Former ABC News executive producer Shelley Ross slammed a small cable news channel this week for hiring disgraced former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/cnn">CNN</a> host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chris-cuomo">Chris Cuomo</a>, calling Cuomo the &#8220;same old arrogant, misogynistic proud member of the old boy&#8217;s club.&#8221;
Ross, who later became an executive producer at CBS News, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chris-cuomos-former-producer-accuses-him-of-sexual-harassment-lowering-one-hand-to-firmly-grab-and-squeeze-the-cheek-of-my-buttock">said</a> that at a going-away party in 2005, Cuomo approached her &#8220;and greeted me with a strong bear hug while lowering one hand to firmly grab and squeeze the cheek of my buttock.&#8221;
&#8220;&#8216;I can do this now that you’re no longer my boss,&#8217; he said to me with a kind of cocky arrogance,&#8221; Ross wrote in a New York Times op-ed. “‘No you can’t,&#8217; I said, pushing him off me at the chest while stepping back, revealing my husband, who had seen the entire episode at close range. We quickly left.&#8221;
Ross responded to a post online by NewsNation host Dan Abrams in which Abrams defended his network&#8217;s decision to hire Cuomo to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-disgraced-former-cnn-host-chris-cuomo-gets-hired-by-news-network">host</a> a new primetime show on the channel this fall.
&#8220;Dan, I&#8217;m a decades-long fan of yours,&#8221; Ross wrote. &#8220;But you&#8217;ve got this one wrong. The (modest) mixed reaction to Cuomo&#8217;s new job does not prove the status quo of the media is under threat. Cuomo IS the status quo, same old same old arrogant, misogynistic proud member of the old boy&#8217;s club. No one cares what News Nation [sic] ratings are. I am rooting for something new, fresh and honest. Just maybe some of us don&#8217;t see Cuomo as that answer &#8230; those who have been disappointed in his lack of genuine contrition. As he continues to parse his words, hide behind the love of a brother, deny wrongdoing, he remains tone-deaf and phony to many of us. I&#8217;m all for second chances. But I won&#8217;t believe he is a disrupter until he disrupts something and finds a greater cause than himself.&#8221;
The Washington Post <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-disgraced-former-cnn-host-chris-cuomo-gets-hired-by-news-network">reported</a> that the small cable news network wants to provide “down-the-middle, unbiased news reporting and analysis.” It’s unclear how Cuomo helps NewsNation reach its objective, considering that he was under investigation at CNN over his alleged role in trying to help his brother, then-New York Democrat Governor Andrew Cuomo, navigate a sexual misconduct scandal that ultimately led to his resignation.
Chris Cuomo filed a $125 million lawsuit against CNN, demanding $15 million in lost salary and $110 million in further damages, after the network fired him following an investigation into him.
Debra S. Katz, a Left-wing attorney, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chris-cuomo-responds-to-sexual-misconduct-allegations-made-against-him">said</a> in a statement in December that she was representing a client who claimed that Chris Cuomo engaged in “serious sexual misconduct” against her at another network.
Katz said she notified CNN of the allegations and that the allegations are ultimately what led to Chris Cuomo being fired from CNN. Katz said in a statement that Cuomo demonstrated hypocrisy when he claimed he cared “very deeply” about the issue of sexual harassment only to be revealed in an investigation by New York Attorney General Letitia James to have aided his brother’s efforts to smear his accusers.
“Hearing the hypocrisy of Chris Cuomo’s on-air words and disgusted by his efforts to try to discredit these women, my client retained counsel to report his serious sexual misconduct against her to CNN,” Katz said.

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Woman Who Accused Chris Cuomo Of Sexual Misconduct Blasts NewsNation For Hiring Him

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Sexual Misconduct

Disgraced former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/cnn">CNN</a> host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chris-cuomo">Chris Cuomo</a> claimed during an interview that aired Friday night that CNN was not an opinion network, and he then proceeded to blame those who watch cable news for the toxicity of cable news.
Cuomo, 51, <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/07/30/chris-cuomo-says-he-lost-a-sense-of-purpose-after-cnn-firing/">told</a> Bill Maher on HBO&#8217;s &#8220;Real Time with Bill Maher&#8221; that he felt like he lost &#8220;a sense of purpose&#8221; after getting fired from CNN last year as the far-left network investigated his involvement in helping his brother, then-New York Democrat Governor Andrew Cuomo, navigate a sexual misconduct scandal.
“This is my brother, obviously I’m not objective. Obviously, I’m going to help him,” Cuomo told Maher. “This has been hard, and you learn a lot about the people in your life when you watch them struggle. It’s true, when you struggle, you learn who your friends are. I’ve always known who my friends are; I’ve had them for a very long time. But he has been in a struggle, and I have watched it.”
Maher later brought up how CNN made a shift to being more opinion-based across the board during the Trump presidency, to which Cuomo responded by claiming that it was not &#8220;a move to opinion.&#8221;
&#8220;I think that is addressing the need of serving people&#8217;s interests,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We were faced with something that the media has never seen in this country before, where somebody weaponized the truth, and won pretty much every fight he got into, by ultimately blaming a system that people have rejected, including the media. And unprecedented risk is going to require an unprecedented effort. I don&#8217;t think it was about moving to opinion, meaning not relying on facts and analysis. But they had to take it on; I felt very much that way.&#8221;
Cuomo portrayed himself as some kind of a crusader for truth against the Trump administration, adding: &#8220;And it was rough. It is still rough for me to be seen as like an enemy of the former president, which is nonsense.&#8221;
During another point in the interview, Cuomo defended the nonsense that happens on cable news by blaming the viewers, saying, &#8220;You can&#8217;t expect the men and women in the media to not play a game that everybody else is playing.&#8221;
&#8220;You are watching because the game, you are allowing yourself to be put on teams or in tribes or any way you want to designate it,&#8221; Cuomo added. &#8220;But they&#8217;re supposed to somehow break away from that when it&#8217;s what you want? When it&#8217;s what resonates with you? No.&#8221;

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Ex-CNN Host Chris Cuomo Blames Viewers For The State Of Cable News, Declares CNN Not ‘Opinion’

