>> Emily: WELCOME BACK.
CRITICS ARE SLAMMING A DOUBLE
STANDARD THAT SEEMS TO BE
EMERGING AT CNN AFTER THEY FIRED
RICK SANTORUM, REPUBLICAN FROM
HIS ROLE AS SENIOR POLITICAL
COMMENTATOR OVER CONTROVERSIAL
COMMENTS HE MADE OVER AND ERIC
HIT ME BACK NATIVE AMERICAN
CULTURE BUT CNN IS LETTING CHRIS
CUOMO KEEP HIS PRIME TIME SPOT
DESPITE HIS RECENT ADMISSION
THAT HE JOIN STRATEGY CALLS OVER
HIS BROTHER’S SEXUAL HARASSMENT
ALLEGATIONS.
CUOMO EXPENDS IT AWAY TO HIS
VIEWERS IN THIS MANNER, WATCH
RATES BECOME A FAMILY MEANS
EVERYTHING TO ME.
AND I AM FIERCELY LOYAL TO THEM.
BEING LOOPED INTO CALLS WITH
OTHER FRIENDS OF HIS AND
ADVISORS THAT DID INCLUDE SOME
OF HIS STAFF, I UNDERSTAND WHY
THAT WAS A PROBLEM FOR CNN.
IT WAS A MISTAKE BECAUSE I PUT
MY COLLEAGUES HERE WHO I BELIEVE
ARE THE BEST IN THE BUSINESS IN
A BAD SPOT.
>> Emily: JOE CONCHA, TAKE IT
AWAY.
>> Joe: SO THIS CUOMO IS
FIERCELY LOYAL TO HIS FAMILY,
OKAY, GO WORK FOR YOUR BROTHER
THEN, YOU DO ALREADY, YOU MIGHT
AS WELL GET PAID FOR THAT
ASPECT.
THAT’S WHAT’S UNBELIEVABLE ABOUT
THIS, RIGHT?
GO WORK FOR THE DNC OR A RUN FOR
YOURSELF, GET OUT OF TV BECAUSE
NOT AN ANCHOR, CHRIS CUOMO IS AN
ACTIVIST AND LET’S GO THROUGH
AND AGGREGATE EXACTLY WHAT CHRIS
CUOMO HAS DONE IN TERMS OF
ETHICAL VIOLATIONS THAT ANYBODY
ELSE NOT RECEIVING HIS PAYCHECK
WOULD’VE BEEN FIRED FROM, HE’S
GETTING CRITICIZED BY THE LEFT,
BY THE WAY, THIS ISN’T A
RIGHT-WING OR LEFT-WING
ARGUMENT, IT’S A PRAGMATIC
ARGUMENT, MARCH OF 2020, HE
RECEIVES COVID TESTING BEFORE
ANYBODY ELSE IN NEW YORK AND GET
IT, HAVING STATE TROOPERS GO OUT
IN HIS HOUSE IN THE HAMPTONS TO
TEST HIM, HE INTERVIEWS HIS
BROTHER WHILE HE IS COVID
POSITIVE, NEVER BRINGS UP THE
NURSING HOME SCANDAL IN ANY WAY,
SHAPE, OR FORM THAT LEFT 15,000
PEOPLE DEAD IN NURSING HOMES.
IT WAS P.R., HE WORKS FOR HIS
BROTHER.
APRIL OF 2020 HE TAKES HIS OWN
QUARANTINE, GETS INTO A
CONFRONTATION WITH A
60-SOMETHING-YEAR-OLD MAN AT THE
HAMPTONS AT ANOTHER HOUSE HE’S
BUILDING, PUTTING THAT PERSON AT
RISK, THAT PERSON FILED A POLICE
REPORT AGAINST HIM SO HE
SHOULD’VE BEEN GONE THEN AT THAT
POINT.
