In a shocking and rare moment of apparent honesty, CNN anchor Jake Tapper appeared on The Megyn Kelly Show alongside journalist Alex Thompson and publicly admitted CNN’s role in disseminating misinformation through legacy media.
During the broadcast, Tapper confronted years of mounting public criticism aimed at CNN and other mainstream outlets, conceding that conservative media had been right on numerous key issues—issues that CNN, he admitted, had knowingly distorted or misrepresented to its audience.
“Alex and I are here to say the conservative media was right, and conservative media was correct,” Tapper stated candidly. “There should be a lot of soul-searching—not just among me, but among the legacy media.” Watch:
Referring to CNN’s role in actively downplaying President Biden’s cognitive decline during his presidency—and dismissing viral footage of him freezing or losing track of his thoughts as so-called “cheap fakes,”—Tapper admitted, “I’m not here to defend coverage that I’ve already said I wish I could do differently.”
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Tapper, who has long positioned himself as a defender of journalistic integrity, appeared visibly emotional as he reflected on what he described as a period of personal and professional reckoning.
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He asked viewers for forgiveness and expressed a desire for a second chance—not only for himself, but for what he called “a media culture that lost its way.”
The segment quickly went viral, igniting debate across both mainstream and alternative platforms.
Critics called the confession “too little, too late,” declaring that it confirms CNN’s reputation as a Democrat Party “propaganda machine,” while others saw it as a possible turning point in restoring accountability in journalism.