NewsNation anchor Chris Cuomo tore into President Joe Biden on Thursday, accusing the White House of sending a &#8220;mixed message&#8221; on Israel and warning him that no amount of political pressure — even from within his own party — was an &#8220;excuse to be weak.&#8221;
Cuomo was responding to Biden&#8217;s Thursday call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, during which he reportedly pressured the Israeli leader to move ahead with a ceasefire in Gaza despite the fact that the terrorist group Hamas — which started the current war with an unprovoked attack on October 7th and is still holding Israeli and American hostages — has thus far refused to make any concessions.
During the call, the president also suggested that U.S. policy toward Israel moving forward would be reevaluated and determined based on Netanyahu&#8217;s response to Biden&#8217;s demands.
Cuomo was apparently not impressed, and he used his Thursday monologue to address Biden directly.
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President Biden, you&#39;re treating the war against Israel as if it were another political point of compromise. There is a primary reality: Hamas is a terror organization and they need to give the hostages back. <a href="https://t.co/1V3MlGkqZc">pic.twitter.com/1V3MlGkqZc</a>
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&#8220;I know that the war in the Middle East is a major concern for you in the election, and I think that explains why you misplayed it the way you did today. You gave a mixed message. You talked tough, what sounded like a threat to your main ally in the region,&#8221; Cuomo said. &#8220;And then you said you’re giving them more weapons.&#8221;
&#8220;You’re treating the war against Israel as if it were another political point of compromise. ‘This is wrong. But this is wrong. And we need to do better here. And there has to be change and blah, blah, blah. Ceasefire.’ A lot of words, a lot of conditional language, a lot of half-speak, a lot of appeasement in a situation that is not about balance. It is about realities,&#8221; he continued.
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Cuomo went on to explain that he understood the likely political calculus that was going on behind the scenes, saying that he knew the presidential race was thus far shaping up to be a close one and that Biden stood to lose support from within his own party if he did not make some effort to appease the pro-Palestinian voters. But he argued that was &#8220;no excuse&#8221; for allowing the politics to drive policy when there were still American hostages in the hands of Hamas terrorists.
&#8220;I get how worried you are that you’re not going to have the same base you had the last time. But that is not an excuse to be weak. There’s a primary reality, okay? We seem to have forgotten it,&#8221; Cuomo added. &#8220;Hamas is a terror organization. You designated them as that. They stole people. They need to give the people they stole back to us, to Israel, first. The hostages have become an afterthought and that is wrong. And the reason it has happened is even more wrong. The reason it has happened is because other political exigencies and agendas have overtaken their relevance.&#8221;

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Chris Cuomo Tears Biden A New One Over Israel: ‘Hostages Have Become An Afterthought’

Chris Cuomo Tears Biden A New One Over Israel: 'Hostages Have Become An Afterthought'

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Longtime Democratic strategist James Carville literally laughed off the idea that President Joe Biden, who was in New York City for a fundraiser at the time, should have taken some time to drop by the funeral of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-calls-for-return-to-law-and-order-at-wake-for-slain-ny-police-officer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fallen NYPD officer</a> Jonathan Diller.
Carville, who joined fellow guest Geraldo Rivera in a discussion with NewsNation host Chris Cuomo, called the notion &#8220;idiotic&#8221; and asserted that fundraising schedules should not be disrupted when police officers were killed: &#8220;Unfortunately, it happens about 120 times a year.&#8221;
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Last night Dem strategist James Carville said it would be &quot;idiotic&quot; for Biden to care about Officer Jonathan Diller being murdered and to modify his fundraiser plans because cops are shot all the time: &quot;They&#39;re raising money, they got guest lists&#8230;&quot; <a href="https://t.co/kkYAmuZFDG">pic.twitter.com/kkYAmuZFDG</a>
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Cuomo began by pointing out the stark comparisons that many had made — namely that while Biden was hobnobbing with former Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama and shilling for high-dollar donations, former President Donald Trump was speaking at Diller&#8217;s funeral just minutes away — and he argued that Biden could have undercut the bad optics by simply making an appearance, however brief.
Carville just laughed.
&#8220;James, when you&#8217;re done laughing,&#8221; Cuomo prompted.
&#8220;Well, I think — I think it&#8217;s idiotic,&#8221; Carville replied. &#8220;I&#8217;ll tell you why: they have a fundraising schedule, they have Radio City Music Hall, they&#8217;re out there raising money, they got guest lists, they got everything done. Unfortunately, it happens about 120 times a year, a police officer was shot.&#8221;
&#8220;And so you&#8217;re really saying he should just unring the entire bell.&#8221; Carville then abruptly pivoted to complain about conservatives who had objected to the president&#8217;s decision to honor &#8220;Transgender Day of Visibility&#8221; even though it coincided with Easter Sunday, claiming that people just wanted to always be outraged about something.
&#8220;No, James, that was an easy one. It&#8217;s a layup,&#8221; Cuomo protested, saying that all Biden really had to do was make an appearance at the fallen officer&#8217;s funeral. &#8220;You stop by, you see the family, you give them some private moments, you get back in the car, you go to the fundraiser. That&#8217;s not a stretch.&#8221;
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&#8220;I profoundly disagree,&#8221; Carville pushed back, repeating his initial assessment that the idea was &#8220;idiotic.&#8221;
&#8220;Here&#8217;s how you fix it with minimal effort and you make people feel better,&#8221; Rivera weighed in then, saying that all Biden really had to do was acknowledge Diller — even if all he did was say a few words about him during the fundraiser.
&#8220;It is not uncommon for a peace officer to be killed in the line of duty,&#8221; Carville continued to push back, arguing that keeping the fundraising schedule on track was the more pressing of the two issues.

