Jane Coaston on Chris Cuomo: ‘This Is Abuse of Power’

‘If you found out that an intern did this, they would be gone a second after these text messages came out’

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COASTON: "Right, especially because this is a massive ethical breach. If you work at a news agency as I do, and we do, you understand that they’re just basic things. Like, if you found out that an intern did this, they would be gone a second after these text messages came out, and I think that this is an abuse of power. What — this 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, think about what that would — you see in these text messages how it’s not just Chris Cuomo, to be clear, and I think it’s really worth taking a look at what Letitia James released. You're seeing people talking about these accusers like they’re just nuisances. One person says, 'Can we just fire all the women from the governor’s mansion?'” 

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