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Mr. Sparkle

(3,456 posts)
Wed May 21, 2025, 11:51 AM May 21

'This Is My Network!' Jake Tapper Went Off After a White House Snub, Per Report

CNN anchor and best-selling author Jake Tapper had a “meltdown” over an off-the-record event with then-President Joe Biden that he was not included in, according to a pair of unnamed Breaker Media sources. CNN and Tapper have been engaged in an all-out publicity blitz for Tapper’s Alex Thompson-co-authored book Original Sin, which has prompted a lower-key (comparatively) response from BidenWorld.

Granddaughter Naomi Biden also dropped a flamethrower of a review on Tapper and Thompson, whom she called “irresponsible self promoting journalists”:"Just read a copy of this silly book, and if anyone is curious for a review from someone who lived it first-hand: this book is political fairy smut for the permanent, professional chattering class. The ones who rarely enter the arena, but profit from the spectacle of those that do. Put simply, it amounts to a bunch of unoriginal, uninspired lies written by irresponsible self promoting journalists out to make a quick buck. It relies on unnamed, anonymous sources pushing a self-serving false narrative that absolves them of any responsibility for our current national nightmare."

Speaking of unnamed, anonymous sources, a new Breaker Media piece hitting Tapper hard features explosive claims that include two such sources dishing that Tapper melted down when colleague Erin Burnett was selected to attend an OTR with Biden in advance of his 2024 State of the Union speech:" Those in the Biden world note Tapper had long been frustrated with the Bidens over a lack of access. Just before Biden’s 2024 State of the Union address (as is customary) a number of network anchors were invited to the White House for an off-the-record briefing from the President. As the speech was to be centered around the economy, CNN’s Erin Burnett was picked over Tapper. According to two people familiar with the matter, Tapper had a “meltdown” and called numerous people in the White House to vent his anger at the decision. “He was raging ‘I’m Jake Tapper and this is my network,” according to a person on the receiving end of one of Tapper’s calls."

What makes this anecdote different from the others is that Tapper, through a spokesperson, didn’t bother to deny it.

https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/this-is-my-network-jake-tapper-had-meltdown-over-biden-white-house-snub-breaker-media-sources-say/

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'This Is My Network!' Jake Tapper Went Off After a White House Snub, Per Report (Original Post) Mr. Sparkle May 21 OP
Wow, Naomi absolutely incinerated Tapper: sop May 21 #1
I would like to see Naomi run for office! MacKasey May 21 #19
Face it, Jake, Joe is just not that into you Walleye May 21 #2
Easy for journalists to play "tough" with Biden, because they never feared retribution as they do with this OAITW r.2.0 May 21 #3
Precisely. Mr. Mustard 2023 May 21 #15
Yeah, unfortunately not fooled May 21 #20
Well, if accurate that explains a lot peggysue2 May 21 #4
Exactly. LisaM May 21 #12
'This Is My Network!' Totally Tunsie May 21 #5
It's sure as hell not MY network!! InAbLuEsTaTe May 21 #27
Good grief, what a bunch of children. Biophilic May 21 #6
Wouldn't the network have made that decision not the WH? dsc May 21 #7
But it's his F#*king Network!! Omnipresent May 21 #8
It is your network taper? You can have it. JohnSJ May 21 #9
Retribution isn't just for pResident Krasnov MagickMuffin May 21 #10
Got it. It's personal. Boomerproud May 21 #11
Sounds like Mr. Tapper needed a ketchup bottle to throw. hamsterjill May 21 #13
Proves Rebl2 May 21 #14
Well, that explains a lot PatSeg May 21 #16
What a piece of shit relayerbob May 21 #17
Any reputable news network would have fired Tapper long ago Mysterian May 21 #18
Tapper and his scolding journalist face mcar May 21 #21
Discrediting Jake Tapper greatbaldeagle May 21 #22
you need the media to go after whoever stillcool May 21 #26
Sounds like bill o'reilly Javaman May 21 #23
Tapper, who didn't get to first base with Monica Lewinsky PCIntern May 21 #24
Eeeeuuwwww! calimary May 24 #28
Jake Tapper has a history of straight up lying Galraedia May 21 #25
Jake is unhappy at his book sales LetMyPeopleVote May 30 #29
tapper's tv ratings are bombing LetMyPeopleVote Jun 1 #30

sop

(15,238 posts)
1. Wow, Naomi absolutely incinerated Tapper:
Wed May 21, 2025, 11:57 AM
May 21

"Naomi Biden also dropped a flamethrower of a review on Tapper and Thompson, whom she called 'irresponsible self promoting journalists': 'Just read a copy of this silly book, and if anyone is curious for a review from someone who lived it first-hand: this book is political fairy smut for the permanent, professional chattering class. The ones who rarely enter the arena, but profit from the spectacle of those that do. Put simply, it amounts to a bunch of unoriginal, uninspired lies written by irresponsible self promoting journalists out to make a quick buck. It relies on unnamed, anonymous sources pushing a self-serving false narrative that absolves them of any responsibility for our current national nightmare.'"

Walleye

(41,466 posts)
2. Face it, Jake, Joe is just not that into you
Wed May 21, 2025, 11:57 AM
May 21

He is so butt-hurt. I’m sure he’s a Republican. Nobody gets butt-hurt like they do.