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Leftist news personality Chris Cuomo was mocked and criticized online Tuesday evening after he announced that he was getting a new primetime show on a small cable news channel.
“I want to find a way to help people. I’m going to come to NewsNation. And I want to build something special here,” Chris Cuomo <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disgraced-host-chris-cuomo-announces-his-new-news-job-im-going-to-try-very-hard-to-be-fair">said</a> during an interview with his new employer. “I had decided that I can’t go back to what people see as the big game. I don’t think I can make a difference there. I think we need insurgent media. I think we need outlets that aren’t fringe and just trying to fill their pockets.”
In trying to gain the trust of viewers, Cuomo warned them not to listen to people who tell them, “Don’t listen to anybody else, only listen to me,” which is effectively the same thing Cuomo was saying.
“I’m going to do the job. I’m going to go where the news is, and I’m going to try very hard to be fair,” Cuomo claimed. “And I want to do it here. I want to make a difference. And I’m really hoping that it makes a difference for you [the viewer]. And I thank NewsNation very much for the opportunity.”
Cuomo and NewsNation faced backlash online following the announcement, including from the following notable figures:
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<li>Dagen McDowell, Fox News: &#8220;I missed Chris Cuomo like I miss the shingles.&#8221;</li>
<li>Brent Bozell, Media Research Center: &#8220;NewsNation lost any credibility they had by hiring Chris Cuomo.&#8221;</li>
<li>Gretchen Carlson, activist: &#8220;Former CNN anchor Chris Cuomo &#8211; fired for journalistic ethical violations &amp; accused of sexual harassment &#8211; lands primetime gig at @NewsNation 6 months later. Meantime women who come forward about harassment never work again. WHY ARE WE OK W/ THIS?&#8221;</li>
<li>Lindsey Boylan, whistleblower: &#8220;Surely this NewsNation interview with Chris Cuomo was completely not biased &amp; had nothing to do with him getting a show on the same network this fall… …the kind of professional journalism &amp; ethics for which Dan Abrams &amp; NewsNations are known. Wonder if the five people who watch NewsNation are happy!&#8221;</li>
<li>Josh Innes, radio host: &#8220;It&#8217;s a step above Keith Olbermann&#8217;s crazy man Youtube channel. Maybe.&#8221;</li>
</ul>
The Washington Post <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-disgraced-former-cnn-host-chris-cuomo-gets-hired-by-news-network">reported</a> that the small cable news network aims to provide “down-the-middle, unbiased news reporting and analysis.” It’s unclear how Cuomo helps NewsNation reach its objective considering that he was fired while under investigation at CNN over his alleged role in trying to help his brother, then-New York Democrat Governor Andrew Cuomo, navigate a sexual misconduct scandal that ultimately led to his resignation.
Chris Cuomo filed a $125 million lawsuit against CNN, demanding $15 million in lost salary and $110 million in further damages, after he was terminated.
Debra S. Katz, a left-wing attorney, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chris-cuomo-responds-to-sexual-misconduct-allegations-made-against-him">said</a> in a statement in December that she was representing a client who claimed that Chris Cuomo engaged in “serious sexual misconduct” against her at another network.
Katz said she notified CNN of the allegations and that the allegations are ultimately what led to Chris Cuomo being fired from CNN. Katz said in a statement that Cuomo demonstrated hypocrisy when he claimed he cared “very deeply” about the issue of sexual harassment only to be revealed in an investigation by New York Attorney General Letitia James to have aided his brother’s efforts to “smear” his accusers.

Cuomo Slammed After Getting New Media Job: ‘I Missed Chris Cuomo Like I Miss The Shingles’

Cuomo Slammed After Getting New Media Job At NewsNation

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Disgraced television host Chris Cuomo announced Tuesday night that he has landed a new job in the news media and that he is going to try to be fair after he was routinely criticized for being a hardcore leftist while at CNN.
&#8220;Well, you are a part of my decision. I respect that you asked the questions. I think that&#8217;s how you show respect to our relationship is that you didn&#8217;t fake the funk. You asked what needs to be asked, I respect you for that,&#8221; Cuomo groveled to anchor Dan Abrams. &#8220;I respect how you do the job. I&#8217;ve been jealous of you while I&#8217;ve been away, watching.&#8221;
&#8220;And I want to help. I want to find a way to help people. I&#8217;m going to come to NewsNation. And I want to build something special here, work with Dan, work with the team here. They&#8217;ve got great people who are really hungry to make a difference in ways that I think matter,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I had decided that I can&#8217;t go back to what people see as the big game. I don&#8217;t think I can make a difference there. I think we need insurgent media. I think we need outlets that aren&#8217;t fringe and just trying to fill their pockets.&#8221;
In trying to gain the trust of viewers, Cuomo warned them not to listen to people who tell them, &#8220;Don&#8217;t listen to anybody else, only listen to me,&#8221; which is effectively the same thing Cuomo was saying.
&#8220;I&#8217;m going to do the job. I&#8217;m going to go where the news is, and I&#8217;m going to try very hard to be fair,&#8221; Cuomo claimed. &#8220;And I want to do it here. I want to make a difference. And I&#8217;m really hoping that it makes a difference for you [the viewer]. And I thank NewsNation very much for the opportunity.&#8221;
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BREAKING: Chris Fredo Cuomo announces new show on News Nation. A move that could seriously cripple the network&#39;s credibility as an honest news source. &quot;I&#39;m going to try very hard to be fair,&quot; Chris claims. &quot;A great, great get,&quot; is how Dan Abrams described the move. <a href="https://t.co/GZZXDJY8Af">pic.twitter.com/GZZXDJY8Af</a>
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The Washington Post <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-disgraced-former-cnn-host-chris-cuomo-gets-hired-by-news-network">reported</a> that the small cable news network aims to provide “down-the-middle, unbiased news reporting and analysis.” It’s unclear how Cuomo helps NewsNation reach its objective considering that he was fired while under investigation at CNN over his alleged role in trying to help his brother, then-New York Democrat Governor Andrew Cuomo, navigate a sexual misconduct scandal that ultimately led to his resignation.
Chris Cuomo filed a $125 million lawsuit against CNN, demanding $15 million in lost salary and $110 million in further damages, after he was terminated.
Debra S. Katz, a left-wing attorney, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chris-cuomo-responds-to-sexual-misconduct-allegations-made-against-him">said</a> in a statement in December that she was representing a client who claimed that Chris Cuomo engaged in “serious sexual misconduct” against her at another network.
Katz said she notified CNN of the allegations and that the allegations are ultimately what led to Chris Cuomo being fired from CNN. Katz said in a statement that Cuomo demonstrated hypocrisy when he claimed he cared “very deeply” about the issue of sexual harassment only to be revealed in an investigation by New York Attorney General Letitia James to have aided his brother’s efforts to &#8220;smear&#8221; his accusers.

