CNN's Jake Tapper Notes Kash Patel Was Interviewed by His Former Deputy Director and Gets Some Reminders

Our story starts with a post supplied by Aaron Rupar which worked as designed as we'll see in a second: 

Podcaster Kash Patel is on podcaster Dan Bongino's show today pic.twitter.com/DGoXcPmNfV

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 18, 2026

Just a couple of podcasters, eh?

In any case, the "journalism" instinct in CNN's Jake Tapper kicked in as he noticed that we might have witnessed a biased, softball interview (self-awareness is not a media strong suit): 

The director of the FBI interviewed by his own former deputy director of the FBI. https://t.co/9Ef6dUKr6N

— Jake Tapper 🦅 (@jaketapper) February 18, 2026

Wow, that kind of thing is absolutely unprecedented!

Wait, no it isn't -- not by a long shot: 

The difference is that CNN falsely presents itself to its audience as a neutral arbitrator of the news (deceptive)

Nobody is under any false impression about Dan Bongino's partisan leanings. https://t.co/RpWvLEN63q pic.twitter.com/ZJpCtDXTJI

— Andrew Kerr (@AndrewKerrNC) February 20, 2026

Correct. Bongino isn't sitting there pretending to be an objective "journalist." 

Meanwhile...

pic.twitter.com/qD9hc064uD

— jimtreacher.substack.com (@jtLOL) February 18, 2026

Former Directors accused of leaking classified information interviewed by the journalist to whom they provided the leaks. pic.twitter.com/QLM2bcDILW

— Jason Beale (@jabeale) February 19, 2026

https://t.co/FbEC6Q4vVq pic.twitter.com/rMHUDGvIyY

— John Ocasio-Rodham Nolte (@NolteNC) February 20, 2026

Dude...a little consistency once in a blue moon would be incredible. pic.twitter.com/nv3SyDGCSH

— XcentricXennial (@XcentricXennial) February 18, 2026

Consistency and maybe some self-awareness would be incredible. But we're not going to get that. 

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Editor's Note: The mainstream media continues to deflect, gaslight, spin, and lie about President Trump, his administration, and conservatives, all while carrying water for the Democrats. 

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