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.”
Like you did with obama?
PING!
I expect nothing less from Obama cheerleaders.
CNN is still stuck in the left.
They don’t understand the reason their network is now but a shadow of its previous pertinence, is that they have become a hard-left propaganda outfit.
They have thus, been losing ever more viewers, now for the entire last generation.
Apparently, they still do not get it.
Yeah well after you been cheerleading Obama and providing cover.
I expect nothing less from the degenerates at CNN.
I thought that was the Democrat’s job.
Although I repeat myself.
Whose job was it to act as Obama’s opposition?
It will be the job of the Deplorables, now Despicables, to slap the teeth out of Chris Cuomo’s syphilitic lying face.
Hey Chrisie how did that opposition work during the elections?
Oh Trump didn’t like or respect the media so get use to it.
saw his sidekick on a video on here saying that everyone should wear burka’s in solidarity with muslims after the muslim terrorist tried to kill people at the school.
CNN has gone off the deep end.
Yes! That is the medias job. They are supposed to be a watchdog of the government. They are not supposed to just parrot the official government line.
Fake News, with more to follow for the next 4 years.
Chris Cuomo should be fired. He is not a news reporter.
So they served as Obama’s mouth piece and have to be Trumps opposition? Yeah sounds about right.
Same media was kissing Obama’s butt for 8 years.
Democratic Party is pathetic so MSM has to step in for them.
Frickin’ hilarious!
CNN = Clearly Not News
This blithering IDIOT has just confirmed for those who have turned their backs on the media and those who crossed the aisle to vote for Trump that their condemnation of the lying, hypocritical, indoctrinating MEDIA was 100% correct.
As viewership and subscriptions dwindle at an increasing rate, the media will grow more frantic in their one sided “NEWS coverage.”
This is a self-inflicted wound.
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