. @ChrisCuomo this evening, during a monologue in which he criticizes the Kentucky DA's decision to not charge the two officers who were fired upon - one of whom was hit - with a crime:

"A cop was hit at some point. Horrible. Officer Mattingly. But by whom? By Walker, or...

...friendly fire? Ballistics make it unclear."

When an anchor of an evening 'news' program, having watched the same press conference we all did, having it available on tape to review, with writers and producers who help prepare the script for the show, blatantly...

...misrepresents the core evidence that justifies the shooting and removes any doubt that the officers were acting in self-defense, you have to wonder why. There's no question that they had the information from the AG's press conference available to them. There's no question...

...that they had plenty of time and multiple opportunities to catch that misrepresentation in the script. Yet Chris Cuomo purposely injected doubt into a statement of fact because...why? Because he couldn't bear to face the reality that an officer is justified in firing back?...

...Because he's afraid he'd be considered a sell-out if he shills for The Man and reports the truth? Or maybe it's because the truth goes against everything he and his colleagues have been whipping up about the circumstances that led to the shooting for months? Whatever the...

...reason, what Cuomo did tonight is inexcusable - whether it be on an opinion show or a 'straight news' broadcast. He's lying about the news. He's telling his audience lies. And he's made the calculation that telling the lie is worth whatever heat may come from a few folks...

...on Twitter, because it's been his experience that there is ultimately no professional consequence to telling lies cloaked in the mantle of 'news' on his program. None of his colleagues will call him out - most of them are saying the same thing. So he'll keep doing it.