The network newscasts on Sunday night and Monday morning were predictably silent on the shocking sexual harassment claims against Governor Andrew Cuomo, a hero among liberals. These are the same networks that praised his “excellency” and gossiped over the single Democrat.
On Sunday night, Fox News broke from the Democrat media and alerted viewers to the story. Fox Report anchor Jon Scott explained:
A former aide is accusing New York’s Governor Andrew Cuomo of misconduct. Lindsey Boylan writing on Twitter, “Yes governor Cuomo sexually harassed me for years, many saw it and watched.” Boylan worked in the Cuomo administration from 2015 to 2018, she is now a candidate for Manhattan president in New York City. The governor's press secretary responding to the accusations saying, quote, “There is simply no truth to these claims.”
Here’s Boylan’s tweet on Sunday morning:
On Sunday night there was silence from the networks. On Monday morning, NBC’s Today, CBS This Morning and ABC’s Good Morning America all avoided the accusations against the governor, despite a combined six hours of available air time.
Here’s how Republican operative Scott Jennings mockingly responded to a USA Today effort to downplay the accusations.
Quite a contrast to how the networks have covered Cuomo during the pandemic. On June 21, 2020, CBS Sunday Morning's Jane Pauley played up the romantic prospects of the man now accused of harassment:
You are a bachelor, you've got a nice house here, having a moment, and you can't do a thing with it. Is your social life in a phase one relationship, possibly? Is that an unfortunate set of circumstances?
On July 20, 2020, NBC’s Nightly News host Lester Holt portrayed Cuomo as a hero: "As New York City entered a new phase of reopening today, Governor Andrew Cuomo headed south on a mission, he says, to prevent the virus from returning to the northeast.” On October 22, Late Show host Stephen Colbert referred to the governor as “your excellency.”
Will these shows now follow through on the idea that we should “believe all women?” Or does that only apply to Republicans and conservatives? We saw how they avoided talking about Tara Reade's sex assault claim against Joe Biden.
The Democratic cover-up on ABC's Good Morning America was sponsored by Amazon. On CBS This Morning, it was promoted by sponsor Mercedes Benz. On NBC’s Today, it was Cadillac.
Here is the Fox Report transcript on Boylan.
Fox Report With Jon Scott
12/14/2020
6:09 PM ETJON SCOTT: A former aide is accusing New York’s governor Andrew Cuomo of misconduct. Lindsey Boylan writing on Twitter, “Yes governor Cuomo sexually harassed me for years, many saw it and watched.” Boylan worked in the Cuomo administration from 2015 to 2018, she is now a candidate for Manhattan president in New York City. The governor's press secretary responding to the accusations saying, quote, “There is simply no truth to these claims.”
