CNN’s top war correspondent, Christiane Amanpour, has admitted that CNN reporters practiced self-censorship during the invasion and failed to ask enough questions about Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction before hand.

Speaking on the program Topic A With Tina Brown, Amanpour said “I think the press was muzzled, and I think the press self-muzzled. I’m sorry to say, but certainly television and, perhaps, to a certain extent, my station was intimidated by the administration and its foot soldiers at Fox News.”

She went on to say “And it did, in fact, put a climate of fear and self-censorship, in my view, in terms of the kind of broadcast work we did.”

In response to Amanpour’s comments a spokesperson for Fox said “Given the choice, it’s better to be viewed as a foot soldier for Bush than a spokeswoman for al-Qaeda.”