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Disgraced Host Chris Cuomo Announces His New News Job: ‘I’m Going To Try Very Hard To Be Fair’

Disgraced Host Chris Cuomo Announces His New News Job: 'I'm Going To Try Very Hard To Be Fair'

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Disgraced television host Chris Cuomo has landed a job back in the cable news industry after being fired by CNN late last year.
Chris Cuomo will join NewsNation as a primetime host this fall with a new hour-long show, according to <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2022/07/26/cuomo-newsnation/">The Washington Post</a>.
The report said that the small cable news network aims to provide &#8220;down-the-middle, unbiased news reporting and analysis.&#8221; It&#8217;s unclear how Cuomo helps NewsNation reach its objective considering that he was under investigation at CNN over his alleged role in trying to help his brother, then-New York Democrat Governor Andrew Cuomo, navigate a sexual misconduct scandal that ultimately led to his resignation.
Chris Cuomo filed a $125 million lawsuit against CNN, demanding $15 million in lost salary and $110 million in further damages, after the network fired him following an investigation into him.
Debra S. Katz, a Left-wing attorney, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chris-cuomo-responds-to-sexual-misconduct-allegations-made-against-him">said</a> in a statement in December that she was representing a client who claimed that Chris Cuomo engaged in “serious sexual misconduct” against her at another network.
Katz said she notified CNN of the allegations and that the allegations are ultimately what led to Chris Cuomo being fired from CNN. Katz said in a statement that Cuomo demonstrated hypocrisy when he claimed he cared “very deeply” about the issue of sexual harassment only to be revealed in an investigation by New York Attorney General Letitia James to have aided his brother’s efforts to smear his accusers.
“Hearing the hypocrisy of Chris Cuomo’s on-air words and disgusted by his efforts to try to discredit these women, my client retained counsel to report his serious sexual misconduct against her to CNN,” Katz said.
Chris Cuomo applied to be a volunteer firefighter with the East Hampton Fire Department after he was fired but was forced to pull his application because he determined after meeting with fire officials that he was not able to put in the time required for the position.
Sources told The Daily Beast reported that Chris Cuomo “balked” at the time commitment part of the job.
“It’s a very time-consuming thing. There are monthly meetings and drills and you have to meet a percentage of your calls,” EHFD Chief Duane Forrester said. “That’s why we don’t have many celebrities.”
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Disgraced Former CNN Host Chris Cuomo Gets Hired By News Network

Former CNN Host Chris Cuomo Gets Hired By NewsNation

Former CNN anchor Chris Cuomo launched his own podcast on Thursday — &#8220;The Chris Cuomo Project&#8221; — marking his official return to broadcasting since he was <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/cancelled-cuomo-loses-cnn-job-radio-gig-now-book-contract-pulled/">terminated</a> by CNN last December.
Cuomo was ousted from the cable news giant after reports broke that he had been instrumental in advising his brother — former Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) — amid multiple scandals including his handling of the COVID pandemic and allegations of sexual harassment and assault.
The former &#8220;Cuomo Prime Time&#8221; anchor addressed that situation briefly during his first broadcast, sharing a few comments but noting that he had to be respectful of any ongoing investigations.
&#8220;Now for me, the past is the past, and there is no benefit to you if I re-litigate what was said and done involving my brother,&#8221; he said.
&#8220;And there are some outstanding legal fights that I have to respect, but let me be clear. I really do regret how everything ended, but I will never regret helping my family. I promised my father, I would always be there for my brother and I always will be just like he has always been there for me, just like my sisters have been there for me and have been there for him. That’s family,&#8221; Cuomo explained.
As for the new podcast, Cuomo promised fair conversation and dialogue, arguing that progress could only come if people were open-minded and ready to engage with each other.
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Cuomo went on to note that, despite his support for his brother and his late father — former Governor Mario Cuomo (D-NY) — he didn&#8217;t always see eye to political eye even with members of his own family.
&#8220;I love my father. I love my brother. I respect them both tremendously, but I’m no Democrat. Not simply because I’m in the media and I am not here to make any of you feel comfortable being a lefty. I want you to question why you are,&#8221; he said, adding, &#8220;I have Republicans, I have Trumpers among my friends and I mean my real friends, not just, you know, people, I take pictures with at events. My first vote ever — How many reporters tell you this? My first vote ever, George H. W. Bush, 1988.&#8221;
&#8220;That was my first vote that I ever cast,&#8221; he concluded. &#8220;But I’m not a Republican either. Now here’s the truth. I am not Democrat or Republican, but not because of what I think of them. It’s because I reject both. I am anti the two-party partisanship. I don’t believe in it. I think the two-party system is part of our problem!&#8221;
Toward that end, one of Cuomo&#8217;s upcoming guests was a former Democratic presidential candidate who left that party to create his own: Andrew Yang.
&#8220;Let&#8217;s do it again!&#8221; Yang tweeted. &#8220;I&#8217;m one of the first guests on @chriscuomo&#8217;s new podcast/interiew series &#8216;The Chris Cuomo Project&#8217; for Free Agents that drops this Thursday on YouTube and wherever you get podcasts. We talk @fwd_party, the media, political independence and much more.&#8221;
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Let’s do it again! I’m one of the first guests on <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisCuomo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ChrisCuomo</a>’s new podcast / interview series “The Chris Cuomo Project” for Free Agents that drops this Thursday on YouTube and wherever you get podcasts. We talk <a href="https://twitter.com/Fwd_Party?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Fwd_Party</a>, the media, political independence and much more. 👍🚀🇺🇸 <a href="https://t.co/NMR9bwintu">pic.twitter.com/NMR9bwintu</a>
&mdash; Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸 (@AndrewYang) <a href="https://twitter.com/AndrewYang/status/1549168109671501824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 18, 2022</a></blockquote>
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‘I Will Never Regret Helping My Family’: Defiant Chris Cuomo Launches Podcast In The Wake Of CNN Exile

