{"id":658993,"date":"2021-08-18T17:41:32","date_gmt":"2021-08-18T21:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=658993"},"modified":"2021-08-18T17:41:36","modified_gmt":"2021-08-18T21:41:36","slug":"opinion-chris-cuomo-must-go-after-lying-about-his-brothers-scandal-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/opinion-chris-cuomo-must-go-after-lying-about-his-brothers-scandal-again\/","title":{"rendered":"OPINION: Chris Cuomo Must Go After Lying About His Brother\u2019s Scandal Again"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fopinion-chris-cuomo-must-go-after-lying-about-his-brothers-scandal-again%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=658993&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\/08\/GettyImages-1140854742.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>After two weeks of ignoring the issue and then going on vacation, Chris Cuomo addressed the role he played in his brother\u2019s sexual harassment scandal when he returned to CNN last night. Unfortunately, his comments amounted to little more than whitewashing, self-contradictory nonsense, and Clintonesque word games. Chris Cuomo simultaneously claimed that he is not an adviser and that he advised his brother. He said that he kept his promise in May that his advice sessions would not happen again \u2026 and that they happened again. And he\u2019s decided this tissue of self-serving lies will serve as his \u201cfinal word\u201d on the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Chris Cuomo belatedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=gGeNKiQSt1U\">addressed<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/cnn-plunged-into-conflict-of-interest-over-cuomo-sexual-harassment-probe\">burning issue<\/a> during the last segment of Monday\u2019s \u201cCuomo Prime Time.\u201d He began, in typical Cuomo style, by making the story about himself. \u201cI appreciate the concern and the support,\u201d he said. \u201cMy brother, as you know, resigned as governor of New York, and will be stepping down next week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are a lot of people feeling a lot of hurt and a lot of pain right now,\u201d he said \u2014 about his brother\u2019s resignation, not the governor\u2019s years of (alleged) sexual harassment, not to mention the countless nursing home residents killed by his COVID-19 order. \u201cMy hope is that, ultimately, everyone involved can get to a better place and that some higher good will be served in all this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After detailing The Passion of Andrew Cuomo and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicdigest.com\/from-the-magazine\/ask-father\/what-does-it-really-mean-to-offer-it-up\/\">offering it up<\/a> for his holy brother\u2019s intentions, brother Chris began spinning madly. It\u2019s worth examining his claims in detail.<\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chris Cuomo addresses brother&#039;s resignation, says he &#039;urged&#039; him to step down\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gGeNKiQSt1U?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cuomo\u2019s claim<\/strong>: Chris Cuomo said his comedy routine interviews with his brother, Governor Andrew Cuomo, ended before the first hint of scandal: \u201cI said last year that his appearances on this show would be short-lived, and they were. The last was over a year ago, long before any kind of scandal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>The reality<\/strong>: The Daily Wire reported on Andrew Cuomo\u2019s scandalous handling of COVID-19 patients in nursing homes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/new-york-required-nursing-homes-to-admit-medically-stable-coronavirus-patients-the-results-were-deadly\">last April<\/a>, and it came up during a CNN interview with Andrew Cuomo \u2014 conducted by Chris Cuomo. \u201cNursing homes, people died there. They didn\u2019t have to. It was mismanaged. And the operators have been given immunity. What do you have to say about that?\u201d asked Chris Cuomo perfunctorily during the brothers\u2019 final interview on June 24, 2020. Chris ended that line of questioning by saying, \u201cIn terms of what we need to do going forward [to combat COVID-19], you\u2019ve made a good case of what works in New York.\u201d He concluded by giving his brother a pep talk: \u201cI think you\u2019re the best politician in the country,\u201d and \u201cI hope you feel good about what you did for your people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cuomo\u2019s claim<\/strong>: Cuomo said he did not cross any ethical lines, because \u201cI know what matters, at work and at home. \u2026 I never covered my brother\u2019s troubles, because I obviously have a conflict. And there are rules at CNN about that. \u2026 I never influenced or attempted to control CNN\u2019s coverage of my family.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>The reality<\/strong>: As noted, Chris Cuomo covered his brother\u2019s \u201ctroubles\u201d concerning nursing homes. Whether he tried to \u201ccontrol\u201d CNN\u2019s coverage of his brother\u2019s sexual harassment scandal, he clearly influenced it \u2014 because he wrote the words that every news outlet reported. It\u2019s apparent from <a href=\"https:\/\/ag.ny.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/appendix_volume_ii_of_iii.pdf\">Exhibit 70<\/a> of New York Attorney General Letitia James\u2019 report that Chris Cuomo drafted all or part of what&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.governor.ny.gov\/news\/statement-governor-andrew-m-cuomo-209\">became<\/a>&nbsp;the \u201cComment from Governor Andrew M. Cuomo\u201d about the issue on February 28. Chris\u2019 words were widely quoted by the media, <a href=\"http:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/TRANSCRIPTS\/2103\/01\/cnr.21.html\">including CNN<\/a>. It may well be true, though, that Cuomo did not violate CNN\u2019s journalistic ethics \u2014 because the network apparently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/former-cnn-employee-says-outlet-has-no-real-ethical-code\">doesn\u2019t have clear guidelines<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cuomo\u2019s claim<\/strong>: \u201cBack in May, when I was told to no longer communicate with my brother\u2019s aides, in group meetings, I acknowledged it was a mistake. I apologize to my colleagues. And I stopped. And I meant it. \u2026 I\u2019m not an adviser. I\u2019m a brother. I wasn\u2019t in control of anything. I was there to listen and offer my take.