{"id":149659,"date":"2021-02-19T14:03:03","date_gmt":"2021-02-19T19:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=149659"},"modified":"2021-02-19T14:43:14","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T19:43:14","slug":"if-the-media-had-investigated-cuomos-covid-response-the-way-they-did-cruzs-cancun-trip-thousands-of-new-yorkers-could-still-be-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-the-media-had-investigated-cuomos-covid-response-the-way-they-did-cruzs-cancun-trip-thousands-of-new-yorkers-could-still-be-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"If The Media Had Investigated Cuomo\u2019s COVID Response The Way They Did Cruz\u2019s Cancun Trip, Thousands Of New Yorkers Could Still Be Alive"},"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\">46<\/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%2Fif-the-media-had-investigated-cuomos-covid-response-the-way-they-did-cruzs-cancun-trip-thousands-of-new-yorkers-could-still-be-alive%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=149659&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\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1228914075-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>This week, with historic winter storms knocking out power for millions of Texans, Senator Ted Cruz traveled with his family to Cancun for a beach vacation. Shortly after photos of Cruz boarding a flight hit the internet, two things happened.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>First, social media went into a frenzy. The beach trip instantly became the number one trending topic on Twitter, with reporters, media personalities, commentators, and others lambasting Cruz for his ill-timed journey.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Second, the legacy media began digging for more details regarding the trip. Who else had gone? What hotel were they staying in? How long was the trip originally scheduled to last?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Soon, the full force of the American media apparatus was deployed. Hordes of photographers<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ajc.com\/news\/sen-ted-cruz-accused-of-flying-to-cancun-during-texas-snow-crisis\/6BAHLUYY7ZGQRJ65YNM7EGUU7M\/\"><span>wandered<\/span><\/a> <span>the Cancun airport hoping to catch a glimpse of Cruz on his return voyage, while investigative reporters began reaching out to close friends and neighbors of the Senator\u2019s wife, Heidi, in a quest for more information.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Within 24 hours of the first photos emerging, reporters had<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/heidi-cruz-text-messages-planning-mexico-trip-ted-cruz-2021-2\"><span>obtained<\/span><\/a> <span>transcripts of text messages sent between Heidi Cruz and her closest friends, which shed light on the trip.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Meanwhile, members of the legacy media breathlessly searched for answers from Cruz\u2019s staff, demanding to know further details of the trip and posting hourly updates of their findings.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As the specifics of the trip emerged, and the media firestorm intensified, Senator Cruz boarded a return flight for Houston, issuing a statement apologizing for his decision and the timing of his getaway, saying it was \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/world\/americas\/us-politics\/ted-cruz-mistake-mexico-vacation-b1804423.html\"><span>obviously a mistake<\/span><\/a><span>.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The saga served as an impressive reminder of the investigative capabilities of our news media, and the impact that dogged reporting can have on the decisions of policy makers.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>While the media were patting themselves on the back for what many surely viewed as a heroic act of service to the nation, many Americans were left asking a question. Where was this type of reporting when New York Governor Andrew Cuomo covered up the deaths of thousands of senior citizens caused by his disastrous COVID policies, specifically his administration\u2019s March 25 mandate which directed nursing homes and long-term care facilities to admit COVID-19 positive patients?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Where were the reporters staking out hospitals, or<\/span> knocking on the doors of the family members publicly crying out for help for their loved ones?<\/p>\n<p><span>They were absent for one simple reason: politics.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Early in the pandemic, Governor Cuomo was crowned the de facto leader of the progressive response to COVID-19. His press conferences were lauded as the greatest example of political leadership and communication since FDR\u2019s fireside chats. He signed book deals, won Emmy\u2019s, and appeared seemingly nightly on his brother\u2019s CNN program.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Despite the overwhelming number of average New Yorkers speaking out about his policy failures, the media steered clear, intent on refraining from any reporting that could tarnish Cuomo\u2019s standing as the Democratic savior.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>If they<\/span> <em><span>had<\/span><\/em> <span>done any investigating of Cuomo\u2019s response, they could have uncovered the gross incompetence that resulted in the death of<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/covid-19-killed-14-of-new-yorks-nursing-home-population\"><span>14%<\/span><\/a> <span>of New York\u2019s nursing home population, before it was too late.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Likewise, if the media had chosen to dig into the nursing home fatality reports Cuomo was releasing with the same fervor they applied to Heidi Cruz\u2019s text messages, they could have noticed clear discrepancies in the data and attempted to shine a light on the Cuomo administration\u2019s intentional underreporting of senior deaths.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Sadly, they didn\u2019t do any of those things. It wasn\u2019t until the Governor\u2019s Secretary<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/02\/11\/cuomo-aide-admits-they-hid-nursing-home-data-from-feds\/\"><span>admitted<\/span><\/a> <span>in early February that their office intentionally hid nursing home data so it couldn\u2019t \u201cbe used against us,\u201d that an FBI investigation was launched.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>For the thousands of senior citizens who died in New York, it\u2019s too late. What would that number have been if even one brave reporter had demanded transparency? We\u2019ll never know, because they never did.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Cabot Phillips is Managing Editor of The Daily Wire\u2019s Readers Pass. Follow him on Twitter at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cabot_phillips\">@cabot_phillips<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><em>The views expressed in this opinion piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><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\"><span class=\"s1\"><em>member<\/em><\/span><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, with historic winter storms knocking out power for millions of Texans, Senator Ted Cruz traveled with his family to Cancun for a beach vacation. 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