While people can relate to wanting to help a family member, his primary obligation as a journalist is to CNN’s viewers, said Kathleen Culver, director of the Center for Journalism Ethics at the University of Wisconsin. The last time he talked to his brother about the charges, Chris Cuomo said during his testimony, was to figure out what was going to happen and what he would tell their 90-year-old mother.Ĭuomo has insisted he has done nothing to try to influence CNN’s coverage of his brother’s political problems, and that it would be quickly found out if he did.

He resigned as governor in August to avoid a likely impeachment trial. James’ investigation found that Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed at least 11 women. How do I help protect my family? How do I protect him? Probably should have been thinking more about how I protect myself, which just never occurred to me.” “This is my brother, and I’m trying to help my brother through a situation where he has told me he did nothing wrong,” Chris testified. Throughout his testimony, Chris Cuomo frequently returns to family when asked to explain his frequent contact - often combative - with Andrew’s aides as they tried to figure out a way to save the governor’s job. “I can imagine it all too easy for Chris to let that bond cloud his judgment when it came to reporting the news, and following up on leads about Andrew’s political enemies.”

“Always, under the mockery and machismo, was a powerful bond - the Cuomos against the world,” Shnayerson said. Still, they were fiercely competitive, said Michael Shnayerson, author of “The Contender,” an unauthorized biography of Andrew that was published in 2015. “He’s my brother, and I love him to death no matter what,” Chris Cuomo said in his testimony this past July. They frequently describe themselves as best friends. Andrew was in his third term before resigning this year, and he burned to beat his dad’s record.Īndrew was his father’s most trusted aide and protector during Mario’s first campaign and early years as governor, an example of loyalty that Chris grew up watching even though, at 51, he is more than 13 years younger than his brother. The Cuomos are part of a New York political dynasty that began with their father, Mario, serving three terms as governor from 1982 to 1996. It’s the last thing I ever wanted to do was compromise any of my colleagues. And I understand why some people feel the way they do about what I did. “It’s embarrassing,” he said, “but I understand it. “As a result, we have suspended Chris indefinitely, pending further evaluation,” a CNN spokesperson said.Ĭuomo, on his SiriusXM show Wednesday, said it “hurts to even say” he’s been suspended. Transcripts of emails and Chris Cuomo’s testimony before state investigators revealed that he strategized regularly with the governor’s aides and tried to help them learn what other journalists were reporting about harassment allegations.ĬNN said that he was more involved than its executives - not just the general public - had been aware of. READ MORE: Transcripts reveal Chris Cuomo’s off-air role as brother’s strategist Andrew Cuomo, as he fought sexual harassment charges. The network took him off the air Tuesday, saying that material released by New York’s attorney general shows that he played a greater role than previously acknowledged in defense of his brother, former Gov. Chris Cuomo’s willingness to put the latter at risk in service to his brother has led to his suspension by CNN. NEW YORK (AP) - There’s family, and your job as a journalist.

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