THE DAILY NEWSLETTER - MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2021

Media Winners & Losers

MEDIA WINNER:
Jake Tapper

In his closing Sunday monologue on State of the Union, CNN’s Jake Tapper lit up the entertainment industry and other corporate behemoths appeasing China rather than calling out the country’s authoritarian conduct on the world stage.

Tapper complimented the Women’s Tennis Association for terminating the events they had scheduled in China over concerns about the safety of tennis star, Peng Shuai. The WTA was doing far more than the International Olympic Committee, noted Tapper, with the Winter Olympics in Beijing fast approaching. He compared the IOC to a "mob lawyer" running cover for China's abuses. 

Corporate giants like Apple and Nike have ignored or even directly profited from China's slave labor and other human rights violations for years, Tapper continued, before excoriating Hollywood for caving to China's communist regime over and over and over again.

There is no amount of money that can buy enough soap to wash that blood off their hands,” Tapper declared.

This was no wild rant but rather a targeted and well-researched -- and well-deserved -- evisceration.

MEDIA LOSER:
Chris Cuomo

Chris Cuomo's suspension from CNN officially became a termination on Saturday, before the law firm the network had hired had had a chance to finish their review of his conduct regarding the sexual misconduct allegations against his brother, former Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY).

Being accused of a breach of journalistic ethics regarding your brother's sexual misconduct is bad. Getting caught misleading your employer about those breaches of journalistic ethics is worse. Getting accused of your own acts of sexual misconduct? Well, that's a trifecta of terribleness, and one that seems to have finally pushed CNN president Jeff Zucker to give the Cuomo Prime Time host the boot. 

CNN's statement announcing Cuomo's termination "effective immediately" stated that "additional information" had "come to light" in the course of the investigation. That additional information was soon reported to be sexual misconduct. Cuomo has denied the allegations and released a statement saying "this is not how I wanted my time at CNN to end."

It's a colossally embarrassing mess, and even Cuomo's former colleagues have been openly calling out the damage the scandal has done to CNN's reputation. 

The A-Block

Crumbleys caught

James and Jennifer Crumbley are now at the same jail as their 15-year-old son Ethan Crumbley, who allegedly killed four and injured seven others in a shooting at his Michigan high school, after evading authorities and eventually being captured hiding in a Detroit industrial building. 

Ethan Crumbley was charged as an adult with one count of terrorism, 4 counts of first degree murder, 7 counts of assault with intent to murder, and 12 counts of possession of a firearm. His parents were charged with four counts of involuntary manslaughter, with Oakland County prosecutor Karen McDonald announcing the charges in a Friday press conference. She cited the multiple warnings the Crumbleys had received from the school about Ethan’s disturbing behavior, the fact that the parents purchased the handgun for Ethan, and text messages Jennifer had sent to her son.

Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard confirmed that James and Jennifer Crumbley were missing in an interview with CNN’s Victor Blackwell Friday afternoon.

The couple's attorney insisted that they were not fleeing but had just left town for their own safety, but as the hours ticked by and the Crumbleys had yet to turn themselves in, that explanation was met with skepticism. This CNN panel was one of many examples of media and legal commentators expressing shock and dismay that the Crumbleys had not been under surveillance. 

Eventually, the two fugitives were caught and arrested in Detroit. The arrest was captured on video by CNN.

Finally making their appearance in court, the Crumbleys' bail was set at $500,00 each, with no 10 percent cash alternative, and the judge laid down additional restrictions if they did make bail, including GPS monitoring and a requirement to surrender any weapons. 

Our sister site Law & Crime has a detailed explainer of the charges filed against James and Jennifer Crumbley, and what the prosecutors will have to prove. 


Requiesce in pace, former Senator and GOP presidential nominee Bob Dole, who passed away on Sunday at the age of 98. President Joe Biden released a statement honoring Dole as a war hero and American statesman, and a long list of political figures from both sides of the aisle paid tribute to the World War II veteran as well. 


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Trump Accidentally Insults People Who Think There Was Widespread Voter Fraud in 2020

Must See Clip

Launching a divisive primary for...unity?

Former Senator David Perdue (R-GA) officially announced he is running for governor of Georgia on Monday, challenging incumbent Governor Brian Kemp (R-GA) in the Republican primary.

Perdue was reportedly recruited to run by former President Donald Trump, who has targeted Kemp with attacks and insults since he certified Biden’s win in the state in 2020 and refused to endorse Trump’s baseless allegations of election fraud. 

Perdue's announcement video declared that Georgia Republicans needed to be "united," and blamed the lack of unity on those like Kemp and Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, both of whom have declined to drink the Trumpian Kool-aid regarding the 2020 election.

CNN's At This Hour With Kate Bolduan discussed Perdue's entry into the race, the knock-down, drag-out GOP primary it portends, and the potential benefits to Democrat Stacey Abrams from the Republican infighting. Watch the segment here.

Links We Like

Don’t Denigrate Adoption to Defend Roe 
- David French, The Dispatch
Here Is Why a Federal Judge Blocked Enforcement of the Texas Social Media Law
- Jacob Sullum, Reason
BuzzFeed’s a public company. Now what?
- Peter Kafka, Vox
She Was Having a Seizure. Police Shocked Her With a Taser.
- Wendy Ruderman and Abbie VanSickle, The Marshall Project
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