A month ago, it would have seemed unlikely — ridiculous, even — that the most riveting duo in America would be the Empire State’s combative governor and his kid brother, the wide-eyed cable-news host.
But here we are.
New York’s Andrew, 62, who leads the state with far and away the most covid-19 cases and deaths, is appearing almost daily on live television to explain the grim numbers on his Power Point slide…
CNN’s Chris, 49, is infected with coronavirus but continued to broadcast his evening show from the basement of his home, where he is quarantined and sometimes feverish.
Together on the air their pointed-but-affectionate sparring has been surprisingly addictive viewing…
Jon Allsop at Columbia Journalism Review, for one, disapproves. He reasonably suggests a less fraught approach: “There are plenty of ways Chris Cuomo could communicate about his health with CNN viewers while also taking time to recuperate. While he’s out, a colleague could talk with his brother.”
But to a nation inured to nepotism by the likes of First Son-in-Law Jared Kushner spouting ill-informed policy views from a White House podium, this is pretty harmless stuff…
Read the full piece by media columnist Margaret Sullivan in The Washington Post here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/the-cuomo-brothers-put-on-quite-a-show-should-the-journalism-ethics-police-shut-it-down/2020/04/03/35263c10-75c4-11ea-85cb-8670579b863d_story.html
