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Yellin: "Let Me Clarify What I Said and What I Experienced."
mediabistro.com: TVNewser —
CNN's Jessica Yellin is responding to her comments last night on Anderson Cooper 360 in which she talked about "corporate executives" who tried to make sure "that this was a war presented in way that was consistent with the patriotic fever in the nation."
On the AC360 blog Yellin writes:
...let me clarify what I said and what I experienced.
First, this involved my time on MSNBC where I worked during the lead up to war. I worked as a segment producer, overnight anchor, field reporter, and briefly covered the ...
The Pressure Jessica Yellin Felt to Go Pro-War Was Unwritten
Jossip —
... say: No, senior corporate leadership never asked me to take out a line in a script or re-write an anchor intro. I did not mean to leave the impression that corporate executives were interfering in my daily work; my interaction was with senior producers. What was clear to me is that many people running the broadcasts wanted coverage that was consistent with the patriotic fever in the country at the time. It was clear to me they wanted their coverage to reflect the mood of the country. [AC360] ...
Chez Pazienza: Jessica Yellin 180°
Huffington Post Entertainment Blog —
... Today on the network's website, there's a noticeably terse statement from CNN correspondent Jessica Yellin attempting to, ahem, "clarify" her admission, made a couple of nights ago on Anderson Cooper 360°, that during the run-up to the Iraq war, she was pressured into altering or killing stories that were critical of the White House. ...
