CNN anchor Jake Tapper is facing fierce criticism after excerpts from his upcoming book *Original Sin* were released this week, exposing troubling details about President Joe Biden’s physical and mental decline — revelations Tapper conveniently waited to cash in on, despite years spent running interference for the embattled president.
Tapper, long considered a loyal foot soldier in the corporate media’s defense of the Biden administration, now finds himself at the center of a growing firestorm. Conservatives and even some disillusioned Democrats are calling out what they see as a brazen attempt to rewrite history and profit from a narrative Tapper once helped suppress.
The book, co-authored with Axios reporter Alex Thompson, includes shocking anecdotes — including an incident where Biden reportedly failed to recognize actor George Clooney at a major Los Angeles fundraiser during the 2024 campaign, leaving the Hollywood megastar “shaken to his core.” According to the authors, Biden’s decline became so evident behind closed doors that some of his aides discussed the possibility of using a wheelchair during a second term.
But perhaps even more disturbing than the revelations themselves is Tapper’s sudden willingness to reveal them *after* Biden is no longer useful to the Democratic Party. Critics say this is classic media behavior — defend the narrative when it helps your side, and then distance yourself from the mess once it becomes politically inconvenient.
“Jake Tapper covered Biden’s ass the entire time. And is now running to the other side and throwing his reporter hat on,” one user on X (formerly Twitter) said in a post that echoed the outrage pouring in from across the political spectrum.
Another wrote: “Tapper smeared and attacked people who brought up Biden’s decline, including Democrats. Now he wants to sell books as if he was never part of the cover-up.”
Fox News hosts John Roberts and Joe Concha didn’t hold back either, slamming Tapper as part of the “media cabal” that worked tirelessly to shield Biden from scrutiny.
“It is just patently insulting that Jake Tapper is trying to rewrite history while lining his own pockets in the process,” Concha said. “He blamed a stutter, he called Lara Trump a conspiracy theorist just for pointing out what we could all see with our own eyes — that Joe Biden had no business being anywhere near the Oval Office.”
And there it is — the real issue. The same media figures who once gaslit the public into accepting Biden’s obvious cognitive and physical issues as “right-wing smears” are now scrambling to save face, pointing fingers, and publishing exposés that should have been news *years ago*, not a book tour payday now that the Democrats are ready to toss Biden aside.
A CNN spokesperson rushed to Tapper’s defense, insisting that the anchor “fairly and accurately” covered Biden throughout his presidency, even claiming Tapper raised questions about Biden’s mental fitness as early as 2020. But the public isn’t buying it. Americans remember how the media ran cover for Biden during debates, flubbed speeches, and inexplicable public appearances, all while attacking conservatives for sounding the alarm.
This isn’t journalism — it’s damage control disguised as a book deal.
Tapper’s about-face only reinforces what many on the Right have warned all along: the mainstream media doesn’t inform the public — it manipulates the narrative to protect its political allies. And when those allies become liabilities? Well, then the knives come out… but only after the check clears.
So while *Original Sin* may offer some long-overdue truths about the Biden White House, the real “original sin” here is the media’s complicity. Tapper and his colleagues weren’t just observers — they were active participants in deceiving the American people. And no book tour will undo that.
