Jake Tapper's Biden Book Is Collapsing

[SocialDemocrat61]

Jake Tapper's Biden Book Is Collapsing
Jake Tapper's Biden book is coming under scrutiny for some of the book's claims not matching up with actual evidence and holes in fact checking.
JASON EASLEY

Jake Tapper’s Biden book has already faded from the news cycle, but it is being examined because some of its claims are not as the authors described them.
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There is also the issue of the fact-checking that Tapper and Thompson claim to have paid for. It turns out that the fact checking was limited as related to the book. Biden aides are also claiming that no one ever reached out to the subject of the book, Biden and his team, to fact check it with them.

Tapper and Thompson never talked to the book's subject to verify any of their information, and neither did their fact-checkers.

The emerging picture is of two authors who came into the writing process with a predetermined conclusion, who sought information that allowed them to write the story they wanted to tell.

https://www.politicususa.com/p/jake-tappers-biden-book-is-collapsing?r=f805&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

[hlthe2b]

1. I could scarcely see a more welcome subject line today (at least among those at all likely)...

GOOD

[TnDem]

2. All books are collapsing

The public buying $29.00 books is over anyway. Nobody buys books to speak of anymore, and that goes for both left and right.

As someone who worked in a library for 7 years, I can't tell you the last time I paid for a book...In fact, the few visitors to the library mostly want to use the free computers and not even bother with the stacks.

[thucythucy]

8. The decline in literacy is directly related to the decline in our politics.

The rise and continued success of Donald Trump is only possible among an electorate that relies on social media for its "facts."

People now openly and proudly declare that they don't know how to write, and rely on computer programs to do their writing for them. An entire industry has sprung up to help people who haven't been taught how to write, or how to read anything more substantial than a page or two of print, or in fact to think for themselves. And Trump's attack on higher education, the right's disdain for and assault on public education in all its aspects is an integral part of the reactionary agenda.

George Orwell warned us almost a century ago that poor writing is indicative of and leads to poor thinking. And the ability to write is directly related to a person's reading habits.

Or, as Trump famously declared, "I love uneducated voters."

[TnDem]

9. This has been happening long before Trump

The decline in the public actually purchasing hard-copy books has been declining for several decades...WAYYY before Trump was even thought about... It is a paradigm shift that has been changing for years.

It has zero to do with Trump

This lack of book purchase may affect the writer's ability to enunciate or not? However, I suspect that the reading is made up by reading digital by those so inclined.

[thucythucy]

19. I didn't say Trump caused the decline in literacy,

which indeed has been a trend over decades. I said his rise was only possible among an electorate that is substantially less literate. Re-read my post and I'm sure you'll see the difference.

"Digital reading" may make up for some of this deficit, but it doesn't come close to filling the gap that has been, as you say, widening for years.

We now live in a world where on-line material often comes with a tag that tells you how long it will take to read a particular item. This is part of a trend that sees the attention span of the general public declining, year by year, another aspect related to declining literacy.

"Digital reading" also makes it far more possible to manipulate the material being read. There's a reason why the right is making a concerted effort to purge websites of material on minority history, racism, climate change, etc. Combine this with right wingers attempting to purge public libraries of books they find objectionable and we can see, in real time, the attempt to re-write our history and gut the public discourse of the material needed for an informed electorate.

This has happened before of course, the public book burnings in Germany in the 1930s being a prime example. But a public more and more relying on information in digital format is a public more easily manipulated by the owners of that technology. Look at what's happened to Twitter and Facebook. Millions of posts gone with just the press of a button.

[TnDem]

51. Nope

"Digital reading" also makes it far more possible to manipulate the material being read.

Manipulation of "news" has been around since before Guttenberg and will continue as long as humans are alive.

Everybody wants their point of view to be hailed as truth and the other guy to be scorned as a lie...It happened during the thrid reich and it happened in China and the Soviet union.

It's called human nature.

