{"id":1317711,"date":"2022-02-20T11:00:08","date_gmt":"2022-02-20T16:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1317711"},"modified":"2022-02-20T11:00:20","modified_gmt":"2022-02-20T16:00:20","slug":"allison-gollust-was-fired-by-cnn-for-helping-then-gov-cuomo-select-his-own-questions-for-interviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/allison-gollust-was-fired-by-cnn-for-helping-then-gov-cuomo-select-his-own-questions-for-interviews\/","title":{"rendered":"Allison Gollust Was Fired by CNN for Helping Then-Gov. Cuomo Select His Own Questions for Interviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2Fallison-gollust-was-fired-by-cnn-for-helping-then-gov-cuomo-select-his-own-questions-for-interviews%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=1317711&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Allison-Gollust-1110x740-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Tuesday, CNN released a statement saying Allison Gollust had <a href=\"https:\/\/hotair.com\/john-s-2\/2022\/02\/15\/allison-gollust-resigns-from-cnn-after-investigation-finds-violations-of-company-policy-n448903\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">resigned from her job<\/a> as executive VP or marketing. At the time, all CNN said was that an investigation had determined that Gollust, Jeff Zucker and Chris Cuomo had all violated company policy. Today, the NY Times published a story outlining exactly what got Gollust in trouble.&nbsp;It\u2019s pretty amazing that anyone involved thought this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/02\/18\/business\/media\/allison-gollust-cnn-cuomo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was okay<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>On a Saturday in March 2020, as Covid-19 was invading the United States, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo went on CNN for a live interview. Among other topics, he&nbsp;<a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/03\/28\/nyregion\/coronavirus-new-york-update.html#link-2c1f8d9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">was asked about<\/a> a possible government-enforced quarantine of New York that had been floated by President Donald J. Trump\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-axufdj evys1bk0\">Before the interview, Governor Cuomo had told a senior CNN executive, Allison Gollust, about subjects that he\u2019d like to be asked about on air, according to several people familiar with the matter. Ms. Gollust, CNN\u2019s longtime chief of communications and marketing and a former top aide of the governor, passed along the topics to CNN producers and then reported back to the governor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-axufdj evys1bk0\">\u201cDone,\u201d she wrote\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The Cravath lawyers reviewed broadcast transcripts that showed that the anchor asked about the subjects that Ms. Gollust had put forward, the people said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The story notes that pre-interviews, in which bookers discuss with guests what topics will come up, are standard operating procedure in TV news. What\u2019s unusual here is that a top VP who formerly worked for Gov. Cuomo was getting involved. But a spokesperson for Gollust claimed this is just a pretext <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/02\/18\/business\/media\/allison-gollust-cnn-cuomo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">for \u201cretaliation.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Risa Heller, a spokeswoman for Ms. Gollust, said the communications with the governor were appropriate. Ms. Gollust \u201cin no way suggested that inclusion of these topics was a condition of the interview, nor did she suggest the interview should be limited to these subjects,\u201d Ms. Heller said.<\/p>\n<p>She added: \u201cWarnerMedia relying on this everyday practice as justification for dismissing Allison demonstrates how ignorant they are of journalistic practices, and further proves that her dismissal is nothing more than retaliation.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Notice that Gollust\u2019s spokesperson says she was dismissed, not that she resigned. So if you had any doubt whether she jumped or was pushed, there\u2019s your answer.<\/p>\n<p>The Times reports there were \u201cextensive\u201d communications uncovered between Gollust and Gov. Cuomo but we don\u2019t learn what the rest of those were about. And all of that leads to this paragraph which is probably even now causing Brian Stelter to burst into flames:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The internal investigation\u2019s findings are especially notable because CNN journalists have repeatedly attacked Fox News personalities like Sean Hannity for having an overly close relationship with Republican leaders, in particular Mr. Trump.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Kudos to the Times for making this point because it\u2019s an obvious one but one that probably won\u2019t win them any friends on the left.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, here\u2019s Brian Stelter on Chris Cuomo\u2019s show in 2018 discussing Sean Hannity\u2019s close relationship to Trump. There are two lines in this that really stand out in retrospect. The first is Stelter saying, \u201cI guess this is going to be the new normal that presidents will always have a favorite television show that they\u2019re secretly kind of helping.\u201d And governor\u2019s too it seems.<\/p>\n<p>The second line that stands out is Chris Cuomo pointing out that Morning Joe used to have Trump on all the time. \u201cI was watching the headlines very closely because I believe it worked against us here because we didn\u2019t have that kind of access because we weren\u2019t [kiss, kiss, kiss] with Donald Trump all the time,\u201d Cuomo said. Two years later he would have that kind of access with the hero of the pandemic and it would end up creating a huge problem for him and CNN.<\/p>\n[embedded content]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The post Allison Gollust Was Fired by CNN for Helping Then-Gov. 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