Janice Dean calls out New York Magazine over its new cover story on Gov. Andrew Cuomo

Well, boy, that’s a real mystery!

Thankfully we have Janice Dean here to remind New York Magazine of its OWN ROLE in selling Cuomo to America:

So @NYMag has a cover story about @NYGovCuomo getting away with bad behavior and asks WHY? Lol. They are the WHY and this thread 🧵 shows it. Shame on you @NYMag. YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM! https://t.co/FSG67ArNrJ

— Janice Dean (@JaniceDean) March 12, 2021

Remember this?

Through the spring and summer, as President Trump essentially ignored the coronavirus, @NYGovCuomo played a kind of alternate-reality president for information-hungry liberals nationwide. He spoke with @dwallacewells https://t.co/1ChHMoSLEb

— New York Magazine (@NYMag) October 11, 2020

This thread goes after New York Magazine for its October 2020 fluff piece of Cuomo that avoided any of the real issues:

NYMag gets a long interview with Andrew Cuomo, doesn't press him *at all* on his order to nursing homes that they must accept COVID-positive patients.

Nothing about rescinding the order. Nothing about data secrecy. Nothing about refusing an independent investigation. Nothing. https://t.co/0KtTutVQfW

— Anthony L. Fisher (@anthonyLfisher) October 18, 2020

This is the only mention of Cuomo's nursing home order in the entire interview. pic.twitter.com/qhzLdPiof6

— Anthony L. Fisher (@anthonyLfisher) October 18, 2020

Cuomo isn't even asked a question about nursing homes, but in a footnote the author acts as a Cuomo flak, repeating his deflection that controversy over New York's nursing home deaths is nothing but a right-wing smear campaign.

Cuomo's critics don't get the same courtesy. pic.twitter.com/EIWvtbqJPN

— Anthony L. Fisher (@anthonyLfisher) October 18, 2020

@NYMag's Cuomo interview is what Orwell (or whoever, since it's probably apocryphal) was talking about:

“Journalism is printing what someone else does not want published; everything else is public relations.”

— Anthony L. Fisher (@anthonyLfisher) October 18, 2020

NYS Democrats and non-partisan journalists want an independent investigation into nursing home COVID deaths. Cuomo refuses, calls it a right-wing smear.

Any journalist privileged enough to get an interview needs to at least ask a question about it. https://t.co/PGNWEiV30O

— Anthony L. Fisher (@anthonyLfisher) October 18, 2020

that's a spicy m̶e̶a̶t̶-̶a̶-̶b̶a̶l̶l̶ ratio pic.twitter.com/APAOM8kqI0

— Anthony L. Fisher (@anthonyLfisher) October 18, 2020

It’s not just New York Magazine. CNN has a lot to answer for, too:

“Why was that celebrated for so long?!???” 🤯

Because magazines like yours celebrated him and did fawning interviews when his horrible book came out. Shame on you @NYMag https://t.co/ccVmcWnYnW

— Janice Dean (@JaniceDean) March 12, 2021

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