CNNs Yellin: I Was Pressured To Keep Things Positive on Bush

[BeveledSpilchOnion]

'Manufacturing Consent' and 'Necessary Illusions' spring to mind.

[silverton7777]

go tea bag your fag buddies

[naughtygirlga]

DUH!! I don't think anyone is suprised! Even though the Bushies lied to us and manipulated the media, we still didn't buy their bull! We were right all along!!

[superhornet59]

and obama's any better? theyre both fucked up.

[cucheran666]

surprise suprise

[grahamkeithtodd]

well that's a sad commit about the state of your country's "news service".back in the uk we have the bbc and they HAVE to (by law) just report the news and not pass comment... the bbc has upset the ruling parties in the uk quite a few times but no bugger over there would ever DARE to make the bbc toe the line.. you yanks are fed bullshit 24/7(well the few of you that bother to watch the news that is) and you lap it up..americans the most ill informed and ignorant people in the world!

[chaosad09]

@grahamkeithtodd unfortunately thats is very true. there is way to many of us that dont have a clue about whats going on and what our government is up to.

[xawaadleinnit]

DAMN

[oaklynlen]

shame on you for not having spoken sooner! this is still a constitutional republic. unless we have become too lazy, and complacent. i realize that you cant eat, pay your bills,or wear it on your body, but democracy is everyones obligation! and if we want to sell or give away our constitution for a little comfort or security you don't deserve it!

[sayitisnotso]

retinoid01, do as the FBI does "Follow the money". Nothing is done without a profit; they are all after the mighty green: media, defense contractors, oil companies, neocons, and our dear allies. Once you find that the path will be clear.

[retinoid01]

I don't like to feel like there is nothing we as citizens can do about a lying media and government. I am asking for some of you very-smart people to help me to understand how to move forward -- do my part. What are some of your "Cataphoric" perspectives? What do you see us as a nation should do to remove the twisted concepts we all have started to talk about? What steps can we take to wakeup America and lead the world in ways that are humane and not just for corporate profit?

[retinoid01]

I am overwhelmed by what I'm seeing and hearing about my country. I served in a war (Desert Storm), and would like to believe my patriotism is shared by the majority of American Citizens. That is, we love our country and believe in the freedom for our people; wherefore, the people run the government, not the government run the people.

[mdjoubert]

duuuhhh.

[LastOfTheJervayans]

matash nothing is free it is all an allusion to pacify the masses

[terpdawg6924]

maybe this is a stupid question but what network was she at at the time she's talking about?

[SuperJesus316]

She was with ABC before. And that was supposed to be the "liberal media". Lol, what a joke. I still can't believe people buy into that whole "liberal media" bullshit. There is no liberal media.. there's neocon media and neocon-lite.

[treasonrocks]

I think the term moron is the only one that would adequately describe this poster.

[Jada54]

Why is anderson acting surprised

[tsenzei]

Who knows. Maybe he isn't actually surprised. It's all a mystery, rapped in an enigma...

[SuperJesus316]

That's what he always does. He gives an intense stare as if he gives a shit.

[richmoves]

Hopefully this kind of thing will only happen once. Bush is the very definition of evil.

[bragladish]

McSame is soooo lame! The press is so full of shit! What a bunch of amnesia suffering bullshitters! And still they take cover and pull the get out of coward camp card!

[Dannie85]

Embrassing how Americans will believe anything, including these Idoits Bush, Cheney and vote OBAMA hes the only real candidate the world wants not that slow coach McCain.

[dethrock01]

Embarassing how you will believe anything about Americans/America your little hippie friends tell you. Fuck you, BUSH/CHENEY O8'

[Dannie85]

Its Embrassing how stupid you are and how much you're suck Republican balls but hey you're an asshole so it make sense!!!

[dethrock01]

To associate somebodies political affiliation with their intelligence in my opinion shows a tag bit of ignorance, don't you think?

Anyways, aside from that, fuck you

McCain 08*!

