Tapper Promos New Book
The timing couldn’t be more ironic, and the outrage? Well-earned. With the release of The Truth About Joe Biden—Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson’s latest entry into the annals of too-late journalism—the very journalists who once served as the guardians of narrative orthodoxy are now trying to brand themselves as whistleblowers. Except this time, nobody’s buying it.
Before a single copy officially hit the shelves, Tapper and Thompson’s book was already being dissected, dismissed, and discounted—literally. Amazon slashed its pre-sale price, perhaps sensing what readers have already made clear: this isn’t an exposé, it’s a case of too little, too late. RedState’s Rusty Weiss, along with Nick Arama, Sister Toldjah, Bob Hoge, and others, didn’t wait for May 20 to begin the autopsy. They exposed the charade weeks in advance, highlighting how the book is less a revelation and more a confession of complicity, repackaged for profit.
Fake Yapper shilling. https://t.co/PVc71cBGp1
— Jennifer Oliver O’Connell (@asthegirlturns) May 14, 2025
Thompson, for all his recent “truth-telling,” won accolades for coverage that actively masked the reality the book now purports to reveal. As Weiss pointed out, it’s an uncomfortable sleight-of-hand: journalists who spent years waving away Biden’s cognitive concerns are now profiting from what they previously denied.
Thompson and Tapper have gone on an apology tour of sorts—appearing on low-rated shows, flooding X with introspective soundbites, and making half-baked admissions like Tapper’s “I look back on it with humility.” But humility doesn’t sell books; narrative control does. That’s why, even as they acknowledge criticism, they subtly pat themselves on the back for eventually getting around to the story the rest of us were living in real time.
NBC @NBCNightlyNews w/ @LesterHoltNBC on the new book w/ @jaketapper
“there are damaging new details tonight about former President Biden. A new book alleges serious concerns about his mental acuity.”
— Alex Thompson (@AlexThomp) May 13, 2025
And America isn’t fooled. Social media has become a courtroom of accountability, where the comment sections under Tapper and Thompson’s posts read like the most scathing editorial pages. The ratios don’t lie. Eyeballs aren’t just rolling—they’re rejecting. “Where’s a barf bag when you need it?” one commenter wrote, channeling the sentiments of many. The contempt isn’t just for the book; it’s for the idea that those who shaped the denial are now cashing in on the truth.
Even some of their ideological allies have had enough. Progressive pundit Cenk Uygur tore into Tapper and Thompson for playing the victim, a role they apparently hope will smooth the public into accepting their pivot from enablers to exposers. But the American people are not in the mood for redemption arcs written by the very hands that erased accountability in the first place.
I get that Biden team lied about his condition, but it was obvious to anyone with eyes. So, it’s infuriating to see the media pretend they couldn’t tell when they would be the first to attack anyone who suggested Biden was too old. Now, they’re pretending to be the victim!
— Cenk Uygur (@cenkuygur) May 13, 2025
This isn’t just about Tapper and Thompson—it’s about the systemic rot of access journalism. It’s about a media class so obsessed with maintaining their seat at the elite table that they ignored the obvious signs of decline in a sitting president. And now, as they pass the collection plate in the form of a new book, the public sees right through it.
