US EditionJake Tapper’s CNN Show Hits Lowest Ratings Since 2015 Despite Biden Book Buzz
- Jake Tapper co-authored the book 'Original Sin' with Alex Thompson, releasing it in May 2025 during a major publicity tour on CNN.
- The book alleges the Biden White House concealed the former president's mental decline, while Tapper described the cover-up as potentially worse than Watergate.
- Despite CNN's relentless promotion of the book, 'The Lead with Jake Tapper' suffered its lowest ratings since August 2015, with a 25% audience drop year-over-year in late April to May.
- During the measured period, "The Lead with Jake Tapper" drew an audience of approximately 525,000 viewers, capturing just 11% of the cable news market share; in comparison, Fox News dominated with 68%, while MSNBC held 21% of viewers in the same timeframe.
- Tapper's ratings decline highlights challenges in converting book publicity to viewership gains, though CNN noted Nielsen ratings do not fully represent the show's overall audience impact.
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Jake Tapper's book tour makes more sense when you see how RECORD LOW his ratings are
You can't participate in one of the biggest cover-ups in American history and then expect people to believe you were completely unaware, especially after pushing that narrative for over five years. In other words, you can’t have your cake and eat it too. That’s why it was incredibly foolish for CNN’s Jake Tapper to write a book about his sudden “realization” that Biden was, is, and always has been a sleeping potato. Because if I knew, and you kn…
Jake Tapper Gets Brutal News About His Show Amid Aggressive Book Tour
Viewers would rather change the channel than watch CNN host Jake Tapper despite his latest book release and tour for “Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous […] The post Jake Tapper Gets Brutal News About His Show Amid Aggressive Book Tour appeared first on The Western Journal.
Jake Tapper Sets 10 Year Ratings Low On CNN Amid New Book About Biden
Despite the recent publicity, viewership for Jake Tapper's afternoon CNN program has never been lower. For the month of May, "The Lead" with Jake Tapper drew its lowest ratings in 10 years with an average of just 525,000 viewers.Tapper is currently on a media tour to promote his new book "Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again," a title about the White House's effort to cover up Joe Biden's …
Jake Tapper Suffers Self-Inflicted Injury As Ratings Take A Beating
CNN host Jake Tapper had his lowest-rated month in nearly a decade in May despite a publicity tour and even apologizing to Lara Trump. Tapper's book about Joe Biden having the olds didn't help him. Meanwhile, the current president is losing every one of his shits, to the point where yesterday, he called Leonard Leo a "sleazebag” who he says is "a bad person who, in his own way, probably hates America." Conservative Justices on the Supreme Court,…
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