[Dannie85]

You can believe whatever you like sucker, Obama 08 and know thats a real leader not a Grandad who can't even read a tele-promter for shit!!!

[LemonAndYoghurt]

bla bla bla.. Your political affiliation with the Bush Crime Syndicate does show your shortcoming of IQ..

[ginsunh]

Wow. I wonder how many other things that we all suspected will turn out to be true?

[midniterider45]

Don`t fear the government,"Fear the people".

[bragladish]

The people are the government duche bag... Just the rich ones though...

[Boomer1949]

I find that this spin in the media continues with Iran. Not one of the shows I've seen speeks about the IAEA reports that says Iran is free of a weapons program, repeatedly. IAEA has been watching and monitoring Iran for years and years. Not one of the MSM has Ayatollah's speech denouncing nuks as against Islamic law and he is the one running the country! No they report the spin out of Washington, just like Iraq and just like Iraq, the lying continues.

[bluemangos]

we voted for BUsh.. for two terms.. that just really shows how dumb we are.

please lets not do it again.

[bowtech333]

this obama man is a real talker hes already a liar he says he grew up poor, so howd he ever get into a school like harvard then? howd he get into ANY college , well i aint buying his bs who is this guy, nobody ever knew of him untill last year well whatever i dont vote anyways voting and polls is just an illusion that we have rights and choices and we dont we live under communism just a dif form of it. nwo

[flamablesteve]

Its not communism. Not even close. We live in a Capitalist Aristocracy.

[Boomer1949]

this is such a stupid arguement, it's laughable. How many people do you know who came from middle class or even poor, that had brilliant kids who managed to get scholarships and student aid to attend a prestigious school? Well, now you know one..ME. I'm not rich but I have a brilliant daughter who was excepted at Harvard.

[crocfme]

Obama will make America the great world leader that it used to be.God bless America,God protect Barak Obama!!

[gorolle]

Barack Obama will blow us up...

[junkyjuice21]

I think you mean to say Barack Obama will pump you up!

[paraphrasing11psyco]

No...actually...I don't...

[GrownupPhan]

Holy sh*t! I can't believe a journalist finally was that honest about their work environment back then. Which network was she with at the time?

[mariocherio]

American people were for the war. Stop blaming Bush and the press

[malanb5]

They got their information about the war from Bush and the press, which was obviously VERY biased.

[gorolle]

Thankyou...I'm very happy to know that I'm not the only smart person on Youtube.

[gobee53]

They lied, they made the CIA change intel reports. He deserves to hang.

[bragladish]

The American people were responding to a very well thought out campaign of fear and were willing to protect themselves by any means possible... Its just too bad this guy bush had it all planned out ahead of time and the whole nation fell for it... well most of them.

[bowtech333]

wow he seamed shocked , im not

[8data]

corporate executives are douchebags

i am glad ive never worxed for any evil corporation

[PeaceIsRad]

There ya go pesimists!

Seek the Truth!

Google: RING OF POWER part 2

Peace

[sullivanokaine]

Americans, how much crap do you need to see before revolting against your Gov't?

I see no riot, any invasion of the streets... ¿How little is your care of this planet? I would be ashamed of being American.

I say this with all the respect, but please, do something soon.

More first class crap:

watch?v=7a3Bfox0k4g

Make your choice:

watch?v=qc4BFYUI3jw

[PeaceIsRad]

DO you think more peeps are waking up?

I'd like to think so.

[mcnamai2]

im suprised CNN even showed this!!!!

all spin doctors

[boldseduction69]

Bullshit.The bush,like bin laden, are killers.And the media help "justify" it daily. bush has killed more americans than the fools from Saudi Arabia-who trained in afghanistan! Please.We were all skeptical about this shit, but we trusted that devil from texas! Like satan, he is a liar. Like satan, he is a killer. Like satan, he destroys lives and other countries. like satan, he steals (steals money from americans to send to iraq, who hates america!) If you are that stupid to deny that,seek help.

