14 February 2022: Chris Cuomo Going to Arbitration Seeking Payout from CNN

CNN's former anchor Chris Cuomo readies arbitration case

It's been a slow news day with most outlets covering stories the timeline picked up over the weekend. Still, there is new news to fill the slot for the bottom story of the day, which by tradition, involves the hapless, journalistic ethics-challenged Chris Cuomo, younger brother to the resigned-in-disgrace former governor of New York, Andrew M. Cuomo. It seems he's trying to cash in via arbitration against his former employer, CNN, who allegedly fired Cuomo because of repeated transgressions of journalistic ethics. Here's the latest:

For Chris Cuomo, his reputation is worth more than his $20-million contract.

FOX Business has learned, from people close to the recently fired CNN anchor, that he plans to fight his dismissal by filing an arbitration case against his former employer. The timing is said to be "soon," according to those sources, and it will broadly argue that his dismissal was unfair. The claim is expected to state the network knew he was advising his brother Andrew, the former besieged governor of New York, over how to handle sexual harassment allegations brought against him.

CNN and its former chief Jeff Zucker said the firing was justified and Cuomo would relinquish his $20-million contract because allegedly he didn’t disclose the extent of the advising that he was doing for his brother Andrew.

Keep in mind that Chris Cuomo was valuable to CNN because his politically-powerful brother was New York's governor. When Andrew M. Cuomo chose to resign in disgrace, Chris Cuomo's value to CNN greatly diminished. His conduct and continued presence on-air damaged and diminished CNN's reputation.

Both Cuomo's power and influence peaked on 6 May 2020. The downhill slide for both, not to mention the terminal phase for CNN's journalistic reputation, can be traced to their 21 May 2020 publicity event on CNN.