What Next - Why No One Told Chris Cuomo No
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🗓️ 2 December 2021
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Summary
CNN anchor Chris Cuomo was recently placed on indefinite leave by the network for his involvement in the damage control operations of his brother, former NY governor Andrew Cuomo, over the last year. A trove of documents revealed that Chris had overstepped ethical lines to help protect Andrew while he was under fire for allegations of sexual harassment.
Why did the younger Cuomo wade into the political muck, putting his job at risk? And will CNN hold him accountable?
Guest: Erik Wemple, media critic for the Washington Post.
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| 0:00.0 | Heads up, everyone. There is some grouchy journalist banter ahead with the occasional swear word thrown in. |
| 0:10.9 | Since Chris Cuomo was put on indefinite leave from CNN, I've been looking back at his archive from the early days of the pandemic. |
| 0:24.2 | Back then, with COVID spreading in New York, |
| 0:32.9 | Chris had an inside source in state government, his brother, the governor, Andrew Cuomo. |
| 0:41.2 | Now, you know, I've seen you referred to a little bit recently as the Love Gov, and I'm wondering if that's bleeding into your demeanor at all, making you a little soft on the president. |
| 0:43.9 | This is from back in April 2020. |
| 0:51.1 | It's an interview that is a weird marriage between news and pure silliness. |
| 1:10.8 | I am the Love Gov. I'm a cool dude in loose mood. You know that. I just say, let it go. Just go with the flow, baby. You know, you can't control anything that don't even try. Water off a duck's back. The first time you said any of those? Yeah, I think I... Really? Yeah. Well, I've never said anything. Look, I have... I've known you my whole life. All right. Well, that's your opinion. Yeah. |
| 1:11.4 | Well, you should listen better. |
| 1:12.2 | I think of these interviews as belonging in the annals of weird things we thought made sense at the beginning of the pandemic. |
| 1:19.3 | Like, we thought we should be wiping down our groceries or we thought we needed to wear masks outdoors. |
| 1:26.2 | And a lot of people thought it was okay for Chris Cuomo |
| 1:29.1 | to interview his brother on TV. Eric Wemple from over at the Washington Post, he was never |
| 1:36.6 | one of those people. I certainly didn't like cheer it on as many people did. So it's kind of |
| 1:42.6 | funny to look back on those videos now. |
| 1:44.8 | It is. |
| 1:46.1 | They're entertaining. It's an entertaining conversation. |
| 1:50.3 | I called mom just before I came on this show. |
| 1:52.9 | By the way, she said I was her favorite. |
| 1:55.7 | She never said. |
| 1:56.2 | Good news is she said you were her second favorite. |
| 1:59.0 | Second favorite son. |
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