[kevjo66]

Tell us something we don't know!

[septube26]

This is way the media should not be in the hands of the corporations! The people should control the media.

[peppytwo]

didnt someone once say "And the truth shall set you free"

[ParapaDrifter]

well no shit... like propoganda only had it's use during the world wars and our enemies... Come anderson! are you a correspondent or just a dumbshit talking head.

[F4O4U4R4S]

Great acting job by Anderson! With that element of surprise Anderson belches out "you had pressure from media executives to put on positive stories about the President?!?!

[washmytoes]

liar, liar, pants on fire!

[Landrew120880]

"No contemporary presidential candidate, without the blessing of the unseen hand, can overcome electronic voting apparatus. Lincoln kept his war raging throughout the 1864 election cycle knowing that he could only "win" a second term on absentee ballots collected in the battlefields. Fixed elections are the norm and not the exception." -Needed to be stated again. Marking this as spam... Who was the skag who did that?

[enemigosocultos]

What is the Press Cor? Corp? Who did she work for?

[amazingjames311]

why is this guys book a big deal? so what if he was a loyal bushite.

this is all just more evidence of the war crimes that we will hear about Bush/Cheney being charged with after they no longer hold the reigns of power.

[Zile77]

So what she's saying is that the media has no balls to tell the truth? So why believe her now, because it fits with her damned socislist agenda? Screw the leftist bastards!!!! If another big thing happens in NY or CA, they will get the blame!

[Zile77]

What a bunch of leftist bullshit! That bitch should be hanged! Or perhaps the Islamics will cut her damn head off!

[ytben26]

it obviously was not leftists if you could understand what she said it was right wing pressure on her and the "liberal media" was not very liberal at all.

[jeffsst]

plz wake up!

[blair227]

You're so fucking stupid Zile.You repukes cry liberal media.Guess what there ain't no fucking liberal media,they are now owned by the big corps.Quit lying and for once tell the fucking truth.We now have a corporate media giving us its point of view.The Islamist couldn't find your fucking head since its been up your very nasty ass since birth.These media whores followed Bush into this inane war cheerleading all the way.

[mcresearch]

America, sad to say but you are ruled by multinational corporations who have allegiance only to shareholders.

[lockmanfortruth]

take a further step and you be on a terror list soon.

[marcusjansen239369]

correct and soon the world will be too. It's called New World Order. But it doesn't matter. People will never get it!:)

[patsagainstrats]

If true, then why doesn't this woman name the name these people? It looks like this third rate chippy just wants to get a little face time on CNN.

[pakepakeha]

the press is hardly "liberal" ... its controlled ... never heard 1 hard question asked ...

[mickeysears]

What a suprise, The CFR controlled media put pressure on correspondents to "Keep Bush and the patriotic fever in positive light". While Bush was basically ignoring facts and creating their own truth about going to war in Iraq the news media worked in concert to beat the war drums. Is there any more wonder this whole country is in the grip of the few ultrarich that control government, business, and education to keep us uninformed sheep ready for fleecing? Is Iran next? Keep your eye on the media.

[jpbalkenende]

@mickey

Yes that's why the media admits it....

The American media is pathetic because the people wanted pathetic news. They'd cheer TRAITOR! To any news source or person that was critical. I'm not defending the news here they are an embarrassments and can go fuck themselves but I'm just saying it's not a giant conspiracy. Just ratings.

[mickeysears]

Sorry jp, it'sa whole lot more than "just ratings". They do call the ones that expose them as "Traitors" even though they themselves are the true traitors. Type in "CFR and The Media" here on You Tube and see just how many videos there are on the subject. After seeing a few then tell me how it's not a conspiracy and is just ratings.

[jpbalkenende]

@mickey

Don't buy the conspiracy theories.

I was talking about the PUBLIC screaming traitors. Don't you remember the public having 90% approval for Bush at one point? The pathetic media was scared shitless and only ran positive stories. It's a vicious cycle but that's what happens. It's no excuse but no conspiracy either.

