Why Let the Lie Go Unchecked?

CNN’s Jake Tapper was interviewing Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on his show, in which Bessent claimed that Barack Obama played more golf than any President, including Donald Trump.

Tapper considers himself a Journalist and offered zero pushback on that claim that factually is not correct.

No matter which side you are interviewing, if you’re going to let them tell lies, without correcting them, you’re in the wrong business.

.@jaketapper

When someone tells a GROSS LIE on your show it's your job as a JOURNALIST to stop+correct the record in REAL TIME.

You KNOW+@CNN knows Trump has played a record amount of golf, far, far more than anything Obama ever did. You said nothing.pic.twitter.com/465eOKvmZ9

— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) November 2, 2025