CNBC is reporting tonight that former CNN anchor Chris Cuomo and Melissa DeRosa, a top aide to former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, both worked behind the scenes to discredit Fox’s Janice Dean who lost her in-laws to COVID-19 in a New York assisted living facility:
Scoop: Andrew Cuomo's top aide Melissa DeRosa and Chris Cuomo discussed with allies ways to discredit Fox News' @JaniceDean over her criticism of the way the then governor handled nursing homes during the Covid-19 pandemic, sources tell me.
https://t.co/hjWTcETvuK— Brian Schwartz (@schwartzbCNBC) December 10, 2021
The plan was to paint Dean as “merely a right-wing commentator and not reliable”:
NEW: DeRosa ripped Dean behind the scenes during planning meetings, some of which the then governor was present. She tried to formulate a message that would paint Dean as merely a right-wing commentator and not reliable. https://t.co/NjDTFXioOh
— Brian Schwartz (@schwartzbCNBC) December 10, 2021
And Chris Cuomo “was being encouraged to find information that would focus on Dean’s political leanings”:
NEW: Chris Cuomo was being encouraged to find information that would focus on Dean’s political leanings. He was a CNN anchor at the time. https://t.co/NjDTFXioOh
— Brian Schwartz (@schwartzbCNBC) December 10, 2021
Even worse? A source told the New York Post that Chris Cuomo referred to Deans as “that Fox weather b*tch”:
Chris Cuomo allegedly blasted Janice Dean as 'that Fox weather bitch' in smear plot https://t.co/WVj12hmN6a pic.twitter.com/UBIUsBjwKh
— Page Six (@PageSix) December 10, 2021
This is how they treated a woman who lost her in-laws?
Chris Cuomo, Melissa DeRosa plotted to discredit Fox News' Janice Dean: Sources
Unreal. @JaniceDean was trying to get answers after she lost her in laws. https://t.co/ZqKFKVYJTb
— Lauren Peikoff (@laurenpeikoff) December 10, 2021
“This is so low”:
This is so low, even for a group this slimy. When I was at Fox, I never heard a single bad word about @JaniceDean and she was even helpful to those of us on the web side (which anyone in TV/web media knows is not always the case). PLUS, she had a legitimate, personal grievance. https://t.co/dnm4EKX4Cd
— Cody Derespina (@CDerespina) December 10, 2021
She means *everyone* at CNN:
I cannot say this strongly enough @ChrisCuomo and Melissa DeRosa are deceitful ghouls and shame on anyone and everyone who looked the other way for so long ignoring how disgusting these people are. https://t.co/RtPKmbrPnw
— Meghan McCain (@MeghanMcCain) December 10, 2021
Final verdict: Janice Dean 1, Cuomo Bros 0:
Score: @JaniceDean 1
Cuomo Bros 0 https://t.co/NZaZvNPFj4— Guy Benson (@guypbenson) December 10, 2021
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