[FakeNoose]

73. I agree, there's still a lot of literacy happening

... just not a lot of purchasing of high-demand (and high-quality) books. Almost everything is free if you know how to find it.

[thucythucy]

135. "Almost everything is free if you know how to find it."

Which is one reason why investigative journalism is fast becoming a thing of the past.

If you've seen the movie "Spotlight"--about the Boston Globe's efforts to expose clergy abuse in the Catholic Church--you'll see how much time and effort--and thus money--it takes to do the job. Since that investigation the Globe's Spotlight team has been scaled back precisely because people expect everything to be free. So what we're left with is puff pieces and right wing propaganda funded by oligarchs. Yes, there are still good outlets providing quality content, but these are getting more and more difficult to find.

When I was in journalism school I often heard the maxim: "It's a free press if you own one." That's more true now than it was then.

[FakeNoose]

141. I did see "Spotlight" - several times - and it's one of my favorites

However I was referring to something different ... the prevalence of filesharing on the bit-torrents and the like.

[thucythucy]

136. It's ironic that in answering my posts about the issue of voter illiteracy

you keep misreading what I say.

I never said manipulation of the news is a new thing. I said it's easier now because of the technology. Just like I never said Trump was the cause of this growing trend, only that his ascending to the presidency was one of the results.

Hitler's use of radio--then a relatively new technology--made it far easier to manipulate public opinion in Germany, especially once the Nazis had control of the airwaves. Indeed, there's a whole literature on the Nazi use of radio and how it helped to shape Germany's political and cultural discourse. The left in Germany ignored or at least underestimated the impact of this new technology, and we saw the result.

The right in the US learned that lesson--hence Rush Limbaugh and "talk radio." In the last election it harassed social media and we saw the result.

To ignore these developments by saying, in essence, "same old same old" is to stick our heads in the sand.

And to pretend something unpleasant or even dangerous just isn't happening is also human nature.

[CrispyQ]

87. This morning I was reading political stuff on FB & one post said, "This is a really long read but worth it."

It was five paragraphs!! Not even very long ones.

[h2ebits]

50. It has ALWAYS been rare for me to buy a hardcover book.

I used to buy paperback books because they were cheaper but when I downsized a number of years ago, I ended up donating 400 books to Goodwill because I had no place for them.

I spend hours reading various topics on the Internet but much prefer checking real books out of the library as I like paper more than screens. I periodically visit bookstores to see what is out there and have spent a number of hours standing at a bookshelf reading a book enough to decide that I want to actually read the whole thing. Then I go to the library to check it out.

There is no one size fits all answer to any people type issue. We are all different with different needs, wants, and interests.

[czarjak]

70. Poorly educated voters.

Not quite the same as uneducated voters?

[thucythucy]

137. Thank you for the correction.

Another category, in addition to "uneducated" and "poorly educated," might be "mis-educated." I'm thinking, for instance, of folks who were taught that slavery had little or nothing to do with the American Civil War.

The results in any case are almost always a cause for concern when it comes to maintaining a functioning democracy.

[NJCher]

35. maybe that's why

Libraries seem to becoming a hub for community events. My library offers all kinds of interesting, useful events and services: book talks with authors (many writers live in our area, in fact the NY Times writers almost all flock to this suburb), classes, computer assistance for free, craft classes (a neighboring library even has a craft room where sewing machines can be brought in--they actually teach sewing). Those are only a few items.

NJ has the best librarians and best library services--always had. Way ahead of the rest of the nation.

Now personally I check out books. In fact, I'll check right now to see how many I have out: 10

[llmart]

118. I'd have to disagree with your statement about NJ libraries being the best always.

I believe Ohio ranked first in libraries for a long time. I doubt that's true these days since a lot of educated white collar people left Ohio in the 80's, including myself. Case Western Reserve had one of the best library schools also.

[NJCher]

123. yeah, that's what happens when

you don't treat your people right and they leave for places like France.

[NJCher]

124. do you remember when higher ed libraries began

allowing college students to use databases from their home computers? Was Ohio first in that?

