Yesterday the story broke that CNN’s Chris Cuomo received special Covid-19 testing treatment from New York State officials because his brother is the state’s governor.
At that point CNN went into damage control mode and released a lame statement:
Statement from @CNN spokesman Matt Dornic on reports that @ChrisCuomo got special coronavirus testing treatment from NYS officials. pic.twitter.com/4h7fe0Eb6m
— ErikWemple (@ErikWemple) March 25, 2021
LAME!
New York Post columnist Karol Markowicz tore that to shreds:
It's sort of convenient that CNN does not "get involved in the medical decisions of our employees" now. Chris Cuomo having COVID was an actual storyline on the network. pic.twitter.com/08cMhI2Xql
— Karol Markowicz (@karol) March 25, 2021
Maybe everybody at CNN spends so much time watching Fox News that they don’t pay attention to what happens on their own network.
He announced he had COVID on his show. He then broke quaranting, while actually sick with the virus, and was confronted by a bicyclist. I have a whole timeline thread starting here. https://t.co/6vytuPdLeD
— Karol Markowicz (@karol) March 25, 2021
AFTER the story broke that Chris had actually broken quarantine WHILE COVID positive, CNN's resident doctor Sanjay Gupta was on Chris's show to discuss that Chris was still having symptoms. CNN knew what he had done. Dr. Gupta knew what he had done. https://t.co/S4AkZCd55O
— Karol Markowicz (@karol) March 25, 2021
Then Chris had Gov. Cuomo on his show to discuss that Chris's wife was now COVID positive. Sure seems like CNN gets involved in the private medical situations of their employees. https://t.co/36IzCJPl3I
— Karol Markowicz (@karol) March 25, 2021
The official status of CNN’s statement is been downgraded to “Total BS.”
It also dodges the actual problem – Chris Cuomo knew the governor of New York was improperly giving people special treatment and didn't tell anyone and interviewed him repeatedly.
— Noam Blum (@neontaster) March 25, 2021
CNN even staged a fake video of him leaving ‘quarantine’ to promote that storyline.
— johnny dollar (@johnnydollar01) March 25, 2021
Same as when Chris said he was morally obligated to keep out of his brother’s stories but had zero issue reviving the Smothers Brothers’ routine nightly in place of news coverage
— alCapp (@al5252) March 25, 2021
If you're not following @karol you should. She's the best.
Also, the Cuomo dopey brothers don't stand a chance against her meticulous fact checking. https://t.co/MetHGMaKi7
— Melissa Mackenzie (@MelissaTweets) March 25, 2021