[mickeysears]

"Don't buy the conspiracy theories".

You don't have to buy them because they are free. The PUBLIC has no opinion until the media tells them what it is. And have you noticed that even though you can get you're news from multiple sources the reporting is pretty much the same wording. Not only that but when you get imformation from politicle insiders they all use the same words. It's like they all huddled up to figure out what words to use. That's the very definition of Conspiracy.

[mickeysears]

Also since you're response to me was only 7minutes apart, I guess you didn't look up one CFR source I said to watch. I also said that after you watch a few of them then get back to me. So youhave an opinion on something and you haven't seen any of the material. Let me know which ones you saw so we can discuss them.

[jpbalkenende]

I've heard it a million times before that's why I didn't look it up.

[mickeysears]

Do you think that if you're hearing it a million times maybe you should take a few minutes and find out what all those people are talking about?

[beckpod1]

you guys failed the american people again.

you have blood on your hands as well.

you sit there with the nice suits...collecting the nice paychecks...serving us tainted news!

thanks alot you weak morons!

this is your country too!

[PhatPhing]

AC's acts surprised?!

Tell me straight up Mr Cooper, that you didn't get directives to shun Dr Paul in the debates you moderated. And that you came up with that on your own.

I was never a big fan of AC,... now he just makes me sick.

[socalord1]

CNN is acting like they are immune to the hypocracy. CNN does the same thing "most trusted in news" more like "most trusted to fools". These people have sold their soul to the devil for money. Be honest people there is no such thing as unbais or pure or free journalism especially in the United States. If it was as such people in the US administration would be at the Hague for crimes.

[chesterandreduction]

these people are not journalists. they're just idiots and tools.

[andreljunggren]

Be careful, dont just blame Bush himself. The The Bilderberg's are to blame for world enslavement, starvation, US presidents, the war's, food and oil-prices. They finance it all, and make huge profits. You pay, by working.

The people of this earth is beeing manipulated by media and goverments(freemasons)Or lied to. Or killed. Open you're eyes people.

Spread this fast or "them" will continue killing.

peace,love & UNDERSTANDING

[annarboriter]

Anderson Cooper seems to have not gotten that memo about the pseudoliberal media that was obvious to anybody paying attention for the last 5 years.

I don't dare tell him what kind of people Murdoch and Ailes. It might cause him to have a complete breakdown.

[Zulfiqar32]

LOL @ Anderson looking shocked.

Like he just found out Santa Claus doesn't exist.

[iTellYouNoLie]

he was shocked, shocked she has the balls to say it on TV.

[gemhunter99]

At least they are all speaking out now...it will make it easier for everyone else. It is going to be an interesting year for sure.

[natashanaa]

Eudoxio80 thanks for sharing, they are calling him crazy now, name calling all those who are speaking the truth. Bush lied. and that is a fact, why u still arguing this. turning roung and round in a circle of lies.

[Gilliatt83]

the shit start to appear, at last but too late

[ki6eki]

this is surprising.. i mean the general public knew that the media was being manipulated, but a news story on this is amazing.. nice

[sjamesvfx]

and yet no one cares.

there is no 'left wing' media in america. Look at the rest of the world... the most respected nes organizations would be considered commies in comparison to any American media outlet. REALITY leans to the left.

[godlesspatriot]

FUCK MAIN$TREAM MEDIA

They're pathetic

this is complete proof that our information is controlled by corporations

ITS ALL INSTITUTIONALIZED AND SYSTEMATIC BS

THATS FASCISM

and the media political prostitutes just obeyed orders of authority. "GOOD DOG, HERE'S A BONE..."

HOW IS THIS NOT ILLEGAL???