[llmart]

126. I'm not sure about that.

I left Ohio in the early 80's. I didn't start working in libraries until 2001, but in another state. I do know that library schools have all but disappeared in many areas and librarians can now get their MLS online.

[Conjuay]

138. I would have to agree with NJ Cher.

My sister was a librarian in Old Bridge, NJ.
She commented once about her library lending out stuff like lawn mowers.
She might have been pulling my leg, but I think she was serious.

[NJCher]

145. Funny

about the time you posted this, I was on the phone with the library trying to book the power washer.

Yes, we can rent a power washer at our library!

[CrispyQ]

56. The brand new 110,000 square foot grocery store down the road doesn't have any magazines.

Studies show young men read significantly less than young women. I have to believe that contributes to the gender gap that's been reported among young people.

[PJMcK]

75. And it could explain the education gap between men and women

People who don't read are functionally illiterate.

The Republican attacks on education over the last 30+ years has successfully destroyed the minds of millions of Americans.

In fact, because our people have become dumbed-down by poor education and "reality" TV, Americans have fallen terribly behind their counterparts in other developed nations.

The proof is Trump was re-elected.

[TnDem]

78. re: magazines

The only buyers taking paper magazines now are doctor's offices and Florida retirees.

[CrispyQ]

84. I stopped buying them long ago due to cost, but I always enjoyed spending time at the mag counter.

There used to be a magazine/smoke shop in town & they had every American magazines & a ton of international ones. We'd spend 60-90 minutes in there. We'd buy a several, too, to support them. They've been out of business for 10-12 years now.

[MichMan]

109. Those grocery store magazines like People, The National Enquirer, and the Globe really enriched people's minds

[LearnedHand]

64. Non-visitors doesnt necessarily mean not reading

I know plenty of people, myself included, who are voracious readers but never "go" to the library because they get all books from Libby.

[misanthrope]

76. Wow, I must be an exception

I still love reading. I buy books all the time, but I am less likely to buy physical books now. Storage is an issue.

[Sequoia]

85. Rather sad

I keep my library in business. I have stacks of current books, mostly history. Not to mention that stack of books from library book sales.

[TnDem]

101. First off

There are two things I have never done on any forum and that is "alert" or "ignore" anyone, so you can rest assured, it won't be me.

More importantly, if you think book sales are what they were even fifteen years ago, you would be WAYYY wrong. It's a fact that there are just not as many people buying or reading actual hard-copy books like there were in the past. I am not saying some books are not sold and read, I am saying, that as a cultural influence like it has been for generations, that ship has long ago sailed.

Book stores are now like buggy whip stores after the Model T came on the transportation scene...They just don't sell and hold public attention like in the past....And this is coming from someone who loves books.

[MichMan]

110. "Book stores are now like buggy whip stores after the Model T came on the transportation scene"

one word.... Amazon

[Picaro]

111. Again, completely off point.

I can’t disagree with the point about book sales and reading in general.

But that is not germane to the post.

Jake Trapper wrote an utterly worthless, mean spirited hit piece of a book. It is also fundamentally untrue.

Pointing out the fact that book sales are down in general just doesn’t advance the conversation.

I’m not having an argument with you when I don’t disagree with what you’re saying. I just don’t see how it fits.

[TnDem]

114. I guess with me it's a larger issue with culture

To boil it down, whether dumbass Tapper's book sells or does not sell is kinda moot, because virtually NO physical books sell now...His, yours, mine or the Dalai Lama's. It is a poor comparison about truth, success or standing from the get go

It is an ancient stuffy comparison about what books are on the NYT best seller list or as a guide to cultural success or lack thereof...Physical books held on for a little while, but in 10 years, kids will be asking their parents, "Mommy, what is that?"...It is literally like someone keeping score at Super Bowl 3 when Super Bowl 23 is coming on....i would Guess maybe Harry Potter or maybe Fifty Shades of Grey were the last physical books of any kind that sold en masse.

