Love him or hate him, Jake Tapper is about as marquee at CNN as Anderson Cooper or Wolf Blitzer.
Tonight, reports Brian Stelter, he will anchor an 11:00pm special on the network, The Russia Investigation.
Also tonight, Shannon Bream will be premiering on the Fox News Channel with her new program, Fox News @ Night.
Maybe I’m being unfairly skeptical, but I find it more than a coincidence that Tapper is anchoring a primetime special (though as I’ve documented, he’s hosted plenty, and should just move to primetime) the same night that Fox News is debuting a new program — when Don Lemon usually just anchors two hours of CNN Tonight anyway.
Tapper is a far more competent anchor and political journalist than Lemon and there is plenty of news with the Russian-related indictments, but the point remains… Coincidence or no?
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Neither Lemon or Tapper should be anchoring anything except the desk at the local job centre
Don Lemon is more than a competent reporter, plus he shows comportment, compassion, a pleasant nature, a sense of humor and of course more handsome than anyone else.