Comments on: ‘Deferential, complicit enablers’ http://citmedia.org/blog/2008/05/29/deferential-complicit-enablers/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:48:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: Jon Garfunkel http://citmedia.org/blog/2008/05/29/deferential-complicit-enablers/#comment-153391 Jon Garfunkel Mon, 02 Jun 2008 02:38:57 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/?p=1369#comment-153391 Whoops. What I did not know at 6:38pm Thursday was that earlier in the day, Yellin had given a <a href="http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/05/29/tv-news-under-the-microscope/" rel="nofollow">clarification</a> on the CNN "blog", withdrawing her words somewhat. She went from "they would edit my pieces" (perhaps referring to senior executives, but only because Anderson Cooper had asked her about that) to: "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." I'm not sure which is closer to the truth. If it is the latter, well, then, why do "senior producers" for cable news not face the sort of transparency-scrutiny that print reporters & editors do? Whoops. What I did not know at 6:38pm Thursday was that earlier in the day, Yellin had given a clarification on the CNN “blog”, withdrawing her words somewhat.

She went from “they would edit my pieces” (perhaps referring to senior executives, but only because Anderson Cooper had asked her about that) to:

“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.”

I’m not sure which is closer to the truth. If it is the latter, well, then, why do “senior producers” for cable news not face the sort of transparency-scrutiny that print reporters & editors do?

]]> By: Delia http://citmedia.org/blog/2008/05/29/deferential-complicit-enablers/#comment-153385 Delia Fri, 30 May 2008 02:25:47 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/?p=1369#comment-153385 oh, I didn't think it was conspiracy (just thought I might have missed something) D. oh, I didn’t think it was conspiracy (just thought I might have missed something) D.

]]> By: Jon Garfunkel http://citmedia.org/blog/2008/05/29/deferential-complicit-enablers/#comment-153384 Jon Garfunkel Fri, 30 May 2008 02:11:49 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/?p=1369#comment-153384 Delia: No conspiracy here. "Thanks" as in "Thanks for bringing this to my attention-- and for the Greenwald link." Delia: No conspiracy here. “Thanks” as in “Thanks for bringing this to my attention– and for the Greenwald link.”

]]> By: Delia http://citmedia.org/blog/2008/05/29/deferential-complicit-enablers/#comment-153383 Delia Fri, 30 May 2008 01:55:39 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/?p=1369#comment-153383 Did you have something to do with this issue, Jon? (I'm confused as to why you started your comment by thanking Dan.) D. Did you have something to do with this issue, Jon? (I’m confused as to why you started your comment by thanking Dan.) D.

]]> By: Jon Garfunkel http://citmedia.org/blog/2008/05/29/deferential-complicit-enablers/#comment-153382 Jon Garfunkel Fri, 30 May 2008 01:38:39 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/?p=1369#comment-153382 Dan-- thanks. I had supposed that news organizations might have reformed their ways (as Keith O. appears to have had a free hand these last few years), but as Greenwald points out in your second link (it probably could have used some elaboration) Charlie Gibson is under the delusion that he had asked the tough questions in 2003. Greenwald also linked to the exchange where Jessica Yellin told Anderson Cooper that the corp execs at MSNBC had asked reporters downplay the anti-Bush stories. Well, the MSNBC boss before Rick Kaplan took over was Erik Sorenson. Here's where to <a href="http://www.facebook.com/inbox/?compose&id=578801736" rel="nofollow">send him a Facebook message</a>. I'm just curious what his reaction to Yellin's comments is. Dan– thanks. I had supposed that news organizations might have reformed their ways (as Keith O. appears to have had a free hand these last few years), but as Greenwald points out in your second link (it probably could have used some elaboration) Charlie Gibson is under the delusion that he had asked the tough questions in 2003.

Greenwald also linked to the exchange where Jessica Yellin told Anderson Cooper that the corp execs at MSNBC had asked reporters downplay the anti-Bush stories. Well, the MSNBC boss before Rick Kaplan took over was Erik Sorenson. Here’s where to send him a Facebook message. I’m just curious what his reaction to Yellin’s comments is.

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