When presented with a rumor about him by one of his aides, Abraham Lincoln was said to have remarked, “For people who like this sort of thing, this is the kind of thing they will like.” Whether it’s the debunked
This, this is how the press should behave with the administration, with any administration, with any politician. Adversarial. Our administration shouldn’t reverse this role with the press and go a step further by punishing them for it. An abridged free press compromises one of
Reporting on Good Morning America Tuesday, ABC News senior White House correspondent Jake Tapper mocked the idea of new Republican candidates getting into the Presidential race. “Jon Karl got news from Republican Senators saying that if Mitt Romney loses in
Jake Tapper on ABC News did a very critical, honest piece on Obama’s budget saying it represents a broken promise. Trapper pointed out Obama’s pledge in 2009 to cut the deficit in half by the end of his first term.
Jake Tapper challenged the White House spokesman about previous “State of the Union” addresses. Tapper asked how the President was going to field criticism that previous promises in past speeches have not been fulfilled.
Nothing could be more repugnant than ridiculing the actions of a grieving family after the death of a child. It has not been a surprise that Leftists, who celebrate a culture of death, would pile on presidential candidate Rick Santorum
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From Jake Tapper’s Tweet: Progressive talking heads and journolisters meeting the President? Any guesses in the comments as to their meeting agenda? I’m sure the these transparent media folks will disclose this on their shows tonight or within their column
Tapper: “I just want to make sure I understand. You’re saying that what the president proposed is all that needs to be done to contain the growth of health care and Medicare and whatever problems Medicare created? Because that’s what
Potential good news via the New York Post: Christiane Amanpour may soon be giving up the anchor chair on ABC News’ “This Week.” Sources say network honchos are mulling who might replace the award-winning journalist, who has struggled in the
There have been a great number of debates this primary season. Some have been more interesting than others. Some have been soporific and a few have had some exciting moments. While there may be those who take issue with how
– Apparently, calling your viewers “bastards” may affect your ratings. – The DNC attacks Jake Tapper for not being a lapdog. – Mitt Romney complains to Bret Baier that Baier’s questions were “overlyaggressive.” If Romney thinks Baier is “too aggressive,”
Whoa. “I reject the premise of that …” I love how Jay Carney spends five minutes attempting to package up a rambly pseudo-answer into sound bite form for Jake Tapper. Tapper is one of few journalists in the White House
In his interview Tuesday evening with ABC’s Jake Tapper, President Obama was asked to reflect on the economy and his overall performance as president. Asked by Mr. Tapper how he would grade himself thus far, the president declined to give
In an interview with ABC News’ Jake Tapper, President Obama likened the Occupy Wall Street protests where people are living, in the streets of New York and calling for major economic upheavals in America’s capitalist system to the tea party
From ABC News: As the Justice Department investigates how U.S. guns were allowed to flow illicitly into Mexico under the watchful eyes of federal agents, President Obama said today in an exclusive interview with ABC News that “people who have
– ABC’s Jake Tapper headlines. Are You Ready For Some Führer? No, but we’ll take more of what Hank Williams offers up below the headline, if you don’t mind. “Every time the media brings up the tea party it’s painted
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Even after it was thoroughly debunked, Obama mentioned it anyway to drum up dollars at his ritzy $35,800 per plate Facebook fundraiser tonight. Jake Tapper and Ed Henry live-Tweeted the speech. An individual, via those in attendance, hollered at the
***UPDATE: ABC News changed their headline. Somehow they’ve made it even more dishonest: David Stockman Criticizes Obama’s Jobs Plan, Other Economists Cheer Does this sound like a cheer from one of their non-Stockman economists? “So this is an incomplete proposal.”
Kudos to Jake Tapper for showing his fellow White House press members, save for Ed Henry, how journalism is done. Media is supposed to be antagonistic towards the government; they are its check and balance. When media doesn’t do its
Despite the best efforts of ABC News’ Jake Tapper to get a straight answer from Jay Carney about Jimmy Hoffa’s controversial statements when introducing the president at a Detroit Labor Day rally, the press secretary kept mum on the issue,
There was an interesting exchange between Jake Tapper and White House Press Secretary Jay Carney earlier this week. Just a short while after Carney proclaimed that the President would “not rest until everyone in America who wants a job has
In the wake of the passage of Boehner 3.0, ABC’s Jake Tapper has shifted into some hardcore revisionism that would make the guys at the Ministry of Truth proud. He reports that the addition of the balanced budget amendment language
This headline should not be surprising, Obama’s first campaign used serious deception to get him elected President, why would the second campaign not do the same thing? Basically, the Obama campaign sent out an e-mail with a video making it
