New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's daily briefings became must-watch television in much the same way Trump's press conferences did, except Cuomo's performance seemed to charm many, including the corporate media.
The March 25 order handed down by Cuomo's Health Department mandating that nursing homes could not reject those recovering from the illness set in motion the events that inflated the state's COVID-19 death tolls.
Far from realizing the mistake and seeking to correct it, Cuomo was still doubling down on the order at an April 26 press conference, at which he said again that nursing homes had no right to challenge the state order and reject patients who were likely to spread the illness.
While Cuomo conceded at one point, "I wouldn't put my mother in a nursing home right now," he was at the same time backing his administration's order.
Cuomo didn't deal with the problem and, flush with the positive media coverage his sympathetic pressers had created for him, he has airily dismissed any notion that he or his aides should be held accountable for what happened.
The nursing home order is only part of Cuomo's pandemic record and should be placed in the context of his overall leadership and ability to speak to the fears of so many people.
As the corporate media remains obsessed with criticizing every statement by Trump during his daily briefings, they appear little interested in holding Cuomo accountable not merely for inappropriate comments, but for actions that led directly to the loss of lives.
https://thefederalist.com/2020/04/29/media-doesnt-care-that-people-died-because-cuomo-put-coronavirus-patients-in-nursing-homes/
The March 25 order handed down by Cuomo's Health Department mandating that nursing homes could not reject those recovering from the illness set in motion the events that inflated the state's COVID-19 death tolls.
Far from realizing the mistake and seeking to correct it, Cuomo was still doubling down on the order at an April 26 press conference, at which he said again that nursing homes had no right to challenge the state order and reject patients who were likely to spread the illness.
While Cuomo conceded at one point, "I wouldn't put my mother in a nursing home right now," he was at the same time backing his administration's order.
Cuomo didn't deal with the problem and, flush with the positive media coverage his sympathetic pressers had created for him, he has airily dismissed any notion that he or his aides should be held accountable for what happened.
The nursing home order is only part of Cuomo's pandemic record and should be placed in the context of his overall leadership and ability to speak to the fears of so many people.
As the corporate media remains obsessed with criticizing every statement by Trump during his daily briefings, they appear little interested in holding Cuomo accountable not merely for inappropriate comments, but for actions that led directly to the loss of lives.
https://thefederalist.com/2020/04/29/media-doesnt-care-that-people-died-because-cuomo-put-coronavirus-patients-in-nursing-homes/
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