Jake Tapper, Biden and Big Lie
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The Washington Examiner’s Joe Concha blasted CNN host Jake Tapper and Axios reporter Alex Thompson for keeping silent on details about former President Joe Biden’s failing health and mental acuity for the sake of publishing their book.
A book the CNN host co-wrote has received positive reviews and appears to be a sales hit. But it has also generated intense scrutiny of him and his work.
Tapper and Thompson's book, "Original Sin," paints a damning portrait of Biden's team covering up his diminished state before the election.
Show” host criticized the network for continuing to promote the book just as news broke of Biden’s recent cancer diagnosis.
A code of silence among Democratic elites and the media prohibited any public talk of Joe Biden’s decline—until it was too late.
President Biden's Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again," by CNN's Jake Tapper and Axios' Alex Thompson. Mike Donilon, a top adviser to former President Biden, was paid about $4 million to work on the 2024 Biden campaign at the president's insistence,
Tapper and Thompson have hired a crisis PR firm, Heller Co., led by Risa Heller, to navigate the book’s release and roll out, as Breaker Media, co-written by former Daily Beast reporter Lachlan Cartwright, reported.