Picked up via TPM, Jessica Yellin, formerly of ABC News states unequivocally that “executives” edited stories, pushed her stories in specific directions and otherwise forced Bush-positive coverage at every turn during the runup to the war. Not that we’re surprised about any of this – despite Anderson Cooper’s feigned shock – but it’s good to hear one brave woman actually report on what happened, however briefly.
And despite that enormous revelation, Cooper pointedly moves on without further explanation.
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Prepare for the smear campaign against Yellin. Prepare to see he co-workers shun her.
Oh, yeah, good point about Cooper. He could have asked specifically which executives were involved. I’m sure someone else will (but I don’t mean someone else in the mainstream media, I mean someone in the blogosphere, where writers are actually interested in uncovering what happened)
Yeah, I fully expect to find her reporting from Alaska as the Chief Whale Puke Correspondent in the next few months.
Cooper acted like she’d farted on camera.
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