Washington media mob
shows its true colors as Jake Tapper breaks
ranks with Biden book
New York Post,
by
Michael Goodwin
Original Article
Posted By: FlyRight,
6/1/2025 9:13:17 AM
The late Irving Kristol defined a neoconservative “as a liberal who got mugged by reality.”
It turns out the process was not limited to people of an earlier era, as the ongoing saga of Jake Tapper illustrates.
The CNN anchor has been a reliable cheerleader for all things Democrat and a snide anti-Trumper, but dramatically broke ranks by daring to co-author a book about Joe Biden’s cognitive decline and the White House cabal that tried to conceal it from the public.
For his trouble, Tapper is being mocked by former allies and labeled a traitor,
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Venturer 6/1/2025 9:54:39 AM (No. 1958248)
The Demorat cannot win back the confidence of the American people until they admit that they hid Biden's condition.
The whole world knows they hid the man and were willing to hide him for another 4 years if they had gotten away with the debate. Everyone know this and continuing to attempt to hide it only reassures Americans that the Dems are untrustworthy.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
LC Chihuahua 6/1/2025 11:16:42 AM (No. 1958284)
Does Tapper's book ever mention the Biden administration using body doubles? There has been a steady drip of info and wonder if the media is just waiting to let this drop. It would end any debate about befuddled Biden's mental state.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Quigley 6/1/2025 11:22:57 AM (No. 1958296)
FTA: "Mugged by his own team simply for doing his job, ...."
But he didn't do his job. So, he has all the respect accorded to a traitor. He betrayed his country by keeping quiet about Bidet; now he has betrayed the Insane Trump Haters and they Hate Him Too. This can't be a surprise to Tappy Smelly.
FTA: "The press hates Trump more than it loves the truth." Or loves the United States.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Kafka2 6/1/2025 12:24:00 PM (No. 1958316)
Tapper may not be so much a traitor, as just trying to stay relevant. The fact remains that he was willing to spout the Democrat propaganda instead of the truth for years. Anyone who wasn’t deaf or blind had to ignore what was obvious.
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The RNC and President Trump needs to make this the main issue for the 2026 elections.
The Democrats and the media have lied to you, gaslighted you and they can't be believed any longer.
No long winded explanations or such recaps needed. Short, concise and easy to remember parts that highlight their attacks which never actually were true.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Bur Oak 6/1/2025 1:12:40 PM (No. 1958335)
Trapper is simply out to make money by selling books. Making money is why he was also silent about Biden's incompetence and decline. There is nothing honorable about what Trapper has done in the past or is doing now.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
jeffkinnh 6/1/2025 2:42:36 PM (No. 1958365)
"The press hates Trump more than it loves the truth."
True, including for Tapper. The difference is, most of the media absolutely refuses to see any other reality than the one they are selling. I think that, while he may not like it, Tapper is more pragmatic than his brethren and, given what is now obvious, realizes that the media cannot hurt Trump and unconditionally attacking him is only hurting themselves. So, Tapper is willing to pivot to admit that the media's actions were not right, something the public already knows but the rest of the media refuses to acknowledge.
What this gets Tapper is uncertain. He is guilty of journalistic malpractice but one of the few who admit it and accept that Trump was treated badly. It is doubtful this is going to win him any Conservative followers. Nor are any hard Left Trump haters going to think much of him. Maybe he can find a niche in the mushy middle of the country that will think his mea culpa is worth something. That's better than the rest of the Leftist media that is circling the bowl, but not by much.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
thefield 6/1/2025 2:48:57 PM (No. 1958367)
I had seen nor heard anything about how much Tapper was advanced for the book. The stories bemoan the fact that is has sold less than 50 thousand in the first week, despite all the free PR.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Strike3 6/1/2025 6:36:56 PM (No. 1958417)
Tapper is desperate. He wanted the sales from the book to be his nest egg when CNN closes it doors. I hope the timing works out for him.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
DVC 6/1/2025 7:14:15 PM (No. 1958429)
Washington media mob.....that has a nice ring to it....the ring of truth.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
SouthernYankee 6/2/2025 6:12:52 AM (No. 1958578)
Tapper former lobbyist for gun control, former staffer for dem congress person Margolies, personal friend of Hillary Clinton's, invited to Chelsea’s wedding has always be and always will be a lying weasel advocate for the left.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Marzipan4 6/2/2025 8:14:18 AM (No. 1958633)
I just wonder what happed to his leg tingleIng at the prospect of listening to bidet speak?
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
janjan 6/2/2025 8:28:10 AM (No. 1958642)
The media surrendered whatever credibility they had left to prop up a President who is demented. Tapper was right out in front of it. His book is less of an expose’ than a confession. They’ve all become irrelevant. Biden’s issues were obvious to everyone so his claims of ignorance are preposterous. He knew Lara Trump was right from the beginning. I hope his book goes down in flames.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
PostAway 6/2/2025 8:40:17 AM (No. 1958646)
I wonder what bothers Tapper more: a.) the fact that he is now persona non grata on the DC cocktail circuit with the many perqs that go with that or b.) that he had a chance to be a hero by alerting the American people to the very real danger of a President with dementia but he chose cowardice rather than doing his job.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
franq 6/2/2025 10:05:15 AM (No. 1958694)
True and funny, #9. What Jake Tapper says or doesn't say makes no difference to me.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
Zigrid 6/2/2025 10:26:44 AM (No. 1958706)
Looks...to me...like the fake news is eating it's own....Tapper....all those years of lying to the public?...and he wants back into the rating game by finally telling the truth...well...his version of the truth....is twisted and a bit to late...Americans woke up...pardon the pun....through four nightmare years of obama and biden...WE don't need to be told what happened...WE saw it on the screen every time biden was at the microphone....
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
PrayerWarrior 6/2/2025 11:16:18 AM (No. 1958741)
Does Tapper know it's a little late and no one believes him any more. The MAGA crowd never did.
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