Sunday with Jake Tapper: TV, racism and his biceps [photos]

So, after watching Lifetime’s “The Unauthorized Saved by the Bell Story,” what should he watch next?

Do people out there like The Knick? Big fan of Soderbergh and Owen but that first surgery scene in Episode 1 was a lot to take

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) September 2, 2014

Err, maybe not that one, Jake:

@jaketapper Why, oh Why, did you make me Google that?

— Jazz Shaw (@JazzShaw) September 2, 2014

@jaketapper the show is medical torture porn

— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) September 2, 2014

@IAMMGraham @jaketapper nothing was worse than Penny Dreadful.

— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) September 2, 2014

And what’s Sunday night without a little inter-network Twitter squabble? Here’s Tapper taking on the “Today” show’s fitness correspondent Jeff Halevy on the other officer-involved shooting in Missouri last month, that of Kajieme Powell:

https://twitter.com/jeffhalevy/status/504813336223965184

Probably best to stick with fitness coverage https://t.co/d5Mr4ukH4s

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) September 1, 2014

(Tapper did let the use of “your” vs “you’re” pass without comment, however. Never miss the easy ones, Jake)

https://twitter.com/jeffhalevy/status/506574088845144064

@jeffhalevy Jeff do yourself a favor and loop your manager and your NBC friends in on this conversation before proceeding

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) September 1, 2014

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@jeffhalevy I didn't call you racist. But I don't think youre addressing this incident with the sensitivity and knowledge it deserves.

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) September 1, 2014

Winner? Nobody. Brown, Powell, Eric Garner, et al. are cases that involve not only potential racism, but training and use-of-force procedures by the police. This won’t get settled on Twitter.

But this did lead to Tapper discussing his fitness routine:

@jamiekilstein I've been lifting, Jamie

— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) September 2, 2014

Yes, we noticed the new biceps while Tapper was reporting from Ferguson in a polo shirt:

Watch out Chris Cuomo — the other anchors are coming for you: