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Former CNN Host Chris Cuomo Explains Why He Will Never Join MS Now
Chris Cuomo rejects joining MS Now citing political differences and audience expectations, maintaining his current role at NewsNation after his 2021 CNN departure.
- Chris Cuomo took to X on January 16, 2026, to reject moving from NewsNation to MS Now, bluntly replying, `I would rather swallow a shotgun.`
- Cuomo, former CNN host, reacted on January 16, 2026, to a user suggesting he join MS Now, and was airing Cuomo weeknights at 8/7c on NewsNation, where he returned in 2022.
- Some viewers accused Chris Cuomo, NewsNation anchor, of not fitting a mid-left home, with X users saying `Your political genes just can't be tempered to mid left`, while Cuomo acknowledged mixed reactions on X.
- The spat sharpened questions about Cuomo's audience fit as critics said NewsNation audience just wants to be lied to, while Cuomo framed himself as outside tribal partisanship on X.
- MS Now's rebrand and lineup shifts frame talent debates as the channel features familiar faces but one prominent personality declined to join, while CNBC, USA Network, E!, and Oxygen changed companies amid Comcast and NBCUniversal's hold on NBC and Peacock.
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Total News Sources41
Leaning Left8Leaning Right6Center10Last UpdatedBias Distribution42% Center
Bias Distribution
- 42% of the sources are Center
42% Center
L 33%
C 42%
R 25%
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