Panama City, FL – – In lieu of adding more in-person witnesses to a trial with a hard deadline, Tuesday’s proceedings in the $1 billion defamation trial against CNN featured the sworn deposition videos of five CNN employees who had their fingerprints on the offending report. One of the more eyebrow-raising testimonies of the bunch came from CNN anchor Jake Tapper who’s show – The Lead – the report initially ran on. In his testimony, Tapper claimed he didn’t know his title nor cared about the ratings of his show. But according to a post he made on X, that could be a lie since he has touted good ratings in the past.
Near the beginning of the video, after giving a brief overview of his film school education, Tapper was asked about where he was currently employed, “CNN,” and what his title was. That’s when the first curious answer cropped up: “I…
