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DonViejo

(60,536 posts) Sat Nov 18, 2017, 04:11 PM Nov 2017

Why Jake Tapper Is Angry

November 18, 2017 at 12:44 pm EST By Taegan Goddard

Jake Tapper explains why he’s often so agitated on his CNN show:

“I recognize that it’s probably a pain in the ass for a lot of people now,” he told The Atlantic. “But it is just who I am.”

“I’m just like, I don’t want any of this to be happening,” he added. “There are so many lies and so much indecency, and I’m not only talking about President Trump. There is just a world of it exploding—and we are, I fear, as a nation, becoming conditioned and accepting of it. And it’s horrific.”

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https://politicalwire.com/2017/11/18/jake-tapper-angry/

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Why Jake Tapper Is Angry (Original Post) DonViejo Nov 2017 OP

Well said Jake Tapper...... ProudMNDemocrat Nov 2017 #1

Am glad he is seeing what we see and not ignoring it! Madam45for2923 Nov 2017 #2

I like Jake. MuseRider Nov 2017 #3

This is "both sides" bullshit greeny2323 Nov 2017 #4

He didn't say a thing about Democrats RandomAccess Nov 2017 #8

Tapper's acquitting himself well. All of us should follow his lead. sharedvalues Nov 2017 #5

I see the same type of passion and anger from Don Lemon. A Brand New World Nov 2017 #6

He is now noticing the tactics that the media has used for so many years? NRaleighLiberal Nov 2017 #7

ProudMNDemocrat

(16,786 posts)

1. Well said Jake Tapper......

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat Nov 18, 2017, 04:14 PM

Nov 2017

Howard Beale from the classic film, "Network" comes to mind here. Jake Tapper is "Mad as hell, and I am not going to take it anymore."

Madam45for2923

(7,178 posts)

2. Am glad he is seeing what we see and not ignoring it!

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat Nov 18, 2017, 04:23 PM

Nov 2017

MuseRider

(34,111 posts)

3. I like Jake.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat Nov 18, 2017, 04:27 PM

Nov 2017

He always looks like he either cannot believe what he has to report about or that he cannot believe what is needing to say. As he said, he looks just like he says he feels. I don't think that is bad. I see a lot of them like that these days. I find a little tiny bit of encouragement when they are not smacking their heads and chuckling but being serious and looking kinda shell shocked. For too long most of them seemed too impressed with themselves and too "for the camera" auditioning for something bigger. Not Jake. Interesting that he would talk about it.

greeny2323

(590 posts)

4. This is "both sides" bullshit

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat Nov 18, 2017, 04:36 PM

Nov 2017

Ornstein and Mann identified the real problem years ago. It is the Republicans. And, I would add, Republican voters.

RandomAccess

(5,210 posts)

8. He didn't say a thing about Democrats

Reply to greeny2323 (Reply #4)

Sat Nov 18, 2017, 09:25 PM

Nov 2017

"not just President Trump" in my mind would include Sessions, pretty much everyone in the White House, people like Ryan Zinke, Tom Pruitt, Betsy DeVos -- on and on and on.

sharedvalues

(6,916 posts)

5. Tapper's acquitting himself well. All of us should follow his lead.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat Nov 18, 2017, 05:04 PM

Nov 2017

Link to tweet

A Brand New World

(1,119 posts)

6. I see the same type of passion and anger from Don Lemon.

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat Nov 18, 2017, 05:39 PM

Nov 2017

He seems pretty incredulous at times with what he is reporting.

NRaleighLiberal

(60,015 posts)

7. He is now noticing the tactics that the media has used for so many years?

Reply to DonViejo (Original post)

Sat Nov 18, 2017, 07:13 PM

Nov 2017

Normalization, gaslighting, false equivalence. So why is Jake so upset with it now, finally? Obama was hamstrung consistently for 8 years and the media seemed to, for the most part, not to mind.

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