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• Gibson Implies Giuliani's Ad 'Nastier' Than Move-On's 'Betray Us' Ad

  Published: September 14, 2007, 10:14 pm

  Tags: Iraq, Charles Gibson, Jake Tapper, Rudy Giuliani, Abc World News, Moveon Org, New York Times

  political correspondent, Jake Tapper. JAKE TAPPER: It was an in-your-face full-page ad in the New York Times, accusing General Petraeus of becoming General Betray Us by allegedly not being honest in his testimony before Congress, paid for by influential, in-your-face liberal group MoveOn.org, and condemned by Republicans during those

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• ABC Wonders Why Republicans Are Snubbing Minority Events'

  Published: September 25, 2007, 12:44 pm

  Tags: 2008 Presidential, Campaigns, Race Issues, Racism, Diane Sawyer, Jake Tapper, Tavis Smiley, Abc, Good Morning America, Pbs

  political correspondent Jake Tapper is in Washington with the latest on that. Good morning, Jake." Jake Tapper: "Good morning, Robin. Well, amidst all the struggles the Republican presidential candidates are facing with the war in Iraq, an unpopular president, lack of enthusiasm among conservative voters, this week, the Republican

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• Nixon's Denigration of Fred Thompson Newsworthy to ABC

  Published: October 9, 2007, 10:19 pm

  Tags: 2008 Presidential, Brian Ross, Fred Thompson, Jake Tapper, World News

  early August piece by ABC's Jake Tapper. Tapper's August 7 ABCNews.com posting, The Fred Thompson Watergate Myth: Was GOP Candidate More Friend Than Foe to Nixon? , carried this photo caption: In newly released Nixon tapes, the President calls then-Watergate prosecutor Fred Thompson 'dumb as hell' but 'friendly.' The headline over the

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• ABCNews.com Misrepresents Coulter's Views on Jews

  Published: October 11, 2007, 3:53 pm

  Tags: Christianity, Media Bias Debate, Religion, Jake Tapper, Online Media, Abcnews Com, Media Matters, Blogs

  Punch by ABC reporter Jake Tapper. The Tapper item in turn links to an article and transcript at Editor & Publisher, furnished by, surprise surprise, Media Matters. To his credit, at no point in his blog did Tapper himself characterize Coulter as a closet anti-Semite or anything of that nature, although he does take a swipe at Coulter

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• Ann Coulter Attacked by Obama Girl' Creators, ABC Posts Video

  Published: October 28, 2007, 4:21 pm

  Tags: Ann Coulter, Jake Tapper, Abcnews Com

  rather absurd that ABC's Jake Tapper not only blogged about it, but also that ABC would actually post the video at its website. Sadly, there it was at Tapper's blog Political Punch Friday: "Perfect me, make me petty, I want to be hateful just like Ann Coulter," sings Leah Kauffman.Kauffman and her collaborators are probably

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• Tapper did not challenge Giuliani's claim that he did not "get[] the information" about Kerik

  Published: November 9, 2007, 4:25 pm

  Tags: Jake Tapper, Abc, Abc World News Tonight, 2008 Elections, Government And Elections, Rudy Giuliani

  hear that, but he did. TAPPER: Do you think that talking about what a good job he does at all diminishes the potential crimes he committed? GIULIANI: No. TAPPER: I mean, it's almost like saying he did a good job -- GIULIANI: Of course not. TAPPER: -- that it might excuse it. GIULIANI: Of course not. TAPPER: No?

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• Scarborough Cites Tapper As Example of Tough Hillary News, But...

  Published: November 16, 2007, 4:39 pm

  Tags: Hillary Clinton, Jake Tapper, Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, Abc, Morning Joe, Msnbc, Nightline

  here.) Here's a snippet of Tapper's McCain piece for Nightline: JAKE TAPPER: It was not Senator John McCain's most chivalrous moment. AUDIENCE MEMBER (FEMALE): How do we beat the bitch? TAPPER: Asked this nasty question about Senator Hillary Clinton, McCain grinned through an awkward moment and then said this. JOHN McCAIN: But that's an

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• On ABC, Huckabee Sounds Like Hillary on Tuition Breaks for Illegals

