News Opinons Politics

CNN’s Lemon Opposes Taking Coronavirus Briefings Live, Cuomo Pushes Back

During the transition between CNN’s “Cuomo Primetime” and “CNN Tonight” on Monday, CNN hosts Don Lemon and Chris Cuomo disagreed over whether news networks should carry the White House’s press briefings live.

Lemon said, “I’m not actually sure, if you want to be honest, that we should carry that live. I think we should run snippets. I think we should do it afterwards and get the pertinent points to the American people. Because he’s never, ever going to tell you the truth. And guess what he’s going to do? If you ask a question that is a legitimate question, and if he doesn’t like the question, he is going to say whether it’s — whether you’re being mean or not or whatever he wants to call it, he is going to say, that is a mean, nasty question. … Those press briefings have become his new ‘Apprentice.’ They’ve become his new rallies.”


Transcript: Washington Examiner’s full interview with White House border czar Tom Homan
‘Babydog Justice’ back from surgery and feeling ‘paws-atively better’
Cuban ex-President Raul Castro indicted on charges including murder, conspiracy to kill US nationals
Trump-backed housing bill clears House after GOP defies Senate pressure campaign
Makeup Mogul Walks Away from Hollywood, Donates Fortune to Become Catholic Priest: ‘Never Been Happier’
‘Trying to Break Me… Because I am a Christian’: Ex-Lawmaker Targeted for 10 Commandments Capitol Monument
Georgetown Cupcake keg tosser suspected in second brazen M Street attack caught on video
Fmr Dem Rep Barney Frank, sharp-tongued liberal trailblazer, Dodd-Frank co-author dies
The red states charging ahead with America’s wealth as rivals watch billions slip away
Media Melts Down Over More White Afrikaners Coming to America as Refugees and We All Know Why
Leftists Are Spiraling After Thomas Massie’s Loss and Conservatives Should Take That as a Good Sign
Kentucky voters deliver verdict on Thomas Massie and more top headlines
Leftists Beg College Athletes to Ditch SEC Schools in States with Redistricting
Costco Recalls Popular Item After Person Suffers Second-Degree Burns
MTG says GOP’s future ‘destroyed’ after Trump-backed primary challenger defeats Thomas Massie in primary


Cuomo responded, “I understand the frustration with his messaging.”

See also  Trump and Cabinet officials welcomed by Xi at China’s Great Hall of the People

Cuomo later added, “I don’t believe in censorship.”

Lemon replied that he wasn’t advocating ignoring the briefings altogether.

Cuomo then stated, “I’m saying play all of it. I want to hear everything he has to say. I want it all to be out there and I want him to be held to account. Because this isn’t BS politics right now. It’s not about nicknames. It’s not about what he can call another party.”

Story cited here.

Share this article:
Share on Facebook
Facebook
Tweet about this on Twitter
Twitter