Posted on 11/30/2016 11:55:21 AM PST by Altura Ct.
According to CNN’s Chris Cuomo, it is the media’s job to serve as the “opposition” to President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration.
On CNN’s New Day Wednesday morning, Cuomo vowed to oppose Trump’s policies, and stated he feels it is the job of the media as a whole to treat the next president of the United States with hostility.
Per Cuomo, “The media cannot yield. This administration is going to demand constant fact-checking and opposition.”
The CNN anchor, who is the brother of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, and the son the of late New York Gov. Mario Cuomo, said the reason for his belief is, “Because otherwise, you don’t know which way it’s going to go from day to day. That’s just a fact.”
Cuomo made his comments during a discussion with New Day co-host Alisyn Camerota and CNN political director David Chalian.
Chalian was previously employed as the Washington bureau chief for Yahoo News, but was fired by the company in 2012 after he was caught on a hot-mic saying that Republican Party officials did not care if black people died during Hurricane Isaac.
The RNC held its 2012 convention in Tampa, as the powerful and unpredictable storm hugged the state’s western coast.
During a live web broadcast, Chalian said Republicans were “not concerned at all. They’re happy to have a party with black people drowning.”
Chalian was promptly hired by CNN less than a year later, and promoted to political director in 2014
CNN has dubbed by critics as the “Clinton News Network” for its perceived bias coverage promoting Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in her campaign against Trump.
Cuomo, who joined the network following the 2012 presidential election, falsely claimed in October that it was “illegal” for CNN viewers to read documents published by Wikileaks, many of which contained private conversations between members of Clinton’s presidential campaign and inner circle.
“Also interesting is, remember, it’s illegal to possess these stolen documents. It’s different for the media. So everything you learn about this, you’re learning from us,” he said.
It was not uncommon for Trump supporters to yell disparaging comments about CNN at Trump rallies during the campaign season.
Trump himself lashed out at CNN president Jeff Zucker during a meeting Monday with key figures at several news networks, reportedly saying to Zucker, “I hate your network, everyone at CNN is a liar and you should be ashamed.”
As in "Media = Enemy"?
Or "Media Enema"?
Either way, I agree.
#14 if it wasn’t for his daddy’s name Chris would be out on the street corner squeegeeing car windows for loose change.
These people are really that stupid.
And when should the media start?
Word to the wise, they’ve been at it since June 8th, 2015.
Yes, but you are not going to get “watchdog”. Opposition is better than government approved, one party propaganda outlet like we have had for the last 8 years.
It was their job to act as cheerleaders for 0bama, so it’s not surprising that they would see it as their job to be the opposition when it comes to Trump.
no, how about reporting the friggin news instead of playing dream world as it burns..
Expect more fake news
“The media cannot yield. This administration is going to demand constant fact-checking and opposition.”
Has Trump demanded constant fact-checking and opposition? Or did he announce that he would one day soon demand it? I missed that.
Now I get it: If only Obama had demanded constant fact-checking and opposition, then the media would have been all over him on every scandal.
Obama forgot to demand it, so they did nothing!
It is so simple.
I guess it is a good thing that Trump (apparently) remembered to demand it - or promised to demand it soon - up front.
It’s only fair since they worked as Obama’s opposition. Oh, wait. Nevermind.
Me Cuomo, since you admit to being the opposition, forget being invited to any press conferences, Love DJT
Don’t bother us right now, Chris. We’re busy gutting your MSM.
Chris will you recuse yourself when your Brother is indicted?
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