• Buttwipe Chris Cuomo off this week as CNN avoids report New York gov br

    From Bradley K. Sherman@21:1/5 to All on Mon May 24 01:14:43 2021
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    CNN anchor Chris Cuomo is conveniently off the air this week,
    just as the "Cuomo Prime Time" host finds himself swept up in
    another scandal involving his brother, Democratic New York Gov.
    Andrew Cuomo.

    The Albany-based Times Union newspaper reported late Wednesday
    that "high-level members" of New York's Department of Health
    were directed by Andrew Cuomo and state Health Commissioner Dr.
    Howard Zucker to "conduct prioritized coronavirus testing on the
    governor's relatives as well as influential people with ties to
    the administration."

    "Members of Cuomo's family including his brother, his mother and
    at least one of his sisters were also tested by top health
    department officials — some several times, the sources said,"
    according to the Times Union.

    The "Cuomo Prime Time" anchor was diagnosed with the coronavirus
    on March 31. As the paper noted, the diagnosis came "at a time
    when many members of the public struggled to obtain coronavirus
    tests."

    CNN'S CHRIS CUOMO REPORTEDLY PRIORITIZED FOR COVID TESTING BY
    BROTHER'S ADMINISTRATION EARLY IN PANDEMIC

    It is unclear, however, whether Chris Cuomo himself, CNN, or New
    York State taxpayers funded the test that showed the positive
    test results.

    On Tuesday, the "Cuomo Prime Time" Twitter account reminded
    viewers the anchor would be off the air this week to be with his
    family and would return Monday.


    Chris Cuomo previously told viewers he "obviously" could not
    cover his brother's political woes -- despite inviting the so-
    called "Luv Guv" onto his show for nearly a dozen chummy
    interviews in the early months of the pandemic. However, his
    primetime colleagues Anderson Cooper, who has also taken over
    Cuomo's timeslot this week, and Don Lemon both avoided the
    bombshell report, which likely would have been breaking news on
    the far-left network if a Republican governor was knee-deep in
    such a scandal.

    CHRIS CUOMO BLASTED AFTER TELLING CNN VIEWERS HE CAN'T COVER
    BROTHER ANDREW'S HARASSMENT SCANDAL

    According to the Times Union, epidemiologist Dr. Eleanor Adams
    was sent to the CNN anchor's residence in Long Island to test
    him. It is unclear if she was the one who administered his
    positive test results.

    In addition, New York State Police troopers were reportedly
    ordered to drive the COVID tests, which were referred to as
    "critical samples," to the Wadsworth Center laboratory in Albany.

    A Cuomo administration official told the Albany paper, "It's
    being a little bit distorted with like a devious intent. ... We
    made sure to test people they believed were exposed." The
    official added: "All of this was being done in good faith in an
    effort to trace the virus."


    A CNN spokesperson told the Washington Post, "We generally do
    not get involved in the medical decisions of our employees.
    However, it is not surprising in the earliest days of a once-in-
    a-century global pandemic, when Chris was showing symptoms and
    was concerned about possible spread, he turned to anyone he
    could for advice and assistance, as any human being would."

    CNN did not immediately respond to Fox News' request for comment.

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    Despite benefiting from priority treatment by the Cuomo
    administration, Chris Cuomo appeared to flout his own brother's
    COVID restrictions by leaving his home as he was recovering from
    the virus. In April of last year, the anchor reportedly got in a
    verbal confrontation on the lawn of another property with a
    cyclist who called him out for violating the governor's policies.

    Andrew Cuomo is already under investigation after a senior
    adviser admitted to Democratic lawmakers that his administration
    covered up data on nursing home deaths during the pandemic. A
    separate investigation is examining allegations of sexual
    misconduct made against the governor by eight women.

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