CNN Hosts Comment On Alleged DC Pipe Bomb Suspect Raises Eyebrows

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00:00CNN hosts comment on alleged DC pipe bomb suspect raises eyebrows.

00:06CNN's Jake Tapper mistakenly described Brian Cole Jr.

00:10Arrested for allegedly planting pipe bombs near the RNC and DNC on January 5th, 2021,

00:16as a 30-year-old white man, only for his own show moments later to display photos showing he is black,

00:21turning the segment into an embarrassing on-air blunder.

00:24The mix-up may have been an honest mistake,

00:26but critics say it revealed how quickly some media figures lean into preferred narratives.

00:31Jake Tapper, CNN's flagship serious journalist,

00:35misidentified Brian Cole Jr.'s race before his own show displayed photos contradicting his claim,

00:41a slip that's being used as an example of how assumptions can shape coverage before facts are confirmed.

00:47If Brian Cole Jr. had actually been a white man,

00:50Tapper's little intro would have been clipped, memed, and paraded across every platform in existence for weeks.

00:55Cue the awkward silence and sudden pivot to ongoing investigations.

01:00The FBI, after four years of head-scratching and dead-ends,

01:04finally nailed down Cole using a combo of license plate readers and cell tower data.

01:10In a jaw-droppingly smug statement,

01:12Attorney General Pam Bondi claimed this arrest languished for four years under the prior administration.

01:18Bondi wants you to believe that despite years of high-tech resources,

01:22unlimited media coverage,

01:23and a politically motivated FBI chomping at the bit to tie anyone to J6,

01:28this one just got shelved.

01:30Until the grown-ups showed up.

01:32Meanwhile, Tapper moves on like nothing happened.

01:35No correction, no walkback, no apology.

01:38This is exactly why trust in legacy media has cratered.

01:41It's not just bias.

01:43It's this baked-in assumption that every villain wears a red hat,

01:46and every crime story has to follow a very specific script.

01:50But in 2025, people are paying attention.

01:54And under the Trump-Vance administration,

01:56you better believe that the old media games are running out of steam.

02:00And maybe, just maybe,

02:01a journalist who can get the suspect's race right before the national broadcast.

02:05That's not too much to ask, is it?