It reminds me of some of what Rickey Gervais said several years ago....Nobody cares about what the elite think they care about because they are truly out of touch with modern reality.

[lonely bird]

115. Not me

I probably buy 6 a year.

[Journeyman]

131. Huh. My wife and I have purchased 23 books this year, checked out half a dozen from the library . . .

and received maybe a dozen or more from friends and family -- novels, social critiques, histories, just a wide range of topics and interests.

But then, it's a lifelong passion.

[Jack Valentino]

132. I still buy books, but they are all used... mostly on Ebay.

Jake Tapper's won't be among them, He's no Ernest Hemingway.

[Kaleva]

3. I think he fact checked claims with members of Biden's cabinet

[Beaverhausen]

5. Why do you think that?

[TnDem]

17. Interviews by PBS and MSBNC

Like this one:

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/tapper-and-thompson-discuss-book-claiming-bidens-inner-circle-hid-signs-of-decline

On that interview alone, Tapper says he discussed it with 200+ people surrounding Biden. He also states that he didn't start on the meat of the book until after the election.

Call it what you will, if there is 1/10th truth to that, (and I suspect there is more than that), then it will continue to drip until the issue is put to bed.

[SocialDemocrat61]

18. You believe what Tapper say about his own book?

[TnDem]

49. No, I don't trust anybody

However, all I hear is crickets from anyone in the administration.

if you think there is NO truth to this, you are being intentionally uninformed.

[SocialDemocrat61]

57. Several people like Jamie Harrison have

disputed what is said about them in the book. However the corporate media is ignoring them for the most part.
https://www.rawstory.com/jaime-harrison-biden/

[TnDem]

60. You didn't read what Harrison said

He said "I sure as Hell don't remember that"....He didn't "That never fucking happened"...Notice the difference?

Anybody that has ever been in a courtroom will attest that the first thing your attorney will tell you to do if it starts looking like you're about to get jammed up is to say "I don't recall".

[SocialDemocrat61]

62. Semantics games

Come back when you have a real argument.

[TnDem]

65. No semantics, totally different meanings.

Saying "I don't remember it happening" is totally different than saying "It never happened".

[SocialDemocrat61]

69. More semantics games

Here’s Harrison’s full quote

"Better check my cognitive abilities as well because I sure as hell don’t remember this," wrote Harrison on X.

He is clearly mocking Tapper’s claim.

And he’s not the only one disputing what is in the book. So is Jake Sullivan

In the book, Tapper and Thompson report that Biden forgot Sullivan’s name during an interaction in December of 2022, where Biden accidentally called him “Steve.”

“I do not recall that ever happening,” Sullivan said when asked about the interaction, “and I will tell you, Joe Biden knows my name.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/15/jake-sullivan-biden-book-00352172

[TnDem]

71. Sure...both

both said either "I don't recall" or "I don't remember"...They didn't deny it.

That is the very definition of semantics.

[SocialDemocrat61]

72. They are denying it

You just don’t want to admit it.

[MorbidButterflyTat]

90. Bored today

Mr. Tapper?

[catchnrelease]

91. Harrison pretty clearly denies it happened.

Watched an interview with him this morning on MSNBC in which he vehemently said 'That did not happen'. Not that he didn't remember it happening. I went back and watched again to make sure I heard it right. The comment is at 5:18 in the video...

[SocialDemocrat61]

103. Don't confuse them with facts

Great video. Thanks for posting.

[Midwestern Democrat]

79. I love how people on DU post defamatory baseless claims that major journalists simply made up their sources when they

report something they don't like. You know, it's career suicide when that actually happens - remember Janet Cooke of the Washington Post who won the Pulitzer for a story that was quickly determined to be made-up? I heard she was reduced at one point to working as a cashier in a department store - that's how total and complete the destruction of her career was.

[reACTIONary]

80. That, and also the...

.... elections are suddenly "rigged" if our candidate loses. Elon Musk! StarLink!

