A former CNN employee believes that the liberal network has shown a clear “double standard” in failing to cover sexual harassment charges against New York’s Democratic governor Andrew Cuomo after going crazy over allegations of impropriety against the former president Trump and Supreme Court Judge Brett Kavanaugh.
Steve Krakauer, a former CNN digital producer who now edits the Fourth Watch media newsletter, said patience with blunt accusations would be justified if the rules applied to powerful men on both sides of the corridor.
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“If the standard for CNN or any network or cable transmission was ‘let’s take a claim that has no other corroborating sources and we will report it, find other sources, talk to any witnesses before actually reporting on the air,’ No I’m sure this is a bad standard, “Krakauer told Fox News. “The problem is that this is not the standard.”
Former government adviser Lindsey Boylan came forward on Wednesday with explosive statements against the already embattled Democrat, saying that Governor Cuomo asked her to play strip poker, made an obscene reference to Bill’s infamous use of cigars Clinton, touched her lower back, kissed her on the lips and made her generally uncomfortable.
CNN, MSNBC, ABC’s “World News Tonight”, CBS’s “Evening News” and NBC’s “Nightly News” dropped the bomb on Wednesday. None of the networks responded when asked by Fox News whether the lack of coverage is a result of examining Boylan’s claims. Critics assumed the mainstream media was simply covering Cuomo, which had favorable press coverage throughout 2020 for his response to the pandemic.
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In any case, Krakauer believes that carefully examining allegations of sexual harassment and assault is appropriate “when it comes to reporting something on the air, on cable or on the network”, but traditional media has proven that this is not the typical protocol when the accused is a republican.
“We have seen countless incidents that when it comes to allegations against Donald Trump, when it comes to allegations against Brett Kavanaugh, when the allegations come from one direction, they are reported immediately and, in many cases, from end to end before anything reports are presented, “said Krakauer. “So the issue is hypocrisy and the double standard, not so much the lack of reporting on its own.”
When CNN finally covered the story on Thursday with a story that led to Cuomo’s denial, critics were quick to point out that Kavanaugh did not receive the same treatment.
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Krakauer pointed out that Twitter is “a completely different story” and unverified claims are often shared immediately. However, many major media personalities who are active on social media do not talk about Boylan’s claims.
“I’m kind of shocked that I haven’t received more attention from people who would normally be at least sharing the story,” said Krakauer.