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this is a non-story, wtf

Great photo choice, you miserable excuse for a news station.

Ha, you got nothing. Cuomo is a sexual predator. I called my parents’ close friends “aunt” and “uncle “ What the fuck is wrong with you people?

You bad faith motherfuckers! Your parents’ first cousins are typically the same age as your parents, so you grow up calling them aunts and uncles - and that’s not even including close family friends who get the same treatment! This is not an unfamiliar concept!!

They'll be horrified to learn that I had at least 10 aunts as a kid. One was an actual aunt, 1 was an aunt of my mum, 1 was a cousin by marriage of my mum & afaik the rest were unrelated to me. I'm certain I'm not unusual.

What is @cnn.com for if they're just going to bend the knee after CEO Mark Thompson got butt-fucked by the White House? If they alienate moderates or progressives, MAGA and Republicans ain't going there. May as well just pull the plug.

I read someone say that the whole thing is really just an excuse to link Zorhan to 9/11 again, throw in the word "hijab" as well to remind everyone that he's Muslim, and it doesn't matter whether the story has any merit at all. I think that's nailed it.

Not true in my family. Plenty of my parents' dearest friends were Aunt and Uncle to me.

you just made Mamdani even more relatable. self own of the week for sure. kudos.

This is a garbage headline as it doesn't present the truth/crux of the matter.

Man, what happened to your journalistic standards?

CNN never beating the unloved allegations.

This is dumb. Do better.

This just makes you look ridiculous. So what if she technically was his first cousin once removed? Does that materially affect the point of the story in any way?

Wow someone referred to an older woman in their extended family as an 'aunt' who isn't literally one of their parents' siblings, better vote for a sex pest who killed a bunch of seniors then I guess huh

The same network where the reporters were told to lay off reporting about the East Wing destruction after their boss met with Trump

you’re a bunch of fucking pigs

And so the half assed hit pieces continue

So what you’re saying is you’ve got nothing on him?

So it wasn’t so much the “story” as it was quibbles with the colloquial use of a familial honorific, correct? Vastly different things.

You are pathetic. Delete your account.

It’s a very poor sign for the health of our nation that mainstream moderate news outlets are publishing news that doesn’t pass even the lowest bar of notability (mamdani calls someone who is not technically an aunt an aunt) in order to try to swing an election. If cuomo wins we ain’t gonna make it.

I hope you guys stretched before you made that big of a reach. You might pull a muscle

C'mon man! Just because right wingers push disinformation, you are not obligated to repeat it. Stop it! Protect the Fourth Estate!!! Don't Collaborate!!!

Piss all the way off with this. Be better.

You would be ashamed of this BS if you weren't so dedicated to prostrating before Dear Leader.

Even the whitest of white people know the significance of the word “auntie” to people of color. Come on @cnn.com !

Get a job

man shut up

This is one of the dumbest things I've ever seen posted by CNN and that's a pretty high bar. Also, I had to tell my adult children that my wife's best friend is not really their aunt. They had no idea /s.

“pushback” - what is that, in journalistic terms? Is it like another word for “bullshit”? Did Mark Thompson Ok this?

You realize you’re not the Bari Weiss one right?

Yeah, because of xenophobic Republicans who now control our government and who are abducting people in broad daylight. So I dunno, maybe her fear was well founded. 🤷

Really.. What kind of bullshit is this?

CNN should be ashamed for running such a deceitful, unserious story at a time when we are facing real, huge issues. Shame on reporter Gloria Pazmino for going along with this, too.

this sucks

This is pathetic.

Once again Bluesky comments pass the vibe check. Stop with this nonsense CNN.

What about those Epstein Files?

Massive scandal!

🖕

I have called guys “bro” and they weren’t related to me at all!!! Oh no

You suck

Pathetic reporting. The American oligarchy are just throwing out hail mary's at this point to see if even the most asinine shit will sink this campaign.

Delete your account

CNN: Priorities, right!? www.wired.com/story/elon-m...

This is what happens when Billionaires go unchecked!!! THIS SHIT HAS TO END!!!! END BILLIONAIRES.

I remember Joe Biden referred to as "Uncle Joe" a word NEVER will be used to lovingly describe Trump.

CNN CAN SUCK IT. Already voted for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social You rich assholes cannot stop what is headed your way

Absolutely pathetic bullshit.

Wait until you find out what Andrew Cuomo did.

Absolute garbage, CNN. The "pushback" he is facing is from morons who do not understand how extended families work because their families probably hate them.

Hell yeah guys, bringing back the classics.

Omg people are you really going to pretend that this isn’t a common use of the term Aunt? Aunt is anyone related to you that’s older than you that has the right to swat your butt when you are bad.

WTF is wrong with everyone at CNN???

68 bigots liked this bigoted hit piece.

Oh fuck off

You should be embarrassed by this. No really. I'm embarrassed for you.

