During a Fox News segment on Monday, Mr Chaffetz, who is now a Fox News contributor, hit out at The New York Times, claiming it has actually been “much behind” in covering the swirling allegations regarding the Democrat political leader.
” We will see what the media does. They’ve been extremely tepid in doing this,” Mr Chaffetz claimed on air. “Only the New York Post and also a handful of others have covered this with a severity that it takes. The New York Times and various other huge, huge media outlets have been far behind.”
He was quickly called out by Fox News’ Washington contributor Gillian Turner, who interrupted to state that “the Times damaged the most recent story.”
” We wouldn’t also be speaking about it if it had not been for the New York Times reporting,” Ms Turner included. “Just pointing that out.”
In recent weeks, the Democratic guv of New York came under attack and also faced phone call to step down after three women stepped forward to level accusations of sex-related transgression by Mr Cuomo, including unrequested kissing.
The New York Times very first damaged the tale about Mr Cuomo’s former assistant Charlotte Bennett, that alleged him of asking unacceptable questions concerning her sex life and also stated he was open to relationships with females in their 20s.
The detraction has been fiercely disputed by conservative media networks lashing out on other media home accusing them of little protection on the allegations that have placed Democrats on a tight spot.
After being pounded by his coworker, the former Republican corrected himself and also stated the information outlets he implicated of being unjust were “extremely sluggish to the mark”.
The show was ended by co-host Emily Compagno that said both of them were right in their debates as well as lauded Fox News for the coverage.
Mr Cuomo has actually said that his “spirited” small talk has been “misunderstood as an unwanted flirtation” and asked to select an attorney for an independent investigation right into the current sexual misconduct allegations versus him. He had earlier rejected the allegations.