Tapper’s New Biden Cover-Up Spin Blames Trump, NBC Autopen Flop, and Talking Politics with Brit Hume

Next Up with Mark Halperin

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🗓️ 15 July 2025

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Mark opens with a sharp look at the latest in media malpractice—the press’ increasingly absurd cover-up of its own cover-up of Joe Biden’s cognitive decline. Rather than taking responsibility for their role in downplaying the president’s condition, reporters like CNN’s Jake Tapper are now spinning a new narrative: blame it all on “Trump-ness.” Plus, Hugh Hewitt’s enabling interview with the Original Sin authors raises tough questions about accountability in journalism—and whether the truth will ever be acknowledged by the co-conspirators. Then, a can’t-miss conversation with legendary newsman Brit Hume, Chief Political Analyst for Fox News. Mark and Brit break down the skewed priorities of major newsrooms, NBC’s embarrassing auto-pen “scoop,” and why Brit believes the Epstein files are “startlingly unimportant.” From there, it’s all things politics: Brit on why Trump 2.0 is a very different presidency, the meteoric rise of JD Vance, and an early look at the 2028 Democratic field—can Kamala Harris or Gavin Newsom lead the Left into the future? PLUS: Mark Halperin unveils the official name for his loyal audience. Birch Gold: Text NEXT to 989898 and get your free info kit on gold Paleo Valley: Visit https://paleovalley.com and use code NEXTUP at checkout to get 15% off your first order American Financing: Call American Financing today to find out how customers are saving an avg of $800/mo. 866-886-2026 or visit http://www.AmericanFinancing.net/Next . NMLS 182334, nmlsconsumeraccess.org

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0:00.0	And we are back. Thank you for joining. I am Mark Kalpren, editor-in-chief of the live interactive video platform two-way and your guide to everything next up. And I could not be more fired up because our guest today is one of my professional heroes.
0:15.3	Alexander, Britton Hume, Britt Hume, Chief Political Analyst for Fox News. There are three people, basically, in my career, who taught me more about journalism and broadcasting than anybody else, although I continue to learn every day from people.
0:29.4	Britt Hume is one of them.
0:30.4	I couldn't be more excited to talk to him.
0:31.9	He's been in and around Washington pretty much his whole life, and he is a better guide to not just what's happening
0:38.9	now, but to what's next up than anybody working in journalism today. So Britt will be here soon.
0:44.2	Before that, I'll kick off with my reported monologue. New reporting I have, why it's important.
0:50.4	We're going to talk about something we've talked about here before, Joe Biden's loss of mental acuity and the media's role in trying to keep that from hurting Joe Biden's
0:59.7	chances. I am determined to try to allow the people in my business to do what we need to do,
1:07.8	which is to be honest about what happened. Okay.
1:12.8	So why are we talking about something that's not in the news? Because I saw an interview with the authors of that book, Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson.
1:18.0	They kind of suspended their book tour a bit, but Hugh Hewitt wanted to interview them.
1:22.2	Hugh is someone to also respect a great deal.
1:24.5	But Hughes interview about 45 minute long with the authors, has
1:28.4	reignited my passion over trying to get people in this country to believe the truth about
1:34.3	the media's role in covering up, attempting to cover up Joe Biden's loss of mental acuity.
1:39.3	So I'm going to tell you about that.
1:40.6	We're going to look at Hughes interview with the two authors, and I'll explain to you why
1:43.5	I'm upset.
1:44.2	There's lots of the news we can talk about. There's Ukraine. There's the Epstein matter. There's all that's
1:49.2	going on here in the United States, politics and government, et cetera. But I feel obligated to keep talking
1:55.8	about this. And I'm disappointed, not just in the press's failure to talk about it and to be open and
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