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Democrat Strategist Says It’s ‘Idiotic’ To Expect Biden To Ditch Fundraiser To Honor Fallen Cop

Democrat Strategist Says It's 'Idiotic' To Expect Biden To Ditch Fundraiser To Honor Fallen Cop

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President Joe Biden posed for a St. Patrick&#8217;s Day photo with a number of members of the Kennedy family — with independent presidential candidate <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rfk-defends-possible-vp-choice-aaron-rodgers-hes-been-hammered-by-the-press" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Robert F. Kennedy Jr.</a> notably absent from the gathering.
During a recent interview with NewsNation host and former CNN anchor Chris Cuomo, Kennedy addressed the fact that he had not been invited to participate, saying that it was indicative only of the fact that even family members occasionally disagree.
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RFK Jr. is announcing his V.P. next Tuesday &#8211; we got some insight into his short list and I asked him about a photo of many of his family members on St. Patrick&#39;s Day supporting President Biden. <a href="https://t.co/wuXU0Jhuwm">pic.twitter.com/wuXU0Jhuwm</a>
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&#8220;Here is a lot of your family, okay, gathered around Joe Biden. They all put out messages that are all about the same thing, which is, ‘Go, Joe! We support you,'&#8221; Cuomo said of the photo — which even included the presidential candidate&#8217;s sister Kerry Kennedy. &#8220;What does it mean when the people who know you best say Joe Biden is better than their own brother, uncle, cousin?&#8221;
Kennedy did not seem concerned by the question, saying, &#8220;Although that looks like a big crowd of people, it is a very small percentage of my family. As you know from your family, we don’t always agree on things.&#8221;
Kennedy went on to say that there were even members of his family who were working for President Biden&#8217;s administration — and that he was fine with that.
&#8220;President Biden is an old friend of my family. I understand that many of them disagree with me on the war in Ukraine, they disagree with me on COVID, on some of the public health issues, they disagree with me on the free speech issue, so you know, we can disagree with each other in a friendly way and still love each other,&#8221; Kennedy continued.
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Kennedy concluded by saying that he was glad his family members had gotten the opportunity to visit the White House and spend some time with Biden — with one caveat.
&#8220;I do hope that at least a couple of them took the time to talk to President Biden and ask him to provide me Secret Service protection,&#8221; Kennedy said.
The Biden administration has repeatedly <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/rfk-jr-fires-back-after-being-denied-secret-service-protection-for-the-third-time" target="_blank" rel="noopener">denied requests</a> from Kennedy for secret service protection on the campaign trail — despite the fact that his own father&#8217;s assassination while on the campaign trail was the reason such protections became standard for major candidates in the first place.

Democratic Presidential Candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Delivers Address To Jewish Community In New York

Biden Takes St. Pat’s Day Photo With The Kennedys — RFK Jr. Responds To Being Left Out

Biden Takes St. Pat's Day Photo With The Kennedys — RFK Jr. Responds To Being Left Out

