jeff zucker knew that, he s human and he shouldn t have done it and we will let it past. what s different now the calls to reporters but it s really the same sort of mess that jeff zucker approved. why isn t he being held accountable here? because i m telling you, if you give someone like chris cuomo, you know, if you let him be part of that of that official response which jeff zucker actually did, you could see where he goes and takes it a step further. why isn t jeff being held accountable for giving chris cuomo the rope? howie: i think he s starting to get scrutiny. chris cuomo was unofficial part of the governor s defense team and pr operation and we didn t know we the public and the viewers did not know the full extent. steve, one of andrew cuomo s accusers, charlotte bennett accused of smearing her, i m looking to her time in college and chris was seeking evidence,
howie: it s hard to overstay what a negative hit cnn has taken from the fiasco and even drawing criticism from the liberal women on the view. they need to hold him accountable, we won t stand for unethical behavior on our watch. this is an abuse of power. what took place, the only reason that chris cuomo was able to do any of this, he was able to get sources on some of the accusers. the second the new york times and atlantic turned against chris cuomo, chris cuomo was thrown off the ship. howie: is that the reason chris cuomo no longer has a job today? joining us now from connecticut charlie gasparino, senior correspondent and fox business network in dallas chris who writes the fourth watch newsletter, charlie, we both know chris cuomo and we know that jeff hired him and has hired him. what do you think suspension could have ended after christmas
and he chose to cut cuomo loose? well, the heat got too intense obviously the extra documents did not look good. i like chris. i take no great pleasure in this, but, you know, what s interesting here, howie, my view is this is a failure of management in so many different ways. you know, chris stepped over the line but you almost expect him to because that s his brother and you know he s close to your brother and you may step over the line. i m just wondering did jeff zucker ever sit down and say to chris, we know that you re advising your brother at least nominally or uninitially, here are the rules of the road that you need to do or take leave of absence. remember they offered him a leave of absence to do that and that s where the i think the journalism ethics or last of ethics come in here. what did jeff zucker do, crews wees just just said ignore these warnings, we need to to
true. cuomo called plenty journalists and in two cases appeared to seek information on his brother s accusers. it was an avalanche of documents from the state ag s probe that boaried cnn with bad press such as atlantic writing, chris cuomo must go. felt compelled to act. protected the man until the details proved too damaging. one more wrinkle, a lawyer for andrew cuomo s accusers, she told this week of new investigation involving a former junior colleague involving another network. it might have been the tipping point. look, i know chris cuomo, i take no pleasure in this. i get that chris was being loyal to his brother but he wasn t being loyal to the principles of journalism. i m howard kurtz and this is media buzz.