Cuomo Didn't Protect Seniors From COVID-19. But it Was the Media That Covered it Up

[PeteS in CA]

Cuomo Didn't Protect Seniors From COVID-19. But it Was the Media That Covered it Up

https://www.newsweek.com/cuomo-didnt-protect-seniors-covid-19-it-was-media-that-covered-it-opinion-1569165

Things are not looking good for New York Governor Andrew Cuomo. After receiving an Emmy "in recognition of his leadership" and writing a bestselling book called American Crisis: Leadership Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic, the toll Cuomo's leadership has taken is finally emerging. On Thursday, the New York Post broke the story that Melissa DeRosa, one of the governor's top aides, apologized to Democratic lawmakers for fudging the number of nursing home deaths from COVID for fear of being investigated.
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But this isn't just a government scandal. It's a media scandal. For while the Cuomo administration was sentencing seniors to death, the media was busy fawning over Cuomo in a series of softball interviews, many of them conducted by his own brother.

Cuomo has been a television mainstay throughout the crisis, particularly on CNN where his brother, Chris Cuomo, is a host. But it wasn't just his brother who fawned. A June interview with CNN's Chris Cilizza provided Cuomo an opportunity to tout his performance while criticizing that of then-president Donald Trump and Republican governors who had not gone along with economy-crushing lockdowns. Cilizza was more than happy to assist.
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It wasn't just Cilizza and it wasn't just CNN, though CNN egregiously led the way in the fawning coverage of the governor. The network had a penchant for handing off interviews of the governor to his adoring brother. ...
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This embarrassing lack of objectivity had spread well beyond family ties. Cuomo-love affected almost all of the governor's coverage. On MSNBC in May, Stephanie Ruhle ever so gently asked about the nursing home death count, and then let the governor ramble on about how his biggest flaw is doing too much, asking no follow-up questions.

Cuomo's June media tour also featured a spot on Good Morning America where hostess Amy Robach referred to him as "homecoming king of this crisis," ...
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With the latest news of cover-ups and lies in the Cuomo administration, let's hope they do. But it's not just Cuomo who owes New Yorkers an apology and a commitment to do better and to be more honest. It's the media who covers him.

The answer to the "puzzle" is simple. Cuomo was a useful anti-Trump loudmouth. His lies would not be challenged because Orange Man Bad. But Biden is President and Cuomo's Hate-Trump Shtick is no longer useful. Some of the truth is being allowed to dribble out, but it's CYA, stuff known 6 or more months ago.