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NewsNation host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chris-cuomo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chris Cuomo</a> said on Thursday that he viewed a 47-minute film being screened by the Israeli consulate that shows many of the horrors Hamas terrorists committed on October 7 that have not been seen by the public.
While some of the clips in the film have already circulated on social media, many of the clips had not, Cuomo said. He noted that once he saw the film, he had flashbacks of 9/11 and realized that what Hamas did to Israel was the same thing that Al-Qaeda did to the United States.
&#8220;Terrorists targeted the Twin Towers and Washington, D.C., to take out the great symbols that represent America,&#8221; he said. &#8220;The method was not madness, they were sane, they were just evil. But the method was a message. Their unholy efforts triggered what Americans feared most, terrorists robbing us of who and what we are about at home &#8230; the fact that they hit us where it hurt, that&#8217;s what mattered most.&#8221;
&#8220;So if an enemy wanted to make sure that Israel would come for them, the message would be, &#8216;we&#8217;re going to take children, women, innocents, and more, tie them up and burn them alive just like the Holocaust,'&#8221; he added. &#8220;The ultimate fear of what the world can bring the Jews&#8217; way. When a decision is made that Jews are less than human, and treated that way in words and deeds &#8212; I now know that is exactly the message Hamas sent on purpose at scale. And I was not aware of that before. I had seen that bodies had been burned, but I did not understand or appreciate how intentional the effort was. They did it methodically. You hear it in the voices, the commands, the ease, the excitement of finding and mutilating victims, being told, &#8216;let them play with it.'&#8221;
&#8220;This was not death from above, it was death in your face, hands on and personal,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;They enjoyed mutilating, and went back and celebrated in the streets with heads and bloody corpses as trophies. This was absolute genocide. That is a word that people are misapplying, and this is where it does apply. Even more important to the terrorists apparently, was what they left behind, charred reminders of a holocaust. The obvious desire to see as many Jews utterly destroyed as possible. Families melted together on purpose. And yes, there are women, dead, bloody groins, twisted disfigured legs. The IDF says this is not a morbid coincidence, it&#8217;s a part of a pattern of rape and torture.&#8221;
He said that after watching the film, he now understands Israel better and what is driving their response to Hamas.
&#8220;What is fueling Israel, this is not tit for tat, this is not you did to us, and now might will make right,&#8221; he said. &#8220;They are fueled by the deepest fears of genocide, because those fears are real.&#8221;
&#8220;I&#8217;m telling you, Israel is doing far less than it could,&#8221; he continued, adding that calls for Israel to stop its aerial bombing campaign and use its ground forces to kill the terrorists was offensive because the implication is that more Israelis must be killed.
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Today I was among the journalists who have attended a private screening of the raw footage of October 7th and I want to express to you what I saw since it’s not been made public. It’s been a very heavy day. A decision was made that Jews are less than human, and treated that way… <a href="https://t.co/b455joHQxs">pic.twitter.com/b455joHQxs</a>
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Chris Cuomo After Seeing Film Of What Hamas Did On October 7: ‘Israel Is Doing Far Less Than It Could’

Chris Cuomo After Seeing Film Of What Hamas Did On October 7: 'Israel Is Doing Far Less Than It Could'

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NewsNation host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chris-cuomo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chris Cuomo</a> struggled to keep it together during a segment on his show this week where he interviewed a social media influencer who has Tourette’s syndrome.
During his show on Tuesday, Cuomo interviewed 20-year-old Baylen Dupree, who has amassed an audience of 9 million followers on TikTok, which she uses to educate people about the neurological disorder.
&#8220;I’m not going to censor her. Yeah, she’s going to say some things that you would not want to say yourself, let alone have said to you, which is probably going to be my position,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But as I told Baylen just moments ago, she’s not going to say anything to me that my whole team hasn’t wanted to say since the day that they met me. But I love the bravery and I love that we can get through the stigma and just treat somebody with decency because we all deserve it.&#8221;
During various moments throughout the interview, Dupree would have moments where her Tourette’s syndrome took over.
&#8220;I want people to learn that Tourette’s is a neurological, involuntary motor and vocal disorder,&#8221; she said. &#8220;F*** off. F*** off. F*** off. I don’t tic 24/7, and there’s a lot of… Little baby weiners. F*** off. F*** you, Chris. There’s a lot of things that people don’t understand. Like, people think that cussing is with everyone who has Tourette syndrome, but it’s only in 10 percent of people with Tourette’s.&#8221;
During another moment, Dupree said: &#8220;I also get very evil people that would comment and say like — go f*** yourself, Chris. Little baby weiners. [inaudible] up your ass. Butter your own biscuit, fat a**. That have told me that my parents deserved to die in a car accident because I am faking my condition.&#8221;
Cuomo chuckled and tried not to laugh throughout the course of the interview.
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You are not your limitation, you’re what you decide to do with it. Baylen Dupree suffers from Tourette’s syndrome and she’s working to destigmatize it through social media. Instead of trying to hide her disorder she’s documenting her life, educating people on what its like to… <a href="https://t.co/ebmSa90A1H">pic.twitter.com/ebmSa90A1H</a>
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WATCH: Chris Cuomo Chuckles Throughout Interview With Woman Suffering From Tourette’s Syndrome

