The Reason Interview goes deep with the artists, activists, entrepreneurs, and policymakers who are making the world a more libertarian—or at least more interesting—place by challenging worn-out orthodoxies and ideas.

Today's guest is Jake Tapper, the host of The Lead on CNN and author of the new book, Race Against Terror: Chasing an Al Qaeda Killer at the Dawn of the Forever War.

He tells Nick Gillespie why it matters that Donald Trump is following Barack Obama's lead in trying terrorists in criminal courts rather than military tribunals, why he believes the Trump administration is unleashing an all-out offensive against journalists critical of the president, and what the legacy media got way wrong with Joe Biden and COVID.

They also discuss the future of journalism in an age of media consolidation, where Free Press upstart Bari Weiss is heading up CBS News—and possibly CNN, too.

Previous appearance:
Jake Tapper on The Hellfire Club, Donald Trump's Big Lies, and D.C.'s 'Bullshit Waterfall', May 11, 2018

0:00 –Introduction

1:34 –Race Against Terror

5:25 –The Bush administration and the war on terror

8:39 –The legality and effectiveness of torture

17:06 –President Trump's approach to foreign policy

22:19 –Media censorship and the FCC

29:43 –CBS News, CNN, and the challenges facing legacy media

40:14 –The rise of independent media

52:07 –Joe Biden's decline and its impact on the Democratic Party

58:37 –What is being underreported in the second Trump administration?

1:06:05 –Generational shifts in political views

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