\u201d His next sentence discussed the content of \u201cmy advice to my brother.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>The reality<\/strong>: Chris Cuomo is playing Clintonesque word games. An adviser is literally someone who offers advice, whether formally or informally. Advisers to any politician will tell you they are not \u201cin control of anything,\u201d either. But AG James\u2019 report noted that Cuomo formed part of&nbsp;\u201cthe [g]overnor\u2019s select group of outside confidantes.\u201d Cutting through his statement, Cuomo advised his brother; he was caught in May; he and CNN jointly said that it would end; and he continued to advise his brother, anyway.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cuomo\u2019s claim<\/strong>: \u201cMy advice to my brother was simple and consistent. \u2018Own what you did. Tell people what you\u2019ll do to be better. Be contrite. And finally, accept that it doesn\u2019t matter what you intended. What matters is how your actions and words were perceived.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>The reality<\/strong>: That\u2019s not what Chris Cuomo told his brother, according to multiple sources spread over several months. In May, The Washington Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/chris-cuomo-andrew-cuomo\/2021\/05\/20\/99579382-b7f9-11eb-bb84-6b92dedcd8ed_story.html\">quoted<\/a> \u201cfour people familiar with the discussions\u201d who said:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"10\">\n<p><em>The cable news anchor encouraged his brother to take a defiant position and not to resign from the governor\u2019s office, the people said. At one point, he used the phrase \u201ccancel culture\u201d as a reason to hold firm in the face of the allegations, two people present on one call said.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As noted, Cuomo had some role in drafting or reviewing his brother\u2019s press statement, which is not particularly contrite and which begins, \u201cI never <em>intended<\/em> to offend anyone or cause any harm.\u201d (Emphasis added.) And AG James\u2019 report stated that Cuomo and other confidantes \u201clooked to protect the [g]overnor and found ways not to believe or credit those who stepped forward to make or support allegations against him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cuomo\u2019s claim<\/strong>: \u201cAs you know, back in May, when I was told to no longer communicate with my brother\u2019s aides, in group meetings, I acknowledged it was a mistake. I apologize to my colleagues. And I stopped. And I meant it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>The reality<\/strong>: This is a clever legal stratagem by Chris Cuomo and his network. In May, CNN issued an official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2021\/05\/20\/now-cnns-chris-cuomo-has-full-blown-scandal-his-hands\/\">statement<\/a> saying, \u201c[I]t was inappropriate to engage in conversations that included members of the Governor\u2019s staff, which Chris acknowledges. He will not participate in such conversations going forward.\u201d And on May 20, Chris Cuomo said, \u201cbeing looped into calls with other friends of his, and advisers that did include some of his staff, I understand why that was a problem for CNN.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So, Cuomo and CNN issued cleverly worded statements that sounded like they were ending all Cuomo-to-Cuomo political advice. But they actually appeared to only promise that their top-rated anchor would cut out the middle man and advise his brother directly.<\/p>\n<p>But the problem isn\u2019t that the governor\u2019s advisers were involved. It\u2019s that Chris Cuomo is deeply entangled in the biggest political scandal of 2021 in a way that violates every shred of journalistic ethical guidelines; that he wrote at least one press statement reported by his own network; that he seemed to tell his viewers that such advice would end using technically true but misleading legal language; that after that assurance, he continued to engage in ethically dubious behavior; and that he apparently lied to his viewers about the content of the advice he gave in an attempt to help his brother, regardless of his guilt or innocence. Now, he\u2019s washed his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2dH289KxkGw\">hands clean<\/a> of it. He put a two-week buffer between himself and his scandal, then concluded his factually and morally challenged statement by saying, \u201cThis will be my final word on it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It should be his final word on the network. His continued employment at the network would mean that CNN has as much contempt for its viewers as it has for the institution of journalism.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/opinion-one-cuomo-down-one-to-go\">https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/opinion-one-cuomo-down-one-to-go<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/the-fall-of-andrew-cuomo-how-an-empire-built-on-fear-came-crashing-down\">https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/the-fall-of-andrew-cuomo-how-an-empire-built-on-fear-came-crashing-down<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Ben Johnson (@therightswriter) is the Media Reporter at The Daily Wire.&nbsp;He previously worked at the Acton Institute, FrontPage Magazine, and LifeSiteNews. He\u2019s the author of three books, including&nbsp;<\/em>Party of Defeat<em>&nbsp;(2008, with David Horowitz).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire<\/em>.<\/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>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After two weeks of ignoring the issue and then going on vacation, Chris Cuomo addressed the role he played in his brother\u2019s sexual harassment scandal when he returned to CNN &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-658993","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\/658993","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=658993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658993\/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=658993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}