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Former CNN host Chris Cuomo — who once <a href="https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/12/24/trump-worst-president-cuomo-open-cpt-vpx.cnn" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed</a> Donald Trump was the worst president in U.S. history — changed his tune about the former commander-in-chief, now saying he is open to voting for Trump if it came down to a rematch between him and President Joe Biden in 2024.
Cuomo, 53, joined <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGjN0S_8ppw" target="_blank" rel="noopener">podcast</a> host Patrick Bet-David on Wednesday, where the two discussed a wide range of topics, including a potential second Trump administration. When asked by Bet-David if he would consider voting for Trump in the 2024 presidential election, Cuomo gave an unexpected answer.
&#8220;I am always open,&#8221; Cuomo said. &#8220;And I&#8217;ll tell you that people sell bulls***, &#8216;You&#8217;ve never voted for a Republican in your life.&#8217; Wrong. And not only have I, the first vote I ever cast was for a Republican.&#8221;
&#8220;I don&#8217;t think there&#8217;s any greater risk to America with him than with Biden,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;And for people who are now going to attack me and say, &#8216;What are you talking about? Trump is like this crazy man.&#8217; Well, look — you know — as Patrick says, &#8216;the data is the data.&#8217; Nobody was trying to kill us when Trump was president in a way that they&#8217;re not now — if anything, there&#8217;s more hostility, and you can have reasons for that any way you want.&#8221;
Cuomo, now an anchor at NewsNation, said he was &#8220;existentially&#8221; unafraid of a second Trump or Biden term, saying, &#8220;Unlike many people in America, I believe that the country is much stronger than any individual leader.&#8221;
&#8220;We survived the Russia thing,&#8221; he said. &#8220;We survived January 6. We survived having Biden as a gaffe machine. We survived Congress, going after each other and doing nothing for the rest of us. We survive these things.&#8221;
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Cuomo was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/disgraced-former-cnn-host-chris-cuomo-slams-democrats-for-demonizing-everyone-who-voted-for-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fired</a> from CNN in December 2021 as the far-Left network investigated his involvement in helping his brother, then-Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-NY), navigate a sexual misconduct scandal.
Before his fall from grace from the network, Cuomo spent much of his time staunchly criticizing Trump during his time at the White House.
During a December 2020 newscast, Cuomo dubbed the former president as &#8220;the worst president ever&#8221; after Trump pardoned a number of members of his inner circle, including political consultant Roger Stone, former campaign chairman Paul Manafort, and former national security adviser Lieutenant General Michael Flynn.
&#8220;I hope you decide to accept it once and for all,&#8221; Cuomo said at the time. &#8220;It is the gift of ultimate clarity about this outgoing president. Democrats, Independents, real Republicans, you all now know just based on the last 24 hours alone, this guy is the worst ever.&#8221;
&#8220;[Trump] is the worst president we have ever seen. Period,&#8221; Cuomo added.
Cuomo was later picked up by NewsNation, where he <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" target="_blank" rel="noopener">pledged</a> to be objective after being routinely accused of biased reporting while at CNN.

SiriusXM’s Chris Cuomo Hosts A Bipartisan Conversation With Former Governors Christine Todd Whitman And Jennifer Granholm

Chris Cuomo Says He’s ‘Open’ To Voting For Trump in 2024

Chris Cuomo Says He's 'Open' To Voting For Trump in 2024

News Nation anchor Chris Cuomo admitted during a recent broadcast that his former employer, ABC News, had banned American flag pins in the aftermath of the 9/11 terror attacks in the United States.
Cuomo was responding to complaints from people who he said had told him not to use the word &#8220;we&#8221; when talking about Americans — and he made it clear that he had no interest in complying with that request.
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Chris Cuomo admits that ABC BANNED their reporters from wearing American flag pins after 9/11: &quot;I wasn&#39;t allowed to say this then, but I just don&#39;t care now&#8230; Back on 9/11, they wouldn&#39;t let us &#8211; at ABC News &#8211; wear a flag pin. I always thought that was wrong. I&#39;m an American.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/mw1975EePE">pic.twitter.com/mw1975EePE</a>
&mdash; Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) <a href="https://twitter.com/NickFondacaro/status/1717570856354738438?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 26, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;It&#8217;s interesting, I&#8217;ve had people — the first time since 9/11 and the War on Terror — people have been commenting on social media that I shouldn&#8217;t say &#8216;we&#8217; when we talk about America,&#8221; Cuomo said. &#8220;I wasn&#8217;t allowed to say this then, but I just don&#8217;t care now. I am an American, and I report as an American. And I think about America&#8217;s interests.&#8221;
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&#8220;You know, back on 9/11, they wouldn&#8217;t let us — at ABC News — wear a flag pin. I always thought that was wrong,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;I&#8217;m an American, I&#8217;m worried about the American hostages, I&#8217;m worried about our interests, and that&#8217;s one aspect of why I care.&#8221;
Cuomo also <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cuomo-blasts-pro-hamas-college-kids-this-mouthing-off-wouldve-gotten-very-violent-reaction-post-9-11" target="_blank" rel="noopener">raised the alarm</a> after watching multiple incidents of openly anti-Semitic, pro-Hamas protesters on college campuses all across the United States in the three weeks since Hamas terrorists attacked Israeli civilians, killing more than 1,300 — many of whom were women and children — and kidnapping hundreds, and injuring thousands more.
&#8220;I’ll tell you really the truth, and I don’t like to say this, if these college kids had been mouthing off about &#8216;we got what we deserved&#8217; the way they’re saying about Israel right now, this would have been a very violent time in this country. And thank God it didn’t happen then and I hope it doesn’t happen,&#8221; Cuomo said.
&#8220;And if you think the country would have tolerated support for al-Qaeda’s actions, as we’re hearing now, it would have been bedlam. Again, I’ve seen a lot of acts of terror. I’ve seen a lot of brutality, I’ve seen a lot of death. I’ve seen a lot of heads and things chopped off and burned and all the different things that you see in movies. I’ve never seen a group celebrate and enjoy what I saw with my own eyes that I hope you get to see as well.&#8221;

