A guest appearance on CNN quickly backfired for the network and its left-wing media analyst, as both continue to face a credibility crisis.
Washington Post media critic Erik Wemple turned the tables during a Sunday morning appearance on CNN’s “Trusted Sources” program to criticize the liberal network for Chris Cuomo’s flattering media coverage of the New York governor. , Andrew Cuomo.
“I would be remiss, Brian, if I didn’t mention the great story of CNN itself in the media here with Chris Cuomo,” Wemple told host Brian Stelter.
CNN found itself involved in the governor’s parallel scandals after the liberal network repeatedly offered him a platform on his younger brother’s CNN program, “Cuomo Prime Time”, to appeal to viewers through fun conversations on the air, while prevented Cuomo coronavirus asylum scandal.
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The festival of brotherly love in the air was suddenly stopped when the CNN anchorman announced that he would refrain from covering the bombastic allegations of sexual assault around his brother – a change in tone from the months of brilliant coverage he offered the governor.
Wemple praised the consistent coverage of other media before targeting CNN’s own mishandling of the allegations, telling Stelter that the “wonderful love interviews with you” and the subsequent silence in the air represent a “big black eye for this network.” . “
“They suspended the conflict of interest rule for Chris Cuomo for these interviews, but suddenly they applied it again, now that Andrew Cuomo is in the middle of a historic scandal in the Albany state chamber,” he said.
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A reporter alleged over the weekend that old Cuomo had touched her inappropriately in an attempt to impose his power on the young journalist, making her the seventh accuser to present allegations of sexual harassment against the Democratic governor.