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Critics said CNN had "traded truth for access." (From the crowing over Jordan's "shocking revelations" on rivals Fox News and MSNBC, you'd have thought he had handed over each Christiane Amanpour script for Saddam to red-pencil.) Jordan had made 13 trips over 12 years to lobby Iraqi officials for interviews, and the line between protecting employees and sucking up is blurry--though, he noted, CNN covered Iraq contentiously enough that its reporters were often kicked out. But, as the New Republic's Franklin Foer points out, CNN also called Saddam's re-election with...
...Critics said CNN had "traded truth for access." (From the crowing over Jordan's "shocking revelations" on rivals Fox News and MSNBC, you'd have thought he had handed over each Christiane Amanpour script for Saddam to red-pencil.) Jordan had made 13 trips over 12 years to lobby Iraqi officials for interviews, and the line between protecting employees and sucking up is blurry - though, he noted, CNN covered Iraq contentiously enough that its reporters were often kicked out. But, as the New Republic's Franklin Foer points out, CNN also called Saddam's re-election with...
Over the past decade, the London-born Amanpour has covered many of the world’s tensest regions, including Iran, Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, and Bosnia-Herzegovina...
...foreign war correspondent is a particular brand of person,” Amanpour said. She said her job requires “mental, intellectual, and physical stamina...
...Amanpour, who described herself as an “anti-cynic,” spoke extensively on the news scene after Sept. 11. She said the events following the terrorist attacks have reaffirmed the essential role of the media in keeping Americans in touch with events throughout the world...