Michael Goodwin: Washington media mob shows its true colors as Jake Tapper breaks ranks with Biden book

The late Irving Kristol defined a neoconservative “as a liberal who got mugged by reality.” It turns out the process was not limited to people of an earlier era, as the ongoing saga of Jake Tapper illustrates. The CNN anchor has been a reliable cheerleader for all things Democrat and a snide anti-Trumper, but dramatically broke ranks by daring to co-author a book about Joe Biden’s cognitive decline and the White House cabal that tried to conceal it from the public. For his trouble, Tapper is being mocked by former allies and labeled a traitor, proving that telling the truth about the left is seen as a subversive act by the Washington media mob. His regular CNN viewers apparently don’t want to hear the unpleasant facts either.They’re used to being spoon-fed a feast of anti-Trump bile, and they appear to be punishing Tapper for going rogue by boycotting his show. Reports say the audience has plunged by 25%, taking it back to where it was a decade ago. Even more fascinating is Tapper’s response to the attacks.

Mugged by his own team simply for doing his job, he is defending himself by hitting back in ways that make him sound decidedly like a… . . .conservative! He blasted the entire Democratic Party after “left-leaning” podcasters made fun of his teenage son for wanting to be a cop. “They asked me about my son and I said he’s a football player, and he wants to be a policeman and their joke was, ‘Oh, how does he feel about minorities?’ Tapper said on a podcast with NYU professor Scott Galloway. “Like, the idea that he wants to be a policeman, therefore, he’s racist… . . .

this is why you f—–kers are losing elections,” Tapper told his lefty tormentors.He added: “That’s how the Democratic Party talks to men, not just white men, but men… . . .

it has no entrée into his world.” Whoa, Nellie. Tapper, 56, has long been a card-carrying member of the Washington press corps, where good standing requires a ha...