Jake Tapper's ratings are at their lowest point in a decade. This is what happens when you betray your audience in hopes you can sell some books to Trump supporters (a bad strategy since they won't read it and hated you to begin with)
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This photo still is PERFECT. It has a duality: is Jake hawking his new book? Or did he just crap his pants?
Tonight: Crapper…I mean…”Tapper”…reveals all!
Tapper is so smarmy. He’s making his Cheeto-loving bosses happy and ensuring the checks still clear. CNN is getting as bad as Fox, I assume, haven’t watched in a few years.
Between Tapper and Booker- my guys, the point is that you use the info from your books IN your job, transparently, not reserved for those who can pay extra for it.
Ya’ll have jobs that are supposed to be for the public good and open information, not to hold something back for personal gain later.
He is kissing the ring a little too late. I watched him report on the former President and he wasn’t raising alarms then but now he is profiting off a book? That is disgusting.
This is what should happen when you go after a good man who saved our country. I hope Jake blends into the background soon & is rarely heard from again. https://youtu.be/5wLnWjNodmc
That is a fair point. Historians will explore it in the years/decades to come.
From my perspective, that was Biden’s largest failure: not fighting strong enough against the authoritarian movement that was clearly aiming to take power and change America for ever.
No way.
The country wouldn’t have a pipeline to get the vaccine and he would’ve been even more insufferable by Feb 2021 if he had 2nd impeachment trial for other reasons
I mean, we actually got the vaccine so fast because of his project Warp Speed. We 100% would have been better off if had won. The time in the wilderness to regroup and strategize turned out to be really dangerous. But no way to know that in the moment.
Insufferable yes of course but all of this authoritarian shit hes doing now he wouldn’t have been able to pull off then. The 4 years of planning and being able to pin inflation on Biden (fair or not) did wonders for him sadly
If you all want to opine on do overs of “ would the country have been better off in 2025 if Trump had served 2 terms by 2017 ”,… why not go to 6/16/2015 when he announced.
Ask yourselves if any other 16 primary candidates had been given media attention then, how different a decade could’ve been.
Correct, although the vaccine would still have eventually come out in 2021 and people would be getting it.
Not saying Trump 2020 wouldn’t have been bad, im just saying it wouldn’t have been an organized acceleration into authoritarianism the way Trump 24 has been. Pick your poison i guess
Cultists maga's won't read it...and possibly their imbecilics, semiliterate, analphabetic, troglodytes, and gauche. We would have a greater chance teaching mice how to read. Dogs how to drive and when pigs fly. Their minds are made up, like concrete, explaining facts only confuses & irritates them
Tapper’s turn reminds me of Musk & Tesla. For years, democrats loved Teslas while conservatives hated them cuz they were told the cars are all woke and environmentally positive. Then Musk goes full MAGA Nazi and now dems won’t go near a Tesla and despise Musk.
I stopped when I realized they were both-sidesing everything rather than objectively covering issues. I don’t need to hear a contrived defense of an indefensible issue. Also, I don’t want news personalities/celebrities. I want real journalists that don’t care about fame.
Must be confusing for Tapper at the bank! Does he put the CNN check in savings & the FOX one in checking or CNN in checking & FOX in savings? Or both in a CD?
What the heck are you talking about. In no way is this book aimed at Trump supporters it should be critically received by those who support the Democratic Party as it shows A) Republicans aren’t the only party with blind allegiance to a figure head B)This disaster we’re in is a result of hubris
Well said. Two things can be true at once. Trump's election is an abomination, a satin on the country. And Biden's mental state during his term was a matter of public record. Investigating/writing about it now, including who knew what, is legitimate and necessary historical/journalistic inquiry.
His book is pure bullshit. You don’t accomplish what Biden accomplished if you’re addled with dementia. This is nothing but a pathetic man trying to make money by tarnishing a successful president’s legacy
His smugness has exceeded his talent in recent years. That growing gap has made it more difficult to have an interest in his work product. He needs a reset and to get out of the anchor’s chair.
Right on. The book buzz hurt him because it was disrespectul, irrelevant and garbage. I used to respect Tapper but he's dead to me now and I hope his show gets cancelled.
It was insulting to our collective intelligence to push this drivel when someone clearly worse off is *currently* president and you have nothing to say about that.
It not only looks completely hypocritical, when you can't even back off after the guy's cancer diagnosis, you look cruel.
