{"id":824566,"date":"2021-09-28T16:14:09","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T20:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=824566"},"modified":"2021-09-28T16:14:12","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T20:14:12","slug":"wapo-media-critic-slams-cnn-for-silence-over-cuomo-misconduct-cant-it-offer-even-a-token-statement-about-sexual-harassment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wapo-media-critic-slams-cnn-for-silence-over-cuomo-misconduct-cant-it-offer-even-a-token-statement-about-sexual-harassment\/","title":{"rendered":"WaPo Media Critic Slams CNN For Silence Over Cuomo Misconduct: \u2018Can\u2019t It Offer Even A Token Statement About Sexual Harassment?\u2019"},"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\">40<\/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%2Fwapo-media-critic-slams-cnn-for-silence-over-cuomo-misconduct-cant-it-offer-even-a-token-statement-about-sexual-harassment%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=824566&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\/09\/Chris-Cuomo-1-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Eric Wemple, the media critic for The Washington Post, blasted CNN over its silence after anchor Chris Cuomo was revealed to have sexually harassed one of his former colleagues in 2005.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCNN isn\u2019t a quiet place. As American politics and media have gotten louder and louder, so have its hosts and commentators, whether the topic is former president Donald Trump\u2019s threat to the country, the ravages of Fox News or the natural disaster of the week,\u201d Wemple began a Monday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2021\/09\/27\/chris-cuomo-cnn-sexual-harassment-response\/\">piece<\/a> in the Post. \u201cYet a hush has settled in at the network over journalist Shelley Ross\u2019s claim that CNN host Chris Cuomo grabbed her buttock in 2005.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ross served as Cuomo\u2019s boss during a stint at ABC News before she was made an executive at the network. In an op-ed in The New York Times on Friday, Ross <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/chris-cuomos-former-producer-accuses-him-of-sexual-harassment-lowering-one-hand-to-firmly-grab-and-squeeze-the-cheek-of-my-buttock\">described<\/a> an incident at a going away party for a colleague when Cuomo grabbed her \u201cbuttock\u201d in front of her husband, saying, \u201cI can do this now that you\u2019re no longer my boss.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo you can\u2019t,\u201d Ross responded.<\/p>\n<p>After the incident, Cuomo emailed Ross an apology. \u201cnow that I think of it \u2026 I am ashamed,\u201d the subject line said. The email continued, \u201cthough my hearty greeting was a function of being glad to see you\u2026 christian slater got arrested for a (kind of) similar act (though borne of an alleged negative intent, unlike my own) \u2026 and as a husband, I can empathize with not liking to see my wife patted as such \u2026 so pass along my apology to your very good and noble husband \u2026 and I apologize to you as well, for even putting you in such a position \u2026 next time, I will remember the lesson, no matter how happy I am to see you \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cuomo responded to the op-ed in a statement, saying, \u201cAs Shelley acknowledges, our interaction was not sexual in nature. It happened 16 years ago in a public setting when she was a top executive at ABC. I apologized to her then, and I meant it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CNN has yet to directly address the issue, however. According to Wemple, the only place that Shelley\u2019s story has appeared on the network or in print is in CNN chief media correspondent Brian Stelter\u2019s newsletter. Wemple pointed out that CNN has at least directly addressed Cuomo\u2019s scandals before, even if its statements were curt.<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"22.112621359223\">\n<p><em>CNN\u2019s reactions to scandals surrounding Chris Cuomo over the past year reveal the network\u2019s priorities. When it&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/andrew-cuomo-family-covid-testing\/2021\/03\/24\/e8f6f4a8-8cb8-11eb-aff6-4f720ca2d479_story.html?itid=lk_inline_manual_10\">emerged<\/a>, for example, that Cuomo and his family had&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/03\/24\/nyregion\/cuomo-family-covid-testing.html\">received preferential treatment from New York state for covid tests<\/a>, CNN issued this statement: \u201cWe generally do not get involved in the medical decisions of our employees. However, it is not surprising that in the earliest days of a once-in-a-century global pandemic, when Chris was showing symptoms and was concerned about possible spread, he turned to anyone he could for advice and assistance, as any human being would.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>And when it&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/chris-cuomo-andrew-cuomo\/2021\/05\/20\/99579382-b7f9-11eb-bb84-6b92dedcd8ed_story.html?itid=lk_inline_manual_13\">emerged<\/a>&nbsp;that Cuomo had provided advice to his brother over the governor\u2019s sexual harassment scandal \u2014 even participating in staff discussions on the matter, and counseling defiance \u2014 CNN issued a statement saying, in part, \u201cit 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<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIn other words, a slight scolding for a sizable journalistic line-crossing, not to mention for offering advice that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2021\/09\/24\/chris-cuomo-harassment-shelley-ross-metoo\/?itid=lk_inline_manual_14\">conflicted with the host\u2019s avowed support for #MeToo principles<\/a>,\u201d Wemple concluded. \u201cIf CNN can speak up \u2014 however tepidly \u2014 about journalism ethics, can\u2019t it offer even a token statement about sexual harassment? Surely the network would be exploding with commentary if the same claim surfaced against a host on a certain competing cable-news network.\u201d<\/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 <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eric Wemple, the media critic for The Washington Post, blasted CNN over its silence after anchor Chris Cuomo was revealed to have sexually harassed one of his former colleagues in &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"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-824566","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\/824566","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=824566"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824566\/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=824566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=824566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=824566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}