Earlier this week the New York Post ran a story about comments from Chris Cuomo regarding his exit from CNN:
Chris Cuomo: ‘I was going to kill everybody and myself’ after CNN firing https://t.co/59ugFNav6Y pic.twitter.com/h7AffrD3H9
— New York Post (@nypost) February 15, 2023
Cuomo then slammed the Post, saying that’s “not a direct quote”:
See the single quotes? That means characterization not direct quote…the post doing what it does. The truth: We all struggle; we all have to deal with upset and anger…I am no different. That is the point…you get it…they twist it…so it goes. https://t.co/hJKmKIYfKv
— Christopher C. Cuomo (@ChrisCuomo) February 15, 2023
However, it sure does sound like the Post used a direct quote:
There is actual audio of you saying this. It is a DIRECT QUOTE. https://t.co/b02MW0zyyk
— Janice Dean (@JaniceDean) February 16, 2023
It isn't a direct quote?
🤔😬😳 https://t.co/5PWPFgwkfq pic.twitter.com/N1xJRui16T— Amazon Post Democracy dies in visibility filtering (@dying_democracy) February 17, 2023
Confused. How is the Actual Quote meaningfully different? I mean, I'd understand if you were being hyperbolic. But that's not your excuse here. https://t.co/2L1ZdUga0M
— Chicks On The Right (@chicksonright) February 15, 2023
Additionally, Twitter added this to Cuomo’s tweet:
“The NY Post’s headline is an accurate representation of what he said.”
He is denying facts and people fall for it. Meanwhile single quotes are always used in headlines, journalism 101.
— Emily Miller (@emilymiller) February 16, 2023
Denying facts is what people named cuomo do!
— Janice Dean (@JaniceDean) February 16, 2023
Ouch!
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