Defiant Chris Cuomo Launches Podcast In The Wake Of CNN Exile

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CNN may be preparing to offload some of its more overtly partisan talent in a renewed effort to promote itself as a straight and unbiased news network.
According to a <a href="https://www.axios.com/2022/06/07/cnn-evaluating-partisan-talent-chris-licht">report</a> from Axios, new CNN chief <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/chris-wallace-brian-williams-may-replace-chris-cuomo-at-cnn-report/">Chris Licht</a> is &#8220;evaluating&#8221; the network&#8217;s stable of on-air talent, ostensibly to determine who will fit with programming tailored to be less partisan.
&#8220;CNN&#8217;s new boss, Chris Licht, is evaluating whether personalities and programming that grew polarizing during the Trump era can adapt to the network&#8217;s new priority to be less partisan,&#8221; Axios reported, adding that sources indicated jobs could be on the chopping block in the wake of those evaluations. &#8220;If talent cannot adjust to a less partisan tone and strategy, they could be ousted.&#8221;
Axios also noted that Licht appears ready to give current employees and on-air talent some room to prove that they can adapt to a less combative presentation, encouraging them to engage in thoughtful interviews with people on both sides of the aisle — something that got progressively rarer leading up to and during former President Donald Trump&#8217;s time in office.
And while former CNN head <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/how-jeff-zucker-turned-cnn-into-a-cult/">Jeff Zucker</a> — who <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/breaking-cnns-jeff-zucker-resigns-due-to-undisclosed-consensual-relationship-with-colleague/">resigned</a> after admitting to an undisclosed relationship — appeared to encourage a more partisan presentation, Licht has made it clear that he sees the network going in a completely <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/cnn-announces-new-programming-plan-and-elon-musk-is-already-on-board/">different direction</a>.
Toward that end, The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/05/business/media/cnn-chris-licht.html">reported</a> on Sunday, the network plans to do away with snarky, partisan chyrons — and a much lighter touch on the &#8220;Breaking News&#8221; banner.
&#8220;CNN’s ubiquitous ‘Breaking News’ banner is gone, now reserved for instances of truly urgent events,&#8221; the NYT reported. &#8220;Snarky onscreen captions … are discouraged. Political shows are trying to book more conservative voices, and producers have been urged to ignore Twitter backlash from the far right and the far left.&#8221;
The Times also noted that Licht, whose last job was with &#8220;The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,&#8221; had jumped from the frying pan into the fire when he moved from managing a show that employed approximately 200 people to a major global network that employed around 4000 — and the report claimed that &#8220;some CNN journalists say they wonder if he can navigate a sprawling, unwieldy global news network past what has been a no good, very bad year.&#8221;
In addition to Zucker&#8217;s departure — which was followed closely by that of his paramour, Allison Gollust — CNN is fresh off the failed launch of fledgling streaming service CNN+. The network also fired one of its top prime time hosts — Chris Cuomo — amid allegations of sexual misconduct and the admission that he had advised his brother, former Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-NY), while he dealt with his own sexual harassment and assault allegations.

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CNN Might Dump Overtly Partisan Talent: Report

