CNN's Jake Tapper went on The Daily Show and says that CNN is kicking ass and they don't need to talk to anyone at the White House to cover the White House.

Trevor Noah asked Tapper if CNN and cover the administration without anyone from the administration talking to them? 

Tapper says "no", the idea of actually talking to the people you cover is "from a bygone era."

And that my friends, is one of the biggest problems at CNN. So actually talking to the newsmakers is no longer the way to cover news? 

Tapper shows that they really do believe that just them talking is the way to cover news. This is why cable news is trusted by so little people. 

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