Typically, when a politically connected millionaire television host tells viewers “we’re all in this together,” it’s rightly seen as transparent “every man” pandering. But, one year ago, when the COVID pandemic began in earnest, most people suspended their cynicism for a few weeks. After all, we were facing a global pandemic that didn’t respect racial, class or any other societal divides. It felt for a few moments like we might actually be in it together.
So, when Chris Cuomo appeared on television on March 31 to announce his positive COVID diagnosis, CNN leveraged the spectacle, instructing Cuomo to describe his symptoms in dramatic detail from his basement and to put himself forth as an example — no, a martyr — for the terrified masses.
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