Hey, this is dishonest! The pushback is because the woman he calls his aunt is his father's cousin.

you obsequious chodes lol

In other countries like South Korea, for example, they address older women who are not related as aunts. We can't look at this through American Lenses.

CNN is pathetic

The stench of desperation from racist people trying to pretend they've never heard Asian people use Auntie and Uncle as honorifics.

How are you not embarrassed running this bullshit? How has this not shaken you, that this is the "journalism" you are doing? Is this job really worth your integrity?

CNN AND THE REST OF THE OLIGARCH-OWNED MEDIA ARE ENTERTAINING THIS ENTIRELY BULLSHIT NON-TROVERSY JUST TO PUT MAMDANI'S FACE IN FRONT OF YOU WITH THE WORDS "HIJAB" AND "9-11" ATTACHED TO IT. COLLABORATOR NEWS NETWORK IS JUST AS KKKRISTOFASCIST AS THE KKKRISTOFASCISTS IT SUPPORTS. #BOYCOTTCNN

a masterclass in intentionally missing the point

Everyone involved in reporting this story should be deeply ashamed of themselves. We’ve got real problems in this country!

This is grossly irresponsible - and everyone knows it - how low can you go?

This is pretty pathetic, even for CNN.

Come on

Damn, at least when a newspaper gets this stupid, you can still use it for toilet paper in a pinch. You motherfuckers aren't even good for THAT.

do any editors at CNN speak english? an aunt is any adult woman who was friends with your parents while you were a child, "this is your aunt sarah we've been friends since college"

Pathetic manufactured “pushback.”

This reminds me of the time Trump said he didn't rape someone and a jury found that he had.

Congrats on your new role as Fox News Junior

Coincidence this story coming out after CNN's chief met with Trump. Wonder what could POSSIBLY be the connection there?

What they accomplished in fact was to draw similarities between him and many many other American families from all kinds of backgrounds who use aunt, Tia, Zia, etc to describe older and respected female relatives and friends.

Fake news.

You and your fascist friends are just making this shit up.

How low you go CNN .. in fact gutter low in a pool of insignificance and may you as a so-called multinational news media company & flagship namesake property of CNN Worldwide, a division of Warner Bros. Discovery drown in that pool!

Nice work, serious news organization

Any New Yorker knows that when people say my cousin or my auntie, it covers a range of relationships, blood or marriage or otherwise.

No he isn't

That's the best y'all got, huh.

What pushback?

sincerely and deeply, fuck you

You worthless fucking scumbag rag. You're complicit and you know it.

Have some fucking self respect.

This is loser behavior, CNN. You should be embarrassed by this.

No, he doesn't face pushback just because you guys say that he does. You report the news. You don't decide what it is. You guys are lucky anyone's even still listening to you.

Do y'all really call your older relative "Second Cousin Once Removed Laura" instead of just "Aunt Laura?" Bc if so, you're gonna face a lot of pushback for that from pretty much every American as that is very weird and out-of-touch.

You almost got the real story there at the end, but you missed it. Are you aware that Molina is not Mamdani's brother? Scandal!

CNN using all its tools to lie and push their Agenda

Jesus, I called my parents really good friends aunt & uncle, because Mr & Mrs So & So was too formal, but calling them by just their first name was weird

That’s like saying, do vegetables, McDonalds.

Whoever wrote this story/thought it was newsworthy needs to go back to journalism school!

Nice ratio, clowns

maybe your headline should also say the "pushback" is utter nonsense.

Posting this without stating that the "pushback" was a ridiculous quibble about the definition of "aunt" is the tackiest journalism I've seen this week.

@gloriapazmino.bsky.social shamefully pathetic work.

If by "pushback" you mean "willfully racist hit pieces casting one of the more common usages of the word 'aunt' as in some way deceptive or in any way a misstatement," sure.

Shame on you CNN - sad, this type of reporting from you nowadays is not surprising - shame. Haven’t been watching or following for a while- probably won’t again - will never forget.

You guys are really shitting the bed for Trump. Embarassing.

Has CNN ever once pushed back on Trump as to who "The big man, the strong man with tears in his eyes" is? Or who are the "many people" Trump keeps talking about? The right is really getting desperate at this point.

What's next? Accusing Mamdani of calling an associate "a friend"?

you are FAKE NEWS

Shut up, you turds.

"...MANUFACTURED PUSHBACK..." There, fixed that for ya.

Racists have been lying about him. Like this crap.

Lmao

You are a farce news outlet. To amplify this non-story is shameful. You are now the equivalent level of “journalism” as the NY Post. CNN is a sad joke, a true has-been.

Not. A. Story. Unless you’re an idiot.

Lame

CNN is gutter racism now.

Jesus Christ, what the fuck is wrong with you?

Oh the horror. I called my dad’s friend ‘Uncle Joe’ growing up. Does CNN want to write a story on that? I’m sure it would do huge numbers.

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JFC you fucking people.

Also CNN: damn why doesn't anyone take us seriously any more