THE WAPO’S ERIK WEMPLE: Jake Tapper’s exclusive Bill Clinton interview: A timeline. “CNN is trading ethical purity for exclusivity. And in its defense, it knows well that its competitors are willing to do likewise. Heck, they already have! Last year, David Gregory, then of NBC News, did essentially the same twofer that Tapper and Harlow are doing — all against the backdrop of the Clinton Global Initiative banner. Top Clinton Foundation spokesman Craig Minassian says that the template dates back nearly a decade.”

I like Tapper, but as I said before, just because he pulled out as a speaker/moderator to be replaced by someone else from CNN doesn’t make CNN any less involved in the Clintons’ program.