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Andrew Cuomo’s Daily Press Briefing Is the Most Important Show on TV
By Jen Chaney@chaneyj
Gov. Andrew Cuomo, America’s new Dad. Photo: PBS News Hour/YouTube
The most comforting show on television right now is not This Is Us or The Great British Baking Show. It’s the daily coronavirus briefing broadcast every morning by New York governor Andrew Cuomo.
Since the COVID-19 shutdowns began, Cuomo has regularly appeared in front of cameras to provide the latest statistics on the outbreak, as well as the steps that he and state government officials are taking to address the crisis. None of that sounds like a recipe for great, or even mildly interesting, television. But because we live in such supremely odd times — and because the president of the United States is a babbling falsehood machine — these daily briefings have become indispensable. At a moment when Americans are desperate to see someone take control of this awful situation, the governor of the nation’s hardest hit state has stepped into the role.
The presentation of each press briefing is efficient and tailored to the socially distanced moment. Cuomo and everyone else on the dais sit six feet apart, as do the journalists in the room. The air of the whole operation says: “Do what I say, as well as what I do.” When he isn’t wearing a suit, he’s in a button-down shirt or tailored polo with the New York State seal emblazoned on it. If Americans need a dad right now, Cuomo is dressing like a father in Great Neck who just got back from Home Depot and announced that he’s going to fix the damn dishwasher himself.
The sudden appreciation of a politician who has often inspired the opposite sentiment, especially among New Yorkers, is a surprise in and of itself. Jezebel writer Rebecca Fishbein wrote a recent column with a headline that summarizes how many are feeling: “Help, I Think I’m in Love With Andrew Cuomo???” The governor responded by calling Fishbein to tell her to hang in there, because that’s exactly what America’s Coronavirus Dad is supposed to do. Even the New York Times is an admirer: Earlier this week, Times reporters Jesse McKinley and Shane Goldmacher called him “the politician of the moment” and dubbed his daily briefings “must-see television.” In the 1990s, must-see TV meant Seinfeld and Friends. In 2020, it’s a press conference in which a governor talks about ventilators.

There are a bunch of reasons for that. Every day, Cuomo is sharing crucial information that people crave. He’s a regular presence at a specific time, which helps viewers establish a routine while they’re stuck in isolation. But on a deeper level, the briefings are compelling because of how Cuomo approaches each broadcast like a storyteller. He doesn’t get behind a lectern and spit out information in a flat monotone, like other leaders in other parts of the country have been doing. Unlike the White House Coronavirus Task Force briefings, which are rambling, plotless affairs led by a commander-in-chief with little command of anything, Cuomo’s briefings are structured and polished, yet personal. At Tuesday’s briefing, for example, he introduced two generals from the National Guard, then added a little dad joke with a gentle smile: “I’m Private Cuomo, but I’ll be your governor today.”
The governor has been in government long enough to know what people need to hear at a time like this, but he also seems acutely aware that what he’s telling us is hard to digest. On Thursday morning, he kicked things off by talking about facts. “Facts can be uplifting, they can be depressing at times, they can be confusing at times, but they can be empowering,” he said, before digging into sobering details about the number of overflow hospitals New York needs to build. Of course, we all know that facts can be uplifting, depressing, confusing, or empowering. But by starting from a soft place, he was able to transition to a harder one in a way that felt less harsh.
Cuomo has made his briefings more personal by talking about his family: how he’s concerned for his elderly mother, or how he used to feel cooped up in his apartment when his kids were young. (This morning, he related to parents again by noting that children are facing national adversity in a way they haven’t before, but that doing so may build character.) He genuinely seems to care about his family and other families, which should be a given. But when other politicians are suggesting we should sacrifice our grandparents for the sake of getting the economy up and running — a proposal known as The Volunteer Pop-Pop As Tribute Plan — those givens no longer apply.
Publicly, he has displayed the gamut of emotions most of us are experiencing privately in our homes. He has expressed concern. He’s gotten angry. “What am I going to do with 400 ventilators when I need 30,000?” he asked of the federal government during Tuesday’s briefing. “You pick the 26,000 people who are going to die because you only sent 400 ventilators.” He’s even gotten a little mushy. During Wednesday’s briefing, he talked about how the density of New York City, which makes it especially vulnerable to the spread of COVID-19, should still be seen as a positive: “Our closeness is what makes us special … It is also that closeness and that connection and that humanity and that sharing that is our greatest strength, and that is what is going to overcome at the end of the day. I promise you that.” Does that sound like something President Bartlet might have said in a really treacly West Wing episode? Sure. But we need a strong and sturdy cornball right now.
If you’ve ever taught children or raised them, you know that they depend on routines to feel safe and protected. Our routines have been destroyed by the coronavirus pandemic, and so has our broader sense of safety. That makes all of us, even the grown-ups, feel as vulnerable as little kids do. We will cling to anything that suggests someone has got our backs, and anything that provides a sense of consistency.
Andrew Cuomo has been providing both. He is honest and direct in what he says in these briefings, but he also drops in uplifting messages about what to take away from the unreality everyone is plodding their way through each day. Day by day, he’s making an incomprehensible disaster a little easier to understand. Is he Mister Rogers? Um, no. Very hard no. But he’s the closest thing we have.
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it really is the most important hour of my day now! and this bastard thinks we dont need that much ventilators! complaining that governors are asking for help! h:mad::angry::angry:
 
