Becket Adams thinks he's found the now-infamous clip of Katy Tur pushing Andrew Cuomo spin 'like verbatim,' and it's not looking good for MSNBC [video]

It’s important to bear in mind that CNN’s Chris Cuomo isn’t the only news network anchor who got busted for actively running interference for Andrew Cuomo. MSNBC host Katy Tur did, too.

“I’m texting w @KatyTurNBC,” advisor Lis Smith wrote to the group. “Katy is saying my spin live. Like verbatim.”

Smith did not the public knowing she was advising Cuomo bc it would be bad for her “credibility.” https://t.co/oY7oim8dMY

— Josefa Velásquez (@J__Velasquez) November 30, 2021

The Washington Examiner’s Becket Adams thinks he’s found the “spin” referenced by Lis Smith:

here is what i believe is the March 3, 2021, MSNBC segment in which reporter Katy Tur supposedly parroted Andrew Cuomo’s sexual harassment spin “like verbatim.”

relevant moment at the 3:40 mark.https://t.co/i4CpVOBqz4

— tsar becket adams (@BecketAdams) December 1, 2021

Watch:

Definitely sounds like spin.

the Cuomo spin at the time was: he isn’t a sex pest. he’s just a handsy italian.

— tsar becket adams (@BecketAdams) December 1, 2021

in private texts to fellow Cuomo operatives, here is how Democratic strategist Lis Smith described Tur’s coverage: pic.twitter.com/njDTqdJVEk

— tsar becket adams (@BecketAdams) December 1, 2021

here is how The City reports Smith’s reaction to Tur’s reporting on March 3, 2021. pic.twitter.com/2bAVh2WhPD

— tsar becket adams (@BecketAdams) December 1, 2021

watch the above clip and determine for yourself whether Tur did indeed personally and uncritically regurgitate the pro-Cuomo spin.

— tsar becket adams (@BecketAdams) December 1, 2021

It’s important to remember Tur is not a pundit or a commentator. She is part of MSNBC’s “hard news” division. That she repeated the Cuomo spin, presenting it as the family’s side of the matter and withholding the fact that her information came from a paid strategic operative, suggests either a major ethical failing or complicity.

Let me put it this way: In the 1995 film Casino, after gamblers score roughly $45,000 on a slot machine scam, hotel operations manager Sam Rothstein (Robert De Niro) fires the employee who should’ve put a stop to the scheme the moment it became obvious. Rothstein says, “Listen, if you didn’t know you’re being scammed, you’re too f***ing dumb to keep this job. If you did know, you were in on it. Either way, you’re out.”

The same can be said here for Tur.

If she didn’t realize Cuomo’s spin doctors fed her obvious nonsense, she’s too stupid to keep her job. If she did know, it means she was in on the effort to help Cuomo escape the consequences of his actions.

Katy Tur is not an honest journalist. And whether or not that’s intentional doesn’t really matter at this point. In either case, she can’t be trusted.

https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/1466114998300729356

We’ll bet they didn’t.

Again the story here isn't Chris Cuomo. https://t.co/LrpmsQ2pWh

— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) December 1, 2021

Chris Cuomo is certainly one part of the story. But Katy Tur plays a starring role, too, and that shouldn’t be ignored.

Don’t think that MSNBC won’t try to ignore it, though.

MSNBC completely avoided the breaking news of Chris Cuomo's suspension last night, which came after minimal coverage of CNN’s growing scandal where no one on-air at MSNBC expressed any sort of commentary or criticism against the rival anchor.https://t.co/HysUJPwHQ0

— Joseph A. Wulfsohn (@JosephWulfsohn) December 1, 2021

If they tackle Chris Cuomo’s involvement, they have to tackle Katy Tur’s. And averting their eyes is just easier for them.