[sugarpuddin88]

Bush's approval is the very lowest of any President - So her excuse doesn't add up

Why did they CONTINUE lying when his approval rating was so low

[unwashablebrain]

cuz neo-cons are too greedy to know when to cut the bullshit. they just wave a flag in your face and tell you that you don't love america. do you even remember the last 5 years? i was puking out stars and stripes for months! you couldn't turn around without bumping into a flag, for pete sake! hitler used the same tactic on germany's citizens.

[1keryl]

she's talking about almost 7yrs ago

[GBTRU]

She basically stated that she is a tool to Propaghanda, and she should no longer be trusted as a Journalist.

[Skeezy727]

is this a supprise or something?

[itfigures]

No, thats why no one will do anything about it.

[Skeezy727]

Touche.

[itfigures]

Sorry Im such a damn pessimist.

[BlackKingX]

Oh. I refreshed the page and it started working. Nevermind. :)

[photofu]

free press? yea and i'm a king.

[nbwulf]

Just a sneak peek into the evil...

[marthaharitoad]

Time for US citizens to wake up and actually think about who is making the decisions for them. If people like George W and his crew can fool you twice, then, uh, well, the point is don't let yourself be fooled twice.

[vallejoelgrande]

It wasn't a conspiracy; it was the Bush administration's machiavelic way of managing the media that caused everyone, media executives, journalists, etc., to march along to the drumbeat of the war. What pisses me off in a way is that now they're going to try to compensate for their own stupidity when Obama becomes president. Only we the People can avoid this by putting pressure on everyone to do their fucking jobs.

[look2leap4]

Can you children say... Conspiracy?

Oh... wait, conspiracies are secrets aren't they?

Can you children say... WTF!!!!

[lbpeacemaker]

What News Media?

Wake-Up AMERICA.

THE FAKE MEDIA IS OUR OWN ENEMY.

thanks to

R.Regan

G.Bush

B.Clinton

They sold us out.

[Deweydecible]

Anderson Cooper is shocked!

[MooseOfReason]

WTF IS THIS!?

[jeanise10]

what's the hoopla about the man wrote a book about all that we already know the sad part is that people have died we are hated aroiund the world our dollar is worth 60 cents and it is not congress the adminstration was behind all of this roll with the flow bush is a very mean man but karl rove is meaner than that they have to have a special hell for people like this they are not good enough for jail i am so sad the man maybe finally reached the point he could not take it any more ask colin

[junkradio]

We have been lied to by the media. They dont serve their purpose.

[lamouchemorte]

I would argue that their purpose is served well, as the public keeps watching and consuming. They

(the public) may have less money, but the advertising sales do not seem to be sinking as fast as the value of the dollar.(I am not attacking you by the way, people are touchy here)

[Pleblian]

You make a valid point lamouchemorte... Just as people complain about jobs going over seas, yet they continue to shop at Wallmart.

[Landrew120880]

Having lived thru the Cold War and Russian propaganda, it is sad, but not unexpected, that this administration has resorted to deception and chicanery. (I've been waiting to use that word 4 a long time! : )

[Pleblian]

lol...

[MrMP81]

She just caught herself. You see her looking around like " Damn wtf did I just say "

Finally sh*t is starting to come out of the MSM.

[justcallmesoso]

Patriotism and 9/11 kind of made the american ppl less tolerant on questioning the goverment/media. I dont think that the media would act this way, if only the ppl would accept real journalism. Everyone that questioned this war from the beginning were attacked and called unpatriotic. Thats what fear does, i guess.

[killClub]

but they'll still call you unpatriotic or a pussy liberal even now after they were wrong about EVERYTHING. they'll still vote mccsame..still watch fox news. americas backbone and sensibility crumbled with those buildings 8 years ago.

[justcallmesoso]

I hope that the independets and the republicans that went for Bush 2004, wont make the same mistake again. But the fear propaganda is still going on. Just listen to the drum beats for attacking Iran.

[lbpeacemaker]

What news media ?????????????