meilmarc said:
I think the city run parks are still open though
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Most county parks have gates, damn near all city parks are wide open

people are still goin to these parks

should have closed them long ago

county judge acts like turner is the one runnin shit

I can’t stand turners bitchass
 
SamSneed said:
Most county parks have gates, damn near all city parks are wide open

people are still goin to these parks

should have closed them long ago

county judge acts like turner is the one runnin shit

I can’t stand turners bitchass
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I ran at Memorial park the other day, they had HPD on the horses. They had to run these clowns off her were using the pull up bars that had police tape around them.

The county parks always have the constables posted up by the gates
 
meilmarc said:
I ran at Memorial park the other day, they had HPD on the horses. They had to run these clowns off her were using the pull up bars that had police tape around them.

The county parks always have the constables posted up by the gates
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For precinct 1 and 2 HCSO patrols those parks

now HCSO sent 90% of its deputies to assist DHS, that left 6 deputies to patrol those parks

and pct 1and 2 have the largest parks plus sub parks
 
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Coronavirus: The Canceled and Postponed Events in Tech, Media, Sports and Entertainment (Updating)

The Ryder Cup slated for September 2020 has been postponed for one year
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Updated April 11 with the cancellation of the Burning Man festival. Organizers are planning an online event.


Worries about the growing coronavirus pandemic, which has so far infected more than 330,000 people in the United States and killed at least 9000, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, have dramatically upended what was originally going to be a busy schedule of entertainment, sports and cultural events into a virtually empty slate in the first half of 2020.


Click to see updated film, music, television, sports, tech and miscellaneous events.


Film

Theaters have closed indefinitely, leading studios to push back release dates or go the direct-to-consumer route.


Event: Annecy Animation Film Festival
Location: Annecy, France
Original date: June 15-20
Date canceled: April 7
Rescheduled? Event will be digital-only


Event: South by Southwest 2020
Location: Austin, Texas
Original date: March 13-22
Date canceled: March 6
Rescheduled? No, but films will screen online in April


Event: 40th Annual Razzie Awards
Location: Los Angeles, Calif.
Original date: March 14
Date canceled/postponed: March 14
Rescheduled? No, winners announced online


Event: Tribeca Film Festival
Location: New York
Original date: March 20-22
Date postponed: March 12
Rescheduled? No, select programming debuted online



Event: CineEurope Convention
Location: Barcelona
Date postponed: March 24
Rescheduled: Yes, August 3-6


Event: Produced By Conference
Location: Los Angeles
Original date: June 6-7
Date Canceled: March 20
Rescheduled? No


Postponed Event: AFI Tribute to Julie Andrews
Original Date: April 25
Date Canceled: March 7
Rescheduled? New date and air date will be announced in coming weeks

Music

Bans on large public gatherings have shut down Broadway and concert venues, though artists have begun performing their works online.


Event: Coachella 2020
Location: Indio, California
Original date: April 10-12 and April 17-19
Date canceled: March 10
Rescheduled? Yes, October 2020



Event: Stagecoach Country Music Festival
Location: Indio, California
Original date: April 24-26
Date canceled: March 10
Rescheduled? Yes, October 10


Event: Eurovision Song Contest
Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands
Original date: May 12-16
Date canceled: March 18
Rescheduled? No


Event: Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2020 Induction Ceremony
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Original date: March 20-22
Date postponed: March 12
Rescheduled? Yes (Nov. 7, 2020) and will air 8 p.m. ET on HBO


Event: 55th Academy of Country Music Awards
Location: MGM Grand, Las Vegas
Original date: April 5
Date postponed: March 17
Rescheduled? September 16, 2020 and will air 8 p.m. ET of CBS and CBS All Access


Postponed Event: CMT Music Awards
Original date: June 3
Date Canceled: April 3
Rescheduled? Yes, Oct. 14


Event: Boston Calling Festival
Location: Boston
Original date: May 22-24
Date canceled: March 31
Rescheduled? TBD 2021


Event: CMA Fest 2020
Location: Nashville, Tenn.
Original date: June 4-7
Date canceled: March 31
Rescheduled? June 10-13, 2021


Event: Governors Ball 2020
Location: New York City
Original date: June 5-7
Date postponed: March 26
Rescheduled? No