‘I Always Thought That Was Wrong’: Chris Cuomo Admits ABC Banned American Flag Pins After 9/11

'I Always Thought That Was Wrong': Chris Cuomo Admits ABC Banned American Flag Pins After 9/11

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News Nation host Chris Cuomo slammed college kids that are siding with the Palestinian terrorists who attacked Israel three weeks ago, saying that if there had been this kind of reaction on college campuses after the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that things would have quickly gotten violent.
Cuomo&#8217;s remarks come as there have been anti-Semitic demonstrations held at many of the top universities across the U.S. in recent days organized by the far-left.
&#8220;America was asked by those in the region to exercise restraint after 9/11,&#8221; Cuomo said on Tuesday night. &#8220;Do you remember that? If you&#8217;re under 30- something, you probably don&#8217;t. Google it. College campuses weren&#8217;t calling for a ceasefire the same way then. And America likely would have ignored it.&#8221;
&#8220;Or, I&#8217;ll tell you really the truth, and I don&#8217;t like to say this, if these college kids had been mouthing off about &#8216;we got what we deserved&#8217; the way they&#8217;re saying about Israel right now, this would have been a very violent time in this country,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;And thank God it didn&#8217;t happen then and I hope it doesn&#8217;t happen.&#8221;
Cuomo said that regardless of whether people agreed with the war in Iraq after 9/11, the country never would have tolerated support for the terrorist groups that were responsible.
&#8220;And if you think the country would have tolerated support for al-Qaeda&#8217;s actions, as we&#8217;re hearing now, it would have been bedlam,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Again, I&#8217;ve seen a lot of acts of terror. I&#8217;ve seen a lot of brutality, I&#8217;ve seen a lot of death. I&#8217;ve seen a lot of heads and things chopped off and burned and all the different things that you see in movies. I&#8217;ve never seen a group, celebrate and enjoy what I saw with my own eyes that I hope you get to see as well.&#8221;
&#8220;And the fact that it&#8217;s being ignored here by so many, or rationalized by so many, is unbelievable to me, especially younger people,&#8221; he concluded. &#8220;I guess you&#8217;re too young to remember what 9/11 meant for the next 10 years of our lives.&#8221;
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Chris Cuomo says if college kids were &quot;mouthing off&quot; after 9/11 the way they are with Israel, they would have gotten a literal beat down. &quot;And if you think the country would have tolerated support for al Qaeda&#39;s actions as we&#39;re hearing now, it would have been bedlam.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/sV771MRYry">pic.twitter.com/sV771MRYry</a>
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CNN was in turmoil in the early months of 2022, with CEO Jeff Zucker <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cnn-blasted-after-zucker-resigns-over-relationship-with-colleague-industry-insiders-suggest-more-to-story">posting</a> his shocking resignation after nearly a decade of leading the company, admitting to not disclosing his relationship with senior CNN executive Allison Gollust.
CNN’s ratings had tanked following the 2020 election, with scandals involving Chris Cuomo advising his accused-brother Andrew Cuomo despite his journalistic credentials and an increasingly alienated viewership becoming exhausted with what they perceived as partisan hosts and panels.
It was in this vein that Discovery CEO David Zaslav, the parent company of CNN, recognized the need for a course correction in leadership, and chose &#8220;Late Show&#8221; executive producer Chris Licht to be the next head of the deteriorating company. 
Initially, both CNN anchors and even conservatives alike rallied behind Licht’s message of reeling in the sensationalism and partisanship that CNN had become associated with under the leadership of Jeff Zucker. 
However, little more than a year into his takeover, Zaslav had become impatient, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ceo-chris-licht-out-at-cnn-after-tumultuous-year-controversial-trump-town-hall">announcing</a> to CNN staff the CEO’s departure on Wednesday morning, “For a number of reasons things didn’t work out, and that’s unfortunate,” Mr. Zaslav said, according to a recording of his remarks, per The New York Times. “It’s really unfortunate, and ultimately that’s on me. And I take full responsibility for that.” 
“This job was never going to be easy, especially at a time of great disruption and transformation,” he continued. “Chris poured his heart and soul into this job. Like all of you, he was in the line of fire and he’s taken a lot of hits. We appreciate his efforts, his passion, his love for journalism, and his love for this business.”
Here is a timeline of the events that ultimately led to the fall of one of the more promising leadership changes in media:
<h2>CNN+ Failure</h2>
CNN+ was a streaming service first <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/24/business/media/cnn-plus-discovery-warner.html">announced</a> by then-CNN CEO Jeff Zucker in July 2021 as a foray into the world of subscription-based streaming services, as the network, like many others, saw a decline in demand for cable TV. The venture was backed by CNN’s parent company of Time Warner, but with a deal to merge with Discovery, this backing would be complicated further down the line.
In all, the company hired hundreds of people to work on the service, recruited media figures such as Chris Wallace to be featured exclusively on the platform, and planned to have 8-12 hours of live programming every day, at a total cost of $300 million.
After a massive media blitz promoting CNN+ on every platform, the end result was fewer than 10,000 live viewers at any given time just two weeks after the service had gone live, fewer than many middle-of-the-pack live streamers on platforms such as Twitch and YouTube, who did not require $300 million to break 10,000 viewers.