OAITW r.2.0

(30,484 posts)
3. Easy for journalists to play "tough" with Biden, because they never feared retribution as they do with this
Wed May 21, 2025, 11:58 AM
May 21

mis-administration. Thanks free press...your silence on the Trump fascist agenda speaks volumes.

not fooled

(6,391 posts)
20. Yeah, unfortunately
Wed May 21, 2025, 01:58 PM
May 21

Lawrence O'Donnell mentions frequently on his show the disparity between the way the WH press corps treated Biden vs. red don.

He points out that they frequently yelled at Biden and often were disrespectful as they questioned him. O'Donnell said last night that in contrast, now the press is quiet and cowed. O'Donnell says they are afraid of him. Hence, the current president gets to ramble on, rarely gets followup questions, lies with impunity, doesn't get fact-checked, etc. Mission Accomplished for the pukes as this pathological liar spews nonsense that doesn't get questioned and is taken at face value.

This country, I dunno...

peggysue2

(12,027 posts)
4. Well, if accurate that explains a lot
Wed May 21, 2025, 12:01 PM
May 21

Like Maureen Dowd reportedly snubbed or overlooked or something by the Clintons, Jake Tapper, Mr. Entitlement, has been holding a grudge against the Bidens, Joe Biden specifically.

It's HIS network? Who knew?

Very sensitive fee-fees with these so-called 'journalists.'

LisaM

(29,286 posts)
12. Exactly.
Wed May 21, 2025, 01:05 PM
May 21

If they're making it so personal, they can just scratch the word "journalist" off the resumé.

dsc

(53,031 posts)
7. Wouldn't the network have made that decision not the WH?
Wed May 21, 2025, 12:42 PM
May 21

I mean it is childish either way but I would assume the invite would be to the network not the reporter.

MagickMuffin

(17,816 posts)
10. Retribution isn't just for pResident Krasnov
Wed May 21, 2025, 12:58 PM
May 21


These thin skinned people think they deserve to be treated like kings don’tyaknow!


And if you rebuke them they will write a nasty book to profit off of their misery and hatefulness.


hamsterjill

(16,120 posts)
13. Sounds like Mr. Tapper needed a ketchup bottle to throw.
Wed May 21, 2025, 01:10 PM
May 21

His temper tantrum and lack of professionalism aligns perfectly with his orange idol.

I've never liked him and I have always suspected it was his jealously that caused the situation where Chris Cuomo was fired from CNN. YES...I am a Chris Cuomo fan.

PatSeg

(50,637 posts)
16. Well, that explains a lot
Wed May 21, 2025, 01:26 PM
May 21

I hope he has many regrets for years to come. How dare he malign a good, decent man like Joe Biden.

Mysterian

(5,774 posts)
18. Any reputable news network would have fired Tapper long ago
Wed May 21, 2025, 01:30 PM
May 21

but we're talking about CNN, which is attempting to out-do Fox "News" in lying and misleading the gullible public.

mcar

(44,945 posts)
21. Tapper and his scolding journalist face
Wed May 21, 2025, 02:25 PM
May 21

has always annoyed me. He only ever seems to direct it to Democrats, in the "do you know who I am?" mode.

greatbaldeagle

(172 posts)
22. Discrediting Jake Tapper
Wed May 21, 2025, 02:38 PM
May 21

seems to be the most logical way to get this stupid book out of the way of actually important, relevant, critical issues. Sadly, it's one of Trumps most effective tools, if not his most effective, although he discredits with lies. That would make it easy to dismiss every line that was written by simply saying this is from a discredited, disgraced, fake journalist with an axe to grind and it therefore deserves no attention. I would expect even worse details about him to continue coming out over the next few days and weeks. He better hope he is squeaky clean in his personal life because I would be shocked if the digging hasn't already started.

stillcool

(34,386 posts)
26. you need the media to go after whoever
Wed May 21, 2025, 04:31 PM
May 21

to get the full discredit thing going, and he is probably a hero to the right, so that will not be happening.

PCIntern

(27,491 posts)
24. Tapper, who didn't get to first base with Monica Lewinsky
Wed May 21, 2025, 02:50 PM
May 21

And owes his position to the fact that he had a date or two with her, should stop being so sanctimonious and proud of his “accomplishments”.

Galraedia

(5,315 posts)
25. Jake Tapper has a history of straight up lying
Wed May 21, 2025, 04:24 PM
May 21

For example, when he falsely accused Rashida Tlaib of saying Michigan attorney general, Dana Nessel, only filed charges against pro-Palestinian activists at the University of Michigan because she is Jewish.

What Tlaib actually said:

“We’ve had the right to dissent, the right to protest … We’ve done it for climate, the immigrant rights movement, for Black lives, and even around issues of injustice among water shutoffs. But it seems that the attorney general decided if the issue was Palestine, she was going to treat it differently, and that alone speaks volumes about possible biases within the agency she runs.”


From this Jake Tapper, in an interview with Michigan’s governor Gretchen Whitmer, claimed the following:

“Congresswoman Tlaib is suggesting that she shouldn’t be prosecuting these individuals that Nessel says broke the law and that she’s only doing it because she’s Jewish.”


Source: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/sep/26/rashida-tlaib-dana-nessel-michigan-palestine

Nowhere in the interview did Tlaib mention anything about Nessel’s personal identity. What Tapper did wasn't journalism, it was just an attempt to stirrup drama and manufacture news off of completely made up information.

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