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Jake Tapper
Jake Tapper
American Journalist
Born: Mar 12, 1969
Job Me People Think Time You
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The Patriots cheat. This is just a fact as established by investigations. They're a cheating team. Jake Tapper
Cheating Fact Investigations Cheat Just Established Patriots Team
My job is not to be liked. My job is to tell the truth. Jake Tapper
Truth Job Tell Liked
Equating brutality and despotism with leadership is not an American value. Jake Tapper
Leadership Value Despotism Brutality American
I did freelance cartooning off and on from college graduation in 1991 through ABC News hiring me in 2003. I did a weekly comic strip for 'Roll Call' for about nine years. I sold cartoons and caricatures to 'The Los Angeles Times' and 'The Washington Post.' I drew as much as I could. It's really tough to make a living doing it. Jake Tapper
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Whenever journalism students ask me what they should be doing, I say that if you're on social media, you should be following a ton of people that you don't necessarily agree with just to get their perspectives. Jake Tapper
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There's a long tradition in this country of questioning generals. Jake Tapper
Long Country Generals Long Tradition Tradition Questioning
My mom is a nurse; my dad is a pediatrician. They were born in the 1940s, and they were both inspired to fight against injustice, whether it was the injustices of the Vietnam War or Watergate or children in poverty or oppression of African Americans in Philadelphia where I was growing up. Jake Tapper
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It is empirically indecent to make fun of the disabled... That's just indecent. Jake Tapper
Indecent Disabled Empirically Make Just Fun
I have very vivid memories of my parents talking about Nixon, my mom watching Watergate on the black-and-white set in the living room. The mayor at the time in Philadelphia was a guy named Frank Rizzo - a Democrat, a real bully, a racist. Jake Tapper
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It matters to people that the president tell them the truth. Jake Tapper
Truth People Matters President Tell Them
A lot of the stuff I blog is either stuff I'm reporting anyway for ABC News internally and figure I might as well put it up on the blog. Or it's stuff I'm just interested in, or I read about it, or I hear about it, and I'm just curious. Jake Tapper
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You write a story, you do a TV show, and if people don't like it, well, you're going to do it again tomorrow. Jake Tapper
You People Tomorrow TV TV Show Write Like Well Going Story Again Show
What would McCarthy, what would Nixon, what would Bill Clinton have done if they'd had Twitter? Jake Tapper
Twitter Nixon Would Had Clinton Done McCarthy Bill Bill Clinton
I listen to a lot of criticism. From the Left and the Right and from everywhere. I mean, everybody's a media critic. And sometimes I think it's on point, and other times, I think about it and consider it and then might ultimately disagree with it. But I do listen to it; I really do. Jake Tapper
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I still think of myself as a Philadelphian. I still root for the Philadelphia teams. Other than my house, I still feel most at home in terms of cities when I'm in Philly. Jake Tapper
Myself Home Think Other Philly Cities Feel Most House Terms Still Than Root Teams Philadelphia
It's not always easy for a mainstream organization to accept what a blog is. Jake Tapper
Organization Easy Mainstream Accept Always Blog
CNN wants me to tell the news in a way that seems genuine and authentic. They don't want me to be Ron Burgundy. Jake Tapper
News Me Way Tell Seems Genuine Authentic Burgundy Want Wants Ron
Politicians lie. Jake Tapper
Lie Politicians
It's tough for me to draw myself - usually way too self-critical. Jake Tapper
Myself Me Tough Too Way Draw Self-Critical
As a fan and collector of 'MAD' magazines as a kid, I am well aware that my art is unworthy. I remain in absolute awe of 'MAD' artist Mort Drucker and loved Wally Wood and Harvey Kurtzman and Al Jaffee and Don Martin and Angelo Torres and Peter Kuper and Sergio Aragones. Jake Tapper
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Washington, as we know it, is essentially run by men and women who are not elected or even appointed to their posts, staff members unaccountable to traditional constituencies. They rise according to the needs and whims of their own special constituency of elites. Jake Tapper
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Everybody should work in their nation's capitol and see how politics actually work because it was the most eye opening experience of my life. Jake Tapper
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My mom is from Canada. Both my grandparents were from Canada. Jake Tapper
Mom Both Were Canada Grandparents
I lost a great uncle in World War II who was with the Royal Canadian Air Force. Jake Tapper
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People mess up. They say things when their guard is down. Jake Tapper
People Down Guard Say Mess Up They Say Things
I generally feel that the solution to speech that people find offensive is more speech. You should talk about it, discuss it. Jake Tapper
You People Solution Find About More Generally Feel Talk Offensive Discuss Should Speech
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