Ivy League Puffery–Very Fake News: CNN’s Jake Tapper Caught Misstating His Background on Live Television

Jake Tapper, a CNN anchor, has been caught misstating his background on live television on Sunday. During an interview with President Donald J. Trump’s new White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci, Tapper inflated his background to make it seem as though he was more in touch with people with working- and middle-class beginnings than he really is. At one point late in the lengthy and testy interview—where Scaramucci even offered to bring CNN some Kleenex to wipe away its tears after what he says will be President Trump’s re-election victory in 2020—Scaramucci was discussing how he stands with the “people I grew up with.”-- More...