Bro, NO! Jake Tapper Makes TOOL of Himself Calling MASSIVE CNN EFF-UP in Syria 'Vital Journalism' (Watch)

Sam J. | 11:50 AM on December 16, 2024

As Twitchy readers know, CNN helped free an actual war criminal and were too damn stupid to know it. They were so proud of the work CNN's Clarissa Ward did in Damascus that even Jake Tapper himself PRAISED her vital, vital journalism.

This is so great.

Unless, of course, you're Jake Tapper.

Watch:

Jake Tapper praised the fake CNN video where a CNN reporter aided a war criminal on camera

“Another just absolutely remarkable report. CNN's Clarissa Ward in Damascus doing vital, vital journalism” pic.twitter.com/QpQVH0V568
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) December 16, 2024

Ha.

HA ha.

HA HA HA HA HA HA.

Oh man.

“The most trusted name in news” will be sold for scrap if they could actually find a buyer
— Global Index (@TheGlobal_Index) December 16, 2024

Wonder if he's searching for his name in relation to the now-debunked and embarrassing 'vital' news story. We get it, they are desperate to prove they're needed and relevant as Elon Musk's X makes them more and more irrelevant but still.

This is just sloppy.

AND GLORIOUSLY EMBARRASSING.

There’s a reason this is happening! pic.twitter.com/uTcZdjntIp
— 🇺🇸MAGA Country🇺🇸 (@MAGAGREATNESS) December 16, 2024

Exactly.

Absolutely incredible.

The mother of all “wait for it” moments. pic.twitter.com/4vpztcN6GG
— Bonchie (@bonchieredstate) December 16, 2024

Ultimately, our pals in the lame-stream media have done this to themselves. One can only overplay one's hand for so long before getting called out ...