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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy is CNN still obsessed with Joe Biden.
As everyone may or may not know, CNNs resident right wing hack Jake Tapper has just written a book about Biden. Tapper has been attacking Biden since the summer of 21, so its no surprise Biden still lives rent free in his head, along with Obama and Hillary Clinton. But now the publication of this book has given every CNN anchor to grill any democrat about Biden.
Who cares that the current president is illegally deporting people, targeting universities, dismantling government agencies, defying the court, accepting gift from foreign countries and trampling all over the constitution, Joe Biden is whats really important.
senseandsensibility
(24,335 posts)Omnipresent
(7,333 posts)Spread the word.
kysrsoze
(6,418 posts)CNNs noticeable shift to the right seems to be part of an overarching strategy under the direction of CNN CEO Chris Licht and supported by parent company Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav. Zaslav admitted at a recent media conference that he and Licht had told GOP members of Congress that appearing on CNN would help them get House Speaker Kevin McCarthys House leadership vote across the finish line back in January.
Zaslav also claimed, CNN should be where people come for the best version of the truth and for journalism, and that is what we are building.
His comments come just days after Licht held a disastrous town hall for former President Donald Trump (the day after he was found guilty of defamation and sexual abuse in a civil suit). Under Lichts leadership, two CNN journalists who openly criticized the right have been fired. Reporting suggests that these moves were part of a concerted effort to prevent CNN personalities from continuing to call out Republicans for undermining democracy.
Lichts recent decisions are accelerating CNNs turn to the right. CNN has also hired pro-Trump commentators in recent years, allowed commentators and guests to lie about climate scientists, platformed a variety of right-wing figures to spread misinformation on the network, and been celebrated by right-wing media for parroting extremist talking points.
hlthe2b
(113,104 posts)so they are milking all the nastiness they can...
Pisces
(6,173 posts)the book holds ugly truths!
hlthe2b
(113,104 posts)newdeal2
(4,991 posts)Just "juicy" snippets to sell books by trashing Biden.
They also want to cover up their (media's) significant role in getting Trump into office.
MorbidButterflyTat
(4,266 posts)Did you receive an advanced copy?
SocialDemocrat61
(7,133 posts)that the corporate media has been sane washing and normalizing Trump for 10 years while going out of their way to trash democrats like Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden.
RedArkGuy
(878 posts)Tapper knit his teeth as the guy writing in Salon.com about how outrageous the Bush camp was being after the 2000 election. He's never struck me as Right-wing but kind of middle-left. There are numerous videos of him giving lying Trumpies unshirted hell on Youtube.
What he does do is deal in cold hard facts. So I find him worth reading and seeing even if I'm well to his Left on many questions.
Pisces
(6,173 posts)We dont want to hear we start throwing rocks.
SocialDemocrat61
(7,133 posts)He not that right wing when compared to a FAUX News host either.
But its hard to look at Tappers long history of bashing Democrats, from Gore to Obama to Clinton to Biden, and claim hes not biased against democrats.
Plus why go to the time and effort to write a book about Biden, which Biden aides have already denounced, while Trump is destroying our democracy. Its like writing a book about Churchills drinking while Hitler is invading Europe.
obamanut2012
(29,226 posts)Tell us what the book says.
obamanut2012
(29,226 posts)Tell us what the book says.
Cha
(317,535 posts)totodeinhere
(13,688 posts)n/t
SocialDemocrat61
(7,133 posts)Manipulative Fascist Enabling Assholes is far more accurate.
badhair77
(5,098 posts)Fuck Jake Tapper. Im done with CNN.
BootinUp
(51,018 posts)NewHendoLib
(61,667 posts)kimbutgar
(26,961 posts)Not too many magas read big books with illustrated pictures. And I doubt any left leaning reader will read it!
MorbidButterflyTat
(4,266 posts)next to Orange Felon Jr.'s self published shit.
a kennedy
(35,503 posts)Damn it
..like theyre following trumps playbook, blame EVERYTHING on Joe. FAWK!!!! Oh, and nobody rocks aviator shades like Joe.
https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse1.mm.bing.net%2Fth%2Fid%2FOIP.xR2wMeJp-e7dSRMHTebJAQHaD4%3Fpid%3DApi&f=1&ipt=02bddda0259f9111409d14a19c8fe20f5ffbb10ea817260dd86db2b553b0ca00&ipo=images
MichMan
(16,803 posts)and over 130 years since a former president losing reelection was subsequently elected to a 2nd term. Like or not, it will be a subject of debate for quite awhile. Easily the most unusual election of my lifetime.
SocialDemocrat61
(7,133 posts)who weaponized the DOJ to attack his political enemies or accepted a multimillion dollar aircraft from a foreign government or openly disobeyed court orders or fired key senior personal from government agencies? Dont you think that all might be more important than an unusual election?
