Amanpour: CNN practiced self-censorship, intimidated by the Bush administration and Fox News

USATODAY ^ | 09/14/03 | Peter Johnson

[Pikamax]

Amanpour: CNN practiced self-censorship CNN's top war correspondent, Christiane Amanpour, says that the press muzzled itself during the Iraq war. And, she says CNN "was intimidated" by the Bush administration and Fox News, which "put a climate of fear and self-censorship." As criticism of the war and its aftermath intensifies, Amanpour joins a chorus of journalists and pundits who charge that the media largely toed the Bush administrationline in covering the war and, by doing so, failed to aggressively question the motives behind the invasion.

[Az Joe]

Shut up Aman-impure. Wasn't she married to Peter Arnett?

[america-rules]

My BP was going up too much until the quote

"Fox News spokeswoman Irena Briganti said of Amanpour's comments: "Given the choice, it's better to be viewed as a foot soldier for Bush than a spokeswoman for al-Qaeda."

[Pynchon65]

Someone's wrapping her burka too tight when she plays "Saddam and the captured princess" with her Clintonista hubby.

[nutmeg]

Fox News spokeswoman Irena Briganti said of Amanpour's comments: "Given the choice, it's better to be viewed as a foot soldier for Bush than a spokeswoman for al-Qaeda."

Great line, Irena!

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[Az Joe]

"...spokeswoman for Al-Qaeda"!

Oh man, that's precious!!

[nutmeg]

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[chicagolady]

CNN CENSORSHIP....

IT'S A DIRTY JOB BUT SOMEBODY HAS GOT TO DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Finalapproach29er]

laughing uncontrollably. Thanks.

[bellevuesbest]

Fox News spokeswoman Irena Briganti said of Amanpour's comments: "Given the choice, it's better to be viewed as a foot soldier for Bush than a spokeswoman for al-Qaeda."

Touche!

[Lancey Howard]

Brown then asked Amanpour if there was any story during the war that she couldn't report.

"It's not a question of couldn't do it, it's a question of tone," Amanpour said

Here, of course, Amanpour is whining that she and her ("don't-use-the-word-scandal-when-reporting-on-the-Clinton-scandals") CNN no longer felt free to do their usual liberal hatchet job. "Intimidation" had nothing to do with it - - it's always about ratings and credibility, and since the American public now have access to the truth via Fox news, CNN had no choice but to actually play it straight. What a pig.

[MEG33]

Sometimes the good guys triumph.Amanpour is anti American.

[Mr. Mojo]

Shut up Aman-impure. Wasn't she married to Peter Arnett?

I don't know, but she currently is married to ex-Clinton WH press secretary James Rubin.

[Mr. Mojo]

Amanpour joins a chorus of journalists and pundits who charge that the media largely toed the Bush administrationline

Shouldn't that be towed? ....unless, of course, we're talking about Dick Morris in the early days.

[MEG33]

Toed the line is correct.

[Mr. Mojo]

Oh. Thanks.

[Atchafalaya]

Maybe by slant, but she is married to James Rubin a true Clinton beleiver.

[St.Chuck]

Certainly, the confrontational press was nonexistent leading up to the war. I always assumed that war is good for the news business, so they didn't want to get in it's way too badly.