‘Outnumbered’ panel reacts to CNN anchor defending himself on coverage of brother New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo amid sexual harassment allegations. CNN's leftwing media guru Brian Stelter made the bold argument that his network's coverage of Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is something to be proud of. Speaking at PolitiFact's "virtual festival of fact-checking" on Monday, Stelter was asked about how networks like CNN can improve on being "objective" and seek a "balance in fairness" in its coverage. Stelter responded in part by boasting CNN's reporting on the embattled governor. "When the New York governor is embroiled in multiple scandals, CNN can't ignore it. And thankfully we haven't of course," Stelter said. "And there's been great work by [Jake] Tapper and Brianna [Keilar] and by New York Bureau correspondents work over there, you know, but that kind of news coverage, I think, is seen by viewers as a sign that we are playing it straight, and that we are being fair. And I would like to believe that every day, when we wake up, when we work in these newsrooms we work for these organizations, we can either win a little bit of trust or we can lose a little bit of trust.