew\u2019s aide to \u201cdiscredit\u201d the Fox News weather anchor, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/12\/10\/chris-cuomo-melissa-derosa-plotted-to-discredit-fox-news-janice-dean-sources.html\">according<\/a> to CNBC.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, CNBC reported that according to sources who wished to remain anonymous, the governor\u2019s aide Melissa DeRosa was instructed to work with Chris to smear Dean as nothing more than a \u201cright-wing commentator,\u201d but it\u2019s unclear whether or not they actually did:<\/p>\n<p><em>Melissa DeRosa, who had served as secretary to the governor, was among the Cuomo aides who ripped Dean behind the scenes and sought to craft a public messaging strategy that would paint the Fox News personality as merely a right-wing commentator, people familiar with the effort told CNBC. Dean\u2019s criticism of Cuomo stemmed mainly from the 2020 deaths of her husband\u2019s parents, whom she said died of Covid in their elder-care facilities.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>It remains unclear if DeRosa or Cuomo\u2019s team ever went ahead with initiating such a plan.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Andrew Cuomo himself was present during some of the strategy sessions during which Dean was mentioned, one of the people said. These sessions mainly focused on the governor\u2019s response to Covid.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson for the governor named Rich Azzopardi denied these allegations, saying, \u201cWe had no \u2018strategy sessions\u2019 about Janice Dean and to the extent that the press office had to respond to something she said, it was handled by the press office and did not rise to the level of something the governor would be engaged with.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, Azzopardi himself tried to \u201cdiscredit\u201d Dean after being asked about her efforts to expose COVID-19 malpractice in the Empire State. \u201cLast I checked [Dean is] not a credible source on anything except maybe the weather,\u201d he told media.<\/p>\n<p>Dean\u2019s parents-in-law died from COVID-19 after the New York governor forced patients with confirmed cases of the virus to stay within elderly nursing homes. Dean issued a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/12\/10\/chris-cuomo-melissa-derosa-plotted-to-discredit-fox-news-janice-dean-sources.html\">blistering response<\/a>, slamming the governor, his brother, and his spokesperson:<\/p>\n<p><em>As I have said from day one, this was never about politics. I watched first-hand how the governor\u2019s office treated grieving families trying to get answers about the March 25th&nbsp;2020 executive order to admit over 9,000 Covid positive patients into nursing homes. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Instead of addressing our concerns or expressing their condolences, Cuomo\u2019s spokesperson Rich Azzopardi called us a \u201cdeath cult\u201d and told my sister in law to \u201cget a life\u201d not long after both her parents died.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Over the last year and a half I have seen victims of Andrew Cuomo and those demanding accountability demeaned and smeared in the press and on social media.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> In January of this year, Azzopardi was particularly misogynistic by responding to my inquiries and reporting as \u201cnot a credible source on anything except maybe the weather.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>So while I am not surprised to hear that the Cuomo\u2019s administration alongside his brother Chris Cuomo were doing the same with me, I am glad these details are coming to light.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>As noted by CNBC, New York\u2019s \u201c[S]tate Attorney General released a report earlier this year that said Cuomo\u2019s administration had undercounted by thousands of coronavirus-related deaths of state nursing home residents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCuomo admitted that their lack of public transparency on nursing home deaths was a mistake,\u201d CNBC added. \u201cHe also said his office was concerned about Trump\u2019s Department of Justice possibly initiating a politically biased investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-chris-cuomo-releases-statement-responding-to-cnn-firing-him\">reported<\/a>, the governor\u2019s brother was fired from CNN last Saturday after the network discovered that their former anchor of \u201cCuomo Primetime\u201d was more actively involved in the governor\u2019s public relations strategy to discredit women who accused him of sexual harassment than it had realized.<\/p>\n<p><em>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&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fox News\u2019 Janice Dean scared ex-Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York and his recently unemployed brother Chris so badly because of her work in exposing the New York governor\u2019s mishandling of the COVID-19 crisis that the two allegedly plotted together with the help of Andrew\u2019s aide to \u201cdiscredit\u201d the Fox News weather anchor, according to CNBC.On Friday, CNBC reported that according to sources who wished to remain anonymous, the governor\u2019s aide Melissa DeRosa was instructed to work with Chris to smear Dean as nothing more than a \u201cright-wing commentator,\u201d but it\u2019s unclear whether or not they actually did:Melissa DeRosa, who had served as secretary to the governor, was among the Cuomo aides who ripped Dean behind the scenes and sought to craft a public messaging strategy that would paint the Fox News personality as merely a right-wing commentator, people familiar with the effort told CNBC. Dean\u2019s criticism of Cuomo stemmed mainly from the 2020 deaths of her husband\u2019s parents, whom she said died of Covid in their elder-care facilities.It remains unclear if DeRosa or Cuomo\u2019s team ever went ahead with initiating such a plan.Andrew Cuomo himself was present during some of the strategy sessions during which Dean was mentioned, one of the people said. These sessions mainly focused on the governor\u2019s response to Covid.A spokesperson for the governor named Rich Azzopardi denied these allegations, saying, \u201cWe had no \u2018strategy sessions\u2019 about Janice Dean and to the extent that the press office had to respond to something she said, it was handled by the press office and did not rise to the level of something the governor would be engaged with.\u201dEarlier this year, Azzopardi himself tried to \u201cdiscredit\u201d Dean after being asked about her efforts to expose COVID-19 malpractice in the Empire State. \u201cLast I checked [Dean is] not a credible source on anything except maybe the weather,\u201d he told media.Dean\u2019s parents-in-law died from COVID-19 after the New York governor forced patients with confirmed cases of the virus to stay within elderly nursing homes. Dean issued a blistering response, slamming the governor, his brother, and his spokesperson:As I have said from day one, this was never about politics. I watched first-hand how the governor\u2019s office treated grieving families trying to get answers about the March 25th\u00a02020 executive order to admit over 9,000 Covid positive patients into nursing homes. Instead of addressing our concerns or expressing their condolences, Cuomo\u2019s spokesperson Rich Azzopardi called us a \u201cdeath cult\u201d and told my sister in law to \u201cget a life\u201d not long after both her parents died.Over the last year and a half I have seen victims of Andrew Cuomo and those demanding accountability demeaned and smeared in the press and on social media. In January of this year, Azzopardi was particularly misogynistic by responding to my inquiries and reporting as \u201cnot a credible source on anything except maybe the weather.\u201dSo while I am not surprised to hear that the Cuomo\u2019s administration alongside his brother Chris Cuomo were doing the same with me, I am glad these details are coming to light.As noted by CNBC, New York\u2019s \u201c[S]tate Attorney General released a report earlier this year that said Cuomo\u2019s administration had undercounted by thousands of coronavirus-related deaths of state nursing home residents.\u201d\u201cCuomo admitted that their lack of public transparency on nursing home deaths was a mistake,\u201d CNBC added. \u201cHe also said his office was concerned about Trump\u2019s Department of Justice possibly initiating a politically biased investigation.\u201dAs The Daily Wire reported, the governor\u2019s brother was fired from CNN last Saturday after the network discovered that their former anchor of \u201cCuomo Primetime\u201d was more actively involved in the governor\u2019s public relations strategy to discredit women who accused him of sexual harassment than it had realized.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\u00a0member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":326,"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-1107191","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\/1107191","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\/326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1107191"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1107191\/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=1107191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1107191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1107191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}