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muriel_volestrangler

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31. Jake Tapper is well known to people who watch CNN.

Wed Oct 29, 2025, 10:27 AM

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"Number one"? Not Christiane Amanpour, who is internationally known? Wolf Blitzer? Anderson Cooper?

"A bit of an asshole for a couple of decades" is not that great a basis for fame. I see he joined CNN in 2013.

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