So, how’s that media consolidation thing working out?

According to Jessica Yellin, not so well.

But Yellin went much further, revealing that news executives--presumably at ABC News, where she'd worked from July 2003 to August 2007--actively pushed her not do hard-hitting pieces on the Bush administration.

"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," Yellin said.

So the Mouse was in the tank for the Administration, spiking critical stories and otherwise fluffing Bush. Sweet. These are dark times for the Fourth Estate. Edward R. Murrow must be spinning in his grave.