'Original Sin'

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Axios and CNN equals Original Sin. They interviewed more than
two hundred people, mostly Democratic operatives, for this book, and
it's all about his health was deteriorating for years. None
of us said anything. Jake Tapper, he loses a lot
of I hope the ah book deal. I mean, I

(00:21):
hope it was worth it. And he's got to lose
a lot of credibility here because people are going to
be like, oh, now's good. So the Original Sin authors,
they now say, are under fire from who. But they
do say, According to the Guardian, for instance, Original Sin
is a book about Biden's health decline that completely reopens

(00:41):
the Democratic Party's wounds. They have not closed up since
the election. They just happened. I mean the murphys are
running around trying to stitch them up, but they're not
closed up, say. The book by Jake Tapper and Alex
Thompson presents a scathing account of a president cocooned from
reality and fuels the questions about his role in the party.

(01:06):
How does CNN not say, all right, bro, you're fired
like you were a reporter for us, A great tell
all for late May twenty twenty five. You just sat
on this you said you wrote this book while on
our payroll and not reporting on it. Like, how did

(01:27):
they in all? How do they reconcile with that? I
feel like Jake Tapper's probably going to be on CNN tonight,
interviewed by a colleague who hopefully will ask the question,
was it difficult for you to report on his vibrancy
when you knew better? You don't think so? They won't

(01:48):
let them go there, No, they won't. I think there
are a lot of people there. They want that moment though.
They're like, oh, here's where I get my show. I
turned my back. Everybody's turn to their back. I ever,
here's a oh book deal. You know, that's how they
got a GC. You're about to interview Jake huh. Imagine
if you just damn imagine if you just called him out,

(02:09):
called him a hippocrat. I love Jake, he's a colleague man.
The bosses at CNN would kill me. I'm glad they
gave me the interview. You would just probably you'd be
everywhere if you just said, uh, dude, you sat on news.
It flies in the face of the number one rule
in journalism. I would never do that. I played cornwall

(02:30):
we're in a pickleball league. I love Jake. Damn if
you did that, though, they're probably probably get a book deal.
Oh book deal, and I do I think that's possible.
I want to know how CNN keeps him on the payroll.
Never mind Axios in the other and the other guy.
I think Axios just loves that they're trending. They're deep

(02:55):
down in the trend. Based on interviews with more than
two hundred people, including White House insiders, members of Congress donors,
Original Sin presents a scathing account of an elderly egotistical
man cocooned from reality seeking reelection in twenty twenty four,

(03:18):
despite concerns swirling around him about his declining health and
cognitive abilities as of September maybe October. There, I mean
there were, but they were we were assured there were none.
Original Sin is NPR's book of the day, and yet

(03:40):
at the same time this is their headline. Original Sin
argues Biden aids enabled his reelection bid despite being completely
aware of a total mental decline. How can you How
was not the book of the day? How the book
of the day. It just shows that NBR, I mean,

(04:00):
maybe maybe Trump's not not that crazy to be like,
get his staff though, Okay, what are they doing there? Okay,
no proof radio, Okay, that'd be it's that's right off
the top of my eyes. Really yeah, that wasn't planned.
No proof, right, Okay, no proof because they have none. Okay,
and by none I mean zero zero, big goose egg,

(04:21):
big goose egg proof, none of it. Their book of
the day, they're basically saying, is a book about a
guy who co written by a guy who covered the election,
who was part of the enabling, and is now pointing
at a bunch of people saying they enabled. You're you

(04:43):
were in on it. I don't know how this guy's
fall from grace. I don't know how Jake Tapper isn't
playing foosball with Matt Lower right now. I really don't