Don Lemon said that the right-wing legacy media has "no real protocol" and "no real structure" and that "they can say what they want." "They put headlines and things and write about things —" said Lemon.
"They say it's opinion," Cuomo intervened. "Yeah, but most people, we would never even put it on — give it the light of day..." Lemon added.
"That's because we have news accountability," said Cuomo. "That's the Fox farce. The whole nighttime lineup is entertainment."
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"Then they shouldn't put news behind it," said Lemon, referring to the Fox News name.
Meanwhile, despite their arguments that they have "news accountability" both hosts are not without their own journalistic controversies.
Chris Cuomo has probably the larger dispute after being entangled in his brother's actions and sexual misconduct charges.
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In February, the younger Cuomo was prevented from covering his older brother, then Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo, after their happy family reunion-esque interviews failed to cover the nursing home controversy the older brother was facing.
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Earlier this year, a top Cuomo supporter had stressed that they underreported nursing home deaths to bar former President Donald Trump from accomplishing a political victory.
In April, Cuomo cited news outlets covering the special treatment that the younger brother received in New York as the "tabloids." Andrew Cuomo had reportedly asked officials to focus on Cuomo's family and people with links to his administration during the onset of the pandemic, allowing them to receive preferential treatment in the state.
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Cuomo also apologized back in May for giving advice to his brother as 11 women stepped forward with claims of sexual harassment against the now-former governor of New York. It is unclear whether he proceeded to advise his brother after the fact, but was named on a list of advisees in the New York State attorney general's report issued in August.
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Don Lemon, while not covered in as many disagreements with deeper implications as his CNN counterpart, knows very well to insert his judgment into news and exaggerating situations, an action frowned upon by the journalistic code of ethics. He assisted in spreading many hoaxes such as the Covington kids and Jussie Smollett's fiascos.
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While they cited the late-night shows of Fox News as entertainment rather than news, both hosts' shows are the left's version of these late-night shows and should be identified in the same camp.
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Earlier this month, Lemon prompted the shaming of those that have not gotten vaccinated, telling Cuomo "I think we have to stop coddling people, when it comes to this and the vaccine thing. 'Oh, you can't shame them. You can't call them stupid. You can't call them silly.' Yes, they are!"
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