Sir! I salute you
I lost a 45yr fiend to CNN. He believes everything they say is verbatim. I an retired and do a lot of research during the day on a myriad of topics, while that is going on, CNN is running in the background. But what i see and hear during the day, as been nipped and tucked by the time it hits Cuomo's time slot. BTW, he is not the only one. But my friend said he was the bestest anchor on the news and glued himself to that screen nightly. BTW, it is not only CNN that is culpable to this argument. But they are the worse! e.g the histeria wrt horseman "whipping" migrants. The dude that took the picture, debunked that statement but, not until the damage was done. By both Maxine and the "rock star". There is so much hypocrisy on both sides, I fully support your statement. You reap what you sew.
One does not reap what one sews. Sewing is done with needle and thread, sowing of seed is an offshoot of agriculture.
One reaps what one sows" is the correct usage of the term.
Next up is "bestest". Was it really your pal that used that term ? If so, why, for heavens sake did you not correct his usage, as there is not, nor has there ever been such a term?
As you state you are citing verbatim, I am left wondering who did what, with usage.