Cuomo does a lot of hardcore opinion – much of it speaking to big-D Democratic principles. But actually this is not, as had been sold, a fact-based old school newscast. It’s all about avoiding partisanship, getting to the truth, reasonableness not left versus right, and other well-meaning centrist platitudes. Instead, Cuomo waxes for 15 minutes about the ideology of the new show. Indeed he has denied misleading his employers and is suing CNN for $125m for wrongful termination, none of which is mentioned tonight. Instead he tried to present his closeness to his brother as a positive for his viewers: “Most people in my business know politics from the outside, I know it from the inside … I’ve seen the inner workings of campaigns … and the interplay between the media and those in power.”īut then what did you expect? Cuomo has only ever had two settings: locker room banter or angry disappointed father. There was no mention of why both he and his brother were fired, nor any acknowledgment that he breached journalistic ethics. There was no mention of the 11 women who came forward including a staffer who alleged Andrew Cuomo groped her breasts and the state trooper who said he would run his fingers down her back while she was trying to protect him – allegations Andrew Cuomo denies. “I’ve been humbled by what happened and I’m also hungry to do better in a way that I’ve never done before.” So how to address all this and get on with the business of cable news? Cuomo got straight to it: “Shakespeare wrote in the Tempest, that ‘the past is prologue,’” he said, without a hint of irony. Your boy is ready to do the NEWS! Let’ssssssss anchor! Cuomo has always been a little more bro-ish than his cable news colleagues, but tonight his jockish figure is barely contained by his game-day pinstripe suit. No sitting on this show – just standing astride the studio, puppy dog forgive-me eyes looking straight into the camera.
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