{"id":2440937,"date":"2025-05-30T12:14:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T16:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jake-tapper-gets-brutal-news-about-his-show-amid-aggressive-book-tour\/"},"modified":"2025-05-30T12:15:33","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T16:15:33","slug":"jake-tapper-gets-brutal-news-about-his-show-amid-aggressive-book-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jake-tapper-gets-brutal-news-about-his-show-amid-aggressive-book-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Jake Tapper Gets Brutal News About His Show Amid Aggressive Book Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjake-tapper-gets-brutal-news-about-his-show-amid-aggressive-book-tour%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2440937&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-times-issues-multiple-corrections-for-article-falsely-claiming-900000-u-s-children-have-been-hospitalized-for-covid-19-during-pandemic\/\" title=\"New York Times Issues Multiple Corrections For Article Falsely Claiming 900,000 U.S. Children Have Been Hospitalized For COVID-19 During Pandemic\">article discusses<\/a> the declining viewership of CNN host Jake Tapper&#8217;s show, &#8220;The Lead with Jake Tapper,&#8221; despite his <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >recent book release titled<\/a> &#8220;Original Sin: President Biden&#8217;s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice too Run Again.&#8221; According to Fox News, Tapper&#8217;s program averaged only 525,000 viewers recently, marking a 25% decrease compared to the previous year and his lowest ratings since 2015. In comparison, rival channels like Fox News significantly outperformed him with shows averaging over 3 million viewers.<\/p>\n<p>In his book, Tapper criticizes President Biden&#8217;s cognitive decline and suggests a cover-up surrounding it, which he likens to Watergate. However, his credibility is questioned due to allegations that he previously disregarded evidence of Biden&#8217;s mental unfitness. The article raises two possible interpretations of Tapper&#8217;s stance: either he was genuinely unaware of Biden&#8217;s issues, indicating incompetence, or he was complicit in the cover-up, thus eroding his trustworthiness as a journalist. The piece suggests that these factors may contribute to his declining ratings.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Viewers would rather change the channel than watch CNN host Jake Tapper despite his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/captain-hindsight-former-fed-chair-ben-bernanke-says-feds-slow-response-to-inflation-a-mistake\/\" title=\"Captain Hindsight: Former Fed Chair Ben Bernanke Says Fed\u2019s Slow Response to Inflation a Mistake\">latest book release<\/a> and tour for &ldquo;Original Sin: President Biden&rsquo;s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/jake-tappers-cnn-show-hits-lowest-ratings-since-2015-despite-new-biden-book-buzz-intense-publicity-tour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News<\/a> reported that Tapper&rsquo;s show, &ldquo;The Lead with Jake Tapper,&rdquo; averaged 525,000 total viewers between April 28 and May 25. His time slot saw 25 percent lower viewership for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/western-journal-founder-fired-kennedy-center-cnn-prodded-christian-beliefs-refused-recant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a> compared to that same period from last year.<\/p>\n<p>Fox&rsquo;s own programming demolished Tapper, with &ldquo;Special Report with Bret Baier&rdquo; and &ldquo;The Five&rdquo; averaging 3.3 million viewers in same time slot.<\/p>\n<p>Tapper also embarrassingly lost out to fellow leftist network MSNBC, which has seen its own troubles resulting in low viewership and layoffs.<\/p>\n<p>Fox added that this was Tapper&rsquo;s worst month for viewership since August 2015, almost 10 years ago.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Original Sin&rdquo; clearly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-biden-could-be-replaced-as-the-democratic-nominee-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"How Biden could be replaced as the Democratic nominee - Washington Examiner\">isn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t helping Tapper or CNN stay in the race.<\/p>\n<p>In the new book, Tapper and his co-author, Axios correspondent Alex Thompson, reported on former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/appears-like-hunter-biden-pardoned-breakdown\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Joe Biden<\/a>&rsquo;s cognitive decline and his 2024 presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Tapper wants readers to see that there was a cover-up of Biden&rsquo;s cognitive function which Tapper now compares to Watergate.<\/p>\n<p>The absurdity of someone like Tapper publishing a book like this is that evidence from Biden&rsquo;s term shows Tapper <em>helped<\/em> cover up said decline.<\/p>\n<p>Tapper notoriously chastised <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/lara-trump-sets-record-straight-jake-tapper-said-apologized-infamous-interview-incident\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lara Trump<\/a> in 2020 for saying Biden was unfit to serve due to his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/less-than-half-of-democrats-want-biden-to-run-in-2024-new-poll-finds\/\" title=\"Less Than Half Of Democrats Want Biden To Run In 2024, New Poll Finds\">cognitive state<\/a>, only to recently apologize to her and admit that she was correct.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Seems like a good time to remind everyone that in 2020 Jake Tapper, first, accused me of making fun of people with a stutter (an atrocious accusation) and then attempted to shut me down and ended our interview when I tried to warn people of Joe Biden&rsquo;s very obvious cognitive&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZOxSGQP13J\">pic.twitter.com\/ZOxSGQP13J<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lara Trump (@LaraLeaTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LaraLeaTrump\/status\/1806420367415914571?\">June 27, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Two explanations are possible with Tapper and the Biden situation.<\/p>\n<p>Both make him look bad and destroy his credibility as a journalist.<\/p>\n<p>One possibility is that Tapper is telling the truth. He genuinely did not see from mountains of footage, interviews, and speeches that Biden was not mentally capable to serve as president.<\/p>\n<p>If that&rsquo;s the case, he&rsquo;s incredibly incompetent and shows an astounding lack of perception, meaning he should not be trusted to report that the sky is blue.<\/p>\n<p>The other possibility is that Tapper knew the whole time Biden was unfit and was lying to viewers, thus aiding the cover-up. In this case, he should still not be trusted as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/jasmine-crockett-says-knows-dod-allegedly-leaked-war-info-journalist-not-enough-black-women\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">journalist<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever option viewers are going with, it&rsquo;s coming through in his ratings.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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This represents a 25% drop in viewership for CNN compared to the same timeframe last year. In contrast, Fox&#8217;s programs like &#8220;Special Report with Bret Baier&#8221; and &#8220;The Five&#8221; drew an average of 3.3 million viewers during that time slot. Additionally, Tapper fell short against MSNBC as well, which has also faced its own challenges leading to low ratings and layoffs. Fox noted that this was Tapper&#8217;s lowest viewership month since August 2015-nearly a decade ago.<\/p>\n<p>Tapper&#8217;s book does not seem to be boosting his or CNN&#8217;s standing in the media landscape. In it, he and co-author Alex Thompson discuss former President Joe Biden&#8217;s cognitive decline and his decision to run for president again in 2024. They suggest there has been a cover-up regarding Biden&#8217;s mental fitness akin to Watergate-a claim made more ironic by Tapper&#8217;s previous role in downplaying such concerns about Biden during his presidency.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, he previously criticized Lara Trump for suggesting that Biden was unfit due to cognitive issues but later admitted she was right after apologizing. This situation presents two unfavorable interpretations regarding Tapper: either he genuinely failed to recognize clear evidence of Biden&#8217;s unfitness-which would reflect poorly on his journalistic competence-or he knowingly misled viewers about it while contributing to the cover-up.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of which scenario is true, both undermine his credibility as a journalist and are reflected in declining ratings for his show<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2440938,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Tapper-Book-Tour.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[34720,32444,40587,49172],"class_list":["post-2440937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-book-tour","tag-jake-tapper","tag-media-news","tag-television-ratings"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Tapper-Book-Tour.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2440937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2440937"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2440937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2440941,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2440937\/revisions\/2440941"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2440938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2440937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2440937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2440937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}