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Jake Tapper

Profession : Journalist

Birth : March 12, 1969

My first race was '99/2000. At that time, I was at 'Salon,' and I was basically their campaign reporter, so I would just jump around from race to race, candidate to candidate.

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My back isn't great.

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I do breakfast first, which is a small bowl of oatmeal and some sort of protein, like hard-boiled eggs. And then I work out - 40 minutes of cardio and maybe some strength training.

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Normally, at a debate or a town hall, I would be quick to say to someone, 'That was rude,' or, 'We're going to try to keep it civil here,' or, 'Let's not have personal attacks.'

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I have asked people repeated follow-ups for a while and asked people uncomfortable questions for a while. I just try to hold people accountable.

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Facts matter a great deal to me.

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Politicians don't like tough coverage, and their protectors try to destroy the messengers.

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In 2009, 2010, the Obama people were the ones mad at me.

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Resist the temptation to subject yourself only to that which re-affirms what you already think.

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Embrace the humanity of everyone, especially those you don't understand.

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You know what takes effort? Being kind. Being patient. Being respectful.

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My kids are good artists, and they do a pretty good version of Dad in their caricatures.

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I tried to do a comic strip. I came close, and I met with Universal Press Syndicate in Kansas City, but ultimately, they did not go with my strip.

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I did freelance cartooning off and on from college graduation in 1991 through ABC News hiring me in 2003. I did a weekly comic strip for 'Roll Call' for about nine years. I sold cartoons and caricatures to 'The Los Angeles Times' and 'The Washington Post.' I drew as much as I could. It's really tough to make a living doing it.

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Whenever journalism students ask me what they should be doing, I say that if you're on social media, you should be following a ton of people that you don't necessarily agree with just to get their perspectives.

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I think it's important to have as diverse of a feed as possible.

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McCarthyism and Trumpism are very different. They stand for very different things, but the technique of the big lie, smearing and telling lies, you know, McCarthy was doing that. At the time, the media, Democrats, and Republicans were all paralyzed - not all, but most of them were paralyzed. They didn't know how to deal with this.

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There's a long tradition in this country of questioning generals.

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You know who has done a lot of questioning of generals? President Trump.

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I don't want to compare President Obama and President Trump on these issues, because they're different, and the scale isn't even remotely the same. But President Obama said things that weren't true and got away with it more for a variety of reasons, and one is the media was much more supportive of him.

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