Can Jake Tapper Get 9 P.M.?

Wolf Blitzer and Jake Tapper on CNN
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Dylan Byers
December 3, 2021

I’ve recently come across a piece of cable news chatter, a fanciful but illustrative piece of speculation that is bubbling up in influential circles. It’s ridiculous on the face of it, but it may illuminate best where the industry stands right now—in a soon-to-be post-Maddow, post-Brian Williams world. And, frankly, in a potentially post-Chris Cuomo world, too.