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AP Photo/Phil Sears, File We reported last week on how prominent Ron DeSantis critic Rebekah Jones was once and for all thoroughly discredited courtesy of an exhaustive investigative report done by NRO senior writer Charles C.W. Cooke. The report thoroughly nuked the fake “data scientist’s” most explosive claims and documented how viciously retaliating after rejection was one of Jones’ most notorious hallmarks.
One big thing that should not be forgotten in the aftermath of Jones’ rather dramatic fall from grace is in just how far the mainstream media was willing to go in propping her up. CNN, in particular, was instrumental in elevating her profile, with anchor Chris Cuomo among those taking the lead in amplifying her false claims, abusing his CNN platform to make his big brother and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo look like a magnificent crisis leader in contrast to the popular Florida Governor.
But now that it’s inarguable that Jones is a fraud, some CNNers appear to be trying to memory hole their prior coverage. As Fox News noted yesterday, Respectable Journalist™ Jake Tapper has now taken to tweeting and RTing criticism of Jones (including tweeting out a link to Cooke’s piece) despite his own (unacknowledged) role in lending credence to her claims last year: On Tuesday, the CNN anchor retweeted commentary from local Florida reporter Jay O’Brien. “The thing about the Rebekah Jones saga: there’s no evidence to support what she’s claimed. Simply none and we’ve all looked,” O’Brien tweeted. “But, that won’t stop people on Twitter from taking her at her word. So, this will never truly be over until people just stop paying attention.” Additionally, Tapper retweeted O’Brien’s responses to other Twitter users, stressing that reporters “aren’t on ANY side” and that “all we’ve asked for is hard evidence.” […] [In prior coverage] Tapper did acknowledge complaints made by her “detractors” about her “history with law enforcement.” But the next day, he drew attention to the judge who approved the search warrant and how it was a DeSantis appointee, fueling the narrative that the police visit to her home was politically motivated. Tapper’s apparent […]
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