'MASTERFUL TELEVISION'
Did Andrew Cuomo get an Emmy?
IN 2020, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was awarded an International Emmy for his coronavirus briefings.
On August 3, 2021, New York Attorney General Letitia James concluded that the Governor had sexually harassed multiple women following months of investigation.
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Was Andrew Cuomo awarded an Emmy?
for the "leadership" he displayed during more than a hundred daily coronavirus briefings in 2020, which the Academy praised as "masterful television."
On March 2, the governor began conducting a series of televised press briefings from Albany to keep New Yorkers and the public updated about cases and how the state would navigate the pandemic.
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He conducted 111 briefings, which concluded on June 19.
His daily televised briefings reached around 59million people according to .
When did Cuomo receive the award?
was presented the 2020 International Emmy Founders Award during a live-streamed show on November 23, 2020.
The Founder's Award is presented to an individual or organization that "crosses cultural boundaries to touch our common humanity."
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What did the academy say about Cuomo's award?
The academy praised Cuomo's "masterful use of television to inform and calm people around the world" from Albany.
International Academy President and CEO Bruce Paisner said the governor's decisive action made his state "a symbol of the determination to fight back."
"The governor's 111 daily briefings worked so well because he effectively created television shows, with characters, plot lines, and stories of success and failure," he said.
"People around the world tuned in to find out what was going on, and New York tough became a symbol of the determination to fight back."
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How did people react to the news of his award?
News of Cuomo's award has been met with overwhelmingly negative reactions on social media.
"Giving Andrew Cuomo an Emmy is an equivalent of giving Hannibal Lecter the Nobel Peace Prize," one user wrote.
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"Andrew Cuomo is getting an Emmy for delivering the second-highest covid death rate in America. We live in a clown world," another agreed.
"The worst and deadliest governor in America got a book deal and now an Emmy," one penned.
The Twitter user is referencing Cuomo's.
In the book, Cuomo discusses the state's nursing home scandal which he has received severe backlash for.
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Cuomo writes in the book that said that Republicans "decided to attack Democratic governors and blame them for nursing homes" before slating that the party "needed to add a conspiracy."
Cuomo confirmed: "It was a lie. New York State never demanded or directed that any nursing home accept a COVID-positive patient."
Some of Cuomo's supporters defended the governor's handling of the pandemic on social media.
"I mean, I don’t know if an Emmy award is necessary, but Cuomo was a godsend in the early days of the pandemic. He 1000% kept people calm," one user said.
"I love that Andrew Cuomo is getting an Emmy for keeping folks calm and informed during the pandemic while trump was busy telling folks to inject bleach," another wrote in reference to the President's early advice.
Did Cuomo sexually harass women?
On August 3, .
The probe found Cuomo sexually harassed current and former state employees. It also found the Governor and his team retaliated against a former employee for coming forward.
"Gov. Cuomo sexually harassed several women," New York Attorney General James said at a press conference on August 3, adding that it was a violation of state and federal law.
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They also accused the governor of cultivating a "toxic workplace," leaving employees fearful of coming forward with complaints of wrongdoing.
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More than half a dozen sexual harassment allegations were leveled against Cuomo earlier this year, with the allegations ranging from unwanted kissed or groping and inappropriate conversations.
Cuomo has repeatedly denied wrongdoing.
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