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Cuomo said never smeared anyone, never went after his brother's accuseders and plus the attorney general's office never accused him of that. but the documents, text messages between cuomo and the governor's aides showed a level that was alarming to many. cnn on monday bought time to scrutinize the documents by saying it would conduct a thorough review. on tuesday, cuomo's producers were back at work to produce another episode of "cuomo primetime" but there was growing criticism of the anchorman outside and inside cnn. by the evening management had seen enough in the documents to take action. c...

With the staff's show and the sentiments were there were reportedly in cuomo's favor. those staffers from the 9:00 p.m. show talked about the anchorman's talent and the pride knelt in the show. so there was a real wide array of feelings in this house. you've got cnn staffers saying get rid of him, he shouldn't work here, he's hurt us. and then you have some of his own producers saying let's bring him back. he should be back. here's the other thing that was unknown to the staff and the press and the public, late wednesday a lawyer contacted cnn with a sexual misconduct complaint about cuomo. on...

The accounting review said when the report came back, he was fired within 24 hours. how do you see it, mara? >> you said the word bottom line and i think a lot of people understand chris cuomo's impulse to help his brother. so when the report came out, i think it was wise to wait and see and get additional information. but the documents released last week showed that chris cuomo did cross a bright red line of journalistic ethics. this is not a great question. it would be not a strategizing advice to provide information to a governor in the midst of a crisis. once those documents were released,...

>> great point. there's such a complicated case here where you have this apparently -- former abc staffer, somebody who worked with cuomo at abc, making this allegation and then you have all of these producers who currently work for cuomo singing his praises, and they are -- at least the people i talked to -- quite disappointed cuomo is terminated. a lot of tension in this. let's go to david zurawik next. ultimately this is about trust in media, as sara was referring to, as cnn lost trust as a result of this, zurawik? >> i don't know. that's hard to say if cnn lost trust. i think this really, ...

It also left a quote return after the holidays" from that. it seems to me it was balancing the hands of staffers with the feelings of viewers. the point about reporters crossing clear journalistic lines and damaging brands and on the other side, concerns about cuomo the person and the fact he put his family first. some of you felt all of the above. my phone was lighting up with calls from cnn staffers, some saying cuomo should have been fired right away and also calls from cnn viewers that cnn was being unfaired to cuomo. and now amongst this cnn had a investigation to assess the dump and kra ...