Keith Oldermann, is the only one left/

FOX-CNN-ABC-NBC

are all the same sh>t

[killClub]

america got played like a harp from hell and has no one to blame but itself. i saw the whole thing happening and knew it was scummy from the start but what do i know im just a leftist blogger..

[nuavecmoi]

yeeeaaaahhhh! leftist blogger. i didn't know they existed. the right is always so loud. they say bullshit, but they say it really loud.

[ruddypoo86]

We all know this, the press passed the buck on keeping the government in check.

It will long live on as one of the darkest hours in American news media, that none of them took on the administration's blatant lies and propaganda in the lead up to the war in Iraq.

[hollyhoodjoe123]

Its ashame that it took one of Bush's roadies for the media to accept this as true.

Everytime I forget the reason why I loathe the media with a passion, controversy like this makes me say "Oh,yea...thats right, because they are scum."

[gallomex13]

The problem is: Fuck

But lets Focus: You

[givebirthathome]

Lol. How funny to see Anderson Cooper furrow his brow and express astonishment, "you had pressure from news executives...?"

[nuavecmoi]

lol...he always does that. one of my friends interned for his show and he's so gay. no seriously he's gay. he gets all these random visits from these random ethnic guys -- mostly east indian looking. he was on fire island. i mean i don't have a problem with it, cuz im gay. but he says that cnn never censors him and he's all closeted and stuff...

[bms4lifem3]

Mccellan says it and its NEWS?

Dems say it and they are being non-patriotic?

Houston the BS has hit the fan. Even republicans are wising up.

[dogstar7]

What Yellin is describing here is an editorial practice called "Spiking". That's when editors and news executives set stories aside if they don't promote an agenda that is advantageous to the corporate owners.

Remember, giant media corporations only run news programming if it is profitable. Don't harbor any delusions about "an informed public" if the bottom line favors war hysteria...in the short term.

We're only hearing another tune now because that's the flavor that sells for today.

[hajqbvii]

The main stream media have always been the extra branch of our government!

[marciniscool]

Didn't Jefferson actually own a few presses?

[superc]

It is a business. It's been a business since the times of Hitler. The military elite and the US Government is in the War Artillery and Armaments business. They HAVE to provoke, ensue war to MAKE MONEY $ and monger scare to their people for support. Same thing happens to HMOs, of course they HAVE to reject patients with pre-existing conditions and don't cover future diseases like cancer :) IT IS SAD. fuck the government.

[FeelFreeToArgue]

No, they have not ALWAYS been an extra branch of our government. Before media consolidation and the gutting of their legal responsibility to inform the public, the MSM actually served us much, much better. There were laws that forced them to do a better job, that insured there was diversity of ownership and therefore opinions. Do not fall into the trap of thinking it was always bad - it used to be much better and there are reasons, fixable reasons, why it's so crappy now.

[CoPiloT21]

When Israel distroyed Lebanon and killed hundreds of kids in 2006 they were all muffled including CNN

[RomeoMD25]

Iran is a country whose defense spending is less than 1% of our own; spends less on its military than countries such as the Netherlands and Sweden; has never invaded another country in modern history, and could not possibly threaten us

[snarkwaupaca]

This is really the story here. Corporate media dropping the ball. Bush and his crew did their thing and like many politicians lied about it and some bought it. What is really troubling is how the media execs followed along. Another nail in the coffin of big corporate media.

[fishhead06]

Appalling - what we all know is finally seeing the light of day. It reminds me of what Jesus said, "The things you keep secret will be shouted from the rooftops."

[2004JETTA]

yea i saw this it really is about time

[BrerRabbitBDA]

Well its about time.

[btigtime2]

We need to make this book a best seller.

[btigtime2]

You look in the background and see the propagada. The Corporations own the Press and they own the Government.. The Revolving Door is very real... They are going to kill us all and laugh as we die.

[EmelinaChaCha]

Wow.. this is huge for her to say. Are the chips about to crumble?

[boots920]

No just the US dollar...

[xTheOxx]

She was with ABC news at the time.