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Rhiannon12866

(204,818 posts) Tue May 1, 2018, 11:40 PM May 2018

Jimmy Kimmel: Jake Tapper on Sources & White House Correspondents Dinner

Jake talks about the criticism surrounding the White House Correspondents dinner, winning the Merriman Smith Award, Sarah Huckabee Sanders snubbing him, interviewing Kellyanne Conway, and reveals how he gets tips from his sources for breaking news stories.

Jake Tapper on The Hellfire Club

Jake Tapper talks about the inspirations for his new novel “The Hellfire Club.”

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Jimmy Kimmel: Jake Tapper on Sources & White House Correspondents Dinner (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 May 2018 OP

Gotta love Crutchez_CuiBono May 2018 #1

I agree! He's one of the best and the brightest - and he calls out BS wherever he hears it! Rhiannon12866 May 2018 #2

depending on how old he is... this might be his inspiration lapfog_1 May 2018 #3

He said it's about JFK and Joseph McCarthy... Rhiannon12866 May 2018 #4

yeah... but I thought of the TV show... one of my favorites. lapfog_1 May 2018 #5

I remember The Avengers, truly a classic! Rhiannon12866 May 2018 #6

Crutchez_CuiBono

(7,725 posts)

1. Gotta love

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Tue May 1, 2018, 11:44 PM

May 2018

Jake Tapper. So on point, so often.

Rhiannon12866

(204,818 posts)

2. I agree! He's one of the best and the brightest - and he calls out BS wherever he hears it!

Reply to Crutchez_CuiBono (Reply #1)

Tue May 1, 2018, 11:46 PM

May 2018

lapfog_1

(29,194 posts)

3. depending on how old he is... this might be his inspiration

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Original post)

Tue May 1, 2018, 11:51 PM

May 2018

Emma Peel ( Dame Diana Rigg ) in the Avengers... The Hellfire Club

Rhiannon12866

(204,818 posts)

4. He said it's about JFK and Joseph McCarthy...

Reply to lapfog_1 (Reply #3)

Tue May 1, 2018, 11:56 PM

May 2018

lapfog_1

(29,194 posts)

5. yeah... but I thought of the TV show... one of my favorites.

Reply to Rhiannon12866 (Reply #4)

Wed May 2, 2018, 12:00 AM

May 2018

and that was a "shocking" scene for 1960s TV... not sure how it got past the censors. Of course, it was British TV so maybe the US censors just ignored it.

Rhiannon12866

(204,818 posts)

6. I remember The Avengers, truly a classic!

Reply to lapfog_1 (Reply #5)

Wed May 2, 2018, 12:12 AM

May 2018

And Mrs. Peel was a knockout, besides being a consummate spy who became a feminist role model.

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