CNN reporter talks of pressure to be patriotic, Jessica Yellin

CNN reporter talks of pressure to be patriotic, Jessica Yellin
CNN reporter talks of pressure to be patriotic
By DAVID BAUDER – 23 minutes ago

NEW YORK (AP) — CNN correspondent Jessica Yellin said Thursday she was referring to her time spent at MSNBC when she said she felt pressure not to report stories critical of the Bush administration during the time leading up to the Iraq war.

Yellin's initial comments, made during a discussion with Anderson Cooper on CNN Wednesday, shifted attention to the news media's performance following release of a critical assessment of the Bush administration by former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan. He wrote that Bush's strategy for selling the war was less than candid and honest.

During her CNN appearance, Yellin said the press corps was under enormous pressure from corporate executives to make sure the war was presented "in a way that was consistent with the patriotic fever in the nation and the president's high approval ratings."

The higher Bush's approval ratings, the more pressure she felt from news executives to put on positive stories about the president, she said. Pushed by Cooper to explain, Yellin said her bosses would turn down critical stories about the administration and try to put on positive pieces.

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Even though she's not exposing any pressure from her bosses at CNN
(since she wasn't there then), I worry that they'll target her as
a possible whistleblower ...

Bush supporters are enemies of America.