The pay offer was the same

The plan at this cable news outlet was to fire the troublesome brother, move up his friend an hour and then bring in the host from a rival network.

The pay offer was the same, but the host from the rival would have still had to work every night.

Chris Cuomo

Rival: Don Lemon

Gov. Cuomo may be exiting, but ethical concerns still swirl around Chris Cuomo, CNN

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s resignation this week upended the political career of a Democratic scion who once towered over the state. But the scrutiny on his brother, CNN anchor Chris Cuomo, continues to rivet people in the overlapping worlds of media and politics, raising questions about ethical considerations inside the cable network and the public reputation of one of the key brands in American television.

Chris Cuomo, the host of CNN’s 9 p.m. show “Cuomo Prime Time,” came under a microscope last week after New York Attorney General Letitia James issued a scathing report on sexual misconduct allegations against the governor. Andrew Cuomo has denied any wrongdoing.

The report detailed how the broadcaster was involved in managing the response to the scandal — a dynamic that media experts suggest was a journalistic conflict of interest that many in the profession would consider inappropriate.

Margaret Sullivan, the Washington Post’s media columnist, wrote this week that Chris Cuomo’s role as an informal adviser to his powerful brother was “deplorable.”

“He has put brotherly love ahead of journalistic propriety,” she wrote in a column published Monday, a day before Andrew Cuomo announced he would step down. “[T]he network’s leadership has let him get away with it.”

Chris Cuomo was part of the governor’s inner circle while, in late February, he helped devise media talking points and strategies Andrew Cuomo could use to respond to the multiple accusations of sexual harassment, according to emails and text messages made public last Tuesday by investigators for James. – Source