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

[Mr. Sparkle]

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.

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