Event: Lovers & Friends Festival
Location: Los Angeles
Original date: May 9
Date canceled: March 27
Rescheduled? Yes, August 8


Event: Glastonbury Musical Festival
Location: Pilton, Somerset, England
Original date: June 24-28
Date canceled: March 18
Rescheduled? No


Event: Billboard Music Awards
Location: Las Vegas
Original date: April 29
Date postponed: March 17
Rescheduled? TBD


Event: Bonnaroo
Location: Manchester, Tennessee
Original Date: July 11-14
Date Canceled: March 18
Rescheduled? Yes, September 2020


Event: BTS 2020 Tour
Location: North America, London, Berlin, Barcelona
Original date: April 25-26 in Los Angeles
Date canceled: March 26
Rescheduled? TBD, postponed


Event: Pussy Riot North American tour
Location: US, Canada
Original date: March 17-18
Date canceled: March 12
Rescheduled? TBD


Event: Green Day, “Father of All…” tour, first leg
Location: Cities across Asia
Original date: March 2020
Date canceled: Feb. 27
Rescheduled? TBA


Event: Ultra Music Festival
Location: Miami, Florida
Original date: March 20-22, 2020
Date canceled: March 4
Rescheduled? TBD


Event: The National Japan tour
Location: Tokyo
Original date: March 17-18
Date canceled: March 2
Rescheduled? No


Event: The Pixies Asia tour
Location: Cities in Japan and China
Original date: Feb. 24-March 3
Date canceled: Feb. 23
Rescheduled? TBD


Event: Sterolab China Tour
Location: Shanghai, Beijing
Original date: March 19, 21
Date canceled: Feb. 20
Rescheduled? TBD


Event: Stormzy “Heavy is the Head” Asia Tour
Location: China, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia
Original date: March 20-21, 24, 27, 29
Date canceled: Feb. 13
Rescheduled? Postponed, TBD


Event: Korea Times Music Festival
Location: Hollywood Bowl
Original Date: April 25
Date Canceled: Feb. 26
Rescheduled? TBD


Event: BTS “Map of the Soul” Tour, South Korea Dates
Location: Olympic Stadium in Seoul
Original Date: April 11, 12, 18 and 19
Date Canceled: Feb. 27
Rescheduled? TBD


Event: Burning Man
Location: Nevada’s Black Rock Desert
Original Dates: Aug. 30 to Sept. 7
Date Canceled: April 11
Rescheduled? Organizers plan to hold a virtual online-only event.

Television

Production has been suspended or delayed on nearly every show.


Event: Kids Choice Awards 2020
Location: Las Vegas
Original date: March 22
Date postponed: March 11
Rescheduled? TBD


Event: Edinburgh TV Festival
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
Original date: August 26-28
Rescheduled? Event will be digital-only


Event: Peabody Awards
Location: Los Angeles
Original date: June 18
Date postponed: March 25
Rescheduled? Yes (exact date TBD)


Event: National Association of Broadcasters’ NAB Show 2020
Location: Las Vegas
Original date: April 19-22
Date canceled: March 11
Rescheduled? No


Event: PaleyFest LA 2020
Location: The Paley Center in Los Angeles
Original date: March 13-22
Date postponed: March 11
Rescheduled? TBD


Event: MipTV
Location: Cannes, France
Original date: March 30-April 2
Date canceled: March 4
Rescheduled? No

Sports

Sports has taken a major hit domestically and internationally. Nearly all events have been canceled or postponed, including the 2020 Olympics.


Event: 2020 Summer Olympics in Japan
Location: Tokyo
Original date: July 24 – Aug 9
Date postponed: March 24
Rescheduled? July 23 – Aug 8, 2021


Event: Kentucky Derby
Location: Churchill Downs
Original date: May 2
Date postponed: March 17
Rescheduled? Sept. 5


Event: NASCAR Indy 500
Location: Indianapolis
Original date: May 24
Date postponed: March 26
Rescheduled? Aug. 23


Event: Wimbledon
Location: London
Original date: June 29-July 12
Date canceled: April 1
Rescheduled: June 28 – July 11, 2021


Event: World Surf League March events
Location: Global
Original date: Throughout March
Date postponed: March 12
Rescheduled? TBD


Event: XFL 2020 Inaugural Season
Location: Nationwide
Date Canceled: March 20
Rescheduled? No

Miscellaneous

Event: Cannes Lion Festival
Location: Cannes, France
Original date: June 22-June 26, rescheduled for October 26-30
Date canceled: April 3
Rescheduled? June 21-25, 2021


Event: Edinburgh Fringe Festival (and also Edinburgh Art Festival, Edinburgh International Book Festival, Edinburgh International Festival and the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo)
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
Original date: August 7-31
Date canceled: March 31
Rescheduled? TBD 2021


