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In a remarkably oblivious segment during CNN’s The Lead on Thursday, host Jake Tapper and his panel ripped into Congressional Republicans for rushing to use the missing FBI text messages and ‘selective leaks’ to claim conspiracy. The exchange was mind-boggling since CNN conducted its brand of journalism in a similar fashion. It actually allowed them to win three out of their four trophies in President Trump’s Fake News Awards.
Tapper was in desperate need of a mirror for self-reflection when he began the ridiculous segment by criticizing Republican Senator Ron Johnson (Wisc.) for former Republican Congressman Mike Rogers turned CNN commentator.
“The secret society story exploded after Senator Ron Johnson the Republican Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security Committee was on Fox News talking about the secret society text,” Tapper recalled. “Sources now say that was in reference to a gag gift, that the text was a joke … Do you think Congressional Republicans perhaps should have waited to learn more before pushing the narrative of a secret society?”
The CNN host effectively conflated Johnson’s claims of having a whistleblower come forward with the FBI text messages. And what made Tapper’s assertion even more laughable was that CNN had a knack pushing out false and misleading stories based on bad information. They actually had to fire three reporters for falsely reporting a Trump administration official had improper contact with Russians.
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