Jake Tapper left a Roy Moore spokesman speechless after a tense exchange about the role of the bible in swearing in a public official, the Washington Post reported. Tapper, host of CNN’s “State Of The Union” program, interviewed Ted Crockett as polls in Alabama were about to close Tuesday evening. Tapper noted Moore had said…
A discussion on CNN about Roy Moore’s chances in Tuesday’s Senate race in Alabama went off the rails Monday when one panelist tried to defend Roy Moore’s comments on the positive side of America’s history of slavery. The Los Angeles Times reported in September that Moore had been asked by an African-American man when he…
Presidential adviser/son-in-law Jared Kushner reportedly told a Time Warner executive early this year that 20% of CNN’s staff should be fired for their faulty analysis of the 2016 presidential election — a statement that may take on new resonance given the Justice Department’s surprising objections to Time Warner’s proposed $85 billion merger with AT&T. The…
Jake Tapper: Asking Tough Questions About The State Of The Union An election season like no other, and the unprecedented presidency that has followed, emphasized the important role of reporters as independent arbiters and speakers of truth to power. For Jake Tapper, CNN’s energetic news anchor, it was a logical transition. Calling out the president…
As so often happens now, CNN’s Jake Tapper acted as a voice of reason and moral sense on Tuesday, lacing into President Trump for comments that blamed “both sides” for the weekend violence in Charlottesville. God bless @jaketapper for the way he ended his show. Must listen. pic.twitter.com/jrPuiphyDQ — Laurie Crosswell ? (@lauriecrosswell) August 15,…
CNN fired pro-Trump commentator Jeffrey Lord on Thursday after he tweeted the Nazi slogan “Sieg Heil” and mocked the liberal organization Media Matters as “fascist.” “Nazi salutes are indefensible,” a cable spokesman said. “Jeffrey Lord is no longer with the network.” Lord, who was an aide in the Reagan administration, has been a high-visibility pundit…
It’s a wonder the White House hasn’t yet installed a popcorn machine in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room. Between former press secretary Sean Spicer’s bumbling tenure and former communications director Anthony Scaramucci’s profanity-laden foolishness, the White House briefings became must-see TV. But with Scaramucci’s firing last week, the position of communications director has…
Jake Tapper and Linda Sarsour got into a heated Twitter war, as the CNN anchor raised concerns about some of the Muslim civil rights activist’s previous statements — and she hit back by branding him part of the “alt-right.” The controversy began after the anti-Trump Women’s March, of which Sarsour is a national co-chair, tweeted out…
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