A commentary writer for the Washington Examiner said CNN is falling apart following the exit of President Jeff Zucker and executive Allison Gollust following an investigation into fired anchor Chris Cuomo.
In a segment focused on the state of CNN on Fox News’s Watters World, Tiana Lowe was asked by host Jesse Watters if Zucker, Gollust, and Cuomo would want to “burn the place down” amid declining ratings. Lowe said the exit of all three from the network is “just the beginning.”
“We never found out exactly what the Russians had on Trump, but it looks like we’re finding out right now what Chris Cuomo and who knows how many other CNN staffers have on Jeff Zucker,” Lowe said.
JEFF ZUCKER AND HIS LOVER BLOW UP CNN AS THEY DEPART
Lowe said all it took was “one domino to fall” — the domino being former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the older brother of Chris Cuomo, whom Zucker allegedly coached to use his COVID-19 briefings to attack former President Donald Trump. Zucker has rejected such claims. Gollust resigned as chief marketing officer Tuesday after the Cuomo inquiry found ethical violations as a result of the relationship she had with Zucker against company policy. Zucker resigned earlier this month for not disclosing the relationship during the investigation.
The New York Times reported Tuesday that while Chris Cuomo was initially suspended in November for using his journalistic resources against his brother’s accusers, he was fired when he was accused of sexual assault himself. Chris Cuomo, who denies the sexual assault allegation, is said to be preparing to sue CNN for the millions of dollars to which he is contractually entitled.
Lowe noted that Chris Cuomo helped his brother fend off sexual harassment allegations, an effort that included reaching out to journalists and “sources” as found by New York Attorney General Letitia James. All of this, Lowe said, has led to a “three-way firing squad” at CNN “where no one’s going to come out alive.”
“Chris Cuomo isn’t going to let this go, Gollust isn’t going to let this go, and, Lord knows, Jeff Zucker — he excels at this,” Lowe said, “setting networks on fire and leaving them for ruin.”
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This is all playing out as WarnerMedia, the parent company of CNN, is set to merge with Discovery.
Former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, a former CNN commentator, said during the same segment that she believes the network will continue to tear at the seams and predicted there may be “more dominoes to fall.”
