The line — honored by thousands of men and women devoted to the highest calling of their chosen craft — is no longer blurry. CNN news anchor Chris Cuomo paid with his $6 million a year job for advising his New York Gov. Their messages warned Trump the riot was inflicting major damage on him and, left unchecked, would destroy his legacy. Cuomo, Hannity, Ingraham, along with their colleagues at competing networks, would refer to themselves as journalists but they are not reporters in the traditional sense. Public confidence in the news media is at an all time low and critics scornfully refer to journalistic ethics as an oxymoron.

Source: CNN December 17, 2021 15:03 UTC