Christiane Amanpour

Journalist

1958-01-12

Christiane Amanpour is a British-Iranian journalist and international television anchor known for her work covering global conflicts and diplomacy. She has worked prominently with CNN and PBS.

Books by Christiane Amanpour

Attacks on the Press in 2007
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Quotes by Christiane Amanpour

We hear foreign accents on CNN. It's crazy, it's wild, who knows, maybe they'll take you because you certainly don't fit in, in the American spectrum of news.
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Because if we the storytellers don't do this, then the bad people will win.
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But 17 years ago, I arrived at CNN with a suitcase, with my bicycle, and with about 100 dollars.
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'm thrilled to be joining the incredible team at ABC News. Being asked to anchor 'This Week' and the superb tradition started by David Brinkley, is a tremendous and rare honor, and I look forward to discussing the great domestic and international issues of the day.
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And I believe that good journalism, good television, can make our world a better place.
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We manage the fear, I manage the fear, but it certainly takes its toll, the strain does.
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We were thrilled and we were privileged to be part of a revolution, because make no mistake about it, Ted Turner changed the world with CNN.
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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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I leave CNN with the utmost respect, love and admiration for the company and everyone who works here. This has been my family and shared endeavor for the past 27 years, and I am forever grateful and proud of all that we have accomplished.
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If we have no respect for our viewers, then how can we have any respect for ourselves and what we do?
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I was planning, I told everybody, to take him on the road with me. At the very least I fully expected to keep up my hectic pace, and my passion as a war correspondent.
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I have spent the past ten years in just about every war zone there was.
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