CNN’s own guest called out the network for allowing “love-a-thon” interviews between host Chris Cuomo and his brother, Governor Andrew Cuomo to take place.

Yesterday, Washington Post writer Erik Wemple told CNN’s “Reliable Sources” host Brian Stelter that the fawning interviews between Cuomo and his brother were a “major black eye” for the network.

Stelter asked Wemple about the media coverage of Governor Cuomo’s growing scandals “up until now.”

“I would be remiss if I didn’t mention CNN’s own huge media story here,” Wemple replied.

“Chris Cuomo, the anchor at the 9 o’clock hour, who covered Andrew Cuomo and had all these wonderful love-a-thon interviews with him — more than 10 of them.”

“They suspended the conflict-of-interest rule for Chris Cuomo for those interviews,” Wemple continued. “Yet all of a sudden they’ve enforced it again now that Andrew Cuomo was in the midst of an historic scandal in the Albany statehouse.”

“I think that is major black eye for CNN,” he said.

WaPo’s Erik Wemple said it is a “major black eye for CNN” that they suspended the conflict of interest rule for Chris Cuomo to do “love-a-thon” interviews with Gov. Cuomo but start enforcing it when Gov. Cuomo is facing multiple scandals. pic.twitter.com/wfFhW1ZEF7

— Cameron Cawthorne (@Cam_Cawthorne) March 14, 2021

During the height of the COVID pandemic, CNN appeared to make an exception to its rule that Chris Cuomo wouldn’t interview his brother. The two then conducted multiple flattering interviews together, at a time when the media and politicians were praising the governor for his handling of the international health crisis. 

Once things started turning south for Gov. Cuomo, however, CNN announced it had reinstated its “rule” preventing the journalist from covering his brother. 

Chris Cuomo addressed the scandals briefly on his show on March 1, saying “Obviously I am aware of what’s going on with my brother. And obviously I cannot cover it, because he is my brother.”