Christiane Amanpour
Christiane Amanpour
Christiane Amanpour, CBEis a British-Iranian journalist and television host. Amanpour is the Chief International Correspondent for CNN and host of CNN International's nightly interview program Amanpour. Amanpour is also a Global Affairs Anchor of ABC News. As of 2014, she has been recognized as one of the journalists most world leaders follow on Twitter, according to a report by the PR firm Burson-Marsteller...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth12 January 1958
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But think how much more of a contribution we could make to this great society if we weren't so dependent on what I call those hocus-focus-pocus awful groups who tell us what people are not interested in.
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I'm not an American but I have always had the outsiders' respect for the American people and the American way.
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Here in the United States, our profession is much maligned, people simply don't trust or like journalists anymore and that's sad.
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I have always thought it morally unacceptable to kill stories, not to run stories, that people have risked their lives to get.
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People are interested if you tell stories well and relevantly.
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Im not an American but I have always had the outsiders respect for the American people and the American way.
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Our industry has invested so much money in technology that perhaps it's time to invest in talent, in people.
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Some people accused me of being pro-Muslim in Bosnia, but I realised that our job is to give all sides an equal hearing, but in cases of genocide you can't just be neutral. You can't just say, 'Well, this little boy was shot in the head and killed in besieged Sarajevo and that guy over there did it, but maybe he was upset because he had an argument with his wife.' No, there is no equality there, and we had to tell the truth.
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Because if we the storytellers don't do this, then the bad people will win.
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We, I believe, are in the fight of our lives to save this profession which we love. I believe we can do it, and I believe we can win this battle.
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They accused you of being in the KLA?
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the world as a whole is prepared to act.
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And yet, the powers that be, the moneymen, have decided to eviscerate us.
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European leaders are expected to disagree with Bush's olive branch.