Jake Tapper
Clyburn Tells Tapper Biden Was Capable Of Serving Till End Of 2nd Term
On CNN's State of the Union, Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) tells host Jake Tapper he continues to believe that Joe Biden would have been capable of serving out a second term, at which time he would have been 86 years old.
ORIGINAL SINNER: Jake Tapper Remains Unrepentant During Promo Segment
On the latest installment of CNN State of the Union, an unrepentant Jake Tapper devoted a segment to promoting his upcoming Original Sin, co-written with Alex Thompson of Axios. The promotional segment makes clear, however, that Tapper appears unwilling to take personal responsibility for his own role, and that of the broader media, in perpetrating the biggest…
Liberals Also Disgusted by Jake Tapper's Book on Biden Mental Decline
Jake Tapper is facing backlash from both conservatives and liberals for his upcoming book on Joe Biden’s mental decline. Conservatives criticize Tapper for the hypocrisy of writing a book on a coverup he contributed to, while liberals are upset he is not focusing on Donald Trump’s issues, accusing him of betraying their narrative. Critics from the left, like Charlotte Clymer and Wajahat Ali,…
NewsBusters Podcast: Comey’s Seashore Seashells, Tapper’s Credibility?
NewsBusters Managing Editor Curtis Houck is back from vacation and joins me in discussing the liberal media’s largely muted response to disgraced former FBI Director James Comey’s seashore seashells threat against President Trump. We also call out the false penance Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson were trying to perform on behalf of the liberal media to atone for not reporting on President Biden’…
Column: Democrats and Journalists Still Avoid Biden's Decline
The first excerpts of the Jake Tapper-Alex Thompson book on denying Biden's obvious mental decline have been posted, and you can already sense Democrats don't want to deal with what they have done.
Tapper's Book on Biden's Decline Could Indict Kimmel In Cover-Up
CNN’s Jake Tapper has begun his book tour that dives into former President Joe Biden’s decline and the attempt to cover it up. After a Wednesday appearance on CNN News Central, one media person in particular came away with a battered reputation: ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel. Although Tapper did not indict Kimmel, Kimmel’s reaction to the controversy in question was enough for him to indict…
Stephen A. Smith Says He's 'Live and Let Live,' Unborn Babies Excluded
On CNN's State of the Union, ESPN's Stephen A. Smith, discussing his possible run for the presidency, describes himself as socially liberal "pretty much across the board," adding, "I believe in live and let live." But since abortion is at the top of the board of liberal social issues, Smith apparently doesn't believe "live and let live" extends to unborn children.
'PBS Really Helps Little Kids': Tapper Shames Rep. Who Wants To Defund
CNN’s host of The Lead, Jake Tapper, tried to shame GOP Rep. Brandon Gill on Wednesday for trying to defund PBS and NPR by claiming, “PBS really helps little kids,” citing himself learning how to read by watching Sesame Street as an example. However, Tapper’s days in school were not complete as Gill informed him that the real issue is PBS’s “left-wing propaganda,” whether…
Column: Blurring Trump's Posters Displaying Illegal Immigrant Mugshots
Team Trump put posters on the White House lawn – right behind the camera positions where the White House reporters chat with their anchors – with mugshots of illegal aliens who were arrested (and mostly convicted) of serious crimes, including fentanyl importation and child sexual assault. The Trump haters responded by blurring the images, out of great sensitivity to the unlikely potential…
CNN Tried Passing Off Rising FL Dem as Average FSU Student to Ban Guns
Seemingly itching for another anti-gun show trial like the one he “moderated” after the Parkland shooting (and won an award for), on Thursday, CNN’s Jake Tapper decided to target gun rights by once again exploiting an hours-old school shooting (Florida State University) for political gain. He trotted out 20-year-old Jayden D’Onofrio to be the voice to push for gun control with him. But while…
NewsBusters Podcast: Zucker-Coached Jake Tapper Isn't On the Left?
CNN anchorman Jake Tapper, in 2025, proclaimed on his show that he is NOT on the Left. But in the first Trump term, CNN boss Jeff Zucker made them ALL take a side at CNN. They had to uncork grand speeches. "We call them homilies," said Tapper in 2020. CNN is not a church.
With Books to Sell, Tapper Asks Walz Whether Biden Reup Was a Mistake
As predictable as the sun rising in the East: the media’s silence in the face of President Joe Biden’s evident cognitive decline is met with a deluge of books, by some of those same media types, chronicling that decline in detail.
Trump Ag Secretary Laughs! Jake Tapper Insists: 'I'm Not On The Left'
On State of the Union, when Secretary of Agriculture tells host Jake Tapper that "everyone on your side, the left" is freaking out over the Trump tariffs, Tapper insists, "I'm not on the left." Oh really?
CNN SPECIAL ELECTION ROUNDUP: An Elon Musk Derangement Extravaganza
CNN went into overdrive for its coverage of the two special congressional elections in Florida, and the Wisconsin Supreme Court election, pre-empting their normal prime time schedule in favor of full Election Night Coverage. Coverage proved to be little more than an exercise in Elon Musk Derangement therapy, with some elections happening in-between.
