Jake Tapper on American Political Scandal

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News Commentary, News, Politics

4.6 • 844 Ratings

🗓️ 22 February 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

American politicians are responsible for some of the wildest scandals in the history of our country. CNN Anchor and Chief Washington Correspondent Jake Tapper looks back on six of the most iconic political controversies of the modern era in his new series United States of Scandal with Jake Tapper. Audie and Jake talk about what motivates politicians to break the rules, why they think they won’t get caught, and how the public’s reaction to these moral and legal mishaps has changed over the years. Watch United States of Scandal with Jake Tapper here, and catch it on TV, it airs on Sundays, at 9pm ET/PT on CNN. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Some political scandals can mark the end of a career.
0:03.7	Think Watergate.
0:05.2	They can also mark the beginning of one.
0:08.3	Now, back in 1998, CNN anchor and correspondent Jake Tapper was a young writer making his way in Washington when he wrote about his date with Monica Lewinsky.
0:20.2	And this was just days after the news broke of her affair with then-president Bill Clinton.
0:26.0	I became a staffer with the publication of that story.
0:29.3	And it was a reflection on scandal.
0:32.2	It was about scandal.
0:33.4	And the article was called, mockingly, I dated Monica Lewinsky.
0:37.7	We were making fun of the culture of scandal.
0:40.5	And I remember thinking and writing, Washington is giddy.
0:46.1	What are we so excited about?
0:48.0	Everybody was so thrilled that this was happening.
0:51.6	In the journalistic and political culture, it was just like, wow.
0:57.1	A quote-in-law, hot story.
0:59.0	So fun.
1:00.4	Except I was watching this young woman's life be destroyed.
1:03.7	And in many ways, that was a turning point in the narrative of political scandals.
1:09.3	Because the idea that a scandal could or should send one packing, fall on their sword,
1:14.6	or begging the voter's forgiveness has long passed.
1:18.2	Why?
1:19.1	How are we different?
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