It's no wonder CNN's Jake Tapper allegedly hired a crisis PR firm to tell him to use the word "humility" in every stop on his media blitz for his and Alex Thompson's new book, "Original Sin," about the White House's cover-up of President Joe Biden's psysical and cognitive decline. The book may be a New York Times bestseller, but Tapper is being accused of being a fraud, knowingly covering for Biden in an effort to get him reelected, and then cashing in by writing a book after the fact. (He claims he didn't write it for the money.)

Every interview that Tapper and Thompson do seems to make them look even worse — either as terrible journalists who couldn't see what was in front of their faces, or opportunists who are now going on in an effort to open up President Donald Trump to criticism of his cognitive health.

The two were on Bari Weiss' podcast, and Thompson managed to make themselves and the media look even worse.

Oh, so they were afraid of being ostracized by their peers if they reported the truth. Real stunninv and brave, guys.

That's what it sounds like he's saying.

Yes, intimidation from the White House is what kept them from reporting on Biden's cognitive decline. And they didn't want to lose the sources who were lying to them, at least until after Biden lost, and there was no point in covering for him anymore.