Meghan McCain
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Podcast Appearances
Oh my gosh. Thank you, Mark. I'm so excited to join you. Congratulations on this new show. And this is one of my favorite topics, but I feel like I've been living it with you in real time for like over a year and a half, two years now. Yeah.
Oh my gosh. Thank you, Mark. I'm so excited to join you. Congratulations on this new show. And this is one of my favorite topics, but I feel like I've been living it with you in real time for like over a year and a half, two years now. Yeah.
Oh my gosh. Thank you, Mark. I'm so excited to join you. Congratulations on this new show. And this is one of my favorite topics, but I feel like I've been living it with you in real time for like over a year and a half, two years now. Yeah.
So I've known Jake Tapper since I was a little girl. He worked on my dad's first or he covered my dad's first campaign when he was a salon reporter to just like really date in 1999, 2000. So I have been around him a really long time. And I used to really think he was a straightforward journalist.
So I've known Jake Tapper since I was a little girl. He worked on my dad's first or he covered my dad's first campaign when he was a salon reporter to just like really date in 1999, 2000. So I have been around him a really long time. And I used to really think he was a straightforward journalist.
So I've known Jake Tapper since I was a little girl. He worked on my dad's first or he covered my dad's first campaign when he was a salon reporter to just like really date in 1999, 2000. So I have been around him a really long time. And I used to really think he was a straightforward journalist.
And then in the past, I think beginning of Trump era, maybe even a little bit before that, I just really put him in the basket of being a really biased, quite frankly, hack journalist that my conservative friends not only wouldn't trust, but felt like he would intentionally go out of the way to paint a negative picture of conservatives.
And then in the past, I think beginning of Trump era, maybe even a little bit before that, I just really put him in the basket of being a really biased, quite frankly, hack journalist that my conservative friends not only wouldn't trust, but felt like he would intentionally go out of the way to paint a negative picture of conservatives.
And then in the past, I think beginning of Trump era, maybe even a little bit before that, I just really put him in the basket of being a really biased, quite frankly, hack journalist that my conservative friends not only wouldn't trust, but felt like he would intentionally go out of the way to paint a negative picture of conservatives.
It's hard, as you know, when you like know people in this industry and you want to maintain friendships. But he's one of those people where for me, it took a point where I was like, I just can't really have a relationship. of any kind with this person, just because I don't feel like any of it is genuine or altruistic.
It's hard, as you know, when you like know people in this industry and you want to maintain friendships. But he's one of those people where for me, it took a point where I was like, I just can't really have a relationship. of any kind with this person, just because I don't feel like any of it is genuine or altruistic.
It's hard, as you know, when you like know people in this industry and you want to maintain friendships. But he's one of those people where for me, it took a point where I was like, I just can't really have a relationship. of any kind with this person, just because I don't feel like any of it is genuine or altruistic.
And also, I don't like being a source for people that I'm not genuinely close with and feel like there's trust there. So when I found out he was writing this book, I really like Alex Thompson. I had interviewed Alex Thompson several times when he came out about his reporting about Joe Biden.
And also, I don't like being a source for people that I'm not genuinely close with and feel like there's trust there. So when I found out he was writing this book, I really like Alex Thompson. I had interviewed Alex Thompson several times when he came out about his reporting about Joe Biden.
And also, I don't like being a source for people that I'm not genuinely close with and feel like there's trust there. So when I found out he was writing this book, I really like Alex Thompson. I had interviewed Alex Thompson several times when he came out about his reporting about Joe Biden.
When right before the debate and when everyone started really realizing how bad it was and I was really looking forward to Alex Thompson's book and I when I saw that Jake Tapper was involved or had written it or whatever is the co-writer. I literally I jokingly told my friend it's like O.J.
When right before the debate and when everyone started really realizing how bad it was and I was really looking forward to Alex Thompson's book and I when I saw that Jake Tapper was involved or had written it or whatever is the co-writer. I literally I jokingly told my friend it's like O.J.
When right before the debate and when everyone started really realizing how bad it was and I was really looking forward to Alex Thompson's book and I when I saw that Jake Tapper was involved or had written it or whatever is the co-writer. I literally I jokingly told my friend it's like O.J.
Simpson's If I Did It book like I thought it was ridiculous and just quite frankly I think it's like journalistic malfeasance. And he's kind of, you know, dancing a little bit right now, saying that he should have had more humility in his reporting and that he should have, you know, known better.
Simpson's If I Did It book like I thought it was ridiculous and just quite frankly I think it's like journalistic malfeasance. And he's kind of, you know, dancing a little bit right now, saying that he should have had more humility in his reporting and that he should have, you know, known better.