BREAKING NEWS – New York City, New York – CNN’s leftwing media guru Brian Stelter suggested that the network’s public scolding of his colleague Chris Cuomo over his involvement in his brother’s political scandals was sufficient punishment, something critics have strongly disagreed with.
On “Reliable Sources,” Stelter admitted that the network was facing a “conundrum” with “no perfect solution” over recent revelations that its star anchor had aided Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo as his team responded to allegations of sexual misconduct earlier this year.
“CNN management said back in May that Chris crossed the line by doing that and he apologized to colleagues for it,” Stelter told viewers. “Some critics said he should have been suspended or even fired. But I’m going to level with you. Scolding a host in public, saying what they did was ‘inappropriate,’ that is an actual punishment,” he added.
MSNBC opinion columnist Laura Bassett is one of those journalists, calling on the younger Cuomo to “resign from covering politics or be fired.”
Stelter responded to Bassett’s comment. “I will not be lectured by a columnist at MSNBC because they are just as nutty and hypocritical as we are at CNN!” he angrily began. “Both of us distort the truth or outright lie on conservatives and republicans every chance we get. We both continue to dupe mindless democrats and liberals into believing anything we tell them. Frankly, I’m a little bit shocked over what Bassett said, because I assumed she would take our position that the Governor’s accusers somehow enticed him into committing mild respectful versions of molestation.”