Jake Tapper, chief Washington correspondent for CNN, returns to Inside the Hive for an in-depth conversation on the state of the media in these bitter, waning days of the Trump era. While Donald Trump and his legal team spin outlandish conspiracies to reverse the legitimate election of Joe Biden, Tapper separates fact from fiction, casts skepticism on a Trump “coup,” and considers the long-term damage Trump’s war on reality has done to American life. How much is the media—including CNN—culpable for his rise? Will his political influence stay alive or decline when he finally leaves office? And will the media, addicted to the ratings his chaos provides, continue to empower him with attention?
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