Surprise! When that little war in Iraq was beginning, television news execs pressured producers not to air stories critical of the Bush administration. That was always sort of known, but like Fight Club, never talked about.

And then last night, CNN's Jessica Yellin, who used to get a paycheck from ABC News, told Anderson Cooper all about it: "The press corps was under enormous pressure from corporate executives, frankly, to make sure that this was a war presented in way that was consistent with the patriotic fever in the nation and the president's high approval ratings."

Responded Cooper in exasperation (that she'd admit to it?): "You had pressure from news executives to put on positive stories about the president?" Video below.