CNN's Chris Licht Might Dump Overtly Partisan Talent: Axios Report

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Chris Cuomo, who spent years as the highest-rated anchor on low-rated CNN’s prime time roster, has filed a bombshell legal complaint, exposing numerous previously unknown scandals involving his former employer.
If Cuomo’s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chris-cuomo-demands-125-million-from-cnn-cuomos-journalistic-integrity-unjustifiably-smeared">$125 million</a> arbitration request is to be believed, even the most cynical view of how CNN executives deliberately skewed the network’s political coverage against Republicans and in favor of Democrats, flouted journalistic ethics, and cozied up to powerful politicos for their own benefit is too kind.
Here are a few of the most damning allegations Chris Cuomo makes in his latest legal filings, which were obtained and <a href="https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Cuomo-CNN-Arbitration-Demand-1.pdf">published</a> by Deadline.
1. CNN’s leaders advised then-Governor Andrew Cuomo — and gave him advice on &#8216;responding&#8217; to Trump 
Chris Cuomo first encountered real turbulence with CNN leaders when The Washington Post reported that he advised his brother, then New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D), on how to handle numerous allegations of sexual harassment. The network later suspended him on the grounds that his role exceeded anything he disclosed. But Cuomo maintains not only that the network knew all about his role in helping his brother, but that the network brass advised Governor Cuomo themselves.
“Until May 2021, CNN never asked Cuomo to stop or curtail his efforts to assist his brother through the sexual harassment allegations, despite being fully aware of Cuomo’s role assisting him,” the filing says — an allegation it makes numerous times.
But then comes a new wrinkle according to Cuomo&#8217;s filing: Then-CNN President Jeff Zucker and his paramour Allison Gollust — Governor Cuomo’s former communications director — gave Governor Cuomo advice regarding his handling of COVID-19.
“Zucker and Gollust acted as advisors to Gov. Cuomo during this time by providing him with talking points and strategies for responding to statements made by then-President Donald Trump,” says Chris Cuomo’s legal brief.
Furthermore, Cuomo alleges that Gollust also gave advice to the governor about how to respond to the sexual harassment allegations. He cited a <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/cnn-probe-finds-allison-gollust-assisted-chris-cuomo-in-his-efforts-to-help-andrew-cuomo-11645829880">Wall Street Journal article</a> that notes Gollust “sent Chris Cuomo a sentence she said she would have added to a statement that Andrew Cuomo had issued earlier that day in February of last year, after an accuser went public.”
Gollust also asked Cuomo “whether one of Gov. Cuomo’s accusers had ever said publicly that Gov. Cuomo had never touched her, saying that CNN should report on such a statement if it had been made,” Cuomo’s legal complaint says.
Gollust strongly denied the charges through spokeswoman Risa Heller. “Allison Gollust never offered advice or counsel to Andrew Cuomo. Period,” Heller told WSJ. “If she wanted to advise the governor, she could have called or texted him directly (she didn’t).” Heller went on to call Gollust’s texts “mundane” and “innocuous” while dismissing the accusations as “farfetched.”
2. CNN arranged the questions Andrew Cuomo would be asked on the air 
Allison Gollust “agreed to pre-arrange questions for Gov. Cuomo in advance of interviews,” Chris Cuomo states. Then-Governor Cuomo had a longstanding relationship with Gollust, whom he <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/former-cnn-exec-gollust-gleefully-texted-andrew-cuomo-trump">hired</a> as his communications director between her stints working with Zucker at NBC and CNN (October 2012 until March 2013). The New York Times <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/18/business/media/allison-gollust-cnn-cuomo.html">reported</a> that before a March 2020 CNN interview:
<blockquote>Governor Cuomo had told a senior CNN executive, Allison Gollust, about subjects that he’d like to be asked about on air, according to several people familiar with the matter. Ms. Gollust, CNN’s longtime chief of communications and marketing and a former top aide of the governor, passed along the topics to CNN producers and then reported back to the governor.
“Done,” she wrote.</blockquote>
The newspaper of record noted it is “unusual” for a senior producer to be involved in this stage of the interview process, especially one involving a former employer. Even Gollust seemed to find the arrangement unusual, texting the governor, “I’m pretty sure I stopped being your publicist 8 years ago, but apparently I still am.” But Rolling Stone reported that Gollust praised Governor Cuomo after a CNN interview, “Well done . . . Cuomo-W. Trump-L.”
The interlude adds fuel to the notion that Gollust and Governor Cuomo’s relationship amounted to a never-ending quid pro quo. For instance, Gollust’s spokeswoman acknowledges that Gollust asked the governor to help a friend get past bureaucratic red tape in order to open a business.
Gollust once texted Cuomo, “I never ask you for favors, but . . .” Cuomo replied, “Yes, u do ask me for favors, and that’s okay. It’s mutual.” That favoritism apparently extended to CNN interviews. “The network brass’s interactions with the governor represented <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cnn-perpetrated-the-worst-kind-of-journalistic-lapse-in-bashing-trump-promoting-andrew-cuomo-experts">the worst kind of journalistic lapse</a>,” wrote journalist Tatiana Siegel.
3. CNN told Chris Cuomo to conduct his &#8216;comedic&#8217; interviews with his brother
One of Chris Cuomo’s most controversial on-air interactions came during a series of interviews he conducted with his brother during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was also the height of Governor Cuomo’s popularity, as the media built him up as a competent Democratic alternative to President Donald Trump. But Chris Cuomo says he never wanted to perform any of the interviews; he and his brother were forced.
“Despite Cuomo’s and Gov. Cuomo’s expressed reservations, CNN demanded through its leadership that Cuomo interview Gov. Cuomo frequently.” That request came from Allison Gollust, who “communicated directly with Gov. Cuomo to tell him how ‘important’ it was to Zucker that Gov. Cuomo appear on Cuomo’s show,” alleges Chris Cuomo.
The younger Cuomo says he and his brother dutifully complied with the network’s order to appear together on camera as frequently as possible. “Indeed, between March 19, 2020 and June 24, 2020, Gov. Cuomo appeared on Cuomo’s program nine times. These interviews became wildly popular among viewers, and CNN benefited enormously from the resulting ratings bonanza,” the complaint says.
The two brothers gave CNN viewers a rehash of the classic <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuyLbp1kQxY">Smothers Brothers’ sibling rivalry act</a> from the 1960s. Chris also engaged in prop comedy with multiple oversized Q-tips supposedly being used to test his brother for COVID-19. For his part, the governor yucked it up, calling himself “a cool dude in a loose mood.”
A <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/05/business/media/brothers-cuomo-andrew-chris.html?smid=emshare.">New York Times article</a> of that era described Zucker as moving news in the direction of “reality television.” But NowThis News at the time <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHGhAIEqJcg">called</a> the brothers “America&#8217;s Favorite TV Family.”
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4. CNN brass hinted they would fire Chris Cuomo if Andrew Cuomo appeared on other networks
Jeffrey Zucker and Allison Gollust supposedly used Chris Cuomo’s employment as a bargaining chip to keep Governor Andrew Cuomo from appearing on other networks — and to maximize the then-popular governor’s appearances on CNN. “CNN, through executives Zucker and Zucker’s second-in- command, Allison Gollust … made a concerted effort to cement and strengthen the network’s ties to Gov. Cuomo and his administration and control his media presence for CNN’s exclusive benefit. CNN pushed Gov. Cuomo not to appear on other networks, intimating that not honoring CNN’s request might threaten [Chris] Cuomo’s professional standing with the network,” the legal complaint says.
The network also allegedly “requested that Gov. Cuomo hold his daily COVID-19 press conference at a time that was most suitable for the network based on its program schedule and when its ratings were weakest.” The time when CNN’s “ratings were weakest” should have given Governor Cuomo a significant range of time to choose from.
5. CNN execs used their relationship with Governor Cuomo to get COVID-19 tests
An early Chris Cuomo scandal occurred when he was accused of gaining access to highly sought-after COVID-19 rapid tests thanks to his family connections to the governor. It later emerged that Chris Cuomo was offered <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chris-cuomo-was-offered-early-access-to-covid-19-treatment">human blood</a> plasma from a donor who had recovered from COVID-19, an experimental treatment before the vaccine became available. But Chris Cuomo’s legal filings say CNN network executives exploited their proximity to Governor Andrew Cuomo for the same purpose. “Notably, for years CNN did not discipline Gollust or Zucker for their egregious violations of CNN policy, including both Gollust and Zucker using their privileged access to Gov. Cuomo to secure COVID tests,” Cuomo says.
6. CNN has no journalistic ethics
Chris Cuomo’s arbitration complaint establishes numerous allegations that CNN had no real journalistic code of ethics. Zucker selectively applied rules to shield favored commentators and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cnn-fires-rick-santorum-after-he-claimed-founding-fathers-birthed-a-nation-from-nothing">punish disfavored employees</a> (especially <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rick-santorums-firing-proves-cnn-doesnt-want-to-hear-anyone-who-sounds-like-you">political conservatives</a>):
<blockquote>CNN has a long-established pattern and practice of selectively enforcing its policies based on cynical calculations of public perception. Indeed, CNN fostered a culture in which ‘exceptions’ to the network’s standards and practices were routinely sanctioned, and that culture began at the top with Zucker and Gollust. As long as CNN’s ratings would not be hurt, Zucker and Gollust were more than willing to overlook major transgressions by CNN personalities such as Don Lemon and Jake Tapper, or even to engage in blatant misconduct themselves.</blockquote>
Cuomo notes that actor Jussie Smollett said during his trial that CNN&#8217;s Don Lemon told him that Chicago police did not believe his tale that angry men attacked him and threw a noose around his neck as they shouted, “This is MAGA country!” Cuomo mentions CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin’s restoration at the network following his “sordid act of sexual harassment.”
Interestingly, Chris Cuomo cites Fox News as a — to coin a phrase — reliable source when it comes to the activities of his former CNN colleagues. “Fox News reported on September 10, 2020 that CNN anchor Jake Tapper had repeatedly urged Congressional candidate Sean Parnell not to run against Rep. Conor Lamb, but to run in a ‘safer,’ more heavily Republican district,” Cuomo’s complaint notes, adding that the network took no action against Tapper.
This author reported allegations that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-cnn-employee-says-outlet-has-no-real-ethical-code">CNN has no real ethical code</a> and tilted its journalistic ethics as it saw fit. “You won’t see any rules that are etched in stone so that a violation could be a firing offense,” said Steve Holmes, who spent a decade at CNN before retiring during Zucker’s tenure at CNN. “They can’t say that [Cuomo]’s violated any written policies because there aren’t any, period.” Cuomo essentially endorsed that view, saying, “CNN fostered a culture in which the network’s standards and practices were a constantly moving target, modified at CNN executives’ discretion as they saw fit.”
7. Chris Cuomo thinks he has journalistic integrity
Chris Cuomo’s phenomenal $125 million figure comes, because he’s seeking the remaining $15 million due to him under the terms of his contract, plus $110 million in damages against CNN. The reason? From now on, no one will take him seriously as a journalist.
“Cuomo has had <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chris-cuomo-demands-125-million-from-cnn-cuomos-journalistic-integrity-unjustifiably-smeared">his journalistic integrity unjustifiably smeared</a>,” his legal complaint stated. “As a direct result of CNN’s calculated efforts to tar and feather him, Cuomo is now untouchable in the world of broadcast journalism, effectively bringing his storied career to a premature end and costing him decades of earnings, exceeding $125 million in consequential damages.”
The use of the word “untouchable” may be ironic. But so, too, are his claims of journalism. In 2020, Tucker Carlson released a tape of Chris Cuomo coaching Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen on how to answer questions at the network. The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tucker-carlson-releases-bombshell-tape-of-cuomo-coaching-cohen-on-how-to-answer-interview-questions">reported</a> Carlson’s summary of the tape:
<blockquote>“Michael Cohen was worried about doing the interview because he knew he’d get questions about the payments he made to Stormy Daniels. He wanted Chris Cuomo to tell him what to say,” Carlson continued. “Now on TV, Cuomo might’ve launched into a lecture about how it’s wrong to send money to strippers, but in private, he skipped that lecture.”
“‘You will be asked that,’ Chris Cuomo told Michael Cohen, and you can say, ‘I did it for him, for Donald Trump. My relationship has always been for him. I’ve always said I don’t speak for the campaign, I speak for him as his attorney,&#8217;” Carlson continued. “Cuomo went on to elaborate, ‘And to the question of motive,’ he told Cohen, ‘the response would have to be, you can speculate as to why you think I did it all day long, but the only answer is my answer, and I just told you why I did it. You don’t get to speculate because if you can’t prove that I got paid back by Trump or the campaign, it is slander and defamation for you to say that I did.&#8217;”</blockquote>
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Reflections
All of the foregoing is offered with the caveat that this comes from Chris Cuomo’s legal complaint. It may well be false; given Cuomo’s journalistic standards, one would hardly be surprised. But this reporter has included the few responses the subjects have offered; for the most part, they have refused public comment. And the discerning viewer needed no internal document to know something was rotten during Zucker’s highly contentious tenure as network president, which saw the fall of CNN’s ratings eclipsed only by its journalistic integrity, balance, and reliability — a fall Cuomo’s legal brief confirms in every particular.

