Report: Jake Tapper Unhappy After CNN Policy Change
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CNN is limiting hosts and personalities to only promoting their books for one on air appearnance in a new policy change.
The reason for the change was reportedly Jake Tapper, who heavily promoted his book, Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again.
Jake Tapper is reportedly the reason for new changes made to CNN’s policies for on-air personalities.
According to a report published by Breaker on Tuesday, February 17, CNN changed its standards guide earlier this month after Tapper heavily promoted his May 2025 book, Original Sin: President Biden’s Decline, Its Cover-Up, and His Disastrous Choice to Run Again, on the network’s shows.
Per The Daily Beast, the new policy reportedly forbids CNN hosts and personalities from continuously promoting their book projects beyond one on-air appearance tied to the book’s release. The author reportedly needs to discuss the promotion with the network’s leadership team in advance. Additionally, the hosts are reportedly prohibited from sharing QR codes or websites to drive book sales and must inform CNN if out-of-house PR teams are being used to promote the book.
Jake Tapper is reportedly not happy with the change.
He is requesting a meeting with CNN’s CEO Mark Thompson.
Breaker quoted one CNN journalist claiming Tapper is “very, very unhappy” about the new rules and demanded a meeting with CNN’s CEO Mark Thompson to talk them through.
The newsletter previously claimed some of Tapper’s colleagues felt he was getting preferential treatment with the roll out of his book and the subsequent on-air promotion.