Clouds Passing
(7,328 posts)Thats the real news story that Jake Tappittytaptattaptaptaptapper ought to be focusing on.
SocialDemocrat61
(7,133 posts)Its all about the corporate medias priorities.
MorbidButterflyTat
(4,266 posts)and sending a mob to destroy the Capitol because he lost.
The list is endless.
totodeinhere
(13,688 posts)Those things you mentioned about Trump are important but that doesn't change speculation about whether or not Kamala Harris might have had a better chance if President Biden had withdrawn earlier.
SocialDemocrat61
(7,133 posts)Hes not relevant. Whats relevant is that we have a corrupt president who is destroying our democracy.
totodeinhere
(13,688 posts)That's why I think that discussing the last election is relevant.
SocialDemocrat61
(7,133 posts)That would be discussing why Harris lost. This book isn't about that. It's anonymous sources bashing Biden. So your rationalization for Tapper doing that is both illogical and false.
blue cat
(2,454 posts)We were all so afraid that anybody would have been better than Trump.
Pisces
(6,173 posts)longer want to use common sense or believe their own eyes. I saw Joe Biden at the debates and did not need any confirmation that something had changed. We all have life experience with elderly parents or grandparents to know how this looks. Yet we continued to argue and debate what was before our own eyes. At the same time is Trump a madman that also seems to be descending into dementia, Absolutely!!
We are no better than the other side when we cant admit the truth and continue to delude ourselves that Biden could have won.
SocialDemocrat61
(7,133 posts)and has been one since his ABC days when he was constantly trashing Obama.
And the only deluded people here are the ones defending the corporate media and their bias.
Keepthesoulalive
(2,166 posts)Thats running our country into the ground. Joe Biden is not the president even though he did so much for America. CNN is not a truth telling organization, they helped Trump win. Joe Biden had one bad night and the vultures began to circle.
Trump has at least 60 bad years behind him and now hes working on 3 1/2 more.
JohnSJ
(98,883 posts)but CNN and their vermin want to continue to beat a dead horse, as though this is some kind of "coverup" revelation has been discovered.
Of course it didn't bother them when trump couldn't recognize Jean Carroll, and thought it was his wife maples. It doesn't bother them when trump starts pushing incoherent sentences or falls asleep at events and meetings.
And tapper is the worst of them. He wears his bias on his sleeve for all to see. During the evacuation of the U.S. from Afghanistan when the troops were targeted by a bomb, tapper's foaming at the mouth rant against Biden was probably one of the most disgraceful presentations that a pseudo journalist demonstrated.
CNN is actually worse than fox. They try to give the illusion that they are objective, when they have never been since Ted Turner left. Fox has no pretense, they let everyone know they are an extremist right wing outlet.
Both cnn and fox are blocked in my house. It comes as no surprise that cnn airs episodes of bill maher's real time bullshit.
If I want news I can get it from Bloomberg, BBC, and plenty of other places.
As far as I am concerned CNN is just another outlet carrying the water for trump.
They should have laid off tapper and not Acosta, but it is obvious they don't want to offend the emperor who has no clothes, just like what CBS through 60 minutes seems to be doing.
The actual giants of the industry who stood up to governmental abuses are turning in their graves from the state of journalism, or lack thereof in the country.
Where are the Walter Cronkites, Edward R. Murrows, etc. when we need them more then ever.
I wouldn't even use his book to line a birdcage with.
Tickle
(4,131 posts)Several authors have recently published books examining Joe Biden's presidency, including Jake Tapper's forthcoming release. Here are some notable works:
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📘 Original Sin: President Bidens Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again
Authors: Jake Tapper (CNN) and Alex Thompson (Axios)
Release Date: May 20, 2025
Publisher: Penguin Press
This investigative book delves into President Biden's physical and cognitive decline during his presidency and the alleged efforts by his inner circle to conceal it. Based on over 200 interviews with Democratic insiders, it recounts incidents such as Biden's failure to recognize longtime friend George Clooney at a 2024 fundraiser and discussions among aides about the potential need for a wheelchair if he were re-elected. The authors argue that the decision to run for a second term, despite evident health issues, led to internal party turmoil and contributed to Donald Trump's 2024 victory.
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📘 The Bidens: Inside the First Familys Fifty-Year Rise to Power
Author: Ben Schreckinger (Politico)
Published: 2021
This biography offers a comprehensive look at the Biden family's political ascent, exploring both personal and professional aspects. It provides context on the family's influence and dynamics leading up to and during Joe Biden's presidency.
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📘 Joe Biden: The Life, the Run, and What Matters Now
Author: Evan Osnos (The New Yorker)
Published: 2020
Osnos presents a concise biography focusing on Biden's decades-long political career, personal tragedies, and his journey to the presidency. The book offers insights into Biden's character and the experiences that have shaped his political views.
