American - Journalist | March 12, 1969 -
I lost a great uncle in World War II who was with the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Jake Tapper
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The only politician in my family was my grandfather's grandfather, who was the mayor of Winnipeg from Jan. 1, 1917, until Jan. 5, 1917, because he lost the recount. So he was mayor of Winnipeg for four days.
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I certainly don't think that it's the job of any journalist to make the presidency work.
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I can be fairly boring.
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I generally feel that the solution to speech that people find offensive is more speech. You should talk about it, discuss it.
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Everyone should work in politics to see how horrible it is.
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It took me years to realize I wanted to be in journalism.
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I think standing up for facts and decency is important, and we should've done more of it back in 2015 and 2016.
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I think there are periods in this country when behavior is abhorrent: McCarthy, Watergate, Bill Clinton. It's just a question of how the checks and balances in the American system work and how leaders stand up to it or don't stand up to it.
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I have a wife and a son and daughter. What do I need to do to make their lives better, happier? What can I do in terms of my time or my attention given that I am very busy at work? That's a personal rule of thumb I live by from the moment I get up to the moment I go to bed.
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My journalistic heroes are Peter Jennings and Ted Koppel and Tim Russert and Edward R. Murrow, among others, because they were tough.
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My dad's a hero in a lot of ways. He was a 1960s and 1970s hippie and a member of the protest crowd.
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