Chris Cuomo Is Exactly What He Claimed He Wasn't
Cuomo lied because Cuomos lie
Chris Cuomo is a bad journalist and an even worse human being. We knew that already. But until this week, we didn’t know the extent of it.
Last year Chris advised his older brother Andrew, who just happened to be the governor of New York at the time, when everybody was picking on Andrew for groping a bunch of women. But Chris claimed he didn’t abuse his position as a journalist to help his brother.
Well, guess what?
Chuck Ross, Washington Free Beacon:
The trove of messages, released as part of New York attorney general Letitia James’s investigation of Andrew Cuomo, show Chris Cuomo contacted friends in the media industry to find out when news organizations planned to publish stories about his brother’s alleged victims. He also texted with advisers in the governor’s office, saying he had a “lead” on one of the alleged victims. The exchanges were largely with Melissa DeRosa, a longtime aide to Andrew Cuomo…
Chris Cuomo has escaped the controversy relatively unscathed, though the documents released Monday show he played a more significant role advising his brother than he has publicly acknowledged. The primetime anchor, who was accused this year of making unwanted sexual advances against an ABC News executive in 2005, claims he encouraged his brother to apologize to his accusers. Cuomo also denies trying to discredit any of the governor’s accusers, though his exchange with DeRosa may call that claim into question.
Yep, facts tend to call lies into question.
Cuomo told DeRosa he had a “lead on the wedding girl,” meaning accuser Anna Ruch, the woman in this photo:
Anna Ruch made problems for Andrew, so Chris abused his power to dig up intel that might help defend against her. It’s as simple as that.
Remember #MeToo? The Cuomos would rather you didn’t.
Chris Cuomo claimed he’s never done anything like this thing he’s done:
“I never attacked nor encouraged anyone to attack any woman who came forward. I never made calls to the press about my brother’s situation.” I guess Chris Cuomo thinks texting doesn’t count.
Wait… did I just say “Chris Cuomo thinks”? That’s obviously ridiculous. But just because he’s stupid, that doesn’t mean he can’t be mendacious. He did exactly what he claimed he didn’t do.
What will happen to Chris Cuomo for this clear breach of journalistic ethics? Presumably, the same thing that happened when he broke COVID quarantine and lied about it:
Nothing.
If CNN didn’t fire Jeffrey Toobin for whacking his pud on a work Zoom call, why would they fire a guy who actually makes money for them? Because they have journalistic standards? Because they take their ethical responsibilities seriously? Don’t make me laugh.
Cuomo lied because Cuomos lie. CNN knows and doesn’t care.
Of course, all of this should be moot, because Andrew Cuomo should be in jail already for his negligently disastrous handling of nursing homes during the pandemic. Not that these women accusing Cuomo of sexual harassment don’t deserve justice, but so do the people whose elderly loved ones died because of Cuomo’s incompetence and dishonesty.
With the eager assistance of his brother Fredo.
Speaking of CNN’s journalistic integrity:
The car drove through that Christmas parade. The car mowed down Dancing Grannies. The car murdered five people, including a child, and injured dozens of others. It wasn’t Darrell Brooks.
You’re not even given the murderer’s name until the very last paragraph of that CNN story. To them, he’s already an afterthought. One week later, they’ve already moved on from the story of this mass murderer.
And they’re certainly not going to show you his mugshot.
You might see that picture and get the wrong idea. CNN is protecting you from yourself.
I can’t wait until the next time a CNN “journalist” scolds me for not trusting them. It always makes me want to trust them.
Jussie Smollett is finally going on trial for that hate-crime hoax he did a while back. I’m not sure why it took nearly three years, but better late than never.
The cruel irony is that Smollett got exactly what he wanted out of this. Most Americans had never heard of the third lead on a FOX soap opera before he claimed to have been attacked by MAGA-hatted rednecks in the middle of a sub-zero night in Chicago. But we all know who he is now.
The next president of the United States certainly does:
Smollett’s fellow fraudster Elizabeth Holmes is also on trial, and we’re starting to see her defense strategy:
Ah, the Svengali defense. Holmes was under the thrall of an evil man, and he made her do all those evil things. With the benefit of hindsight, now she realizes the whole thing was his idea.
There’s a lot of that goin’ around these days:
The strong, independent woman was just an innocent victim of a wicked, wicked man. Not guilty!
Great news, everybody: Electricity is now free.
Now all you need to do is drop $30-50K on an electric car, which is apparently powered by the lightning from Thor’s magic hammer, and use it to get to the grocery store and back before you need to charge it again. And you’ll have a can of beans in your bag, which will be all you can afford that week because of inflation.
Are you starting to understand how this guy went on “paternity leave” for two months without anybody even noticing?
Jack Dorsey is leaving Twitter. I assume this means that instead of me being suspended every few months for daring to say something true, the new boss will ban me outright for daring to say something true.
Pig is now on Hulu and I highly recommend it. Yes, Nicolas Cage stars in a movie called Pig. No, it’s not really what you’d expect from a movie called Pig starring Nicolas Cage. It’s about our relationship with the food we eat, and coping with the loss of a loved one, and pretty heavy stuff like that. It’s beautifully told, it’s got Adam Arkin as one of the more unusual crime bosses I’ve ever seen in fiction, and Cage gives his best performance since Leaving Las Vegas. He puts away all his usual tics and twitches — “LOOKIT ME, I’M CRAZY NICK CAGE!!!” — and he just lives inside this character.
Cage has made 43 movies in the last decade, so you’d be forgiven for writing him off as a hack who doesn’t care anymore. But Pig is really something special. Which is a funny sentence to write, but it’s also true.
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I'd keep paying for and reading this EVEN IF it did have ads (which it doesn't)! But I would expect them to be slightly sarcastic and funny. Those two things are what is getting me through each day. Thanks for the daily pick me up.
I will watch PIG tonight at your recommendation. Keep up the good work.