Jake Tapper
The Picks Are in for CNN Defamation Jury, Pool Disapproved of Media
After over six hours, Day One of the $1 billion defamation trial against CNN wrapped with a successful construction of the jury that would be hearing the case over the next two weeks in Panama City, Florida. Made up of six jurors and two alternatives, the jury is a mix of six women and two men. At one time, one of them worked at an ABC News affiliate and another who works as a military…
Senator Jim Banks STUFFS Jake Tapper’s Class Warfare Narrative
As the media switch from Regime to Resistance, so switches the way legislation is framed and reported to the American public. Viewers of CNN's State of the Union witnessed such an example in real time, when host Jake Tapper and Senator Jim Banks (R-IN) discussed the renewal of portions of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act: more commonly known as the Trump tax cuts.
Ready, Set, Go! The State of the CNN Defamation Case Ahead of Trial
After two years of litigation, days worth of time spent in a litany of hearings and deposition testimonies, and boat loads of money spent on lawyers, the trial in the $1 billion defamation suit against CNN is set to begin this Monday, January 6. A lot has happened over the last several months as arguments shifted, witnesses axed, and rulings were made by Judge Williams Scott Henry. So now’s…
Bring It On, 2025! Here Are the Most-Read NewsBusters Blogs From 2024
Well, it turns out we were right when, a year ago to the day in our 2023 most-read blogs list, we said
“2024 is bound to be not only one of the most monumental years in American history.” In 2024, you, our loyal NewsBusters readers, ate up our studies showing the liberal media’s propaganda campaign to save the Biden presidency then Harris’s candidacy and bury any chance of a Trump…
WORST OF 2024: Carrying Kamala’s Water Award for Helping Harris
Today we present the WORST OF 2024: The Carrying Kamala’s Water Award for Helping Harris.
‘Too Speculative’: Judge Axes CNN Witness Claims for Defamation Trial
CNN is set to ring in the New Year in a Panama City, Florida courtroom (on January 6) as they try to defend themselves from a $1 billion defamation lawsuit. But before they even got there the network got hit with a set back in the form of getting witness testimony partially axed by the judge. Judge William Scott Henry of Florida’s 14th Circuit Court ordered that CNN’s expert witness on alleged…
CNN Spent 56 Mins Touting ‘Exclusive’ Report of Fake Syrian Prisoner
Starting with Wednesday’s The Lead and continuing through Saturday night, CNN gave a massive 56 minutes (56:29) to repeated airings and subsequent fawnings over a supposed exclusive trip inside a Damascus, Syria prison by chief international correspondent Clarissa Ward that resulted in what they billed as the discovery and release of someone who insisted he had been stuck inside a…
Tapper Reheats Leftist Hot Take on Trump as Jurassic Park Velociraptor
The people who watch CNN know why they are watching CNN. They hate Donald Trump, and they love to hear him compared to Hitler, or perhaps murderous dinosaurs. On Thursday's The Lead, host Jake Tapper fed the CNN base by bringing up a recent "progressive" Trump insult, comparing his second term to the velociraptors in Jurassic Park figuring out how to terrify the humans.
CNN Accused of Misleading Court on Discloser of Financial Documents
As NewsBusters previously reported back in September, Judge William Scott Henry ordered CNN to comply with financial discovery in the $1 billion defamation suit against them and turn over documents related to net worth and cash flow, among others. The order was further supported in October when he cleared the way for CNN’s parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) to be subpoenaed for…
CNN’s Gloating With Fox News Settlement Biting Them in Defamation Case
Following the $787 million defamation settlement between Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems in 2023, CNN did a lot of gloating and spiking the ball as they used it as a cudgel to attack the credibility of their cable news rival. But that celebration seems to have come back to bite them as U.S. Navy veteran and Plaintiff Zachary Young won a motion, on Thursday, to cite CNN’s coverage as…
CNN’s Scott Jennings NUKES Joe Biden From Orbit Over Pardons
During the panel portion of the most recent broadcast of CNN State of the Union, conservative commentator Scott Jennings absolutely unloaded on the Biden administration over their duplicity with regard to the pardon of Hunter Biden, and called the media out over their seeming unwillingness to hold The White House accountable.
Senator Mullin COOKS CNN's Jake Tapper on Hegseth Alcohol Allegations
The corrupt media’s multifront war against Defense Secretary-Designate Pete Hegseth continues apace. On CNN’s State of the Union, host Jake Tapper tried to air the anonymously-sourced alcohol abuse allegations against Hegseth during his interview with Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), and got stopped cold.
Navy Veteran Suing CNN for Defamation Scores Big Wins as Trial Looms
On Friday, in the run up to the $1 billion defamation trial against CNN, Judge William Scott Henry of Florida’s 14th Judicial Circuit Court handed Navy veteran and Plaintiff Zachary Young several legal victories in a pair of orders exclusively obtained by NewsBusters. Among them were affirmations that punitive damages would still be on the table for a jury to potentially award Young…
CNN Doesn’t Want Tapper Questioned About Other Defamation Settlements
As part of the latest developments in the $1 billion defamation suit against them, CNN was attempting to keep anchor Jake Tapper from being compelled to answer deposition questions about his salary and comments he had made on-air regarding Fox News’s defamation settlement with Dominion Voting Systems. That’s according to court filings exclusively obtained by NewsBusters.