It’s not bad to think about those close to Biden concealing his decline, but this book was just reporting the obvious. We all knew that was the case as we watched the debate.
He was sick during the debate & had been traveling internationally (2 separate trips) plus flew to California for a fundraiser in between over the month prior.
They should’ve rescheduled.
Sorry, I disagree. The President should be able to handle a rigorous schedule like that without getting exhausted. Rescheduling wouldn’t have made much difference.
It was pretty low for Tapper and his minions to go all out claiming that an aggressive form of cancer “must have been” known to the Biden family when his book debut was clearly upstaged. They didn’t even seem to care that aggressive cancer at Biden’s age likely means death soon. Tapper is a jerk.
Very true. Stopped watching CNN a long time ago. They’re all beholden to the owners who seem beholden to TACO. At least MSNBC is towing the line in their evening shows although why they fired Katie Phang is beyond comprehension.
I agree that it was terrible for Biden to run again. But Tapper basically ignores the fact that the Democratic party took unprecedented action to replace Biden. He also ignores the fact that Trump is obviously mentally incompetent.
The Democratic Party lied to us for months and then instead of holding a primary where we actually had electable candidates to choose from they chose a VP nobody had seen for two years. I’m no fan of Tapper, but the Dems really fucked this up. Just like they did with Hillary instead of Bernie.
Biden was old and maybe slowing- but he was clearly able to effectively run his staff and the country.
You can not like Biden or his policies but to pretend he was so diminished and unable to carry out his duties is not to have read any of his transcripts…
Biden’s age was showing, but I agree it was not to the point that he could not OR most importantly not running the nation! I wholeheartedly believe that❣️ I would’ve voted for him.
I'm a lifelong dem. I love Joe. He did great things for the nation. I believe what he should've done was stick to his one-term bridge to the future. We may not be here now if he had. We'll never know for sure.
And also that it’s now 2025 and Trump is in office actively trying to kill millions of people through destruction and perversion of multiple gov agencies, and we all knew Biden was too old already, but we would still just be going about our day right now if he’d win because he didn’t hire sociopaths
I actually read that New York post article. And the thing that shocked me is at 3.3 million people watch “the five” every day. How can that be true there are a bunch of morons.
We have a sitting President who has said publicly that irrigation of tumbleweeds using Canadian water can prevent wildfires, that rising sea levels create more ocean front property, that sound from windmills causes cancer, and who is currently undermining the Constitution violating people's rights.
Yeah - Not AT ALL anything to worry about. As I have heard - Democrats are always fighting the last war. Both parties are obsessed with the past in deeply dysfunctional ways. But the level of nastiness it takes to promote a book agst an EX Prez w/ Cancer is low on Trumpian levels.
So, what variant of brain rot should we diagnose Jake Tapper with? I know he’s had scummy inclinations since Lewinsky and Beau Biden, but what brain rot caused him to decide any of this “Biden cover-up” book was a good idea?
Maybe it isn’t Biden or Clinton’s fault that people are willing to vote for a racist con man rapist or are so up their own pure ass that they don’t vote against…the racist conman rapist.
Bigotry, misogyny and ignorance gave us Trump, not Biden. There were a lot of people who were willing to vote against their own self interest because a black woman was runing for President. Those trying to blame Biden are trying to ignore the elephant in the room.
The elephant is the 99% who know the Party of Labor has betrayed them to the point that the Rust Belt voted Red because they have NO FUCKING JOBS LEFT.
Not me. Not You. Not Misogoynists. The Entire Working Class is betrayed by them and other people Said Fuck You
Gee, I wonder how the rust belt feels now after TACO Donnie? And while it's well known, people will still try to blame Biden other than the elephant in the room about how Trump really got in, which was Racism Sexism and ignorance. Blaming Biden is a Strawman argument.
Their jobs are antiquated. It is not and should not be the role of government to prop up Horse&Buggy Co. - the problem is the opportunities offered to the rust belt were _rejected_ because they want time to stand still.
You could start here and understand there are Factions and the most "powerful" one is so because they have endless Dark Money to fund them, which they chose so they DO NOT have to DO ANYTHING for YOU.
Listen yourself. What do you hear? Who did they Recruit?!
So, you're telling me you know nothing what so ever about the New Democrats and their Fascist Policies, service to the Military Industrial Complex and Corporate Donors who profit off our every need, betray labor at every turn?