The 7 Most Underreported CNN Scandals In Chris Cuomo’s Legal Complaint

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Former CNN host Chris Cuomo is out to settle scores and collect millions of dollars in damages. On Wednesday, he entered a complaint against his former network, demanding $125 million — 15 million in lost salary and $110 million in further reparations and damages. The network’s former top-rated personality said the circumstances of his firing last December left his “journalistic integrity unjustifiably smeared.”
He also alleges that CNN executives Jeff Zucker and Allison Gollust knew about the full extent of his role advising then-<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-fall-of-andrew-cuomo-how-an-empire-built-on-fear-came-crashing-down">New York Governor Andrew Cuomo</a> (D), and even “acted as advisors to Gov. Cuomo during this time” themselves. Chris Cuomo says after his separation from the network, CNN personalities — including Zucker, Brian Stelter, Don Lemon, Jake Tapper, and Anderson Cooper — “openly disparaged Cuomo in violation” of his 2019 contract.
Cuomo filed a demand for arbitration that says the network owes him $14,406,250 in base pay for the remaining 19 months left on his contract, not including bonuses. The <a href="https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Cuomo-CNN-Arbitration-Demand-1.pdf">filing</a>, which was obtained by Deadline, also requests “damages sufficient to allow Cuomo to recover his damages as proven at trial, but in no event less than $125 million.”
His attorneys justify such a high dollar figure on the grounds that &#8220;Cuomo has had his journalistic integrity unjustifiably smeared, making it difficult if not impossible for Cuomo to find similar work in the future and damaging him in amounts exceeding $125 million” in penalties and “future wages lost as a result of CNN’s efforts to destroy his reputation.&#8221;
Then-CNN President Jeffrey Zucker claimed to have been blindsided by new revelations of how closely the “Cuomo Prime Time” host advised his brother during a cascade of sexual harassment allegations last year. Zucker placed Cuomo on leave last November 30, pending the outcome of an investigation. Three days later, the network fired him.
But the host’s attorneys say that “Cuomo fully complied with CNN’s standards and practices, including by keeping CNN executives apprised of his actions at all times.” That proved difficult, because “CNN fostered a culture in which the network’s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/former-cnn-employee-says-outlet-has-no-real-ethical-code">standards and practices were a constantly moving target</a>, modified at CNN executives’ discretion as they saw fit,” Cuomo’s attorneys claim.
Cuomo says Zucker’s actions proved doubly dishonest, because he and Gollust provided Governor Cuomo with “talking points and strategies for responding to statements made by then-President Donald Trump” during this time frame. Through a spokeswoman, Gollust denies these charges, calling her exchanges “innocuous” and “mundane,” according to the filing.
Chris Cuomo also helped his brother <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chris-cuomo-helped-gov-andrew-cuomo-spin-nursing-home-deaths">spin allegations</a> that his administration lied about the number of senior citizens who died of COVID-19 in nursing homes, according to newly-released emails obtained by the New York Post.
Cuomo’s filing includes seven pages of complaints about the actions of Cuomo’s former colleagues questioning Cuomo’s integrity, motives, and ethics. Brian Stelter, who has long enjoyed a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cnn-needs-to-step-up-and-fire-brian-stelter-cnn-insider">close relationship with Zucker</a>, accused Cuomo of “trying to burn the place down” with his charges. Don Lemon, with whom Cuomo would banter for up to 15 minutes nightly during their hand-off at 10 p.m. Eastern, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-love-you-brother-don-lemon-says-cnn-shouldnt-pay-chris-cuomos-severance">argued against paying Cuomo’s severance</a> because it would prove Cuomo could “break with those journalistic standards and then get paid handsomely for it.” Still others made anonymous statements to media outlets.
Chris Cuomo has kept a low profile since leaving the network a little more than three months after his brother resigned from office over sexual harassment charges.
Andrew Cuomo has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/andrew-cuomo-considers-political-comeback-by-running-for-governor-of-new-york-report">launched</a> a minor political comeback, telling a New York City church that <a href="https://www.christianpost.com/news/andrew-cuomo-tells-church-gods-not-finished-with-me-yet.html">he was a victim</a> of “cancel culture.” This filing may be the beginning of his brother’s comeback.
Zucker, too, has tried to cash in after being ousted from the network last month. CNN has reportedly agreed to compensate Zucker somewhere between <a href="https://pagesix.com/2022/03/09/jeff-zucker-reportedly-left-cnn-with-5-million-payment/">$5 million</a> and <a href="https://money.yahoo.com/jeff-zucker-reaches-10-million-214100111.html">$10 million</a>.

