When CNN’s Jake Tapper went on his book tour, he probably did not expect it to turn into an apology tour instead. Yet that is what has happened as his media blitz has quickly given way to mea culpas. 

“Knowing what I know now, obviously I feel tremendous humility about my coverage,” Tapper confessed to Megyn Kelly when he joined her influential podcast to discuss the book he co-authored with Alex Thompson, a reporter for Axios, about the age-related decline of former President Joe Biden and its cover-up.