Comes up blank for you? First time you've heard the term New Democrat?
It's not the candidate. It's that, as political historian Heather Cox Richardson says, the country is pickled in propaganda. We need a moonshot kind of counter-propaganda offensive in the is country or we're toast.
No it’s the propaganda. The D party under Biden / Harris was strongly pro-union and had many proposals to address income inequality. They are the ones proposing a minimum billionaire’s tax. The R party is the party of the oligarchy.
I will never forget when he shilled for Jared kushner's book on Twitter after the $2B Saudi bribe. I literally have not watched a CNN segment or Jake Tapper since then.
I love the book. No way that misleading the American public to that degree should be swept under the carpet. The corruption needed to be exposed to get a chance at normalcy in 2028
All I know is Biden got us through the pandemics, got the economy working again, created more jobs, seriously fucked up on Gaza, was kinda wishy washy on Ukraine, no trade wars, strengthened our alliances & bedtime was 10 PM. Compare that to the flaming fascist bigot twat we have wrecking havoc now.
How in the world does FOX continue to get 65% of the audience market share for the 5 PM and later time periods?
Do people only waych dinner new and believe FOX, the most sued media for lies and defamation (and sexual harassment) in 25 years, is “truthful”?
His ratings are no surprise tho.
Congratulations to the 2025 CNN POS Award winner.
You had a lot of competition at the network.
You can always apply at Fox.
Do you think they're familiar with your "work?" While you were the head Sycophant at CNN, you'd be a lightweight at Fox.
They're the Big League.
The title of the book is just over-the-top. There was nothing original and certainly nothing sinful. Inner circle people have been protecting, huddling together, making excuses and covering up for centuries. It's really nothing new. "Damaging miscalculation" would have been a more appropriate title
With the exception of this post, whenever I see his face I either turn off the TV, change the channel, or make a report to news break for having his ugly face on their site. Saves me from having to patch my walls.
Yeah - fuck @jaketapper.bsky.social - I’ve not tuned in for some time, and won’t now based on this money grab…an his derelict of duty to report in real time
Another reputation ruined by Trump and CNN’s efforts to move their audience toward Trump with biased propaganda and alternative facts, they have become Fake News. The Network has lost the meaning of journalism. Fact checking 24 hours later was and is pointless!
yes, this was clearly a horrific miscalculation of his need to do capitalist exploitation going oh so wrong,. the flogging of this 'book' on that network was just gross,. hoping this saga ends his lame shill of a career.
So, Tapper was aiming for an audience of book-banning non-readers, folks who celebrate being anti-woke, and whose own politicians openly admit to not reading bills before casting their votes...
I've listened to Tapper for many years. His evolution from solid and straight jounalist to just another grifting reactionary journalist has been rapid and stark. Sort of mirrors the hierarchy of CNN actually. I thought Tapper had the gravitas to become truly great, but not so much.
Saw he’ll be a guest tonight on @realtimers.bsky.social Real Time with Billl Maher. Should be interesting to watch Jake continue to beat a dead horse. Bill will neat the dead horse too!🤷🏼♀️ Why continue to crap on a great President who has stage 4 cancer.🙄Jake’s compassion is gone?😏 #LeaveJoeAlone
Why is it that Alex Thompson of Axios doesn't receive the same criticism, he should. One of his last articles in Axios has this title"Biden's cancer diagnosis draws sympathy — and suspicion"
Both are PO💩💩
Alex has a much smaller platform, is not on tv daily hawking the damned book, and is not making quite the same "press tour" as Crapper, who is much more recognizable. IE, Crapper can do more damage.
Next up - Tapper blames his audience for not understanding the real world of politics and continues with his arrogance leading to further decline in his audience.
My husband still looks at their "news"
I keep telling him they're not to be trusted anymore.
A lot of the time they're still going on about Biden.
F* C.N.N.
In authoritarian states (like the US), the free markets no longer works. Instead of airing programs Americans want to watch, programs are aired to make the elite and oligarchs happy.
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Tonight: Crapper…I mean…”Tapper”…reveals all!
-me
Ya’ll have jobs that are supposed to be for the public good and open information, not to hold something back for personal gain later.
I saw the movie, and I'm mostly boycotting CNN much these days, but I may tune in to this anyway, just for the irony of the thing...
ZERO! Pound sand Tapper.
