It was one of the biggest stories of the year — and the mainstream media effectively hid it from the American public.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is facing the kinds of allegations that have ended political careers after a former aide accused him of repeated sexual harassment.
But most Americans have barely heard a word about it as the mainstream media has been caught trying to downplay the news.
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Lindsey Boylan, who served as a special adviser to Cuomo and is now running for Manhattan borough president, said on Twitter that the governor “sexually harassed me for years” in an office she described as the “most toxic team environment.”
Given Cuomo’s national profile – and the hero treatment the media has given his regular coronavirus press conferences – the allegations from someone who served within his own administration would seem to merit attention.
Yet the watchdog organization Media Research Center said her claims went largely ignored in the mainstream media.
The night she came forward, the story didn’t make the cut at CBS, NBC or ABC, meaning viewers didn’t hear her accusations of harassment, which she said took on many forms.
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“I could never anticipate what to expect: would I be grilled on my work (which was very good) or harassed about my looks,” she wrote. “Or would it be both in the same conversation? This was the way for years.”
But the worst part, she added, was the fact that “many” people saw it… and did nothing to defend her.
“Not knowing what to expect what’s the most upsetting part aside from knowing that no one would do a damn thing even when they saw it,” she wrote. “No one.”
That’s likely because of something she mentioned in another tweet: Cuomo insiders are “deathly afraid of him.”
She also suggested there are more victims.
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“I *know* I am not the only woman,” wrote Boylan, who has also worked as a state economics official.
The governor has denied the allegations.
“It’s not true,” Cuomo said at a recent news conference. “Look, I fought for and I believe a woman has the right to come forward and express her opinion, and express issues and concerns that she has, but it’s just not true.”
Cuomo is reportedly under consideration for President-elect Joe Biden’s cabinet, and the media blackout on the allegations could be an effort to protect him during this process.
But Boylan slammed the reports that Cuomo could find himself in Washington.
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“There are fewer things more scary than giving this man, who exists without ethics, even more control,” she wrote on Twitter. “I saw how he wielded power for years. He takes advantage of people, including me.”
Cuomo would seem to have another disqualifying factor – one even bigger that the sexual harassment allegations, and that’s his mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic.
In spring, he ordered nursing homes in the state to accept COVID-19 patients, a move that critics say led directly to the deaths of hundreds, if not thousands, of other residents.
Then, he was accused of trying to coverup attempts to investigate those deaths.
However, Cuomo is said to enjoy a warm personal relationship with Biden, something the president-elect is said to value highly.
The feeling is mutual.
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“He just sees Joe Biden as a morally decent guy, the same way I know he saw his own father, in that sense,” Jay Jacobs, chairman of the New York Democratic Party, told the New York Times in spring.
If nothing else, Cuomo will find an ally in the Oval Office… something he didn’t have with President Donald Trump.
….Washington wants nothing to do with him, and that’s so bad for New York, which has become a ghost town. Andrew spends too much time listening to his brother, Fredo. Forget the books and your apology tour. The Federal Government would love to help New York regain its luster!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 19, 2020
But all of that could be undermined by the allegations against Cuomo – and if the media ever ends its blackout, the #MeToo backlash could force him out of office.
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And instead of in the governor’s mansion or the cabinet, he could find himself on the outside looking in.
— Walter W. Murray is a reporter for The Horn News. He is an outspoken conservative and a survival expert.