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📘 Lucky: How Joe Biden Barely Won the Presidency
Authors: Jonathan Allen (NBC News) and Amie Parnes (The Hill)
Published: 2021
This book analyzes the 2020 presidential campaign, detailing the challenges and strategic decisions that led to Biden's victory. It examines internal campaign dynamics and the broader political landscape during the election.
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These books provide varied perspectives on Joe Biden's life, political career, and presidency, ranging from investigative accounts to personal biographies.
SocialDemocrat61
(7,133 posts)doesnt make it reality. Trump wrote a book too.
Tickle
(4,131 posts)was my point. I never said one book was right or wrong.
SocialDemocrat61
(7,133 posts)shouldnt be on a past President but rather on the current one dismantling democracy. Its a matter of the corporate medias priorities.
Tickle
(4,131 posts)LisaM
(29,526 posts)It was from one of his Nespresso ads and I seriously didn't realize it was him. He's aged significantly.
Tickle
(4,131 posts)He used to do Americans top 40 songs.
I just aged myself, didn't I?🤷♀️🤷♀️
MorbidButterflyTat
(4,266 posts)gutter press tabloid trash. I wonder how many of his sources will be named, "anonymous."
Blue Owl
(58,492 posts)MichMan
(16,803 posts)SocialDemocrat61
(7,133 posts)They didnt ban Hitlers book either.
AZProgressive
(29,881 posts)I still think he is probably the most disrespected President ever. A lot of people including the media find Trump "entertaining" but I prefer boring governing to making a spectacle.
JohnSJ
(98,883 posts)Comey bullshit.
The illustrious media declared war against her with their constant sexist rants against her.
Referring to her as shrill and angry all the time was bad enough, but giving right wing an inordinate amount of time to trash her along with the dual Hillary trump NBC interview where they asked trump every softball question and ramble without interruption, while not even letting Hillary finish a question, constantly interrupting her and talking over her when she tried to answer a question.
It was a disgrace. That was NBCs Matt Lauer, sexual harasser.
CNNs Anderson Cooper and others did their own sexist slurs against her all the time.
Hillary didnt deserve any of this.
Their faux outrage when Hillary referred to some of trumps supporters as deplorable was a hyperbolic media. frenzy, especially since trumps racist, sexist, bigotry was presented as just business as usual
SocialDemocrat61
(7,133 posts)They declared war on Al Gore in 2000 and used the same playbook on Clinton in 16.
JohnSJ
(98,883 posts)for a long time for sure.
MorbidButterflyTat
(4,266 posts)From the National Enquirer, and how he helped facilitate the payoffs from the Flabby Felon to Stormy Daniels and that brunette woman because the two of them were scumbagging together?
Remember how every freaking week Pecker had Hillary on her deathbed, she had gained fifty pounds, was consorting with demons and fornicating with Satan? Every week the covers would be plastered with the most hideous, fake photos of her? Displayed all over grocery store checkouts across the country.
Those scummy bastards, remembering all that crap is pissing me off.
JohnSJ
(98,883 posts)with their misrepresentations, unequal coverage, and worse, their objectivity.
They no longer even try to hide it anymore with the Bezo's, LA Times, Murdoch, and billionaire owners.
MIButterfly
(2,258 posts)I also remember the Enquirer headlines during President Obama's terms: "Cheater-in-Chief" and "Horndog President" week after week after week after week for years. A picture of President Obama greeting Caroline Kennedy at some White House function was "proof" they were having an affair, not to mention that Michelle was running around with Secret Service agents. According to the Enquirer, the White House was a huge den of iniquity with those two.
And then Trump came along, a REAL cheater-in-chief and horndog president and crickets. They not only covered everything up, they ran glowing puff pieces about the whole damn family, how beautiful and righteous they all were.
Totally disgusting.
Johonny
(25,700 posts)Haven't seen it in years. It was always bad at delivering news. Fox at least is good propaganda. CNN is just boring fake news.
NNadir
(37,467 posts)Unfortunately I was in no position to turn it off, as I was traveling a lot and they had it in pretty much every television in every airport gate. I felt like Winston Smith in Orwell's1984. The media devolved into hack propaganda decades ago.
everyonematters
(4,043 posts)There is a question as to whether the person in the office of the presidency was capable of performing his duties and should have been running for a second term. If he was examined by a panel of independent doctors, that could have produced better results.
SocialDemocrat61
(7,133 posts)The question that needs to be asked is why is the corporate media still focusing on a past President who is out of office and not on the current one who is corrupt and destroying our democracy.
everyonematters
(4,043 posts)His approval ratings are going down.
SocialDemocrat61
(7,133 posts)his approval ratings would be close to 0. The corporate media is a big party of the reason Trump won the presidency twice. Defending the actions of these multibillion dollar corporations is just carrying water for Trump.
everyonematters
(4,043 posts)SocialDemocrat61
(7,133 posts)for what they are responsible for and not be sycophantic apologists whenever someone dares to criticize them.
