Fox’s Kurtz: CNN’s Jake Tapper ‘Grandstanding’ in Ferguson

‘I was surprised to CNN’s Jake Tapper say the police shouldn’t be out there in riot gear because there was no threat’

Fox’s Kurtz: CNN’s Jake Tapper ‘Grandstanding’ in Ferguson (Mediaite)

As tensions escalated on the streets of Ferguson, Missouri last night, CNN’s Jake Tapper earned widespread praise for a speech he delivered from the scene about what he believed to be a gross overreaction by police there to the largely peaceful protests over the fatal shooting of Michael Brown. During an appearance of Fox News tonight, Howard Kurtz singled out Tapper’s remarks as an example of what is wrong with the media coverage of the events.

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