CNN anchor Jake Tapper has repeatedly acknowledged the latest allegation of sexual misconduct against New York Democratic governor Andrew Cuomo, but apparently does not have time to talk about the allegations on his own show.
On Tuesday afternoon, the Albany Times Union published allegations by a sixth accuser of Cuomo, an anonymous former employee who claimed that Cuomo had improperly touched her at the governor’s mansion last year.
Tapper, known as a regular Twitter user, retweeted the report after it was shared by Times Union editor Casey Seiler.
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However, Tapper made no mention of the sixth accuser on his show, “The Lead”. The rest of his colleagues at CNN also avoided the story.
On Wednesday night, the Times Union followed up on its initial report with a bomb containing disturbing details about the woman’s allegations.
“The employee, whose identity is being concealed by the Times Union, was called to the mansion under the apparent pretext that she was helping the governor with a small technical problem involving his cell phone,” the newspaper reported, citing a source. direct knowledge of the claim. “They were alone in Cuomo’s private residence on the second floor when he closed the door and supposedly reached into her blouse and started stroking it, according to the source.”
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The report continued: “The person, who is not authorized to comment publicly, said that the woman – who is much younger than Cuomo – told the governor to stop. Her broader allegations include that he frequently engaged in flirting behaviors. with her, and that this was not the only time he touched her. “
Cuomo denied the charges, but called the reported details “distressing”.
A report on the alleged attempt to probe was made to the Albany Police by the New York State Executive Chamber.
Tapper not only posted the Times Union report to his account, but retweeted Cuomo’s response to the groping claim, which had been posted by others.
However, there was still no mention of Cuomo’s sixth accuser on the air.
Instead, Tapper published an extensive report on Thursday about Cuomo’s latest drama, which featured New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, joining resignations and fact-checking his own TV program. misleading rhetoric from the Cuomo nursing home in the early months of the pandemic coronavirus.
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In addressing allegations of sexual misconduct, CNN correspondent Brynn Gingras told Tapper: “Five women, four who previously worked with or for the governor, publicly accused Cuomo of sexual harassment or inappropriate behavior”, with an emphasis on accusers who ” publicly “came forward.
The unexplained omission continued on Friday, even after New York magazine ran an essay written by Cuomo’s seventh accuser, former Albany reporter Jessica Bakeman.
Bakeman claimed that the governor touched her inappropriately and bothered her in an attempt to impose his power on the young journalist.
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“I never thought the governor wanted to have sex with me. It wasn’t about sex. It was about power,” wrote Bakeman. “He uses touches and sexual innuendo to feed fear in us. That is the definition of sexual harassment.”
As in previous reports, Tapper retweeted the essay twice after it was shared by two CNN analysts, New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman and Washington Post reporter Seung Min Kim.
In Friday’s edition of “The Lead”, neither Bakeman’s nor the sixth accuser’s allegations were mentioned in Tapper’s report on Cuomo.
After analyzing Cuomo’s comments during a phone call with reporters in which the governor attacked the “culture of cancellation” and stated that he “is not part of a political club”, Tapper referred to “at least five” accusers who came forward , despite there being seven accusers at the time his program was aired.
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Conservative commentator Stephen Miller, a vocal critic of Tapper on Twitter, told Fox News that the CNN anchor has a “reputation” for retweeting “damning Democratic stories” and “that’s his way of covering, and the topics in your program are different. “
“He plays the role [CNN President] Jeff Zucker wants him to play, like almost everyone on CNN. Very simple, “said Miller.
Tapper did not immediately respond to Fox News’s request for comment.
Tapper’s colleague Wolf Blitzer addressed Bakeman’s statements about “The Situation Room”. However, after a guest alluded to the sixth accuser’s allegation of groping, Blitzer told viewers that CNN “did not confirm” the unidentified woman’s allegations.
The pro-Cuomo network previously spent two full days without mentioning the explosive Times Union report that outlined the groping claim. Even on Thursday, while several CNN anchors reported on the “latest” events, they avoided the sixth accuser’s claim.
Almost 40 minutes after the 3 pm show started on Thursday, CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin addressed the 59 New York Democrats who signed a letter calling for Cuomo’s resignation and invited state deputy Zohran Mamdani, who expressed his support impeachment of the governor.
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During the interview, Mamdani mentioned the Times Union report, but Baldwin refrained from recognizing the sixth accuser and moved on to another question about the impeachment push.
Later that day, Tapper and Blitzer ignored the groping claim while covering Cuomo’s scandals.
On Friday’s “New Day”, her daily morning show, CNN anchor Alisyn Camerota gently pushed her guest back, New York Times journalist Jesse McKinley mentioned that “six” accusers had spoken out against Cuomo at the time, telling viewers, “CNN was unable to confirm that number.”
Previously, CNN spent almost a full day before mentioning the allegations made by Cuomo’s first accuser, Lindsey Boylan, a former aide who wrote an essay accusing her former boss of unwanted touches, inappropriate comments and forced kisses on her lips.
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Meanwhile, the liberal network had no problem executing an anonymous woman’s allegation of sexual misconduct against now Supreme Court judge Brett Kavanaugh after it was reported that a letter was sent to Senator Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., During the 2018 confirmation hearings of Trump’s nominee. This woman was later identified as Dr. Christine Blasey Ford.
Previously, CNN did not respond to Fox News’s request for comment.
The mainstream media previously welcomed Cuomo’s “leadership” in the early months of the coronavirus pandemic; CNN media correspondent Brian Stelter at one point said flatly that Cuomo gave “hope” and that he would pass on Cuomo’s advice to his own children.
The governor is the older brother of the network’s star anchor, Chris Cuomo, putting CNN in a strange position.
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Rather than covering the Democratic governor objectively, CNN allowed the host of “Cuomo Prime Time” to welcome the governor for a series of friendly interviews that lacked substance but were heavy on fanfare.
Although Governor Cuomo’s controversial political home was not mentioned, the CNN anchor made plenty of time for fraternal play, exaggerating the governor’s presidential prospects and even comedy.
Now, while his brother faces several scandals and investigations, as well as asking for his resignation and impeachment, Chris Cuomo said he “obviously” cannot cover the governor in trouble, despite previously starring in what critics have dubbed “Cuomo-variety time.” Cuomo “from CNN.