ForgedCrank
(3,037 posts)one in a long list of media outlets that don't give a single damn about truth or real reporting. All they want are click-able headlines, and almost all of it is biased and full of s***. Nothing they say can be taken as fact. Look at how much of their ehe, news is based off of "unnamed sources", or just quotes from politicians or other analysts. It's almost all BS.
I often see people all bent out of shape over what these "news" outlets publish. Life would become a lot more clear if people realized that they are not on your side of anything. They exist to make money and.. well that's it. Money. They shouldn't care what it does to our policy or politics. They aren't supposed to be any of those things, they are supposed to provide meaningful information based on fact, whether we like hearing it or not. I haven't found a single outlet in existence today that tells the complete truth.
Torchlight
(6,445 posts)I think some interests are using meritless/irrelevant criticisms of Pres. Biden to deflect attention from trump's failures. I don't think they realize that well has run dry, but I doubt that will stop them.
Jose Garcia
(3,449 posts)we could have had a proper primary and then not have a current president who is illegally deporting people, targeting universities, dismantling government agencies, defying the court, accepting gift from foreign countries and trampling all over the constitution.
SocialDemocrat61
(7,133 posts)Biden is old news. The corporate media should be covering whats relevant now.
Jose Garcia
(3,449 posts)SocialDemocrat61
(7,133 posts)should have better priorities about what is important now and not diverting time and resources to cover old news.
Jose Garcia
(3,449 posts)Perhaps if these things were publicized earlier we wouldn't be in our current mess. Hopefully people in the future will learn from this and not repeat the same mistakes.
SocialDemocrat61
(7,133 posts)Last edited Fri May 16, 2025, 11:36 AM - Edit history (1)
Just bs based on anonymous sources while many of the real people named are calling out the lies. https://www.rawstory.com/jaime-harrison-biden/
And perhaps the way out of the current mess is to call it out now instead of dredging up the past.
Keepthesoulalive
(2,166 posts)He showed you the first time who he was and still Hispanic, Middle Eastern, white women and farmers
Voted for the man who screwed them the first time. His cognitive decline was there for everyone to see and still they voted for him . He told people he was going to deport them , guess what. Joe Biden did not help them make boneheaded decisions based on their stupidity and prejudices. Stop making excuses for people who didnt give a damn about anyone but themselves. Those of us who cared about others and our country voted right.
Jose Garcia
(3,449 posts)Keepthesoulalive
(2,166 posts)Jose Garcia
(3,449 posts)she had run in and won the primary. She would have been able to distance herself from Biden.
But there are of course other Democrats who could have been great candidates such as Andy Beshear or Roy Cooper, both of whom have won state-wide elections in states Trump won in 2024.
Keepthesoulalive
(2,166 posts)Dont blame democrats because republicans wanted to hate, to fear others and to have billionaires and tech bros Manipulating the easily led. Our media played a large part also some of it owned or financed by tech bros. When you allow people to have too much money ,in some it creates a god complex and some people worship that also, 64% of white men voted for a felon and a rapist. That speaks to their narrow vision . And if we want change in this country American voters must start electing who is best to lead this country rather than a con man who reflects their values. They dont find him reprehensible they applaud what he is doing. As to the gentlemen you mentioned good luck getting legislation passed. That was Joes gift he knew how the senate worked and how to move legislation through.
Cosmocat
(15,366 posts)Whose primary role in enabling the current overthrow of American Democracy, going back many decades, is both siderism.
k_buddy762
(638 posts)SocialDemocrat61
(7,133 posts)but not a potato. 😉
k_buddy762
(638 posts)the more copies it will sell. Tapper will cash in on it big time, true or not.
SocialDemocrat61
(7,133 posts)It doesnt need to be true to sell well.
k_buddy762
(638 posts)and will base their entire worldview on it. Difficult to combat that stuff.
SocialDemocrat61
(7,133 posts)A lie will travel around the world while the truth is still getting out of bed.
Tommy Carcetti
(44,438 posts)Brainfodder
(7,781 posts)Part of being BALANCED and dare one say FAIR?
All this Mars talk, the world is not enough?
I spectre there be some skyfalling soon?
jcboon
(343 posts)All these media spots on Joe's "senility" or unfitness for the presidency are attacks on his policy.
Joe was just too liberal--his policies worked too well--therefore they must make sure people think he was senile.
Joe Biden was the best president of my lifetime--they can't let that happen again.
doc03
(38,907 posts)The Hill, Huff Post and Fox News talking about Biden's cognitive decline and how it was covered up.
Don't see any about Trump that is obviously insane.
Quiet Em
(2,609 posts)It's just a way to detract from the mess the con artist is causing.