CNN anchors address latest Andrew Cuomo drama … while steering clear of sixth accuser's groping claim

After CNN went over 48 hours without mentioning the explosive groping allegation that was made against Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the network’s anchors and correspondents informed its viewers Thursday of the latest drama surrounding the growing calls for his resignation, while still avoiding the governor’s sixth accuser. 

Nearly 40 minutes into the 3 p.m. ET program Thursday, CNN anchor Brooke Baldwin addressed the 59 New York Democrats who’ve signed a letter calling for Cuomo’s resignation and invited on Democratic State Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani, who expressed his support for the governor’s impeachment. 

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During the interview, it was Mamdani who mentioned the bombshell report from Times-Union about the sixth accuser, an unnamed female aide who claimed Cuomo reached into her blouse and fondled her late last year at the governor’s mansion. 

Baldwin refrained from acknowledging the sixth accuser Mamdani invoked and moved on to another question about the impeachment push. 

On CNN’s 4 p.m. ET timeslot, Jake Tapper ran an expansive report about the latest Cuomo drama, including Democratic New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio joining the calls for his resignation and its own fact-checking of Cuomo’s misleading nursing home rhetoric in the early months of the coronavirus pandemic. 

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Yet when addressing the sexual misconduct allegations, CNN correspondent Brynn Gingras told Tapper, “Five women, four who formerly worked with or for the governor, have publicly accused Cuomo of either sexual harassment or inappropriate behavior,” putting emphasis on the accusers who “publicly” came forward. 

In 2018 during the confirmation battle of now-Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh, CNN did not hesitate to report on the letter to a Democratic lawmaker written by an anonymous woman alleging he committed sexual assault. The woman was later identified as Dr. Christine Blasey Ford. 

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Following Baldwin and Tapper, Wolf Blitzer covered Cuomo’s political woes in the second hour of “The Situation Room,” appearing to inexplicably thread the needle in reporting the latest developments facing the governor while avoiding the most disturbing misconduct claim against him.

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