A piece published Tuesday by the left-wing Jacobin magazine declared in its headline, "The Lincoln Project and Andrew Cuomo Are Media-Created Monsters," explaining that the media made of them "into heroes of 2020" before the new year brought a rude awakening. Cornell Law School professor and media critic William A. Jacobson told Fox News the promotion of Cuomo and The Lincoln Project "served the liberal media purpose of electing Joe Biden." CNN'S CHRIS CUOMO CONTINUES BLACKOUT OF BROTHER'S NURSING HOME SCANDAL, MSNBC PRIMETIME HOSTS ALSO AVOIDHowever, Jacobson added, the media praise of Cuomo was pure "fantasy." "The Lincoln Project was obviously full of grifters with little integrity taking advantage of donors even before the [John] Weaver [sexual harassment] story broke. But Cuomo provided a contrast to Trump — which turned out to be fiction, and The Lincoln Project was supposed to be principled Republicans standing up for democracy ... or something.

Source: Fox News February 17, 2021 00:56 UTC