The telling contrast between Chris and Andrew Cuomo's harassment apologies

Chris Cuomo.
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Chris Cuomo knew he'd done something wrong.

One of the more striking details of Friday's allegation that the CNN host sexuallly harassed Shelley Ross, his former boss at ABC News, is the speed of his apology. Only about an hour passed, Ross wrote in The New York Times, between the moment Cuomo squeezed her buttock at a 2005 going-away party for a colleague — in front of her husband — and the moment he sent her an email awkwardly expressing contrition.

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Joel Mathis, The Week US

Joel Mathis is a writer with 30 years of newspaper and online journalism experience. His work also regularly appears in National Geographic and The Kansas City Star. His awards include best online commentary at the Online News Association and (twice) at the City and Regional Magazine Association.