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The Comedy News Network's Chris [aka Fredo] Cuomo has been tick-a-lock over his brother's nursing home scandal that is growing exponentially like a strange rash in a delicate place. His brother is, of course, Andrew Cuomo, the older half of the Cuomo comedy team that performed in the midst of the global COVID pandemic while thousands of New Yorkers in nursing homes died as a result of Andrew's Emmy Award winning policies.
Prior to the coronavirus outbreak, Fredo was barring from covering his brother because it was a real conflict of interest and would compromise CNN. But as Andrew's fame grew from his daily press briefings and adoration from the leftist media, CNN decided to climb out of the ratings toilet and allow Fredo and Andy to giggle and fart around on air.
The would tease each other about their physical appearances and compete for their momma's affection. It was a laugh a minute as nursing home residents dropped like flies when coronavirus patients were returned from the hospital to their nursing homes where they infected others left and right.
But now Andrew and his administration is being accused of deliberately withholding crucial date on nursing home deaths from lawmakers following the governor's order to have assisted living facilities accept COVID-positive patients to return.
Critics on both sides of the political aisle are calling on CNN to actually cover the story. But the Washington Post, a left-leaning rag, reported Tuesday that CNN told Fredo to steer clear of his brother's situation.
The Compromised News Network, as it is also called by those who know news, tried to defend its position on not covering the news.
The Compromised News Network, as it is also called by those who know news, tried to defend its position on not covering the news.
"The early months of the pandemic crisis were an extraordinary time. We felt that Chris speaking with his brother about the challenges of what millions of American families were struggling with was of significant human interest," CNN claimed to the Post.
"As a result, we made an exception to a rule that we have had in place since 2013 which prevents Chris from interviewing and covering his brother, and that rule remains in place today."
The network then claimed that "CNN has covered the news surrounding Governor Cuomo extensively."
And with bias.
Washington Post media critic Erik Wemple panned CNN's statement, calling it "an expression of the problem itself."
"You can’t nullify a rule when your star anchor’s brother is flying high, only to invoke it during times of scandal. You just can’t," Wemple wrote.
Washington Post media critic Erik Wemple panned CNN's statement, calling it "an expression of the problem itself."
"You can’t nullify a rule when your star anchor’s brother is flying high, only to invoke it during times of scandal. You just can’t," Wemple wrote.
But they did.
Wemple referred to the Cuomo-Cuomo dynamic as a "conflict of interest" that "poisons the news."
Wemple referred to the Cuomo-Cuomo dynamic as a "conflict of interest" that "poisons the news."
However, to call CNN a news outlet is like calling a drug dealer an unlicensed pharmacist.
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