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Stop the sickening ‘Cuomo Brothers Feel-Good Pandemic Variety Show’
New York Post ^ | April 9, 2020 | Kyle Smith

Posted on 04/09/2020 3:35:40 PM PDT by willk

So how is CNN approaching the two most important elected officials in the country in these days of crisis?

At Elected Official One, CNN directs a nonstop barrage of antagonistic questions, along with hostile commentary disguised as questions, plus additional hostile commentary not disguised as questions, for the sole purpose of creating gotcha moments that serve no public-information purpose whatsoever. It’s dog meets fire hydrant.

When dealing with Elected Official Two, CNN brings in . . . his brother. For a nonstop massage of gentle questioning, family banter and general fawning. It’s dog meets other dog’s butt.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: andrewcuomo; billdeblasio; chriscuomo; fredo; kylesmith; newyork; newyorkcity; newyorkpost
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1 posted on 04/09/2020 3:35:40 PM PDT by willk
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To: willk

How does CNN get any ratings these days? No one is watching at airports right now. Where else do they have a monopoly on what people can watch?


2 posted on 04/09/2020 3:37:16 PM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.)
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To: willk

You know those two rubbed wiener heads


3 posted on 04/09/2020 3:38:03 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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To: al baby

Eeewww...


4 posted on 04/09/2020 3:40:43 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (Pets are no substitute for children.)
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To: willk
Fredo Smart GIF - Fredo Smart Not - Discover & Share GIFs
5 posted on 04/09/2020 3:40:54 PM PDT by KC_Lion
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To: willk

Not a brain between the two but they will argue they are smarter than you


6 posted on 04/09/2020 3:42:18 PM PDT by ronnie raygun
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To: Rummyfan
How does CNN get any ratings these days?

Because dumbasses are still paying for cable or satellite, and CNN & other channels get paid regardless if you're watching them or not.

7 posted on 04/09/2020 3:42:47 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: willk

“It’s dog meets other dog’s butt.”

BWAAAAAHAHAHAHA, now that’s funny!


8 posted on 04/09/2020 3:48:45 PM PDT by traderrob6
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To: Rummyfan

If obama can be given a peace prize.....or whatever it was...

CNN can get any rating the left want to give them


9 posted on 04/09/2020 3:48:49 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U (0bama's agenda�Divide and conquer seems to be working.?)
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To: willk


10 posted on 04/09/2020 3:52:56 PM PDT by Bon mots
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After his despicable policy to only allow hydroxychloroquine treatment in hospitals while his citizens died unnecessarily I know him only as the evil Cuomo the Killer. The man is a murderer.


11 posted on 04/09/2020 3:54:17 PM PDT by immadashell (Save Innocent Lives - ban gun free zones)
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To: al baby

and that was last week...


12 posted on 04/09/2020 3:56:09 PM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: KC_Lion

its not smart, its “shmart”... “I’m shmart!!”


13 posted on 04/09/2020 3:57:17 PM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: immadashell

After his despicable policy to only allow hydroxychloroquine treatment in hospitals while his citizens died unnecessarily I know him only as the evil Cuomo the Killer. The man is a murderer.


How about confiscating ventilators from private hospitals because he and DeBlasio didn’t buy or budget any recommended to supply the public hospitals.


14 posted on 04/09/2020 4:18:21 PM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: willk

We are tired of hearing this guy on Fox News every darn day. Let New York stations do it. Our State is fighting this same virus and we are getting very little coverage from Fox. Hey Fox New York isn’t the only state that watches you!!!


15 posted on 04/09/2020 4:21:37 PM PDT by JoJo354 (Trump in 2020)
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To: Rummyfan
How does CNN get any ratings these days?

They don’t.

CNN: No shows in the top 20 first quarter ratings. LOL

https://247sports.com/college/auburn/board/104012/Contents/cnn-no-shows-in-the-top-20-first-quarter-ratings-lol-145665480/

16 posted on 04/09/2020 4:39:41 PM PDT by SmokingJoe
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The Andy Cuomo Show comes on I switch to Hallmark Channel. FOX thinks because they are in NYC everyone should care, we don’t.


