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CNN reporter talks of pressure to be patriotic
AP via SFGate ^ | 5/29/8 | DAVID BAUDER, AP Television Writer

Posted on 05/29/2008 4:25:30 PM PDT by SmithL

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.

Yellin, a Harvard graduate, worked at ABC News as a White House correspondent from 2003 to 2007. She joined CNN in 2007 and is now a congressional correspondent; she was in Puerto Rico Thursday reporting on the upcoming Democratic primary.

Interest in her comments immediately exploded on the Internet, prompting her to issue a statement through CNN on Thursday. She was not made available by CNN to answer questions.

"Suddenly I'm being reported on," she wrote on a CNN Web log. "It's not the most comfortable position for a reporter."

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: cnn; legacymedia; liberalmedia; msm; msnbc; unpatriotic; yellin
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To: popdonnelly

HMMMMM It just flows out of me with no effort, it seems so natural.


21 posted on 05/29/2008 6:37:03 PM PDT by easternsky
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To: roses of sharon

Right! How does G. Sorass find these wannabe 15 min. of fame traitors?


22 posted on 05/29/2008 7:04:00 PM PDT by TribalPrincess2U
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To: darkwing104

Don’t hold back. Tell us what you really think!


23 posted on 05/29/2008 9:11:11 PM PDT by Grizzled Bear ("Does not play well with others.")
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To: TribalPrincess2U

30 pieces of silver


24 posted on 05/30/2008 4:31:28 AM PDT by Nailbiter
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To: SmithL

ONLY the ash holes in our ratmedia HAVE to be “pressured” to be patriotic.


25 posted on 05/30/2008 5:03:04 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatives live in the truth. Liberals live in lies.)
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To: SmithL

LOL! They NEED pressure to be patriotic!! What a bunch of COMMIE LIARS!


26 posted on 05/30/2008 5:23:10 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion.....The Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: SmithL

She should get married have a few kids and shut the pie hole.


27 posted on 05/30/2008 8:08:44 AM PDT by dennisw
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