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Jake Tapper Rips Bill O’Reilly's Claim That CNN Has Been Given ‘Trash Donna Brazile’ Orders
Mediaite ^ | 12:28 pm, November 7th, 2017 | Justin Baragona |

Posted on 11/07/2017 9:51:07 AM PST by drewh

During last night’s broadcast of Tucker Carlson Tonight, host Tucker Carlson said that he’d been told by “highly informed sources” that CNN management had given orders to its on-air talent to trash former interim Democratic National Committee chair Donna Brazile. As Tucker stated, “anchors and producers were vocally offended by her attacks on their friends, the Clintons.” Thus, as Carlson reported it, they made efforts to undermine Brazile’s credibility.

After Carlson’s segment, the man Tucker replaced in the 8 PM slot took to Twitter to amplify Tucker’s report:

This morning, CNN anchor Jake Tapper pushed back against those claims, stating that he has not been given orders from CNN management on how to cover Brazile.

In Carlson’s segment, he pointed to two instances in which he felt CNN anchors were “trashing” Brazile as the proof behind his report. In those segments, Anderson Cooper labeled Brazile’s giving a debate question to Hillary Clinton “totally unethical” and Brooke Baldwin said Brazile “lied about that CNN debate.” Carlson claimed that “in retrospect, they are so obviously talking points.”

It should be noted, however, that Tapper — one of the top politics anchors on the network — has featured panels on The Lead and State of the Union discussing the Brazile revelations without offering any negative words on Brazile. What’s more, it was during a segment on The Lead that news was made when Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) said that the Democratic presidential primary was rigged for Hillary Clinton during an interview discussing Brazile’s claims.

Watch Carlson’s original segment above, via Fox News.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia; US: New York
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1 posted on 11/07/2017 9:51:07 AM PST by drewh
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To: drewh

“...host Tucker Carlson said that he’d been told by “highly informed sources” that CNN management had given orders to its on-air talent to trash former interim Democratic National Committee chair Donna Brazile.”


Patently false statement.

CNN has no on-air talent.


2 posted on 11/07/2017 9:55:18 AM PST by ConservativeWarrior (Fall down 7 times, stand up 8. - Japanese proverb)
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To: drewh

Oh, so it’s true, then.


3 posted on 11/07/2017 9:56:10 AM PST by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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Didn’t they not like Hillary in 2008? I know MSNBC didn’t.


4 posted on 11/07/2017 9:56:14 AM PST by TakebackGOP
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To: drewh
he has not been given orders from CNN management on how to cover Brazile.

Parse this in Lib-Speak.

The key word in his denial is "orders".

Were they given suggestions, advice, encouragement or any number of other ways a message can be sent?

Was it by a representative of management rather than management themselves?

Libs are very skilled liars. It's the Clinton way.

5 posted on 11/07/2017 9:58:09 AM PST by bagster (It's okay to be white.)
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So it’s totally unethical to give the questions in advance but it’s ok to use that information in a debate.


6 posted on 11/07/2017 9:58:20 AM PST by waredbird
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Wasn’t it CNN that gave the questions to Brazile in the first place? How ethical is that?


7 posted on 11/07/2017 10:05:11 AM PST by waredbird
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To: bagster

Exactly. It may not come down as “THIS IS AN ORDER” but the so-called “talent” (sic) knows when they had better follow the preferred talking points.


8 posted on 11/07/2017 10:07:21 AM PST by Enchante (Bill, Anthony, Harvey .... how does lesbo Hillary manage to surround herself with male predators???)
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To: ConservativeWarrior

True, and they kind of forget that Don A Braziere was one of them before taking over the DNC.


9 posted on 11/07/2017 10:38:03 AM PST by bigbob (People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)
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To: drewh

Tapper living up to his name “Fake Jake”.


10 posted on 11/07/2017 10:56:15 AM PST by Parley Baer
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To: drewh

I totally believe Tapper. CNN is a team of highly trained political assassins. No orders are necessary for them to spring into action to defend their goddess against heresies.


11 posted on 11/07/2017 11:00:40 AM PST by usurper ( version)
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To: drewh
Jake Tapper Rips Bill O’Reilly's Claim That CNN Has Been Given ‘Trash Donna Brazile’ Orders While Trashing Donna Brazile

there. fixed it.

12 posted on 11/07/2017 11:25:00 AM PST by Eddie01
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To: drewh

Clinton News Network will obey


13 posted on 11/07/2017 11:26:06 AM PST by butlerweave
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To: drewh

How much are the weekly Fusion GPS checks made out for, Jake?


14 posted on 11/07/2017 11:27:45 AM PST by Yaelle
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To: Enchante

15 posted on 11/07/2017 11:28:25 AM PST by freedomlover
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To: drewh
Anonymous informed sources - experts, mind you - have accused Fusion GPS of bribing MSM reporters to repeat phony stories. Naturally I wouldn't repeat silly rumors, but these are genuine anonymous sources...
16 posted on 11/07/2017 11:30:47 AM PST by Billthedrill
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To: drewh

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17 posted on 11/07/2017 11:43:47 AM PST by Steven Tyler
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