ABC Poaches Christiane Amanpour to Host 'This Week'. Good News For Public Debate!
This means two things: One, that it's hard to think of even one reason to keep watching CNN; and two, that the bar just got raised on the incoherent mess that is the Sunday talk shows. It'll be nice to have a show that actually addresses foreign policy for once.
And Amanpour is not going to roll over for the powerful the way so many of the talking heads do:
ABC News has poached one of CNN’s biggest stars, Christiane Amanpour.
Ms. Amanpour will anchor ABC’s Sunday morning public affairs program, “This Week,” beginning in August, the network news division announced Thursday.
A longtime foreign correspondent for CNN, Ms. Amanpour will give “This Week” a global spin.
[...] Along with “This Week,” ABC said Ms. Amanpour would also anchor “prime-time documentaries on international subjects.”
The network news division — which is reeling from an impending staff cut — has been seeking a replacement for George Stephanopoulos, who shifted from “This Week” to “Good Morning America” in December.
ABC’s gain is a serious loss for CNN, which introduced a daily show on CNN International with Ms. Amanpour as host just six months ago. Jim Walton, the president of CNN Worldwide, said in an e-mail message to staff members that “her work burnished our news brand and gave it authority. In turn, the CNN imprimatur opened doors for her around the world and provided a global platform for the intelligent, courageous, principled reporting that is her signature. CNN and Christiane helped make each other great.”
CNN said her daily show, “Amanpour,” would finish at the end of April.
In a telephone interview on Thursday, Ms. Amanpour said there were no points of disagreement with CNN that prompted her exit. Rather, she said, the job at ABC was a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.”
Ms. Amanpour said her mission regardless of news organization was to “make foreign news less foreign.” On “This Week,” she said, she would “focus on the intractable convergence of domestic and foreign policy.”
Good job, ABC. Now, let her talk. Don't put a muzzle on her.
This lady will not be muzzled. She's tough as nails and she wouldn't have taken the job if there were limits put on her.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
I hope Gregory likes dust because she's gonna leave him in it. Wow, this is good news. Thanks Susie for some up beat news in a post. It's a nice change.
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I don't CNN anymore anyway. They reenforced why I don't by hiring the right-wing slimeball, Eric Erickson. Now these two ladies have gotten away. Just don't feel the urge to watch anymore.
Now it will be good for ABC because a real reporter will ask and not back down for questions.
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Talk about debate
I've been tormenting the fundies over at the Dallas Morning Nudes Blog site again:
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Intellectual cowards.
you're a glutton for punishment.
Am I just grabbing stuff out of my ass again?
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only if the producers provide her with the proper information. Other than that I hpoe Thiesens's book flops.
I believe she'll do her own homework. I have never seen anyone get the better of her. I hope Thiesen's book is on the reduced table real soon. It should be in the garbage can right now.
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Now, if the suits at ABC will keep their noses out of her business...she is an intelligent, extremely capable newswoman (not spokesmodel) who, I hope, will ask intelligent questions and expect intelligent answers. I'm thinkin' some of those slick Rethuglican characters that usually appear on there had better start boning up on answers about what they're supposed to be doing, 'cause my guess is that she's gonna call them on their bullsh*t.
“The greatest evildoers are those who don’t remember because they have never given thought to the matter, and, without remembrance, nothing can hold them back,”
Umm, I think we should avoid using "slick rethuglican characters" and "boning up" in the same sentence. It causes an ugly mental image.
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be an issue, but I LOVE double entendres, and this was a pretty applicable one!
“The greatest evildoers are those who don’t remember because they have never given thought to the matter, and, without remembrance, nothing can hold them back,”
If the image of John McCain had flashed through your mind you would have hit "delete". :)
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NEVER pop into my mind when you mention John McCain.....the words "pathetic" and "hypocrite" do, however.
“The greatest evildoers are those who don’t remember because they have never given thought to the matter, and, without remembrance, nothing can hold them back,”
Ms Amanpour,though very intelligent, will operate within the same narrow prameters that's allowed on these talkfests.Any deviation and she wont be long on the job.
My optimism doesn't like to be tampered. I want her to succeed like hell as the first regular Sunday morning female host. If she can get her foot in the door, maybe Rachael might be next.
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dispicable programs. Which hopefully won't be so bad anymore.
I would watch Meet the Press if Rachel Maddow was the host and David Gregory was banned forever. Other than that though, no way.
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If this means Stephanopoulis isn't going to be on anymore, I might give it a try.
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He has been gone for several weeks now. He's not coming back. They've been rotating hosts and all of them have stunk. This will be a new and hopefully better change.
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Shows you how much attention I pay to those plastic heads. Stephanopoulis has been trying to prove he isn't a librul since he took over the show and of course Will and Roberts are just insufferable.
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is just the ticket for his tiny little pea brain.
“The greatest evildoers are those who don’t remember because they have never given thought to the matter, and, without remembrance, nothing can hold them back,”
I meant he was gone from his once Sunday morning show.
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:-)
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Rachel on a regular basis....she's too honest and doesn't let politicos get away with anything. No Rethuglican would EVER consent to come on ever again.
And, she will not be muzzled.
Doesn't fit in with the MSM corporate world view.
“The greatest evildoers are those who don’t remember because they have never given thought to the matter, and, without remembrance, nothing can hold them back,”
and I usually sleep in on Sunday.
Amanpour is a great choice, though. I may just tune in to see how she does.
She is Iranian (half) but was of the privileged class who fled when the Shah was toppled. She does have a stand on Israel that makes Zionistic/AIPAC types heads explode.
And she seems to be a REAL journalist. However, she worked at CNN for 20 years.