[TnDem]

82. Exactly...

And exactly what I have been trying to say....You don't claim 200+ people have told you something, if it is immediately going to be discredited....And the crickets and "non denial- denials" are what is deafening here.

On this Biden thing, I think we ought to clear the collective cobwebs from our heads, admit mistakes, (even if privately), and vow to never let something like this happen again.

[reACTIONary]

99. Thanks, more or less my thinking also. NT

[Shrek]

140. Jason Leopold and Sabrina Erdely

When was the last time you heard from either of them?

[MorbidButterflyTat]

89. I know, right?

[hatrack]

21. So, 200+ interviews, a 352-page book, the "meat" of which he didn't get to until mid-November . . .

Et voila, it's off to the printer after (checks calendar) four months and change.

Completing "the meat" took place, of course, in addition to Tapper's routine job responsibilities at CNN - reporting, anchoring, bloviating.

[agingdem]

67. if Tapper wasn't such a prick I'd almost feel sorry for him...

he writes a nasty Biden screed with parsed "facts" and never said/never interviewed "witnesses"... and days before publication the Biden family release a statement confirming Biden's stage 4 cancer diagnosis...and down goes whatever is remaining of Tapper's credibility and humanity.....I'm guessing those anticipated appearances on late night tv and cable panel shows are pretty much a not-gonna-happen...poor timing, Jake!

[Raven123]

37. That's quite a number.

200 plus people surrounding Biden? All having first hand knowledge? All corroborating Tapper’s claims? How many are GOP MAGAs?

[MorbidButterflyTat]

92. To be fair

There were many named "anonymous," "insider," "first hand knowledge," "some in the administration," "reported on condition of anonymity," etc., etc.

Obviously completely credible and completely in agreement about President Biden.

[Kaleva]

24. Aren't many of his sources members of Biden's Cabinet?

[TommyT139]

29. Did any go on the record?

He should have stuck to his bad cartoons.

[Kaleva]

32. Did you dismiss Deep Throat until his identity was revealed in 2005?

I bet you didn’t.

[stillcool]

34. Oh my. All out defense?

[SocialDemocrat61]

36. Deep throat wasn't a primary source

Other people who went on the record were. Deep Throat was only used to confirm info others told them and to check if they were going in the right direction.

[MorbidButterflyTat]

93. OMG!

You're comparing Jake Tapper to Deep Throat??

[TommyT139]

98. Goodness gracious

I haven't read the book yet. It was a basic question. Lots of former Trump administration staff went on record for their comments. It's a reasonable question.

[W_HAMILTON]

117. So you trust Tapper and his anonymous sources that are unwilling to put their name by their claims...

...over people that are willing to go on the record -- Kamala, Pete, Harrison, Sullivan, etc.? -- and dispute these sorts of claims?

[stopdiggin]

23. agreed. I was dismayed by the arrival of this book

And am absolutely certain that it is 'slanted' and has a large helping of cherry picking. On the other hand - I suspect that Tapper, et.al., did do a certain amount of research and verification. So, if the aim is to discredit the narrative or premise - then show me a bunch of instances where the book is flatly wrong or in error of actual incidents or conversation. People willing to go on record with specifics of, 'this is completely false - never happened'.

In other words - they're going to have to do a lot better than, "Well, they didn't reach out to me .. "

[Kaleva]

27. I agree

[stillcool]

39. Did you read the book?

I didn't so have no idea if he names sources or uses the common generic 'people close to Biden said'. Should be easy to find out, and ask them? They have to be in the book.

[stopdiggin]

42. not on your F-ing life !

and I won't be - just in order to offer a critique of its methodology.
(on the other hand - there appear to be plenty of people out there with time on their hands ... )

[SocialDemocrat61]

46. Several people mentioned in the book dispute their version

Including Jamie Harrison: https://www.rawstory.com/jaime-harrison-biden/

[stopdiggin]

53. and that is exactly what I'm talking about

People coming forward saying, "That is not what I said." "That incident did not happen."

