26 September 2022: Chris Cuomo Sort-Of Acknowledges Breakdown of Journalism Ethics

‘Way Too Much of a Conflict’: Kara Swisher Confronts Chris Cuomo on Advising His Brother While at CNN

Chris Cuomo, the hapless brother of the resigned-in-disgrace former New York governor Andrew M. Cuomo, was confronted by podcast host Kara Swisher over his journalism ethics in using his CNN platform to boost his brother's political interests.

The discussion, which was published Monday, did not have an easy lift-off. Swisher first asked Cuomo to talk about the “problematic” aspect of his lighthearted interviews with his brother during the first months of the Covid-19 pandemic.

“The hindsight 2020 for me is that if I had known that a grudge would be harbored,” Cuomo said. “Because if we’re giving a fair reckoning, not many people spoke up loudly in the media about disapproving of my brother being on during that time. They did so later. And I think that is something that needs to be owned as well. The reason that they didn’t come out in the moment was because it was very popular and powerful.”

Throughout the conversation, Cuomo defended his interviews with his brother while dismissing critics who argued they represented a conflict of interest.

Cuomo claimed there was “complete transparency” and his interviews with his brother were “the right call” in the context of the times, but he also curiously admitted they should have been considered a conflict “ab initio” — from the beginning.

Or as any independent observer would recognize, Chris Cuomo's interviews with his brother were an embarrassment from Day 1 and should never have been tolerated by any serious broadcast news outfit because of the inherent journalism conflict of interest involved.