They’ve Just Awarded Gov. Cuomo an Emmy

You can’t make this crap up!

And “crap” is literally what it is.

No, this is not satire.

No, this is not a joke.

They have literally just awarded Andrew Cuomo an Emmy for his “masterful” (their word) use of TV to “inform and calm” people around the world.

Hilarious.

Details:

Gov Andrew M Cuomo of NY will receive the International Emmy Founders Award in recognition of his leadership during the Covid19 pandemic & his masterful use of TV to inform & calm people around the world. The Emmy will be presented to @NYGovCuomo on Nov 23 https://t.co/dwKIImwYNV pic.twitter.com/1mKkmg6FKW

— International Emmy Awards (@iemmys) November 20, 2020

My thoughts:

Giving Andrew Cuomo an Emmy is the equivalent of giving Hannibal Lecter the Nobel Peace Prize.

— Lauren Boebert (@laurenboebert) November 20, 2020

Here are more details, from the AP:

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is set to soon receive an International Emmy award for his once-daily televised briefings on the coronavirus pandemic that killed tens of thousands of New Yorkers this spring.

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, whose members include media and entertainment figures from over 60 countries and 500 companies, announced Friday it plans to present the award to the Democratic governor in a live-streamed show Monday.

International Academy President & CEO Bruce L. Paisner said Cuomo is being honored with the academy’s Founders Award for using his briefings to inform and calm the public. Previous recipients include former Vice President Al Gore, Oprah Winfrey, and director Steven Spielberg.

“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.”

Cuomo used his more than 100 Powerpoint-driven slideshows and his sometimes emotional, sometimes acerbic style to provide daily updates and detail his administration’s efforts to shutter the economy and avoid predictions of as many as 100,000 people hospitalized at once.

The pandemic peaked in early-to-mid April, when over 18,000 people were hospitalized at once and hospitals and nursing homes reported as many as 800 deaths in one day.

This is more like it:

Andrew Cuomo deserves to be on trial for the elderly people his nursing home order directly murdered. Instead, he's getting an Emmy. https://t.co/06wlXtP2pq

— Ben Domenech (@bdomenech) November 20, 2020

Thousands of elderly that died in nursing homes thanks to your winner’s “leadership” won’t be able to watch this show, unfortunately. https://t.co/S7UPHkLxwk

— Janice Dean (@JaniceDean) November 20, 2020

A literal quote:

https://twitter.com/alexweprin/status/1329868171784949760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1329868171784949760%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fthefederalist.com%2F2020%2F11%2F20%2Fnew-york-gov-andrew-cuomo-to-receive-emmy-award-for-media-lovefest-press-conferences%2F

What a couple of dopes:

https://twitter.com/AndrewKerrNC/status/1329870444867039233?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1329870444867039233%7Ctwgr%5E&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fthefederalist.com%2F2020%2F11%2F20%2Fnew-york-gov-andrew-cuomo-to-receive-emmy-award-for-media-lovefest-press-conferences%2F

Is this the “masterful” use of TV they are talking about?

Gov. Cuomo just had a mental breakdown when a reporter simply asked a question about whether or not schools are open in NY tomorrow.

He literally started screaming at the reporter. pic.twitter.com/NBem5zpnK0

— Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) November 18, 2020

What a JOKE!