Chris Cuomo demands $125 million from CNN and accuses the network of smearing his reputation



Ousted CNN anchor Chris Cuomo demanded $125 million from the news network in an arbitration filing that claimed his reputation had been smeared.

Cuomo was fired after an investigation into claims that he improperly helped his brother, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, during the numerous accusations of sexual harassment and assault made against him.

In the arbitration filing against CNN, Cuomo claimed he was unjustifiably fired and asked for compensation for the loss of future wages.

“As a result of Turner’s indefensible choice to unceremoniously fire him, Cuomo has been damaged in countless ways. Cuomo has had his journalistic integrity unjustifiably smeared, making it difficult if not impossible for Cuomo to find similar work in the future and damaging him in amounts exceeding $125 million,” the filing read, according to the Hollywood Reporter.

“Turner’s unjustifiable termination of Cuomo reflects nothing more than an apparent rush to judgment and caving to uninformed public and internal pressure that was based on speculation and assumption rather than facts and evidence," it continued.

The investigation that led to Cuomo's firing also led to the disclosure of the improper relationship between Jeff Zucker, who was the CEO of CNN at the time, and Allison Gollust, another top executive at the network. Both resigned soon after the revelation.

Cuomo's filing claimed that he kept Zucker and Gollust updated about his activities and thereby believed he had approval for what he was doing.

“CNN, including Zucker and Gollust, knew of Cuomo’s role as a confidant and sounding board to his brother, and the details of his interactions with Gov. Cuomo and his staff," the filing read. "Cuomo had no reason to believe that his assistance to Gov. Cuomo was inconsistent with CNN’s or Turner’s policies nor its expectations, especially given the fact that Zucker and Gollust had encouraged him to do so and had themselves provided advice to Gov. Cuomo.”

Here's more about Cuomo's firing from CNN:

Why CNN fired Chris Cuomo | New York Postwww.youtube.com

CNN ratings collapse by massive 90% in first week of 2022



The Cable News Network saw a mass exodus of viewers in the first week of 2022 when compared to the numbers of last year, according to Nielsen ratings.

CNN has been hit by a barrage of damaging scandals over the last year, and the ratings are showing it.

For the week of Jan. 3, CNN saw an average daily viewer count of only 548,000 viewers. That represents an 81% drop from their average viewer count in the same week from last year, when they garnered 2.7 million viewers.

The network saw its greatest ratings the week of the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 by some supporters of former President Donald Trump who were objecting to the official results of the 2020 presidential election. That week marked the first time in years of Fox News domination that CNN and MSNBC defeated the ratings behemoth.

A year later, the former hierarchy among cable news networks has been revived.

Worse still for CNN was the network's ratings among primetime viewers, where it lost 89% in a key demographic year-over-year. Among viewers aged 18 to 49-years-old, CNN lost 91% year-over-year.

CNN has faced brutal criticism over their support of anchor Chris Cuomo, brother of disgraced former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The younger Cuomo offered joking interviews of his older politician brother while New York City experienced a horrific spike in coronavirus infections. The anchor was later fired after admitting that he used his contacts to help his brother find out about accusers claiming he had sexually assaulted them.

The network was also excoriated after a CNN producer was charged with allegedly luring and groomin underage girls in order to be sexually assaulted. The FBI called the allegations "deeply disturbing."

Here's more about the scandals at CNN:

Chris Cuomo’s CNN producer charged with luring girls for ‘sexual’ training | New York Postwww.youtube.com