Chris Cuomo Demands $125 Million From CNN: Cuomo’s ‘Journalistic Integrity Unjustifiably Smeared’

In a <a href="https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Cuomo-CNN-Arbitration-Demand-1.pdf">demand for arbitration</a> targeting CNN, former CNN anchor Chris Cuomo, who had a history of blowing kisses toward fellow CNN anchor Don Lemon as they repeatedly told each other, “I love you, brother,” turned on Lemon as well as CNN anchor Jake Tapper, saying they had breached “traditional journalistic standards.” Cuomo also accused Tapper of falsely claiming Cuomo had “threatened” former CNN chief Jeff Zucker and Lemon had falsely claimed “that Cuomo had been ‘found to break with those journalistic standards and then [was] paid handsomely for it.’”
The demand for arbitration states:
<blockquote>Cuomo had no reason to believe that his assistance to Gov. Cuomo was inconsistent with CNN’s or Turner’s policies nor its expectations, especially given the fact that Zucker and Gollust had encouraged him to do so and had themselves provided advice to Gov. Cuomo. In fact, CNN fostered a culture in which the network’s standards and practices were a constantly moving target, modified at CNN executives’ discretion as they saw fit., and that culture began at the top with Zucker and Gollust. 
As long as Zucker and Gollust believed CNN’s ratings would benefit, they were more than willing to disregard breaches of traditional journalistic standards by CNN personalities, such as Don Lemon and Jake Tapper, or even to engage in blatant breaches of journalistic ethics themselves. There is no better example of this than Zucker and Gollust making an exception to the CNN rule to direct Cuomo to interview his brother several times over the course of three months.</blockquote>
“Before Cuomo was terminated, Zucker at first claimed that he had been unaware of Cuomo’s discussions with Gov. Cuomo’s aides, when Zucker had done the same thing himself,” the demand further asserts. “After Cuomo’s termination, Zucker claimed that Cuomo had broken his word and that Cuomo misrepresented the extent of his support for his brother. Other CNN staff joined in the calculated campaign to smear Cuomo and destroy his reputation. Jake Tapper, a CNN anchor, publicly assailed Cuomo’s ethics as a journalist and falsely claimed that Cuomo “threatened” Zucker. Don Lemon, another CNN anchor, falsely claimed that Cuomo had been “found to break with those journalistic standards and then [was] paid handsomely for it.”
The Daily Wire <a href="applewebdata://9A6C0C65-ADD8-4E9B-AE50-3E5891F17352/v">reported</a> in February:
<blockquote>CNN host Don Lemon advised against paying former host Chris Cuomo a multimillion-dollar severance package, according to multiple sources that have heard a recording of the conversation. During a video conference on Monday, Lemon <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/cnn-anchors-press-warnermedia-ceo-for-details-on-jeff-zuckers-resignation-11644260004">warned</a> WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar about the negative impact paying Cuomo millions of dollars in severance pay after allegations that Cuomo breached journalist ethics could create at the network, according to The Wall Street Journal.
“Did you think about what message it sends to the journalists in the company and also to the larger public that someone can be found to break with those journalistic standards and then get paid handsomely for it?” Lemon reportedly <a href="https://puck.news/kilar-comes-back-for-more/">asked</a>. “And what is to stop the next person from doing the same thing, and possibly getting compensated for it, by saying, ‘Hey I’m going to spread rumors if you don’t give me this amount of money’?”</blockquote>
In the good old days, CNN offered a podcast titled “The Handoff,” which boasted, “The love viewers witness between CNN’s Don Lemon and Chris Cuomo in the handoff between their shows each night is real. Now they’re stepping out from behind the anchor desk for a weekly conversation where nothing is off limits. With no broadcast clock to hold them back, Chris and Don talk politics and get personal.” The last podcast in the series was released in late November 2021, the month before Cuomo was fired.

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CNN is reportedly closing in on a permanent host to replace Chris Cuomo, whom former president Jeff Zucker fired last December. Two names are said to top the list: Chris Wallace and Brian Williams.
“Former Fox News anchor Chris Wallace is one name being floated internally to take the key 9 p.m. slot,” <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/cnns-new-boss-signals-for-truce-with-fox-news">reported</a> The Daily Beast. Wallace ended his 18-year stint at Fox News Channel last December, just days after the network cut ties with Cuomo. Then-CNN president Jeff Zucker hired the long-running host of “Fox News Sunday” as part of the network’s subscription-based streaming service, CNN+. As The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chris-wallace-slammed-after-joining-cnn-joined-a-network-packed-with-sex-pests">reported</a> at the time:
“I am thrilled to join CNN+. After decades in broadcast and cable news, I am excited to explore the world of streaming,” Wallace said in a statement. “I look forward to the new freedom and flexibility streaming affords in interviewing major figures across the news landscape—and finding new ways to tell stories. As I embark on this adventure, I am honored and delighted to join Jeff Zucker and his great team. I can’t wait to get started.”
Observers such as Howard Stern <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/who-the-hell-is-going-to-pay-for-cnn-howard-stern-mocks-chris-wallaces-career-change">poured</a> savage criticism on Wallace, scorning his decision to leave the top-rated network in cable news to move to a failing network.
Others said CNN would be a more natural fit, given Wallace’s moderation of the 2020 presidential debate between President Donald Trump and Joe Biden, in which he regularly interrupted the Republican. “Maybe he can slide into the 9 pm slot at CNN and talk endlessly about his two favorite subjects: white supremacy and global warming,” <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chris-wallace-announces-he-is-joining-cnn-social-media-erupts-good-riddance-to-this-fraud">said</a> radio host Gerry Callahan. “Good riddance to this fraud.”
The other “name that continues to pop up” to replace Cuomo “is Brian Williams,” The Daily Beast added. Williams hosted MSNBC’s “The 11th Hour” for five years, until he retired last fall. The show gave Williams a chance to redeem himself after he left his position as anchor of the “NBC Nightly News” when he got caught <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/brian-williams-anchor-caught-misleading-about-iraq-retires-from-msnbc">exaggerating the danger he faced</a> while a correspondent in war-torn Iraq. MSNBC replaced Williams with <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cnn-msnbc-perplexed-why-portland-police-are-quitting-en-masse">Stephanie Ruhle</a>, the former daytime anchor, who once implied that parents’ concerns over racially- and sexually-charged public school curricula “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/host-who-suggested-loudoun-county-rape-not-a-major-issue-to-replace-brian-williams-at-msnbc">aren’t even major issues</a>.”
Sources close to Williams have <a href="https://nypost.com/2021/11/10/brian-williams-talking-to-abc-cnn-about-a-comeback/">said</a> for months that the 62-year-old anchor “thinks he has one more swing at bat” at a major network. “He still views himself as a world-class, primetime anchor.”
“Whatever his new job is, it is not going to be at 11 o’clock,” a source told the New York Post. “This is his last swing at-bat. He’s going to do this right.”
Williams had been in talks with ABC and CBS, and he reportedly had friendly relations with Zucker, who was himself fired from CNN last month.
CNN had previously <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chris-cuomo-out-at-siriusxm-radio-show">terminated</a> Cuomo over allegations that he had sexually harassed an unnamed woman. Last September, Cuomo’s former ABC News colleague Shelley Ross <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chris-cuomos-former-producer-accuses-him-of-sexual-harassment-lowering-one-hand-to-firmly-grab-and-squeeze-the-cheek-of-my-buttock">accused</a> Cuomo of  “lowering one hand to firmly grab and squeeze the cheek of my buttock” at a party.
The question of who fills the anchor’s chair will fall to CNN’s incoming CEO Chris Licht, who is <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/28/media/chris-licht-cnn-chief-executive/index.html">scheduled</a> to take over the low-rated cable news network on May 1. Licht has served as executive producer of “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.”

