PROTECTION RACKET: Nets Bury Cuomo’s Blockbuster Nursing Home Scandal

[See NewsBusters for more.] On Friday, Andrew Cuomo’s simmering scandal involving his attempts to hide the true cost of the New York Governor forcing nursing homes to take COVID patients last year burst out into the open. It is now clear that an aide to the Democrat tried to obstruct information because it could “be used against us.” We've also learned that the governor undercounted by as much as 50 percent the nursing home deaths. Yet since Friday night, the network morning and evening news shows have only allowed a combined 4 minutes and 21 seconds of coverage. On Saturday, NBC’s Kathy Park highlighted the awkwardness of the debacle facing Cuomo. She deemed him a 2020 “hero” who is now plummeting back to earth: “During the height of the pandemic, here in New York, Governor Cuomo was often hailed a hero for the handling of the COVID outbreak, but in recent weeks the narrative has shifted with more Democrats and Republicans demanding accountability over the reporting of nursing home deaths.”