He apparently contacted Sean Parnell to ask him NOT to run against Conor Lamb. Twitter has been blowing up on this for the last 12 hours. Jake has denied it, although there seems to be text messages of him to Sean.

It's a free country. I'm not sure I understand the problem here. He did something. It went public. Sounds ok to me.

The problem occurs when it’s a member of the media doing it.

We all know his thumb is on the scale but come on...dude had to have more brain cells than this. He should be off the air.

(09-07-2020 09:34 AM)Claw Wrote:  It's a free country. I'm not sure I understand the problem here. He did something. It went public. Sounds ok to me.

A political activist masquerading as a non-partisan “reporter”/“journalist”.

.........

It didn’t come out at the time, but years later we found out that Walter Cronkite would have private political discussions with Robert Kennedy. Giving advice and advance-warnings of what CBS “News” was planning to do, with regards to Kennedy or LBJ or Nixon or whatever. Then Cronkite would go on TV and pretend to be neutral/disinterested.

(09-07-2020 09:44 AM)rath v2.0 Wrote:  The problem occurs when it’s a member of the media doing it.

To me, it’s more specific than that.

It would be perfectly logical to find out someone like (for example) Rachel Maddow or Sean Hannity was doing this. They are pundits/commentators: the purpose of their shows is to express their opinions, and to try and entice the audience to agree with them. Nobody claims or thinks that they are “reporting” the “news”.

Tapper and the rest of CNN would have you believe he is in a different category. But he’s not.

You guys said no one watches CNN, so who cares?

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(09-07-2020 10:12 AM)fsquid Wrote:  You guys said no one watches CNN, so who cares?

Fair point.

But what can I say? it bothers me a little bit, anyway.

I don't even know who he is so....

Look, if I'm running for office and Jake Tapper calls me to try and influence me I'm simply telling him to go forth and pi$$ up a rope. He couldn't influence me to pick my nose.

However... What we have to come to grips with here is that the "media" are no longer journalists, but rather propagandists.

(09-07-2020 10:17 AM)Native Georgian Wrote:  

(09-07-2020 10:12 AM)fsquid Wrote:  You guys said no one watches CNN, so who cares?

Fair point.

But what can I say? it bothers me a little bit, anyway.

Same with people who leave their shopping cart in the parking lot

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(09-07-2020 09:34 AM)Claw Wrote:  It's a free country. I'm not sure I understand the problem here. He did something. It went public. Sounds ok to me.

Did Tapper ever report on the Russian interference hoax?

Do as I say...

(09-07-2020 10:12 AM)fsquid Wrote:  You guys said no one watches CNN, so who cares?

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Still don't watch CNN. But it's fun to call them out on their hypocrisy and put them on the hot seat.

It's the game.

(09-07-2020 09:34 AM)Claw Wrote:  It's a free country. I'm not sure I understand the problem here. He did something. It went public. Sounds ok to me.

It's a free country, but Tapper crossed a line here. He went from reporting on events to trying to cause events. In doing so, he compromised his integrity to report the news. It's the reason why newspapers typically separate editorial content from news content. But this goes way beyond that.

(09-07-2020 09:34 AM)Claw Wrote:  It's a free country. I'm not sure I understand the problem here. He did something. It went public. Sounds ok to me.

He’s free to do it . He’s free to have an opinion. The issue is you can’t do that and then go on the air claiming to be an unbiased purely non-political arbirter of truth when in reality you are actually DNC propagandist and liberal activist.

Frankly, I find it hilarious that the same group of hard left media idiots that are telling America every single white person is a racist because they supposedly have an unconscious bias against people of color—-also wants you to believe that the media can harbor hard left politics and have hate in their heart for Trump without that bias spilling out in their reporting. That’s the fake news media for you.

He’s also in a position to publicly slant perception of a candidate. A suggestion could be construed as a threat.

Tapper is busted. One of the text messages has been released.




This article also hints at what Banker above was saying.

Tapper, who bills himself as a nonpartisan newsman, anchors CNN’s weekday newscast “The Lead With Jake Tapper” and Sunday morning's “State of the Union” political program. The source wondered how many Republicans have nixed the idea of running for a specific public office because the influential Tapper talked them out of it over the years.

“CNN is experts at smearing people, you’ve got their Sunday morning anchor telling you what you should or shouldn’t do... there are other candidates who would be like, ‘Alright, I don’t need CNN coming after me,’” the source said.

https://www.foxnews.com/media/cnn-jake-t...conor-lamb

(09-07-2020 10:38 AM)fsquid Wrote:  

(09-07-2020 10:17 AM)Native Georgian Wrote:  

(09-07-2020 10:12 AM)fsquid Wrote:  You guys said no one watches CNN, so who cares?

Fair point.

But what can I say? it bothers me a little bit, anyway.

Same with people who leave their shopping cart in the parking lot

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Those people are just jerks.

I just posted a podcast from political commentator, attorney, author Gregg Jarrett. He mentions “an IU study that found 93% of journalists identify as Democrats.” Every story they report is filtered, twisted and biased against Republicans.

Not surprised to see a slime ball liberal get caught making news instead of reporting it.

(09-07-2020 10:21 AM)Bear Catlett Wrote:  Look, if I'm running for office and Jake Tapper calls me to try and influence me I'm simply telling him to go forth and pi$$ up a rope. He couldn't influence me to pick my nose.

However... What we have to come to grips with here is that the "media" are no longer journalists, but rather propagandists.

I think most of us on here, when watching/reading “news” consider the source and have built-in skepticism.......and anyone with a brain should!

What is utterly scary is that likely way more than half of the ignorant people here in America don’t practice that built-in skepticism.

........they are ripe for being duped - and are on a daily basis......and these same ignorant ba$tards vote.........

(09-07-2020 11:31 AM)Attackcoog Wrote:  Frankly, I find it hilarious that the same group of hard left media idiots that are telling America every single whites person is a racist because they have an unconscious bias against people of color—-also wants you to believe that the media can harbor hard left politics and have hate in their heart for Trump without that bias spilling out in their reporting. That’s the fake news media for you.

This ^


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