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Another poster echoed the outrage, writing, “Jake Tapper wrote a book about the coverup of Biden’s decline, as if he played no role in it at all. It’s quite amazing. Tapper smeared and attacked people who brought up Biden’s decline, including Democrats.”
One critic didn’t hold back, saying, “Tapper is a shameless hypocrite, and the proceeds from the book should fund billboards across the country that say ‘Mea culpa – Jake Tapper’.”
That sentiment was echoed by Fox News’ John Roberts and Joe Concha, who slammed Tapper during a recent broadcast, accusing him of cashing in on the very story he once dismissed. Concha didn’t mince words, calling out the CNN anchor’s history of deflecting any questions about Biden’s fitness for office.
“It is just patently insulting that Jake Tapper is trying to rewrite history while lining his own pockets in the process. He was very much a part of the media cabal who defended Biden,” Concha told viewers, according to the New York Post.
“He blamed a stutter, he called Lara Trump a conspiracy theorist when she appeared on his show for simply pointing out the obvious that Joe Biden had no business being anywhere near the Oval Office years ago,” Concha continued.
“But now that Joe Biden is expendable in the eyes of Democrats, and you know the books are going to come, the leaks are going to come, it’s all a CYA for everybody involved. Now people are trying to profit off of it.”
Despite the firestorm, CNN is standing by its man. A network spokesperson tried to paint Tapper as a fair and balanced journalist who had been raising concerns about Biden all along.
“Jake Tapper is a veteran journalist whose tenacious and thorough reporting has held those in power to account on both sides of the aisle for decades,” the spokesperson said.
“From the campaign in 2020 to 2024 when he dropped out, Jake raised concerns about President Biden’s mental stamina on his shows, questioned Biden officials directly about his health on air, and consistently encouraged open discussion and debate on the issue.”
But that defense is falling flat for many who remember Tapper’s role in downplaying or outright dismissing the concerns that are now forming the basis of his new book. To critics, this isn’t an evolution — it’s an opportunistic rewrite of the record.
As Tapper positions himself as a truth-teller amid Biden’s fall from grace, Americans are being reminded once again of the media’s selective memory — and the high price tag of pretending they never played a part.
