US EditionCNN’s Jake Tapper issues correction after calling DC pipe bomb suspect Brian Cole Jr. a ‘White man’
Jake Tapper called the DC pipe-bomb suspect a white man despite images showing he is Black, marking the second such CNN race misidentification this year.
- Jake Tapper, CNN anchor, described the suspect as `a white man` during The Lead's 5:00 p.m. opening on Thursday while discussing Brian Cole Jr.'s arrest.
- Authorities arrested Brian Cole Jr. on Thursday after nearly five years, using license-plate and cell-tower data, with Attorney General Pam Bondi praising `diligent police work`.
- Critics seized on the clip almost immediately, as CNN aired images from the suspect's mother's Instagram showing Brian Cole Jr. is Black, while Fox News host Jesse Watters and social media commentators circulated the footage.
- Conservative commentators demanded a correction following the broadcast error, accusing Jake Tapper of misleading viewers and CNN has not yet issued a formal statement about the on-air error.
- This marks the second such race-description error by a CNN personality this year, as CNN's January 6 coverage often framed protesters as a seething mob of angry white men.
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OOPS: Jake Tapper Claims Black Pipe Bomb Suspect Is a ‘White Man’
Will he write a book about getting this one wrong too? CNN host made a fool out himself again Thursday evening. He kicked off The Lead by falsely claiming that the suspect arrested for planning pipe bombs outside of the Democratic and Republican National Committees national offices ahead of January 6, was a “white man,” when he was, in fact, black. He also refused to correct the record even as he was noting they were showing images of the guy on…
CNN’s Jake Tapper calls black pipe-bomb suspect a ‘white man’ * WorldNetDaily * by WND Staff
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