  Published: November 24, 2007, 7:24 am

  Tags: 2008 Presidential, Campaigns Amp Amp Elections, Immigration, Jake Tapper, Mike Huckabee, Abc, World News

  child over it." Tapper said "Huckabee appeals to socially conservative evangelicals because he is one. And he cultivates an affable image." But the remarks Tapper quoted weren't affable. They were like that "heel to the face" imagery. Here's the meatiest part of the transcript: JAKE TAPPER: Good evening,

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• NBC, CBS Morning Shows Ignore Bill Clinton's Flip-Flop on Iraq War

  Published: November 28, 2007, 1:17 pm

  Tags: 2008 Presidential, Campaigns Amp Amp Elections, Iraq, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Jake Tapper, Abc, Cbs, Early Show, Good Morning America, Nbc, Today

  political correspondent Jake Tapper is in Washington. Morning, Jake. JAKE TAPPER: Good morning, Chris. Well, Senator Hillary Clinton heads to Iowa today to talk about health care reform, but she may find herself overshadowed by comments made by her husband, former President Bill Clinton, who is now saying that he opposed the war in Iraq

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• Tapper noted criticism of Kerrey for using Obama's middle name, but not own unprompted usage

  Published: December 17, 2007, 7:50 pm

  Tags: Jake Tapper, Abc, Abcnews Com, 2008 Elections, Barack Obama, Government And Elections, Hillary Clinton

  national correspondent Jake Tapper wrote: "Some Obama supporters have asked why former Sen. Bob Kerrey, D-Neb., who endorsed Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., today, mentioned her opponent Sen. Barack Hussein Obama's [D-IL] middle name in remarks published in The Washington Post." Tapper's headline read: "Why Did Bob Kerrey

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• ABC's Tapper Attacks Giuliani's 'Lack of Transparency'

  Published: December 21, 2007, 11:21 am

  Tags: 2008 Presidential, Campaigns Amp Amp Elections, Bill Bradley, Jake Tapper, Rudy Giuliani, Abc, Good Morning America

  and release, ABC's Jake Tapper spun it as a case of secrecy. On the December 21 edition of "Good Morning America," Tapper reported that after Giuliani and his wife claimed to be in "good health," his lack of details may harm him. "Experts on political crises say Giuliani is handling this the exact wrong

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• Tapper on Top! TV's Most Prolific Once Dated That Woman'

  Published: January 16, 2008, 12:01 am

  Tags: Media, Fred Thompson, Jake Tapper

  was pretty nuts, said Mr. Tapper. But evidence suggests that Mr. Tapper's recent flurry of productivity was no fluke. According to a new study, of all the hyper-driven personalities reporting on network nightly news, Mr. Tapper is quantitatively the least likely to lollygag. The Tyndall Report a Web site that encyclopedically chronicles

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• Jake Tapper Gloat? Never!

  Published: January 16, 2008, 3:00 pm

  Tags: In Other News, Jake Tapper

  Monica Lewinsky dater Jake Tapper's greatest fantasy is? Knocking back grape Jell-O shots in a bathtub of Cool Whip, accompanied by the women of Juggs? Yeah, that's what we thought, too. But apparently it's just being named number one of the “Top 20 Most Heavily-Used Reporters” by the Tyndall Report, a Website that chronicles

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• Which TV reporter is on screen the most?

  Published: January 16, 2008, 1:39 pm

  Tags: Abc, Andrea Mitchell, Cbs, David Gregory, Jake Tapper, Lara Logan, Lisa Stark, Martha Raddatz, Nancy Cordes, Nbc, Network News, Steve Hartman, Tv Reporters

  number one is actually ABC's Jake Tapper, who handles a lot of political reporting for the network. Gregory and Mitchell are on the list, at numbers two and three, while CBS' David Martin is fourth and Nancy Cordes fifth. Cordes is listed as being on both CBS/ABC, so I'm assuming she left CBS and went to ABC? I'm surprised to see Steve Hartman on

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• Tapper Holds Up Coulter as Symbol of 'Blind Outrage' at McCain

  Published: February 1, 2008, 1:55 pm

  Tags: 2008 Presidential, Campaigns Amp Amp Elections, Ann Coulter, Hillary Clinton, Jake Tapper, John Mccain, Online Media, Abcnews Com, Blogs

  Jake Tapper took some jabs at conservative columnist Ann Coulter in a February 1 post to his Political Punch blog. Coulter, no McCain fan she, went so far as to facetiously pledge on "Hannity & Colmes" that she'd campaign for Hillary Clinton if she were the Democratic nominee and Sen. McCain her GOP opponent. To my judgment,

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