Event: RuPaul’s DragCon
Location: Los Angeles
Original date: May 1-3
Date canceled: March 10
Rescheduled? No


Event: Gridiron Dinner
Location: Washington, D.C.
Original date: March 14
Date canceled: March 10
Rescheduled? No


Event: LA Pride Parade and Pride Month events
Location: West Hollywood, Calif.
Original date: June 2020
Rescheduled? No


Event: Beijing and Shanghai Fashion Weeks
Location: Beijing, Shanghai
Original date: March 25-31
Date canceled: February 10
Rescheduled? TBD


Event: Art Basel Hong Kong
Location: Hong Kong
Original date: March 19-21
Date canceled: February 6
Rescheduled? No, online viewings instead


Postponed Event: Just for Laughs Comedy Festival
Original Date: July
Date Canceled: April 3
Rescheduled? Yes, September 29 – October 11


Event: Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
Location: Los Angeles
Original date: April 18-19
Date canceled: March 10
Rescheduled? Yes, postponed to October 3-4


Event: Exploding Kittens’ “Burning Cat” convention
Location: Portland, Oregon
Original date: May 16-17
Date canceled: March 10
Rescheduled? Postponed until further notice

Tech

Event: E3 2020
Location: Los Angeles Convention Center, Downtown
Original date: June 11-13
Date canceled: March 11
Rescheduled? No


Event: Game Developers Conference
Location: San Francisco
Original date: March 16-20
Rescheduled? No, digital-only with a summer event planned August 4-6


Event: Riot Games 2020 Mid-Season Invitational
Location: Global
Original date: May
Date canceled: March 10
Rescheduled? Yes, postponed to July 3-19


Event: Microsoft Build conference
Location: Seattle, Washington
Original date: May 19-21
Rescheduled: Will now be digital-only


Event: FMX Visual Effects Conference
Location: Stuttgart, Germany
Original date: May 5-8
Date canceled: March 3
Rescheduled? No


Event: Google I/O Conference
Location: Mountain View, California
Original date: May 12-14
Date canceled: March 3
Rescheduled? No


Event: 24th Annual Webby Awards
Location: New York City
Original date: May 11
Date Canceled: March 19
Rescheduled? No, but winners will be announced online via an “Internet celebration”


Event: Mobile World Congress Spain
Location: Barcelona
Original date: February 24-27
Date canceled: February 12
Rescheduled? No


Event: Facebook’s F8
Location: San Jose
Original date: May 5-6
Date canceled: February 27
Rescheduled? TBD, events online


Event: ESL One LA (Esports match)
Location: Shrine Auditorium, Downtown LA
Original date: May 2
Date postponed: March 12
Rescheduled? TBD


Event: Apple: Worldwide Development Conference
Location: San Jose, California
Original date: June
Rescheduled: Will now be digital-only


Event: Burning Man Festival – Build of Black Rock City
Location: Black Rock Desert, Nevada
Original date: Aug. 30 to Sept. 7
Rescheduled: Will be virtual on a date TBD
 
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Coronavirus: Latest Statistics & List Of Canceled Or Postponed Hollywood, Media, Sporting Events

Here is a list of entertainment-related disruptions tied to coronavirus fears. We will update it as more information becomes available.
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Coronavirus: TV Shows That Have Halted Or Delayed Production Amid Outbreak

List of TV shows that have halted or delayed production over coronavirus concerns includes 'Grey's Anatomy,' the 'NCIS' franchise, 'Grace and Frankie'
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Coronavirus: Movies That Have Halted Or Delayed Production Amid Outbreak

The coronavirus has hit the movie industry, with dozens of films around the world halting production or seeing their starts delayed. A list.
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Academy Awards 2021 are delayed by two months

The board of governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, who organize the annual ceremony, met via Zoom on Monday to discuss the date which is now April 25, 2021.
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Academy delays 2021 Oscars ceremony because of coronavirus

For the fourth time in its history, the Oscars are being postponed. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the ABC Television Network said...
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The Creative Arts Emmys to go virtual and Governors Balls canceled

But the TV Academy and ABC have not canceled the far more popular 72nd Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony, which is still scheduled for September 20 at LA's Microsoft Theatre
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Telluride Film Festival Cancels 2020 Edition

After many attempts to carry on, the Telluride Film Festival has given into the reality of the Coronavirus pandemic and continuing outbreaks across the nation and today announced it is cancelling the 2020 edition. Considering the worsening situation in many parts of the country and the...
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Telluride Film Festival cancelled due to pandemic

NEW YORK — The Telluride Film Festival, the annual film retreat held in the Colorado mountains and one of the fall movie season's top launching pads, has been cancelled.Organizers said Tuesday that . . .
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Telluride Film Festival 2020 Is Canceled

Under pressure as COVID-19 cases spike around the country, the Colorado film festival will not take place this year.
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