CNN's Jessica Yellin, who on Anderson Cooper's show last night revealed she had felt pressure from above to "patriotize" her news reports when covering the Bush White House and the Iraq war, has now clarified her remarks as promised. For one, she clears up that she was talking about ABC, where she used to work, but MSNBC, of all places, where she "worked as a segment producer, overnight anchor, field reporter, and briefly covered the White House, the Pentagon, and general Washington stories." And also: It wasn't like Jeff Immelt was ringing her extension to tell her to draw hearts around Bush's photos.

Also, let me 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]

Which is sort of like saying "Rupert Murdoch doesn't tell Fox News to support Bush; they just know that's what they're supposed to do."