Chris Cuomo Launches New News Nation Gig: “This Show Is Going To Be Different From What I’ve Done In The Past Because I’m Different”

deadline.com:

Chris Cuomo debuted his new NewsNation show on Monday with a pledge that his nightly hour “won’t be typical.” Cuomo, who was fired from his CNN primetime show in December, also said that he had “learned lessons good and bad” since then. “I’ve relied on my friends, my family, my therapist, and thankfully, it’s been the case that what doesn’t kill us, doesn’t make us stronger,” Cuomo said in an extended, 15-minute opener. “I’ve been humbled by what happened but I am also hungry to do better in a way that I have never done before.

So this show is going to be different from what I have done in the past because I’m different.” His pitch to viewers was that too much of the national conversation is being framed as left or right, especially in media, when the “extremes are not America’s majority.” “I’m not to follow the pack.

I’m here to expose the game. When you see it, I’m going to say it, and I am going to show you, this is why things get covered this way.

This is what this move means by the left. This is what this means by the right. And I believe that we can focus on common ground with our leaders here and the collective will to find solutions.” The approach to the show is in sync with NewsNation’s genesis: A neutral news outlet to counter other major cable news networks.