Jake Tapper Unloads On 'Sick' And 'Disgusting' Fox News In Blistering Takedown
Jake Tapper isn’t having it.
The CNN host went after Fox News on Wednesday over a very misleading tweet:
But that’s not the full story. Fox News left out a few important details.
Tapper fired back:
Fox News is lying. I said it can be said at beautiful moments (wedding, birth) and too often at times like this (horrific terrorist attack). https://t.co/rQx3r0za6I
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) November 1, 2017
“Allahu Akbar” is a prayer; if we don’t understand how radical Islamic terrorists justify their evil using religion, West cannot defeat it
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) November 1, 2017
.@FoxNews chooses instead to deliberately lie about what I said. Following the slime-coated path of @DailyCaller and @infowars. Disgusting.
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) November 1, 2017
And yes, I know they do this all the time. Still, literally the day after this horrific attack that they would launch this smear — it’s sick
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) November 2, 2017
There was a time when one could tell the difference between Fox and the nutjobs at Infowars. It’s getting tougher and tougher. Lies are lies https://t.co/stYjntoJUq
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) November 2, 2017
Fox News later deleted the tweet.
But an article with a headline critical of Tapper ― labeling his comments as “outrageous” ― remains on the Fox News website:
A similarly misleading post linking to the story also remains on the Fox News Facebook page.
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