Unfortunately - even with that I fear that all that will be revealed is a certain degree of 'spin' - and the substance/outline of the story will remain. The real damage here is in confirmation bias ... And the fact that a lot of people already suspect this as at least partially (if not the full boat) true.

[Prairie Gates]

4. Tapper is an unethical dipshit...we've known this since his attacks on Al Gore

when he was at Salon.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

59. Tapper is an asshole

[JohnSJ]

6. Tapper is probably auditioning for a job with fox. Everyone knew President Biden was old, and there was

no shyness about that being exploited by some pushing that he shouldn't run a second term.

but that isn't even the issue.

The scandal is that the most of the MSM normalized trump and his racism.

Just look at his pseudo press conferences all during 2024. No pushback at all. How many times did you hear anyone in the press question his assertion that China and our foreign competitors would be paying for the tariffs, not the public. The shame coverage of the NY investors club where he pushed all this bullshit while they were blindly applauding the lies, WHERE WAS OUR ILLUSTRIOUS PRESS?

Even after everything that has gone done, they are still carrying water for him.

What the press did to Gore, Kerry, Hillary, and Biden, was a disgrace, especially in light of how much they let this administration get away with.

They tried to do it to Obama also, with the garbage that he was a Weather Underground sympathizer because his neighbor was Ayers, and with the Reverend Wright fiasco, but President Obama and his team got ahead of that before it took hold, add to that, the bush financial meltdown, plus mccain choosing a complete idiot as his VP, all helped us in 2008.

[MorbidButterflyTat]

94. .

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

7. You mean the right hasn't bought it in bulk?

They do with so many other books.

[bucolic_frolic]

10. Book's a Trojan Horse to take the attention off Trump's cognition

Lookee over there not over here. Typical Republican ploy.

[MLWR]

11. I'm not surprised this book is "collapsing."

People on the right, at least those who make up today's republican party, don't or can't read. People on the left, particularly those who supported Biden, aren't interested in any more Biden-bashing; there is more than enough of that in the MSM.

[PatSeg]

26. And people on the right think that

Tapper and CNN are super left-wing commies.

[reACTIONary]

54. The article is not about how well the book is selling...

... it's about how the book is being discredited by fact checkers.

[Pisces]

83. Where are the lawsuits? Common sense, our own eyes and ears

Confirm what we don’t want to know.

[reACTIONary]

125. The article is not about the book's sales, it is about its...

.... credibility. There is nothing in the article about how well or how poorly it is selling.

[Lonestarblue]

12. The book sounds a lot like the right-wing hit job on the Clintons, Clinton Cash.

Republicans just love to commit character assassination, but journalists should be held to a higher standard. Unfortunately, we live in a post-truth world where lies pass for reality.

[djacq]

13. Journalistic Integrity my ass

[leftyladyfrommo]

14. I would suggest banning and burning. That's so

In vogue right now.

[thucythucy]

20. You're equating not buying a book and/or

questioning its veracity with book burnings and out and out censorship?

Or maybe your post was intended to be sarcastic?

[BurnDoubt]

15. "Give 'em books and they eat the pages".

[Martin68]

16. Bastards! They have been sniggering and laughing about their shocking claims - all the way to the bank.

[tanyev]

22. Oh well.

[dchill]

25. Whatever it is that Jake Tapper is trying to do...

...to Joe biden's legacy and reputation is what I hope happens to Jake Tapper. And soon would be good.

[hermetic]

28. Good! May it,

and he, sink like a stone.

[angrychair]

30. This is poetic justice

Book sales collapse. Falsely accused president Biden and staff.
Tapper is a weenie. Couldn't happen to a worse guy.

[stillcool]

31. I wonder how many Democrats will

defend his book so they can still trash Biden.

[calimary]

113. And if they do, then SHAME ON THEM, TOO!!!

Right now I’m s an absolute NO!!! To ANYBODY who wants an excuse to trash Joe Biden.