17 posted on 04/09/2020 4:47:25 PM PDT by McGavin999 (Queen Fancy Nancy Of North Poopistan)
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To: willk

ButtBros


18 posted on 04/09/2020 4:51:36 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat
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Ann Hornaday: WaPo film critic since 2002; 2008 finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism;
worked as a researcher and assistant to Gloria Steinem; began contributing to the “Arts & Leisure” section of The New York Times - Wikipedia:

9 Apr: WaPo: Andrew Cuomo’s star turn is part of a long cinematic tradition
By Ann Hornaday, movie critic
“We all have a role to play,” New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said at his daily press briefing on Monday. “And we have to respect the role that we play.”
And, really, has the world ever been more of a stage?
As Cuomo’s news conferences about the coronavirus pandemic have become appointment viewing for millions of new fans across the country, the role he’s been assigned now feels as if it were meant for him all along...

These convergences — of actors, projected personae, moments in time — have happened before: Laurence Olivier’s Hamlet. Maria Falconetti’s Saint Joan. Marlon Brando’s Stanley Kowalski...
Abraham Lincoln understood this...Winston Churchill’s greatest creation might have been the beloved and respected World War II leader known as Winston Churchill. At least in part, audiences are flocking to Cuomo’s daily PowerPoint presentations not just for raw data, but for his convincing, emotionally transparent portrayal of an authority figure we gravitate toward, for reasons we can’t quite articulate...
...his combination of grandeur and naturalism have coalesced into a performance for the ages, with man and material meeting their moment to create something bigger than the component parts...

As many observers have noted, Cuomo’s chops as national protagonist are all the more impressive when they’re compared to the cult of personality swirling around President Trump, who honed his presentational craft in the repertory vineyards of reality TV, and who clearly aspires to Cuomo’s star status (his staff reportedly watches the governor’s briefings with avid, and most likely envious, interest). But what Trump fails to understand is that the most gifted actors are capable of grasping text and subtext; even though they’re “performing,” they calibrate every detail of vocal, facial and physical expression to tell the truth. Trump, on the other hand, is delivering a workshop-worthy exercise in acting as lying, all too often in substance, but also in his affect of pretense, narcissistic bluster and insincerity...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/andrew-cuomos-star-turn-is-part-of-a-long-cinematic-tradition/2020/04/08/29a97e52-78ed-11ea-b6ff-597f170df8f8_story.html

8 Apr: Brookings Institution: Cuomo and Trump’s daily briefings in a propaganda world
by Linda Peek Schacht
He does not have the White House Seal but his daily briefings are watched by millions (LINKS TO SYRACUSE.COM BELOW, WHICH DOESN’T GIVE ANY CABLE FIGURES) of Americans...
The Cuomo model is what Americans need in time of crisis. Mr. Cuomo, following Aristotle’s insights, is binding up our nation’s fabric as it frays...

no cable numbers, but 4.7m online over SIX DAYS:

31 Mar: Syracuse.com: Digital views for Cuomo’s daily coronavirus briefings set records
By Mark Weiner
In a six-day period ending Monday, more than 4.7 million people tuned in to watch Cuomo’s briefings through Facebook, Twitter, Periscope and a livestream feed on the state’s website, according to the governor’s office...
The spotlight has also given rise to calls for Cuomo to run for president...
https://www.syracuse.com/coronavirus/2020/03/digital-views-for-cuomos-daily-coronavirus-briefings-near-1m-a-day.html

from anti-Trump ABC in Australia last nite:

1h24m12s to 1h28m11s: ABC radio talks to US correspondent, Tim Cass in NYC; Quinn: listener wants to know what was the initial source of the virus in NY? then says we’re not usually political, but the caller wants to know what is the view of Trump vs Cuomo; Kass says source was originally thought to be from China; in last couple of days it’s thought it was Europe.
Cuomo is King right now. he’s been very pro-active getting these hospitals, PPEs set up. people all over the country are listening to his two press conferences daily. Trump is not performing well; he said we’d all be back to work and celebrating Easter; it’s not happening. expect to be home at least another month, maybe more. no mention of possible exaggeration of the death count.

AUDIO: ABC Australia: Overnights with Rod Quinn
https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/overnights/overnights/12121034


19 posted on 04/09/2020 5:03:26 PM PDT by MAGAthon ( Fauc)
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“Governor, it is good to remind people that they are just coming to love you now as much as I have my whole life, and it’s because of your commitment to what you do for other people. It’s what matters most to me about you, and I love you very much. Thank you for coming on the show, and thank you for keeping my spirits up."

I'm surprised they didn't tear each other's clothes off and start having anal sex right then and there.

20 posted on 04/09/2020 5:06:31 PM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham ("God is a spirit, and man His means of walking on the earth.")
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