THEN TAPE EMERGENCE LAST YEAR,
TUCKER CARLSON WAS ABLE TO
OBTAIN IT WHERE HE COACHES
MICHAEL COHEN THROUGH AN
INTERVIEW HE’S GOING TO DO,
DOESN’T ONLY GIVEN THE QUESTIONS
WERE GIVEN THE ANSWER IS HOW
DOES THAT NOT GET HIM FIRED AND
NOW HE’S GIVING HIS BROTHER
ADVICE ON HOW TO AVOID
ALLEGATIONS AROUND
SEXUAL HARASSMENT, IF YOU ARE A
WOMAN AND YOU APPEAR ON THAT
SHOW, SHAME ON YOU BECAUSE THIS
IS NOT SOMEBODY WHO BELIEVES ALL
WOMEN AS HE SO PIOUSLY SET OVER
THE LAST YEAR AND A HALF.
>> Emily: JOE JUST TEED THAT
UP PERFECTLY, WE HAVE ETHICAL
ISSUES, CRIMINAL ISSUES, CIVIL
ISSUES AND THIS ISN’T JUST ABOUT
A BROTHER SITTING IN ON HIS
BROTHER’S STRATEGY CALL, THIS IS
A PRIME TIME NETWORK ANCHOR THAT
IS SITTING IN ON STRATEGY CALLS
FOR THE GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK ON
SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND ABUSE,
FRAUD, AND CORRUPTION
ALLEGATIONS WITH OTHER PEOPLE
PRESENT LIKE STAFF MEMBERS AND
THE LIKE, THIS GOES SO FAR
BEYOND WHAT THIS GUY HAS BEEN
DOING, IT BOGGLES MY MIND AND HE
CONTINUES TO GASLIGHT.
I AM JUST A FIERCE LOYALIST TO
MY FAMILY, WHAT IS NEXT AND DO
YOU EVER SEE ACCOUNTABILITY
HAPPENING?
>> Tomi: NO BECAUSE IT’S CNN
AND CNN IS A JOKE, I THINK WE
ALL KNOW THAT, THE ONLY WAY THIS
IS GOING TO BE SOLVED AS IF
ACTUAL CNN VIEWERS TAKE ISSUE
WITH IT AND I DON’T THINK IT’S
GOING TO HAPPEN ANYTIME SOON
PAID AT THE END OF THE DAY ALL
WE CAN DO IS NOT WATCH CNN, I
HAVE A FEELING MOST OF US DON’T
WATCH CNN ANYWAY.
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY THEY
ARE GOING TO DIE BY THEIR OWN
SWORD HERE AND THEY DON’T HAVE
DONALD TRUMP TO INCREASE AND
BOOST THEIR RATINGS, THEY CAN’T
TALK ABOUT THE WONDERFUL JOB
THEIR PRESIDENT IS DOING BECAUSE
HE’S NOT DOING A WONDERFUL JOB
AND THEY WOULD SURE HATE TO
COVER THE MULTIPLE SCANDALS
GOING ON IN THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION, LOOK AT THE
COUNTRY, IT’S IN SHAMBLES.
CNN HAS NOTHING TO TALK ABOUT.
THERE VIEWERS HAVE TO MAKE THIS
DECISION, WE KNOW THE GAME THAT
THEY PLAY, WE KNOW THE DOUBLE
STANDARD, I JUST HOPE THERE VIEWERS WAKE UP AND MAYBE CHANGE
VIEWERS WAKE UP AND MAYBE CHANGE
THE CHANNEL.
>> Emily: YOU HAVE DIRECT
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE THERE, TELL
US YOUR PERSPECTIVE.
>> Kayleigh: I WENT ON
MULTIPLE TIMES AND GOT NEITHER
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS AND JUST
GOT INSULTED AS A CONSERVATIVE
AND SOMEONE WHO WORKED FOR THE
PRESIDENT.
RICK SANTORUM IS A GOOD PERSON,
I WORKED WITH HIM, WE CROSS
PATHS BRIEFLY, HE WAS DISCARDED
CONVENIENTLY AFTER THE ELECTION,
THEY FOUND NO MORE USE FOR HIM.
