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CNN's Yellin did not challenge McConnell by noting GAO report also mandated by law

September 05, 2007 2:56 pm ET

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SUMMARY: CNN's Jessica Yellin uncritically reported Sen. Mitch McConnell's claim that a recently released report on the Iraq war by the Government Accountability Office was "not equal" in significance to an upcoming report from the Bush administration because the administration's report "is written into law." In fact, the GAO report is required by the same law as the president's report.

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