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Originally Posted by Botnst
What is Amanpour's citizenship?
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I think English - these were her comments a couple of years ago about pressure on the press
"During a CNBC conversation with Tina Brown, Amanpour said:
“Yes. 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. And it did, in fact, put a climate of fear and self-censorship, in my view, in terms of--of the kind of broadcast work we did. I mean, all of us should have...”
Before we continue with her quote, look at the word: fear. A climate of fear. People in the press – even this top reporter at CNN – feel afraid to report the truth. Is this America or the old Soviet Union? She continued. Tina Brown asked her if she meant there was a particular story they she wasn’t allowed to do, and she responded:
“It's not a question of couldn't do it, it's a question of tone.”
In other words, the intimidation was that she had to put a pro-Bush “tone,” and had “fear” about what would happen if she didn’t.