As Twitchy readers know, Julia Ioffe made an uber fool of herself on CNN yesterday babbling about how Trump has radicalized more people than ISIS ever did.
This might be one of the most ridiculous things ever said on @CNN.@GQMagazine's @juliaioffe just claimed @realDonaldTrump has "radicalized so more people than ISIS ever did."
Sheer lunacy.
And oh by the way, no push-back from @jaketapper. pic.twitter.com/suFC2WKHya
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) October 29, 2018
And Jake Tapper had a bunch of ‘clean up’ to do after the interview.
Or panel as he called it.
As i explained live on air, I went right to @monacharenEPPC and @DavidJUrban to debate her, and they were eager to do so. It’s a panel not an interview.
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) October 29, 2018
Awww, well that makes it ok then.
Oh, wait, nope.
Conservative journos DRAGGED Tapper for the ‘panel’:
If a pro-Trump commentator had said that you'd have challenged them directly and you know it. https://t.co/qhU5hvHEsq
— Chuck Ross (@ChuckRossDC) October 30, 2018
Duh.
Instead of challenging her outrageous statement, you strategized during the break about the best way to get her out of trouble, gave her extra airtime to rehabilitate herself, then endorsed her fake apology for something she doubled down on. https://t.co/5ijRpBDRX8
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) October 30, 2018
Likely.
One of the largest perpetual lies in all of broadcast media, and it's a crowded field, is that Jake Tapper is a centrist. He's a vicious partisan who pretends to be a straight shooter on Twitter, yet that persona never seems to transfer to CNN.
— John Ekdahl (@JohnEkdahl) October 30, 2018
We don’t see a ton of his straight-shooting from him on Twitter either, just sayin’. Now, to be fair, when compared to Jim Acosta and other CNN talking heads he’s definitely more centrist but that’s not exactly saying a whole lot.
For everyone who pretends @jaketapper is a fair journalist. https://t.co/s9KpyW5bDT
— Chris Barron (@ChrisRBarron) October 29, 2018
Oof.
I immediately went to the two Republicans on the panel who were eager to debate what she was saying. That’s what happens on panels. Julia later in the show apologized for her comments and took it back.
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) October 29, 2018
Oh, she apologized for it eh? And it was a panel? Well then … *eye roll*
How do you take that back? Didn't know you get a mulligan for such baseless and disgusting comments…
— Mike Rice (@MikeRice74) October 30, 2018
The problem is you didn't push back on her statement or offer any type of rebuttal for her to explain herself
— William (@LastWordWilliam) October 29, 2018
No take backs.
— Eric Gordon (@Dalex_60) October 29, 2018
So neener neener.
By Friday the point will be seconded & embraced by most on the left.
— mitrebox (@mitrebox) October 30, 2018
No doubt.
.@jaketapper slither all you want, we see u….you've shown ur hate and bias
— Melinda Wilson (@melinwy) October 30, 2018
Brutal.
But in this case not untrue.
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