But she's married to Jamie Rubin, a Clinton wonk. I'd be impressed if they'd asked Amy Goodman or Juan Gonzales. This, not so impressive.
me-oww!
...she's about to be put into a good gig and maybe won't want to lose it.
Continued employment and prestige have a way of "tempering" a person's attitudes on a lot of things.
Amanpour is the Ahmed Chalabi of the US media: a privileged stooge. Her family was wealthy and connected, benefitting greatly during the Shah's brutal 25 year reign in Tehran. She is no better or trustworthy about "facts" than Chalabi is.
but you're essentially saying nobody can overcome the circumstances of their birth?
She openly supported Mousavi who was an Iran/Contra stooge. You don't think there was an agenda, a desire for a return to a US-backed puppet government? Or that she wouldn't have considered taking the job herself if offered?
for backing Mousavi but no, I don't believe she would've taken the job herself.
I can find record of her asking Ahmadinejad if Moussavi was safe/alive following his arrest during the Green revolution, but that's a far cry from openly supporting him or looking for a new US puppet government or a job in Iran.
Wealthy and privileged people can't actually be good at their chosen profession? They are stooges? They are inherently untrustworthy?
I have to take issue with this. My family--whom I did not choose, obviously--is very fortunate. I do come from a reasonably privileged background. However, I am not my family, and any skeletons in their closet that brought them wealth are not my skeletons.
I think this smacks of bigotry, Chopvac. Why not measure Amanpour's merit on the job she's done?
"Bigotry"? Based on what? The fact that I don't agree with you? Point to one thing I said that was anti-Iranian or anti-woman.
You can't. It's all in your head, in all possible interpretations of that phrase.
It will be interesting to see if very many politicians will even go on a show where they will be confronted and not allowed to bury the host in talking points and spin. Christiane could end up talking to herself. I trust if she is put in too small a box by ABC, she will do the right thing and resign. My bet is that she has already negotiated a good deal of room to be a real reporter and ABC will be too embarrassed to lose her if she creates some discomfort for the network. This will be interesting and worth watching to see how it plays out.
...I always need to shower with steel wool after being exposed to this horrible POS.
For one thing, she's more intelligent than most of the people she will have on as guests.
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In the past 5 years I don't think I've seen more than 5 minutes worth of CNN so I have no clue who Ms. Amanpour is.
My gut tells me though that if she's anything near what the majority here say she is Disney/ABC will not allow her to be a free agent. Expect them to bring in someone like Monica Crowley (aka Ann Coulter sans Benzedrine) for balance.
I think I'm turning Japanese, I think I'm turning Japanese, I really think so.....
Ms Amanpour would eat Monica quicker than a frog can slurp a bug.
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First time I heard of Benzedrine it was in a James Bond book. He pops them before spending a night in a casino.
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Thank you, ysb!
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am I off topic again?
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Maybe bookstores can do a cross promotion for Marc and Sarah. Both books are about torture... tortured logic.
don't steal her soul and she turns into another Stepford talk show host who doesn't do any follow ups or ask any tough questions
...he uses big words like 'particularly' and 'delicatessen.' -- Jack
I will take on waterboarding this son of a bitch! I am so ashamed of this coward.
republicanism/conservatism is a mental illness! They have killed the economy and ruined the lives of millions around the world.
Was she cooked or shot?
I hope not.
I don't think it's a usage she would employ, at any rate. And that's another indication of how good she is.
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Mmmm, Lobster, poached in butter, on top of a petite fillet mignon. Oh my god, a Persian woman on ABC, 9-11, 9-11, 9-11!
Yes, yes, this is all well and good, but the important question is when will she have John McCain on the show?
Not having seen her for years (since I stopped watching CNN altogether) I will enjoy seeing her again.
Plus, This Week will become the first Sunday talkie to appear on my DVR for a very long time.
Win/Win
You will NEVER get this sick, fat bastard to admit to wrong doing. he's a repukkke first. A chickenhawk, lying sack of shit, as most of them are.
pudgy-boy snears as he answers, and he knows he is twisting the truth into a smelly turd that only he will caress. Nobody else, but the repukkkes, believe his nonsense.
I really hope karma catches up with this sorry piece of shit.
I've been let down too many times now.
But, she did get front row for the Cream concert in London. Awhile back. I'm hoping she does the right thing. That she prides herself on real journalism standards. I know from watching her in the past that she's a real journalist. I hope she doesn't forget that and get wrapped up in the cult of personality. It's all about ego.
She never seemed to me that she was one of those types.
That's the big difference between what journalist were, and what they supposedly are now.
What is your conceptual, continuity?
because they are lawful combatants.
Well, they can't be lawful combatants in an unlawful war, can they Marcy Marc.
So they can be tortured too. If only the world would agree with the Bush-Cheney deception. But we're not buying it.
And yes, you advocates of water boarding, Thiessen, Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, you should ALL get the treatment. Not once, but as many times as you water boarded KSM. And some electroshock on the male member for The Dick. Just for fun.
Step up to the table Marc. Be a hero and prove us wrong. You know, just like Hannity did./
What is your conceptual, continuity?
Whatever the reason they nabbed her, she is a talented tough journalist. I suspect MTP is toast. Gregory is a pompous lightweight that either is too lazy to do background, not sharp enough or gets his script from his BFF, Liz Cheney.
MTP has to have low ratings. Unless the faux crowd dials in.
Amanpour will take away any remaining veiwers too her show.
I can't watch Gregory. He's such a damned repugnican slime ball.
Hopefully, Amanpour will call them out on their bullshit. On both sides.
What is your conceptual, continuity?
Why is Fareed Zakaria given so little notice? He's about the only one who's caliber compares to Rachel.
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