Don’t blame Chris Cuomo for his brother’s actions. Blame him for his own actions.

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Steve Timko

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Aug 4, 2021, 3:39:00 PM8/4/21
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Kevin M.

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Aug 4, 2021, 3:49:04 PM8/4/21
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Don’t forget to blame CNN’s news directors, assignment editors, segment producers, and — because he’s always worthy of blame for something — go ahead and blame Don Lemon, too.

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Greg Diener

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Aug 11, 2021, 6:47:02 PM8/11/21
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And Jeff Zucker.

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Kevin M.

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Nov 29, 2021, 3:55:03 PM11/29/21
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Not seeing any verification of this story, but if a source comes forward, he needs to be off the air 


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PGage

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Nov 29, 2021, 5:40:18 PM11/29/21
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I don’t think it’s a question of how well sourced the story is; the NYAttorney General clearly has records that show Chris Cuomo used his news sources to get info on his brother’s accusers. 

It is difficult to imagine any context in which these actions are justified.

Dude is toast.

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Steve Timko

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Nov 29, 2021, 7:44:07 PM11/29/21
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Poynter weighs in.

https://www.poynter.org/business-work/2021/could-the-latest-news-about-chris-cuomo-cost-him-his-cnn-job/

According to documents released Monday by the New York attorney general’s office, Chris used his media sources to seek out information about women who accused his brother of sexual misconduct. He then relayed some of that information to his brother’s top advisers.

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M-D November

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Nov 30, 2021, 12:17:13 PM11/30/21
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Sorry if it seems reductive, but this was literally all I could think of while reading the coverage of this story.

Adam Bowie

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Nov 30, 2021, 6:28:20 PM11/30/21
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Kevin M.

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Nov 30, 2021, 6:38:01 PM11/30/21
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On Tue, Nov 30, 2021 at 3:28 PM Adam Bowie <ad...@adambowie.co.uk> wrote:
And he's suspended...

He needs to be fired… for cause. His professional behavior was grossly deficient in nearly every conceivable way. And if his brother is found guilty of anything, CNN is gonna get named in a civil suit, and CNN will not win such a case. 


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Kevin M.

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Dec 2, 2021, 9:11:46 AM12/2/21
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Cuomo still has his own show on satellite radio… ugh
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PGage

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Dec 2, 2021, 12:03:42 PM12/2/21
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I don’t care that much about the 23 people or so that listen to his satellite radio show, but his comments suggest he still does not acknowledge how seriously his actions violated his basic obligations as a journalist, and that he expects to get one of those Toobin indefinite suspensions that will let him return to work once a certain fraction of the audience forgets what he did or why it was important. Even given the low standards at CNN, it is hard to believe they will ever let him back on their air, as in addition to everything else he apparently lied to his bosses at the network about how extensive his abuse of his journalistic role was.

Joe Hass

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Dec 4, 2021, 5:35:30 PM12/4/21
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In the immortal words of Ken "Hawk" Harrelson, "'E gawn".


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PGage

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Dec 4, 2021, 8:55:28 PM12/4/21
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BTW, have I mentioned lately that Jeff Zucker is an asshole?

The timing suggests something else is going on that we don’t know about yet.

In their statement, CNN says: “in the process of [the] review, additional information has come to light. Despite the termination, we will investigate as appropriate.”
 

Zucker seems to have been doing everything he could to leave the door open for Cuomo to come back; it seems they learned something between Monday and today that was even worse than what we already know that forced them to pull the trigger immediately on canning his ass.

PGage

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Dec 5, 2021, 6:23:17 AM12/5/21
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So, now I see the NYT reported later last night what seemed implied in CNN’s statement (I had not wanted to speculate without some foundation):

“On Wednesday, Debra S. Katz, a prominent employment lawyer, informed CNN of a client with an allegation of sexual misconduct against Chris Cuomo. Ms. Katz said in a statement on Saturday that the allegation against the anchor, which was made by a former junior colleague at another network, was “unrelated to the Gov. Andrew Cuomo matter.”…

Asked about the new allegation, a CNN spokeswoman said in a statement on Saturday night: “Based on the report we received regarding Chris’s conduct with his brother’s defense, we had cause to terminate. When new allegations came to us this week, we took them seriously, and saw no reason to delay taking immediate action.”

A spokesman for Mr. Cuomo, Steven Goldberg, said in a statement on Saturday, “These apparently anonymous allegations are not true.”



Bob Jersey

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Dec 7, 2021, 3:07:13 PM12/7/21
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Satradio gave him the Ziggy yesterday (12/6)... https://radioink.com/2021/12/07/cuomo-out-at-siriusxm/ (link)     B

PGage, in part, Dec 5th:

Kevin M.

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Dec 7, 2021, 11:26:47 PM12/7/21
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His book deal (the unintentionally ironically titled “Deep Denial”) has also been terminated 


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Mark Jeffries

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Dec 8, 2021, 11:26:58 AM12/8/21
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Ironically, his publisher is owned by Rupert Murdoch.

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Bob Jersey

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Dec 14, 2021, 4:21:14 PM12/14/21
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State ethics board orders him to pay back $5.1mil, never mind that he put some of it in a trust for his kids, and donated some more to charity.

Bob Jersey

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Dec 14, 2021, 8:03:09 PM12/14/21
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I just mixed these yo-yos up. It's the ex-Gov's advance that has to be paid back. Chris, as Kevin noted, hasn't gotten anything, and won't.    B

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