SAME WITH JEFFREY LORD, GOOD
PERSON, I DID MANY PANELS WITH
HIM.
CHRIS CUOMO NOT DISCARDED,
JEFFREY TOOBIN, NOT DISCARDED.
CHRIS CUOMO IS BRILLIANTLY
LISTED OUT BY OUR COLLEAGUE HERE
BASICALLY THREATENED TO THROW
SOMEONE DOWN THE STAIRS, SO THIS
IS UNBELIEVABLE, IT’S ONE
STANDARD IF YOU ARE A
CONSERVATIVE, YOU ARE A UTILITY
PLAYER YOU ARE USED AND
IMMEDIATELY DISCARDED AND THEY
ARE JUST LOOKING FOR A REASON.
>> Emily: IT SEEMS LIKE IF WE
PUT IT INTO THE POLITICAL BOXES
IT’S SO CLEAR BUT THERE ARE
PLENTY OF OTHER NETWORKS THAT
HAVE HAD INVESTIGATIONS AND REAL
LEGAL AND CIVIL RAMIFICATIONS
OCCUR BECAUSE A LOT OF
ALLEGATIONS WE ARE ALSO SEEING
THERE SO DO YOU PERCEIVE -- AT
WHAT POINT WILL THESE LINES BE
CROSSED HERE AND WILL CNN BE
SORT OF EXPOSED IN ANY WAY FOR
THE ALLEGATIONS CIRCLING AROUND
AND FOR AT LEAST A SIMPLE
TRANSPARENCY AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
OF IT THERE?
>> Kayleigh: WHEN REPORTERS
START ASKING QUESTIONS, AS I
NOTED AT THE BOTTOM OF THAT
"WASHINGTON POST" ARTICLE ABOUT
THESE ADVISORY CALLS CHRIS CUOMO
IS DOING IS A LINE SAYING THAT
HE ALSO ADVISED ON COVID AT
LEAST ONCE.
WAS IT WHEN HE WAS GETTING THE
FREE TEST, AMID THE NURSING HOME
SCANDAL?
WE GOT TO START ASKING QUESTIONS
AND STOP WATCHING CNN BUT THEY
DON’T HAVE A LOT OF VIEWERS NOW
SO I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE
ALREADY DONE THAT.
>> Emily: THEY ARE GETTING
MORE COVERAGE RIGHT NOW WITH US
TALKING ABOUT.
>> Harris: THAT MIGHT VERY
WELL BE TRUE BUT IT’S A WORTHY
SUBJECT MATTER BECAUSE I THINK
ANYBODY WOULD LOOK AT A SENIOR
POLITICAL ANALYST OR CONTRIBUTOR
A LOT DIFFERENT THAN THEY WOULD
LOOK AT A PRIME TIME NEWS ANCHOR
WHICH I THINK WAS’S TITLE UP
UNTIL NOW, HE’S LISTED AS AN
AMERICAN NEWS JOURNALIST WHEN
YOU GOOGLE HIM.
IF IT WEREN’T RIGHT HE MIGHT
JUMP UP AND CORRECT THAT.
I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING, IF
YOU SEE THE HEADLINE AND YOU SEE
THEIR MEDIA GUY TALKING ABOUT,
YOU KNOW, WHETHER OR NOT HE
OUGHT TO HAVE A LEAVE OF ABSENCE
OVER THE WEEKEND, IT’S GOT TO
COME UP AS A TOPIC INSIDE THAT
ORGANIZATION.
THESE THEY DO HAVE REAL
JOURNALISTS OVER THERE AND AT
SOME POINT THEY HAVE TO TAKE A
LOOK AT THIS AND SAY, WELL, I
DON’T HAVE MY BROTHER ON THE AIR
AIR, I WASN’T ADVISING HIM ON
SEX SCANDAL, IT’S VERY MUCH WHAT
YOU DON’T WANT INTELLIVISION,
YOU DON’T WANTED TO BECOME ALL