(L)-April Ryan attends VH1's Annual "Dear Mama: A Love Letter To Mom" at The Theatre at Ace Hotel in Los Angeles, on May 2, 2019. (Leon Bennett/Getty Images) (R)-CNN moderator Don Lemon speaks to the crowd attending the Democratic Presidential Debate at the Fox Theatre in Detroit, Michigan, on July 31, 2019. Scott Olson/Getty Images
Two of CNN’s top personalities are embroiled in damaging situations in the same week that Chris Cuomo, anchor at the network, was captured on video unleashing an expletive-riddled threat against a man who called him “Fredo.”
Cuomo’s situation attracted widespread attention, culminating with President Donald Trump weighing in, first on Twitter then speaking with reporters.