Discovery was skeptical of CNN+ from the beginning and left Chris Licht to pick up the pieces before he was even officially CEO in April of 2022. After the leak of the dismal viewer count, the service was shut down, and despite his lack of early involvement with the venture, it was Licht who had to break the news to hundreds of CNN+ hosts and employees that they had upended their lives to move over to CNN+ for nothing, already souring his image in the company.
<h2>Trump Town Hall Debacle </h2>
CNN hosted a town hall with former President Donald Trump for the first time since 2016, bringing in the best ratings that CNN had had in years along with scathing criticism from many Left-wing pundits and outlets, including <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cnn-scorched-inside-and-out-by-leftist-backlash-over-trump-town-hall">inside</a> the company. 
The town hall was hosted by Kaitlan Collins along with 300 mostly Trump-enthusiasts in the audience cheering him on as Trump hit all the beats that alienate many CNN employees and executives alike; from recounting the 2020 election fraud claims to lambasting the “fake news media,” it <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cnn-scorched-inside-and-out-by-leftist-backlash-over-trump-town-hall">seemed to many</a> on the Left that CNN simply lost control of the town hall.
“CNN should be ashamed of themselves. They have lost total control of this ‘town hall’ to again be manipulated into platforming election disinformation, defenses of Jan 6th, and a public attack on a sexual abuse victim,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) tweeted, referring to writer E. Jean Carroll, who is suing Trump in civil court over an alleged sexual assault.
This repulsion to what had occurred at the town hall seemed to have been echoed by many at CNN, who thought Licht did not take the necessary precautions to prevent Trump from going on a supposedly unfiltered rant and spreading “misinformation” to the 3.3 million people who watched the town hall. 
Many at CNN saw Licht as putting Collins in an impossible situation, tasked with corralling answers out of a bombastic Trump surrounded by hundreds of loyal supporters who cheered his every retort, further reducing confidence in Licht’s leadership. 
<h2>Firing Of Key Hosts</h2>
Several months after his takeover, CNN’s ratings and coinciding profits were continuing to decline (with a $300 million hit from CNN+), and Licht was forced to bring out the hatchet; laying off about 440 of CNN’s 4,400 employees. However, cost-cutting was not the only reason for many of Licht’s restructuring or firings, with longtime host Brian Stelter, perceived by many on the Right as heavily biased towards Democrats, being <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/brian-stelter-torched-after-being-ousted-by-cnn-contemptible-vapid-and-unbearably-smug">fired</a> last August as a part of Licht’s push to cleanse the network of partisan hosts.
Stelter had been at the network for years, hosting the show “Reliable Sources,” which had the goal of highlighting lies and misinformation in the news media and presenting the audience with “reliable” information that showed what was truly relevant to the country. This firing came as a shock to many at CNN, with Licht forced to respond following a panic at his company:
“I want to acknowledge that this is a time of significant change, and I know that many of you are unsettled,” Licht reportedly told staffers on an editorial staff call in late August. “There will be more changes, and you might not understand it or like it.”
More changes did indeed come, with primetime hyper-partisan host Don Lemon being <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cnn-blasts-don-lemon-over-statement-claims-its-false">ousted</a> in April following his comments that 2024 GOP Presidential Primary candidate and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley was “past her prime.” This unsavory comment combined with his backlog of alleged workplace mistreatment of women since 2008 led to Lemon’s firing. 
Despite this immense turnover, many at Discover and inside CNN were becoming impatient with Licht, and he seemed to have made nobody happy with his myriad of changes.
<h2>The Atlantic Profile</h2>
Most major news outlets seem to agree that The Atlantic profile on Licht <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2023/06/cnn-ratings-chris-licht-trump/674255/">published</a> last Friday was likely the last straw for Discovery executives. Licht inexplicably gave The Atlantic near-unlimited access to his daily life in and outside CNN, showing seeming overconfidence that he could simply gloss over the aforementioned turmoil at the company. 
The Atlantic’s 15,000-word article shows that Licht has clearly lost the confidence of many CNN employees and Discovery executives interviewed in the piece, becoming isolated from the company’s average employee, as well as &#8220;projecting this persona of a bulletproof badass because that’s what Zaslav wants to see. &#8230; Licht’s circle was small and getting smaller &#8230; Whereas he was guarded with CNN employees, our many hours of conversations began to feel like therapy sessions for Licht, safe spaces in which he vented grievances.&#8221;
The profile also features some strange and embarrassing moments from Licht. Author Tim Alberta asks Licht why he was skipping a meal, and Licht responds, “I&#8217;m a f***ing machine.” Alberta observed the CEO’s workout routine, Licht &#8220;squatted down to grab a long metal pole lying flat on the ground. &#8216;Zucker couldn’t do this s***,&#8217; Licht said through clenched teeth, hoisting the pole with a grunt.&#8221;
These factors combined to lead David Zaslav to pull the plug on Licht’s short-lived tenure at CNN, leaving the company’s future up in the air as it struggles to get past its myriad of financial and interpersonal challenges that put it in this position, to begin with.

