"This is quite a dark look at our government, Jake and people," he says. "The question is, how do you do it? Are you providing them with all the nuance and all the context?" He adds that governments lie about matters big and small to insulate themselves from consequences. 'It's all about destruction'
When political spectacles abound, how can the media focus on the substance and avoid the clickbait? And is there a market left for nonpartisan cable news? Chief Washington Correspondent and Anchor of The Lead Jake Tapper joins us to discuss these questions, and his new book, All the Demons Are Here, a Post-Watergate thriller with inspiration from Trump, Murdoch and more.
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