In lieu of adding more in-person witnesses to a trial with a hard deadline, Tuesday’s proceedings in the $1 billion defamation trial against CNN featured the sworn deposition videos of five CNN employees who had their fingerprints on the offending report. One of the more eyebrow-raising testimonies of the bunch came from CNN anchor Jake Tapper who’s show - The Lead - the report initially ran on. In his testimony, Tapper claimed he didn’t know his title nor cared about the ratings of his show. But according to a post he made on X, that could be a lie since he has touted good ratings in the past.
Near the beginning of the video, after giving a brief overview of his film school education, Tapper was asked about where he was currently employed, “CNN,” and what his title was. That’s when the first curious answer cropped up: “I think it's chief Washington anchor and senior Washington correspondent. But I don't pay a tremendous amount of attention to titles. But I think that’s what it is. I am the anchor of several shows on CNN.”
There’s a jump in the video and Tapper is seen being asked about the ratings of his show where he proclaims that he doesn’t care about them.
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