In 2002, he hosted a series of entertainment news specials on VH1, and in 2003 he hosted shows focused on independent film on the Sundance Channel. CNN 's Jake Tapper put Dominion Voting Systems CEO John Poulos on blast over why Fox News wasn't asked to give an on-air apology for "all those misled Americans" in the network's massive $787.5 million defamation settlement on Tuesday. Jake Tapper Faces Backlash For Rashida Tlaib BDS Tweet - Refinery29 What about the feelings of their viewers? Perhaps no other "journalist" epitomizes the anti-Trump media more than Jake Tapper. Once you use a nuclear weapon, the mistakes that can be made, the miscalculations, who knows what could happen?. "[69], Tapper also has two honorary degrees from UMass Amherst[70] and Dartmouth. CNN went on with coverage of the settlement for some time before moving back to a story related to the recent Pentagon intel leak and Russias dentition of a U.S. journalist who happens works for the Rupert Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal. [65], On July 6, 2009, former MSNBC television personality (and current ABC legal analyst) Dan Abrams launched a website service, Mediaite, reporting on media figures, ranking all TV-based journalists in America by influence; for December 2010, Tapper ranked at number one. The post 'I Can't Take Any of . Biden denounced the unvaccinated as he announced new rules to boost vaccination. So my producer and I went out. Tapper recounted the night to Dartmouth Alumni magazine saying: It was the day of the caucuses and all the big hitters flew in, so I knew I wasnt going to go on. [37] Also in 2017, he received the John F. Hogan Distinguished Service Award from the Radio Television Digital News Association. There are other defendants, and Smartmatic, another election technology company, has filed a $2.7 billion defamation suit against the network. Tapper has also been a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Colbert Report, Late Night with Seth Meyers, Conan, The View, Real Time with Bill Maher, and appeared on the Judge John Hodgman podcast as guest bailiff, standing in for regular bailiff Jesse Thorn during the August 31, 2011 episode entitled "De Plane". RELATED: Dominion CEO Defends Fox News Settlement Decision, Says All Of The Facts We Had Discovered During The Case Had Already Come To Light. He is the lead Washington anchor for CNN, hosts the weekday television news show The Lead with Jake Tapper, and co-hosts the Sunday morning public affairs program State of the Union . Many of his segments were focused onformer President Trump, Jan. 6, and so-called GOP election deniers, who Tapper long prided himself from banning on his CNN programs despite having welcomed Democrats like Stacey Abrams. in history, modified by Visual Studies, in 1991. Jake Tapper Pushes Back in Lara Trump Interview - People [42], In January 2021, before the Inauguration of Joe Biden, CNN announced that Tapper's role would expand to be the network's "lead anchor for all major Washington events," including election nights. He is willing to ask the tough questions, listen carefully, and then follow up with precisely the right response to get to the heart of the matter.