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As Chris Cuomo publicized his suffering from COVID-19 in 2020, he received an offer from a New York City doctor to infuse the then-CNN host with the human blood plasma of someone who had recovered from the virus, newly released emails reveal.
“Today Dr. Chris Hillyer, CEO of the New York Blood Center, asked that I reach out to you and offer to deliver convalescent plasma to Chris Cuomo,” wrote Mary Ann Tighe on April 17, 2020. “Should the Cuomo family elect to take Dr. Hillyer up on his offer, his cell number is [redacted].”
Tighe — who is a <a href="https://www.cbre.com/people/mary-ann-tighe">CEO</a> of CBRE, which <a href="https://www.cbre.us/about/corporate-information">describes</a> itself as “the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm” — addressed her email to Melissa DeRosa, an intimate aide to then-<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-fall-of-andrew-cuomo-how-an-empire-built-on-fear-came-crashing-down">New York Governor Andrew Cuomo</a> (D), who forwarded the email to Chris.
Chris Cuomo replied to the offer of “convalescent plasma” by asking, “What is that?”
“Someone’s blood who already had COVID – experimental treatment…” clarified DeRosa.
“Sounds spooky,” Cuomo responded.
“[Y]es but, hey, far be it for me to hold back an offer of someone&#8217;s blood,” DeRosa joked.
“I dont [sic] want to try something that extreme when I Am [sic] not dying,” Cuomo said in his final email on the matter. “But thanks.”
Doctors believed the experimental plasma treatment, which came before the release of the COVID-19 vaccine, would help patients recover by providing them with the antibodies of people who already overcome the coronavirus. The treatment, which <a href="https://publichealth.jhu.edu/2022/an-update-on-convalescent-plasma-for-covid-19">remains controversial</a>, would be “virtually unobtainable by anyone unrelated to then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo,” <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/03/10/chris-cuomo-offered-rare-covid-plasma-in-2020-emails-reveal/">wrote</a> Conor Skelding of the New York Post, which obtained 147 pages of emails tied to Chris Cuomo.
“It’s shocking if the Blood Center was offering convalescent therapy to the most powerful New Yorkers,” said New York City Council member Ben Dallos, a Democrat. “I certainly hope the Blood Center isn’t offering better treatment to the most powerful.”
The New York Blood Center told The Daily Wire in a statement that there was enough supply in April to meet hospital demand.
&#8220;In the spring of 2020, New York Blood Center became the first to collect COVID-19 convalescent plasma and New Yorkers turned out in droves for their neighbors. We were able to collect 10K donations throughout April and quickly had an adequate supply to meet demand at hospitals,&#8221; said Chief Medical Officer Dr. Bruce Sachais. &#8220;The outreach to Chris Cuomo was part of a larger effort to get the new treatment to sick patients and spread the word about the need for recovered patients to donate plasma.”
Just over a year after Hillyer made his offer to the governor’s brother, the New York City Council voted to allow his Blood Center to build a 230-foot-tall tower strongly opposed by local residents. The vote marked “the first time in at least a decade that city lawmakers backed a project over the wishes of the local lawmaker, Councilman Ben Kallos (D-Manhttan),” <a href="https://nypost.com/2021/11/23/ny-city-council-backs-new-blood-center-tower-amid-fierce-pushback/">reported</a> the Post.
&#8220;I wonder who else got this special therapy,” said Kallos.
Cuomo has previously been accused of accepting preferential treatment. Last year, federal agents <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/feds-now-investigating-whether-andrew-cuomo-let-family-jump-the-line-for-covid-testing">opened an investigation</a> into whether then-Gov. Cuomo gave his brother access to <a href="https://apnews.com/article/reports-chris-cuomo-special-covid-19-testing-c7114a57c939730ff5f87c74de4e2e96">rapid COVID-19 tests</a> that were unavailable to the general public.
The plasma offer came as Chris Cuomo told CNN viewers that he had <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/a-proven-lie-cnn-chris-cuomo-blasted-for-suspicious-claim-about-cuomo-in-quarantine">quarantined</a> himself in his basement following his March 2020 diagnosis; he later posted a <a href="https://twitter.com/CuomoPrimeTime/status/1252411300598038529">video</a> of himself dramatically emerging from his lair. But Cuomo got caught outside his home by a local man taking a bike ride on Easter Sunday; Cuomo later <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/04/14/long-island-bicyclist-verbally-attacked-by-chris-cuomo-fires-back/">berated</a> the man as a “jacka** loser fat-tire biker” on his <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chris-cuomo-out-at-siriusxm-radio-show">now-defunct SiriusXM Radio show</a>.
At the time of the alleged offer, Cuomo hosted CNN’s most widely watched program, “Cuomo Prime Time.”
“CNN declined to comment on the emails,” wrote Skelding. “Hillyer, who made $1.8 million in 2019, didn’t return a request for comment.”
Hillyer’s online biography <a href="https://www.nybc.org/about-us/nybc-overview/christopher-d-hillyer-md/">describes</a> him as the “author of over 175 articles pertaining to transfusion, human immunodeficiency virus, and herpes viruses.”
This article has been updated to include comment from the New York Blood Center.

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