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Chris Cuomo: Bar "Very Low" for Journalist Conflicts
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Posted on 04/17/2018 4:24:04 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest

Chris Cuomo of CNN, commenting this morning on the disclosure that Sean Hannity has received some legal advice from Michael Cohen, pontificates:

"If you are on television, and you have an audience, and you represent a news organization, you have a duty to disclose things that sniff of conflict. The conflict bar is very low . . . You're supposed to say things protectively, even if they're not necessary."

Yet Cuomo very rarely mentions that his brother Andrew, Governor of New York, is a potential presidential candidate, ranked in the top ten contenders.

Chris might assume that the whole world is aware of this, but that's not true. In any case, can he really be expected to report fairly on presidential politics when his brother is such a partisan? Would it be better for him to recuse himself, and stick, say, to hurricane reporting?


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: belongsinbloggers; chriscuomo; journalism; michaelcohen; seanhannity
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To: Titus-Maximus

Not a huge deal, but if Hannity had mentioned it at some point, would have defused much of the current criticism.


21 posted on 04/17/2018 5:22:35 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest (FReepmail or ping me to be put on my ping list for criticism of liberal media)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Chris ever mention on TV his brother is Gov of NY and could run for Pres?


22 posted on 04/17/2018 5:44:27 AM PDT by SMGFan (Sarah Michelle Gellar is on twitter @SarahMGellar)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

CNN is the worst. Remember the ties some of their reporters had to Glen Simpson and Fusion GPS? Evan Perez was one of them.


23 posted on 04/17/2018 6:37:21 AM PDT by Gahanna Bob
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So should the “journalists” like Cuomo mention that they fellated Barak Obama for 8 years in the interest of full disclousre?


24 posted on 04/17/2018 8:04:51 AM PDT by Maverick68
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To: The Deplorable Miss Lemon
LOL, yes and I smile every time he says it because it is so fitting. To be fair, though, the only thing the Cuomo “boys” have going for them in New York is their name. Both are as dumb as box of rocks.

Yep, without that last name, these two fags would be hustling drunks in a skid row joint.

I did business with 'Mario the Pious' in the early 80s when he was the Lt. Gov. and he did not 'put the arm' on me during the deal, which was a multi-million finance deal.

Since it was just less than $10 million maybe it was too small to try to seek kickbacks, but my company made some very serious money on the deal.

25 posted on 04/17/2018 10:13:34 AM PDT by USS Alaska (Kill all mooselimb, terrorist savages, with extreme prejudice! Deus Vult!)
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“... without that last name, these two fags would be hustling drunks in a skid row joint.”

I believe that you are giving Mario’s boys too much credit. Hustling drinks would be above their collective intellect.

Mario the Pious? Who came up with that first, Rush or Bob Grant?


26 posted on 04/17/2018 10:42:29 AM PDT by The Deplorable Miss Lemon (If illegals are here to do the jobs Americans won't do why are so many illegals on welfare?)
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