MAGAts CAN'T read, so a book to them is as useful as an ashtray on a motorcycle...
From my perspective, that was Biden’s largest failure: not fighting strong enough against the authoritarian movement that was clearly aiming to take power and change America for ever.
Here we are now.
The country wouldn’t have a pipeline to get the vaccine and he would’ve been even more insufferable by Feb 2021 if he had 2nd impeachment trial for other reasons
Ask yourselves if any other 16 primary candidates had been given media attention then, how different a decade could’ve been.
Not saying Trump 2020 wouldn’t have been bad, im just saying it wouldn’t have been an organized acceleration into authoritarianism the way Trump 24 has been. Pick your poison i guess
It not only looks completely hypocritical, when you can't even back off after the guy's cancer diagnosis, you look cruel.
It looks cruel because it is cruel.
#TheCrueltyIsThePoint
They should’ve rescheduled.
Did you miss that part?
May your book get the Target treatment.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/21/business/target-boycott-jamal-bryant-minority-businesses
Biden was old and maybe slowing- but he was clearly able to effectively run his staff and the country.
You can not like Biden or his policies but to pretend he was so diminished and unable to carry out his duties is not to have read any of his transcripts…
Either way, fckk Tapper.
Fuck @cnn.com
Am I using that correctly?
Biden's choices gave us Trump, again.
Before that is was Hillary.
The DNC Chooses failure for you.
The elephant is the 99% who know the Party of Labor has betrayed them to the point that the Rust Belt voted Red because they have NO FUCKING JOBS LEFT.
Not me. Not You. Not Misogoynists. The Entire Working Class is betrayed by them and other people Said Fuck You
I knew what Trump was all along and I didn't hang out with the MF like those you defend. They are the same. Fascist Walmart, Wall Street, complicit.
Listen yourself. What do you hear? Who did they Recruit?!
https://www.c-span.org/program/washington-journal/future-of-the-democratic-party/333721
Comes up blank for you? First time you've heard the term New Democrat?
All they have to do is serve the 99%, Labor, and they'd never lose.
They chose the complete opposite.
Their Donors are why everything is so expensive, from Private Insurance to Private Prisons. Maximize Profit at our expense is how it works.
They chose Oligarchy.
They can say they are FOR things they won't do. It's Poitics, not truth.
This is who they ARE and HAVE BEEN FOR 40 YEARS serving the Golden Goose, Donors, people like Trump.
https://www.c-span.org/program/washington-journal/future-of-the-democratic-party/333721
fade away
from all media
jake made a big mistake
and now we are all free to dispise the wee weasel
Do people only waych dinner new and believe FOX, the most sued media for lies and defamation (and sexual harassment) in 25 years, is “truthful”?
His ratings are no surprise tho.
You had a lot of competition at the network.
You can always apply at Fox.
Do you think they're familiar with your "work?" While you were the head Sycophant at CNN, you'd be a lightweight at Fox.
They're the Big League.
Kinda.. you know… the pooch on this one.
Jake who?
this serves as a fair description of centrism as currently practiced..
https://www.npr.org/2022/06/02/1102621352/how-the-southern-baptist-convention-covered-up-its-widespread-sexual-abuse-scand
https://www.au.org/donate/
https://www.christiansagainstchristiannationalism.org/
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/10/new-apostolic-reformation-christian-nationalism/
POWER TO THE PEOPLE
The dude literally asked to talk to the manager … of the United States.
😑😑😑😑😑😑😑
Political necrophila.
https://www.showbiz411.com/2025/05/29/jake-tapper-tapped-out-anti-biden-book-first-week-sales-a-bust-after-non-stop-cnn-shilling
Joe ranks in the top 20 of best Presidents ever!
#FuckTacoTrump
Both are PO💩💩
https://www.showbiz411.com/2025/05/29/jake-tapper-tapped-out-anti-biden-book-first-week-sales-a-bust-after-non-stop-cnn-shilling
I keep telling him they're not to be trusted anymore.
A lot of the time they're still going on about Biden.
F* C.N.N.
I'm over this narrative of Biden Is OLD as the biggest scandal ever while TACO bullshits his way through everything
Trump and his administration on the other hand is a self serving clown show.
1. Never stop pinning the madness of the Trump and Covid era, including lockdowns, crime and inflation, on Trump.
2. Announce he would not run again and support the whole younger generation of rising talent.