My response might be “well, okay then. I’ll be happy to trash YOU, TOO! Leave him ALONE!” Or as we all learned (or should have learned) in kindergarten: if you can’t say anything nice about him, then don’t say ANYTHING AT ALL!!!

[Mike Nelson]

33. Yikes!

... I thought it was doing well on the bestseller lists and had been praised for its journalist integrity!

[SheltieLover]

38. Good!

[Tommy Carcetti]

40. I tend not to root for the failure of other people's work

But in this case I’m actively hoping for it.

[johnnyfins]

41. There are only two words I have on this

FUCK HIM

[Zambero]

43. With a bit of effort

Tapper could become the new Chris Matthew's. Gone but yet forgotten!

[mountain grammy]

44. Good.. I'm fine with his whole world collapsing..

He's not a good person.

[nowforever]

45. Jake T.

Is a sniveling closet conservative who pretends to care. Empty vessel floating in an ocean of boring and dim witted.

[SouthBayDem]

47. Well written especially these parts:

...two authors who came into the writing process with a predetermined conclusion, who sought information that allowed them to write the story they wanted to tell.

...the book looks like a sensationalistic cash grab.

Real presidential histories take years to write. They aren’t slapped together in a few months. Actual historians talk to the subjects when possible, or at least offer the subject the opportunity to speak.

The last part is especially true. Examples include Robert Caro's book about LBJ, or Lou Cannon's in-depth biographies of Reagan. Or any of the Woodward and Bernstein books.

[reACTIONary]

81. PoliticusUSA is a ....

.... tendentious "news aggregator". They don't write so much as they cut-n-paste. If you haven't, you might want to read the original reporting:

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/24/joe-biden-town-hall-original-sin-00368995

[reACTIONary]

48. Here is the Politico reporting that..

... this "news aggregator" blurb is based on. https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/24/joe-biden-town-hall-original-sin-00368995

[stopdiggin]

55. and it doesn't present a real strong defense

push-back, yes ... 'collapsing' .. ? Ummm ...

[fujiyamasan]

120. PoliticsUSA is garbage

And it’s embarrassing that someone would use it as a news “source”.

May as well post push the politico article through ChatGPT and get a summary.

[Blue Owl]

52. Tapper can shove his book up his ass

Sideways

[LetMyPeopleVote]

58. Tapper is telling lies to sell his book

I will not buy this book

[marcopolo63]

61. Tapper's book isn't in the top ten this week...

…in our local Sunday paper’s literary section. Hopefully it tanks and is quickly forgotten and ends up in dollar store discount bins.

[Hekate]

63. I hope it bombs

[LetMyPeopleVote]

66. Tapper is spending all of his time pimping this book instead of covering trump

[MorbidButterflyTat]

95. That's the first time I've seen the cover

"Original sin"?

What an asshole.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

96. Jon Stewart erupts over CNN's promotion of Jake Tapper's book on Biden's mental health.

Link to tweet

[mucifer]

134. The same Jon Stewart who said he didn't want to vote for trump or President Biden?

Yeah, I'm still pissed at him.

[Gm7]

68. A Congressional investigation is forming

To find out "who was running the country". Tapper's book will be front and center for the foreseeable future

[misanthrope]

74. The Politico piece that most of it is taken from elaborates a little more

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/24/joe-biden-town-hall-original-sin-00368995

It also has links to the Biden video ads referenced.

[Pisces]

77. I don't think we should try and destroy Biden, but I also

Don’t need a book to see what I saw with my own eyes.

[Dem4life1970]

86. Good! Yawn...it's a nothing burger

...last time I checked, he dropped out of the race in July 2024....and, oh yeah, the new POTUS is a twice impeached, 34 times convicted felon, an adjudicated sexual abuser, who ordered and launched an attack on the US Capitol, found civilly liable for fraud, and who is currently accepting bribes from foreign governments and not following court orders. But yes, let's focus on Biden again.

Read the room Tapper....(Because you will make close to nothing from this book).

