Cuomo, Trump, and CNN
Recently on CNN I have seen Chris Cuomo interview his brother Andrew, the Governor of New York a couple of times. I was impressed with both people and interviews. I always admired Chris - he is one American media person who can actually speak English (not American, but English) very well - grammar and vocabulary in particular and is admirably eloquent. But this is not about Chris.
His brother is apparently of the same ilk - perhaps not quite so eloquent but he would nail crowds if on the stump for President. He must have already been successful to be in his present position. This guy would make a great President. That would be about four years overdue. I hope he runs some day.
His talk last night, March 16, was even more impressive. He knows how to relate to the average person which the current President has never and will never learn. He even gave credit to Trump and his team for their recent activity against the virus (I am assuming by now everybody knows which one!). It was a very well organized talk ending in some effective personal family anecdotes. If Trump had made this speech earlier himself, the country would be feeling a lot better. So would Trump since I already said Andrew complimented him and we all know he is very keen on praising himself.
When you see Anthony you have to look twice to see if it is Chris or not. He is obviously the older but if an "older twin" were possible this would be as close as you could get.
Imagine team Cuomo - Andrew for President and Chris for V.P. - a brotherly team just like the Kennedys.
Now to CNN. I like and watch the network. But just like they have for over three years with Trump, they are overdoing the Corona virus. Yes we need to be regularly informed but there is other news out there. All the harping about Trump was not very effective in dislodging him. They just went on, and on, and on. Now here we go again.
With the virus they are beginning to sound like the old Buffalo Evening News I used to hear in early TV days. It was all fires, shootings, and accidents because for some morbid reason bad news sells better than good.
Tell us a few times a day the facts and what is happening with the spread and the defence. That's it. Give us a break. The worst example was last night with Don Lemon. Unfortunately for him, by the time he airs most of the day's news is old. But he started by quoting a number. Then there was a big dramatic pause - a stunt he pulls all too often. Finally he quotes a second number and of course it is a new statistic and the point is to show how there has been such a huge increase in numbers from point A to point B. More pause.
Come on guys. Is there a separate Oscar for news reporting? Your job is not to SELL the news, it is to TELL the news and that is all.
We might be less up tight if you would just do that.
Please.
#thebrewsterblock
2 comments:
Don't watch TV except at breakfast and lunch when my wife likes to watch something. Unfortunately have been seeing nothing but Trump, Trudeau, some BC cabinet minister - and the soliquies of Cuomo.
Cuomo is better than Trump, but that's a low standard. Cuomo, like Schumer, loves the spotlight - and, like a lot of liberals, loves to tell the rest of us how to live.
Saw Cuomo a few days ago make a very slick presentation with graphics, obviously crafted very carefully. To me anyway, it was his way of heading off criticism that he has blown the response to the virus. Can the state have really been prepared at all. It's now the world's hotspot for coronavirus. You can rationalize zll you want, but he has blown it.
btw, my thoughts on why Cuomo appears better than Trump on TV: His father was long-time politician so that Chris has been living politics all his life. Trump is not a politician and likely wouldn't have been able to be elected to lesser offices. Trump doesn't have a filter and talks with the confidence of the egotist he is. For that and his lying ways, he's hard to have confidence in.
Thanks for that Doug. No question they are all politicians and they don't get to that height by being pure as the driven snow - they all go adrift! Just found Cuomo more credible. Would not be surprised to see him run one day.
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