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Travis Claims Lack of Cuomo Coverage by His Brother a Disaster for CNN

“Patron saint of the coronabros Andrew Cuomo, has now been accused of sexual harassment by a third woman, prompting Chris Cuomo to make an on-air explanation of why he isn’t covering this issue,” Travis wrote on Twitter.

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Nationally syndicated talk show host and founder of Outkick.com Clay Travis has never shied away from offering strong opinions on controversial topics in the world of news and sports. Though he was on vacation in Cancun from his radio program, which is being hosted by Jonas Knox until Travis returns to the studio, that did not stop Travis from taking to twitter to criticize CNN’s Chris Cuomo and his reasoning for not covering his brother (New York Governor) Andrew Cuomo’s sex scandals.

Chris Cuomo offered an explanation to viewers as to why he can’t cover his brother during the opening of his show Cuomo Primetime Monday evening.

“You have always been straight with me, so let me be straight with you,” Cuomo said. “Obviously, I am aware of what is going on with my brother. And obviously, I cannot cover it because he is my brother (presumably due to conflict of interest). Now, of course, CNN has to cover it. They have covered it extensively, and they will continue to do so. I have always cared very deeply about these issues, and profoundly so. I just wanted to tell you that.”

Cuomo’s explanation did not hold water with Travis, however.

“Patron saint of the coronabros Andrew Cuomo, has now been accused of sexual harassment by a third woman, prompting Chris Cuomo to make an on-air explanation of why he isn’t covering this issue,” Travis wrote on Twitter. “As bad as this is for the Cuomos, it may be worse for CNN.”

According to a CNN press release though, the network is in good shape, claiming that January 2021 was the most watched month in the network’s history. That did not stop Travis, however, from going after Cuomo and claiming the situation was a disaster for CNN.

“CNN spent all of last year turning Andrew Cuomo into a COVID superhero via hits on his brother’s show despite all the facts showing he’d done the worst job of any elected official in America. Now Chris suddenly can’t cover him? Total disaster for CNN.”

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WBT News Director Mark Garrison Defends Conduct During Interview with Karine Jean-Pierre

“To quote Karine, I’m offended that she would suggest that. We don’t add sound effects to news stories.”

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WBT News Director Mark Garrison has been in the spotlight for his recent interview with White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. He’s now defending his actions after pushback from the White House.

Garrison conducted a phone interview with Jean-Pierre ahead of President Biden’s visit to North Carolina. During the interview, he asked the Press Secretary if the President has dementia, stating the question was prompted by those who heard he would be speaking with Jean-Pierre.

In her response, she stated “I can’t even believe you’re asking me this question. It is incredibly insulting,” before asking Garrison for his next question. Later in the interview, she said “And with that, Mark, thank you so much. Have an amazing, amazing day,” and ended the call.

The White House alleges that WBT was given seven minutes to speak with Jean-Pierre, and the time was up. It also claims that the station edited in a dial tone for dramatic effect, arguing that its phones do not have dial tones when a call is ended.

Mark Garrison appeared on The Ingraham Angle on Fox News Wednesday to discuss the matter, and defended his actions.

“I knew — as you know, doing interviews through the years — you’re going to get a lot of talking points,” Garrison told Ingraham. “So I thought if I can just ask a couple of questions, maybe we’d make a little news, maybe get a sound bite out of her. I just decided to ask her about all the concern here in North Carolina. Even 45% of Democrats are concerned about Biden’s mental state, so I thought ‘Ok, I brought that up to her.’ She somewhat dismissed that. And then I just said, ‘Ok, well, does he have dementia?’ And I was surprised that she was so offended.”

Garrison added that Jean-Pierre sidestepped the question for a specific reason.

“What she did was take us down a bumpy dirt road, because she went on to say, ‘Well, every year, the White House physician examines the president and puts out a detailed report.’ Well, I went back and looked at all of those detail reports. It talks about his heartburn, it talks about his limp, it talks about his heart, it talks about his stomach, but there’s nothing in those reports about his mental capacity.”

When asked if he altered the audio to add a dial tone for dramatic effect, the WBT anchor shared his displeasure with the insinuation.

“To quote Karine, I’m offended that she would suggest that. We don’t add sound effects to news stories. When she hit the button to disconnect, we got a dial tone. We didn’t add any drama to it.”

He concluded by stating the he aired the unedited interview, despite what the White House claimed.

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Tim Conway Jr.: Social Media Quickens the News Cycle for Stories Like the Baltimore Bridge

“A good buddy of mine, he sent me that literally about 40 minutes after it happened. The video and the story. That’s crazy.”

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Social media video of the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsing in the Baltimore harbor made the rounds Tuesday morning. KFI AM-640 host Tim Conway Jr. believes the way we learned about the tragedy shapes the coverage surrounding it.

While discussing the happenings with KFI reporter Steve Gregory, who has a long history of covering breaking news events, Conway Jr. noted that not only did social media help confirm the validity of the story, but seeing the images spread so quickly shined a spotlight on how fast the news cycle moves now.

“What a great advantage of having Twitter and Facebook and Instagram and then TikTok, all these social media is when something like that happens you know, because it happens so late we would have not ever heard about it or seen anything until the morning news,” said Conway Jr.

“But now with social media you instantly know. A good buddy of mine, he sent me that literally about 40 minutes after it happened. The video and the story. That’s crazy.”

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Michael Riedel: Once You Start Talking About People’s Personal Lives, There’s No Going Back

“If you go down that path, then you’re headed towards National Enquirer territory and as a journalist, you can never really come back from that.”

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710 WOR morning host Michael Riedel got spent years working as a Broadway reporter and columnist before shifting to the New York news/talker. He has one guiding principle for the radio show that he has kept from his writing days.

Riedel was discussing his previous role at the New York Post with colleague Mark Simone on his midday program and said there are just some things you shouldn’t talk about.

“I got all the backstage stories when I was writing the column about Broadway for the New York Post. You know, celebrities, the leading lady fighting with the producer, lawsuits,” Riedel shared. “But I always drew the line at people’s private lives. Because I thought if you go down that path, then you’re headed towards National Enquirer territory and as a journalist, you can never really come back from that.

“If somebody filed a sexual harassment suit against somebody, I covered those. That’s fine. I mean, as soon as a suit is filed, it’s a matter of public record. I could get into it, but I never got into who’s sleeping with whom and who’s doing this thing. Not to say I didn’t know, and I loved hearing about it, but I drew the line at people’s personal lives when I wrote about them.”

Simone joked that he admired Riedel’s ability to converse with celebrities and know “exactly what that guy would be fascinated by.”

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