[underpants]

88. Gee which side does he think are the book readers?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

102. BIDEN WORLD STRIKES BACK

Biden world has been fact checking Tapper's silly book. Tapper is a bad reporter who made up crap for this book

Link to tweet

According to this morning's Politico Playbook, after days of wall-to-wall hype for Original Sin—Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson’s $32 attempt at a Biden takedown—the cracks are already showing.

This time, it’s about a closed-door town hall in April 2024. Tapper and Thompson claim Biden “had trouble” answering pre-approved questions and that the footage was so bad, the campaign scrapped it.

Except—that’s not what happened.

Biden allies just dropped three never-before-seen ads from the event. Yes, they were polished. Yes, they tested them. But the idea they were unusable? That’s Tapper spin—unverifiable, uncorroborated, and now contradicted by the actual footage.

The kicker? Tapper defends his version with a quote from an “unnamed Biden adviser” he personally supplied to Playbook. Even Playbook couldn’t verify who said it. That’s the level of “fact-checking” behind this book.

This isn’t journalism. It’s a smear job dressed up as reporting, built on anonymous sources, cherry-picked anecdotes, and claims the actual people involved say are false.

Biden’s team isn’t just disputing Tapper’s narrative—they’re dismantling it, piece by piece.

And Tapper’s credibility? It’s unraveling just as fast.

[tulipsandroses]

129. Good. Some of these reporters bear some responsibility for the muck we are in. Their over the top reporting on Biden's

" decline" while simultaneously pretending that trump was a normal candidate.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

143. SHOULD THE PUBLISHER REMOVE JAKE TAPPER'S BOOK FROM THE SHELVES?

Link to tweet

[wolfie001]

104. His snake bosses told him to attack Biden and being the......

.....obsequious toady he is, he followed suit. What a f6cking spineless weasel with all of the shenanigans happening right now with Adolf Shitler.

[themaguffin]

105. These comments are surreal. I thought we were better than this - better than them.

[mikewv]

107. agree. nm

nm

[mikewv]

106. Damage done. This doesn't help us

We can keep hoping for a collapse, and that is the fault we all have. Hope, hope hope.... Tell me I am wrong. Please!

[Hassler]

108. Another Beltway Bullshit enterprise

[raccoon]

112. It couldn't happen to a nicer person!

of course

[Jarqui]

116. I checked some of Tapper's articles when he was with ABC

When I posted links to back up my claims that his articles were not accurate below his article, I was banned.

When Tapper's legacy of reporting is examined, I do not think it will hold up well under scrutiny.

As such, I would never buy his book and I'm not surprised by what is coming out.

[fujiyamasan]

121. Not sure what "collapse" means

It’s still #2 on Amazon.

It’s at its peak right now but will eventually fade. I’m reading the book now. It’s not well written and Tapper is annoying, but there are aspects of it that are important for democrats not to ignore.

[SocialDemocrat61]

122. There is only one aspect democrats should not ignore

Don't trust the corrupt corporate media and their hacks like Tapper.

[Joinfortmill]

127. Good. I hope he goes down in flames.

[UpInArms]

128. When one publishes a hit piece, facts are irrelevant

F tapper

[Initech]

130. Good! I'll tell him where he can go shove it!

[IbogaProject]

133. Bold face lies and exagerations

Rather than that "not as authors described them"

[madville]

139. What was the Biden team going to verify?

They certainly wouldn’t have corroborated any of the claims in the book whether they are true or not. The subject of the book is that they were hiding Biden’s decline so it would only make sense that they would continue to defend that.

The real collapse was the Democratic campaign for President, celebrities, donors and politicians pressuring Biden out and installing Harris, recipe for disaster as we saw.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

142. For this thread

[LetMyPeopleVote]

144. Fmr DNC Chair Jaime Harrrison dubbed this book a A BOLD FACED LIE

This book is full of bald face lies

Link to tweet

[LetMyPeopleVote]

146. Tapper's book sales are collapsing

Tapper's crappy book is bombing

Link to tweet