CNN reporter talks of pressure to be patriotic »
Posted By engineer 4 months, 1 week ago in NewsCNN 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.
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engineer4 months, 1 week ago
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."
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Ciera-Marie4 months, 1 week ago
jordan11 you are right. Every last one has been showing nothing but propaganda and celebrity "news."
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Charlson4 months, 1 week ago
"From the other side of the podium, McClellan offered criticism of the media's performance. He said reporters were "complicit enablers" by covering the preparations for war instead of more aggressively questioning the need for it."
Aggressively questioning was their job and they failed miserably.
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Ciera-Marie4 months, 1 week ago
Charlson remember what happens to those that a. dare question aggresively b. air, print, show what they foound? Where are they now?
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