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CNN Cuts Away From Live SCOTUS Hearings, Only Network Not Airing Amy Coney Barrett Confirmation Hearings

Ashe Schow
CNN Cuts Away From Live SCOTUS Hearings, Only Network Not Airing Amy Coney Barrett Confirmation Hearings
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While major networks are showing the Senate Judiciary Committee’s confirmation hearings for President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett, CNN cut away early to instead focus on the coronavirus pandemic.

Around 9:30a.m. Eastern, CNN stopped showing the live hearings taking place on Capitol Hill to talk about Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s (D-NY) targeting of Orthodox Jewish communities in New York (CNN framed it as Cuomo saying he is concerned about “hot spots” in the Hasidic community).

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