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CNN anchor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cnn-releases-statement-about-kaitlan-collins-performance-during-trump-town-hall" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kaitlan Collins</a> will take over the prime time slot vacated by recently-ousted anchor Chris Cuomo, the network announced on Wednesday.
Network CEO Chris Licht <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/17/business/media/cnn-kaitlan-collins.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> that Collins, 31, would host the 9 p.m. ET slot on weeknights beginning sometime in June — the highest-rated hour on CNN prior to Cuomo&#8217;s departure in late 2021 — but the title of her show has not yet been announced.
&#8220;Kaitlan will showcase why she’s one of the top reporters and interviewers in the game. She is a smart and gifted journalist who we’ve all seen hold lawmakers and newsmakers accountable. She pushes politicians off their talking points, gets real answers – and as everyone who’s worked with her knows – breaks a lot of news. Kaitlan will expose uncovered angles and challenge conventional wisdom to make sure viewers are seeing a story from every side,&#8221; Licht <a href="https://deadline.com/2023/05/cnn-kaitlan-collins-chris-licht-upfront-1235369840/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told CNN staffers</a> in an internal memo.
The move comes just a week after Collins served as the solo host for an often contentious CNN town hall event with former President Donald Trump, drawing both criticism and praise for her handling of the situation.
Peacock host Mehdi Hasan (&#8220;The Mehdi Hasan Show&#8221;) wrote an op-ed claiming that CNN had &#8220;set Collins up to fail&#8221; when she was named to host the town hall, saying, &#8220;The network put its star anchor and interviewer Kaitlan Collins in a room full of Trump supporters, who laughed at their cult leader’s crass jokes and applauded his cheap insults — including jabs at Collins herself.&#8221;
But a panel of commentators at CNN disagreed, referring to Collins as a &#8220;matador against a bull&#8221; and praising her for holding her ground against the former president.
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&#39;Like a Matador Against a Bull!&#39; Kaitlan Collins Guests Heap Praise on Her Night After Trump Town Hall Fracas <a href="https://t.co/mGHOkT1nO2">https://t.co/mGHOkT1nO2</a>
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Collins previously served as a reporter for The Daily Caller and as CNN&#8217;s White House correspondent — and has since worked alongside anchor Poppy Harlow and Don Lemon before his recent and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-cnn-fires-don-lemon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">abrupt exit</a> on &#8220;CNN This Morning.&#8221;
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Harlow will continue to host &#8220;This Morning,&#8221; and for the time being, she will be joined by a rotating series of co-anchors.

