The Media Research Center loves to look for “liberal bias” in areas where it doesn’t necessarily exist. Nicholas Fondacaro takes a shot in a March 6 post, asserting that in a tribute to “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek’s pancreatic cancer fight, “CNN’s Chris Cuomo had to throw in a dash of politics and veiled references to President Trump” instead of “just promoting Trebek’s fighting spirit and spreading awareness for a type of cancer that’s really hard to detect.”
What did Cuomo say that Fondacaro found so offensive? He merely noted that “In a time of shallow beliefs and rampant truth abuse in our politics and beyond, every night [Trebek] makes facts first. We need him now more than ever.” That’s it. Despite the fact that Cuomo did not name Trump or any other politician, Fondacaro ranted “Seriously? Now, of all times?” and his CNN derangement kicked in:
Cuomo treats his show as a prosecutor’s argument and courtroom against President Trump. Seemingly every night, Cuomo uses his show to rail against the President with suggestions he’s tearing us apart and poisoning the dialogue with lies and misinformation. So, given that blatant history, it’s clear that Cuomo exploiting Trebek’s cancer diagnosis to score political points.
Fondacaro did eventually calm down enough to acknowledge that Cuomo “did take time to raise awareness” about pancreatic cancer. But perhaps he needs to lay off the caffeine or whatever it is they’re drinking over there to fuel the kneejerk corporate hatred for all things CNN.