CNN’s Chris Cuomo apologized Thursday evening for equating the label of “fake news” to the n-word earlier that day.
“I was wrong,” Cuomo tweeted in response to the backlash stemming out of his comments on CNN and Sirius XM radio. “Calling a journalist fake -nothing compared to the pain of a racial slur. I should not have said it. I apologize.”
I was wrong. Calling a journalist fake -nothing compared to the pain of a racial slur. I should not have said it. I apologize https://t.co/TJGUgWz9Q2
— Christopher C. Cuomo (@ChrisCuomo) February 9, 2017
Cuomo also thanked people “for calling me out for equating fake with other slurs.”
I want to thank you for calling me out for equating fake with other slurs. Wasn't my intention to diminish but just saying it was too much. https://t.co/WxDSiQ90i3
— Christopher C. Cuomo (@ChrisCuomo) February 9, 2017
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