Confider #72: The Daily Mail-NY Post War, Chrises Licht & Christie, Jake Tapper’s A-List Book Tour
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EXCLUSIVE — TABLOID WARS!!!: A long-simmering feud between the Daily Mail and the New York Post has reached its apex with both outlets apparently instructing editors to avoid mentioning, attributing, or linking to the other, Confider has learned. Read the full story here.
EXCLUSIVE — CHRIS & CHRIS: Is Chris Licht looking to go from running a doomed CNN to running a doomed presidential campaign? That’s what our spy-witness was asking as they sent us a photo of the recently axed CNN boss dining with former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie at Theater District stalwart Becco last Wednesday. The pair can be seen seated together with a bottle of sparkling water, we assume talking about Christie’s incredibly longshot attempt to unseat Trump as GOP king by dishing the insults at his 2016 rival and eventual boss as fast as they come in. Licht and Christie did not respond to requests for comment.