CNN continues to shift their focus back to a strictly news gathering and reporting organization, which continues to catch the attention of liberal podcaster Keith Olbermann, with host Jake Tapper his latest target.
During his Countdown with Keith Olbermann podcast Monday, the former cable news host called out Tapper for take on how President Biden should handle former President Donald Trump’s participation in the United States’ representation at Queen Elizabeth II’s upcoming funeral.
Olbermann first took his latest shot at CNN CEO Chris Licht, reiterating his claim that when the pair worked together at MSNBC he thought Licht “ate paste”, before turning his attention to Tapper.
“Jake Tapper indicated he is going along with the Licht/(John) Malone conversion of CNN into Fox News — with nicer looking studios — by suggesting President Biden should invited Donald Trump — while he is under investigation for international nuclear weapon espionage crimes against this country — to join the American delegation to the funeral of Queen Elizabeth. Tapper also defended CNN’s sketchy legal analyst Elie Honig by launching an on-air attack on MSNBC. ‘A bunch of MSNBC legal commentators attacked you. Have they apologized at all? Have they acknowledged that they were wrong and you were right?'”
Olbermann was flabbergasted at the insinuation from Tapper that apologies needed to be exchanged between the two outlets, noting he felt entitled to apologies from CNN for his opinions on topics from the late 2000s.
“Oh my god, Jake. Are we gonna do CNN/MSNBC apologies now? How many do you guys owe me just over the Iraq war? Like 50? Terrorism another 75 or 100? And Jake, more importantly, did you kiss enough conservative ass this week?”
Tapper was awarded the title of “Worst Person in the World” from Olbermann during the podcast.
