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CNN Rewrites Its Rules After Jake Tapper's Biden Book Fiasco
CNN Rewrites Its Rules After Jake Tapper’s Biden Book Fiasco
The anchor is said to be “very, very unhappy” at the network’s new policy on self-promotion.
Cameron Adams
CNN is reportedly tightening up its rules on staff hawking their own products on air after Jake Tapper’s intense promotion of his book on Joe Biden turned into a “rolling infomercial.”
Tapper, 56, is the host of CNN’s The Lead, as well as being a prolific author. Last May, he released Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again, written with reporter Alex Thompson.
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That included a five-minute-long segment on CNN’s State of the Union where Tapper promoted his book days ahead of its May release, reading out excerpts and interviewing politicians about some of the content of the tome.
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“CNN’s editorial platforms are meant to distribute and showcase CNN’s journalism that our audience comes to CNN for because they know content we present goes through our editorial review,” the guide states.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/cnn-forces-internal-change-after-jake-tapper-book-fiasco/
The anchor is said to be “very, very unhappy” at the network’s new policy on self-promotion.
Cameron Adams
CNN is reportedly tightening up its rules on staff hawking their own products on air after Jake Tapper’s intense promotion of his book on Joe Biden turned into a “rolling infomercial.”
Tapper, 56, is the host of CNN’s The Lead, as well as being a prolific author. Last May, he released Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again, written with reporter Alex Thompson.
...
That included a five-minute-long segment on CNN’s State of the Union where Tapper promoted his book days ahead of its May release, reading out excerpts and interviewing politicians about some of the content of the tome.
...
“CNN’s editorial platforms are meant to distribute and showcase CNN’s journalism that our audience comes to CNN for because they know content we present goes through our editorial review,” the guide states.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/cnn-forces-internal-change-after-jake-tapper-book-fiasco/
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