Andrew Cuomo’s coronavirus response is overrated by an adoring press

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It’s weird watching CNN’s Chris Cuomo interview his brother, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, almost every single night, but it’s even weirder that the national media are treating the governor like a hero. He has done nothing remarkable in managing his state’s response to the coronavirus.

New York has been the hardest-hit state, and it houses America’s largest city, so it naturally lends itself to receiving more attention than other places. But Cuomo has taken no action that differentiates New York from any other city or state coping with the same problem.

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