American - Journalist | March 12, 1969 -
We often think our legacy will be our achievements. But often our legacy will be whether we set a moral standard.
Jake Tapper
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My mom is a nurse; my dad is a pediatrician. They were born in the 1940s, and they were both inspired to fight against injustice, whether it was the injustices of the Vietnam War or Watergate or children in poverty or oppression of African Americans in Philadelphia where I was growing up.
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McCarthyism and Trumpism are very different. They stand for very different things, but the technique of the big lie, smearing and telling lies, you know, McCarthy was doing that. At the time, the media, Democrats, and Republicans were all paralyzed - not all, but most of them were paralyzed. They didn't know how to deal with this.
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You know what takes effort? Being kind. Being patient. Being respectful.
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I have very vivid memories of my parents talking about Nixon, my mom watching Watergate on the black-and-white set in the living room. The mayor at the time in Philadelphia was a guy named Frank Rizzo - a Democrat, a real bully, a racist.
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The Patriots cheat. This is just a fact as established by investigations. They're a cheating team.
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I did freelance cartooning off and on from college graduation in 1991 through ABC News hiring me in 2003. I did a weekly comic strip for 'Roll Call' for about nine years. I sold cartoons and caricatures to 'The Los Angeles Times' and 'The Washington Post.' I drew as much as I could. It's really tough to make a living doing it.
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People mess up. They say things when their guard is down.
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Professionally and personally, I try to be as agnostic as possible, try to see things as objectively as possible.
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I think there is room for improvement for all of the media, and that certainly, and especially, includes me.
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It's not always easy for a mainstream organization to accept what a blog is.
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My job is not to be liked. My job is to tell the truth.
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