UltraViolet Says CNN Should Fire Chris Cuomo for Abusing Position to Help Sexual Abuser Brother Combat Harassment Allegations
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:Tuesday, November 30, 2021
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UltraViolet Says CNN Should Fire Chris Cuomo for Abusing Position to Help Sexual Abuser Brother Combat Harassment Allegations
WASHINGTON, DC — Following new reports that Chris Cuomo used his sources in the media to seek information on women who accused his brother Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment, Elisa Batista, campaign director at UltraViolet, a leading national gender-justice organization, issued the following statement calling on CNN to immediately fire Chris Cuomo:
“Reports that Chris Cuomo not only joined strategy calls with his brother, former Governor Andrew Cuomo, on how to respond to the numerous sexual harassment allegations against him, but actively advised his brother to push back against the allegations, using his position at CNN to seek information on the accusers, are completely unacceptable. He should be fired immediately.
“This wasn’t just brothers talking about their lives, or even about politics. This was a major network news anchor actively working to support the former Governor of New York in pushing back against sexual harassment allegations and denegrating survivors of abuse.
“Chris Cuomo leveraged his position as a CNN anchor to manipulate sources and seek information about his brother’s accusers. This a severe breach of journalistic ethics.
“CNN should immediately sever ties with Chris Cuomo. Anything less is unacceptable, and further harms survivors of sexual abuse.”
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