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CNN Journo Who Sparred With Trump At Town Hall Nabs Chris Cuomo’s Old Prime Time Slot

Kaitlan Collins Nabs Chris Cuomo's Old Prime Time Slot

NewsNation host Chris Cuomo gave legacy media an earful for effectively ignoring the ongoing crisis at the U.S. southern border, saying that the failure to properly cover what should have been a major story had only made the problem worse.
The former CNN host — who <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-cnn-terminates-chris-cuomo-effective-immediately-over-scandal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was fired</a> by the network in late 2021 amid several scandals — reported from the southern border on Monday, arguing that media had glossed over the problem and claiming that both Republicans and Democrats had <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/tv/the-joke-is-on-us-chris-cuomo-tears-into-biden-and-the-media-for-ignoring-border-crisis/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">used the crisis</a> for political gain.
&#8220;You heard all the politics about how there was going to be an invasion and now there’s literally almost no one here, and for you, the absence of people should be more frightening than seeing the big groups because when you see big groups, that means you know where migrants are,&#8221; Cuomo said, arguing that the absence of crowds suggested that illegal immigrants had already been taken to other parts of the country.
&#8220;The media made a big mistake taking a pass on this because we don’t have the spectacle of massive crowds, okay? The absence should be more frightening because we need to know the answer of where they are, and it really is an indication of how broken this system is,&#8221; Cuomo continued.
He went on to criticize President Joe Biden and both major political parties for failing to act on the issue, suggesting that the people who had the power and responsibility to take action often chose not to because it benefitted them politically.
&#8220;Right and Left are wholly unreasonable on this issue. The Right couldn’t wait for the hordes to come through, and then when they did and we have our president laughing, &#8216;Ha ha ha. It’s not as bad as you expected.&#8217; Really? With record numbers being processed and released into America,&#8221; Cuomo continued. &#8220;It’s no laughing matter, but if it is a joke, the joke is on us, because the people in power are allowing this to continue.&#8221;
Cuomo then spoke with journalist Jorge Ventura to get more insight into the situation.
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On <a href="https://twitter.com/ChrisCuomo?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ChrisCuomo</a> reporting in Juarez showing the other side of the humanitarian crisis and the role Mexican officials have in allowing thousands of migrants to reach to the U.S./Mexico border to cross illegally <a href="https://twitter.com/NewsNation?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NewsNation</a> <a href="https://t.co/ke12KP6crJ">pic.twitter.com/ke12KP6crJ</a>
&mdash; Jorge Ventura Media (@VenturaReport) <a href="https://twitter.com/VenturaReport/status/1658298725872304129?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 16, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Chris Cuomo Lets Media Have It For Ignoring Border Crisis: ‘The Joke Is On Us’

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/cnn" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a> CEO Chris Licht is reportedly set to announce that 31-year-old Kaitlan Collins has a new contract to serve as the host of the network&#8217;s 9 p.m. primetime hour, which was previously occupied for years by former CNN host Chris Cuomo.
Puck News <a href="https://puck.news/the-kaitlan-era-begins-tonight/?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=organic" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that the announcement is expected to take place in the coming days and would cap off Collins&#8217; fast rise through the network from her time as a White House reporter who often got under the skin of former President Donald Trump to become a fresh face for the network&#8217;s primetime lineup.
Collins is set to host a town hall event tonight in New Hampshire with former President Donald Trump, who has faced criticism for agreeing to go on the network with a journalist who has <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/10/trump-cnn-kaitlan-collins-00095114" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shown hostility</a> toward him in the past while <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/27/us/politics/trump-republican-primary-debates.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suggesting</a> that he may skip Republican Party primary debates — which critics claim is because he does not want to be compared on stage next to Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
This will be the first time that Trump has <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/05/10/trump-town-hall-cnn-heres-why-and-how-to-watch/70205770007/?taid=645c1e7e90f121000160dc85&amp;utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter">allowed</a> CNN to interview him since 2016.
&#8220;They are rightfully desperate to get those fantastic (TRUMP!) ratings once again,&#8221; Trump wrote on social media. &#8220;They made me a deal I couldn’t refuse!!! Could be the beginning of a New &amp; Vibrant CNN, with no more Fake News, or it could turn into a disaster for all, including me. Let’s see what happens? Wednesday Night at 8:00!!!&#8221;
The report from Puck News said that Collins&#8217; performance tonight is not expected to impact the offer that CNN is about to make her, but cautioned that with Trump, anything is possible.
Trump is likely to face tough questions about the four criminal investigations that he is under, a civil court ruling that he committed battery and defamed E. Jean Carroll, claims that he has made about the 2020 election, and other controversies.
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CNN has also faced attacks from Left-wing media for giving a town hall event to the former president, who is currently leading in the very early GOP primary polls along with the Florida governor.

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