“There are some situations one simply cannot be neutral about, because when you are neutral you are an accomplice.”
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Christiane Amanpour
Christiane Maria Heideh Amanpour is a British-Iranian journalist and television host. Amanpour is the Chief International Anchor for CNN and host of CNN International's nightly interview program Amanpour, CNN's The Amanpour Hour on Saturdays and Amanpour & Company on PBS. She also hosts Christiane Amanpour Presents The Ex-Files with her ex-husband James Rubin on Global.
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culture · British-Iranian news anchor and international correspondent · journalist · writer · correspondent · television presenter · program host · also Christiane Amanpour, Amanpour
Born 12 January 1958 · Q236939
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When #MeToo exploded, there was that real anger; you know, just what is it about the fact that we have breasts and we have genitals that still appears to be a great big green go sign for half the population? I believe that everybody who engages in that behaviour needs to be held accountable.
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2026· 7 entries
“When #MeToo exploded, there was that real anger; you know, just what is it about the fact that we have breasts and we have genitals that still appears to be a great big green go sign for half the population? I believe that everybody who engages in that behaviour needs to be held accountable.”
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“One thing I really get annoyed with is this notion that journalists – in every film, every magazine article I see – must really get off on the adrenaline. It’s so wrong; it trivialises what we do.”
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“Of course, not everybody’s going to agree on everything and nor should they. But unless we can agree that the sky outside is blue and the grass is green, we have no chance.”
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“Do you know what? I think you will find that orthodoxies of all the established religions basically always go for us [women]. We always pay the price, the political price, the cultural price. Just look at what is happening in America.”
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“There are some situations one simply cannot be neutral about, because when you are neutral, you are an accomplice. Objectivity doesn't mean treating all sides equally. It means giving each side a hearing.”
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The Guardian: CNN legend Christiane Amanpour expresses concern about Ellison takeover
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2025· 1 entry
“People don't understand that objectivity actually means pursuing the truth. But you get there by giving all sides a hearing, which doesn’t mean treating all sides equally—then you are an accomplice in these extreme situations.”
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2022· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class (2022).
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2021· 1 entry
“major successful surgery to remove it”
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2020· 1 entry
Amanpour hosted the PBS daily program Amanpour & Company from her home in England due to the COVID-19 pandemic
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2019· 2 entries
AFP Fact Check rated the claim “Robert Mugabe asked CNN's Christiane Amanpour if she asked Queen Elizabeth sme question” False.
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Retired commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Saeed Qassemi spoke of his and his comrades' participation as combatants in the Bosnian War, with him having been disguised as staff of the Iranian Red Crescent
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2018· 2 entries
In 2018, Amanpour and Rubin announced they were divorcing.
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Amanpour and Rubin announced they were divorcing
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2015· 1 entry
Career landmark: UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador (2015).
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2012· 1 entry
While continuing at ABC News as a global affairs anchor
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2011· 1 entry
Awarded Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Journalism (2011).
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2010· 1 entry
Where they rented an apartment in Manhattan's Upper West Side
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2009· 1 entry
In July 2009 she appeared in a Harper's Bazaar magazine article entitled "Christiane Amanpour Gets a High-Fashion Makeover".
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2002· 2 entries
Awarded Edward R. Murrow Award (2002).
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Awarded Edward R. Murrow Lifetime Achievement Award (2002).
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2000· 1 entry
Awarded honorary citizen of Sarajevo (2000).
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1998· 1 entry
(she had earlier been awarded one in 1993)
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1996· 2 entries
Awarded Weintal Prize for Diplomatic Reporting (1996).
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Awarded George Polk Award (1996).
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1994· 1 entry
Awarded Courage in Journalism Award (1994).
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1990· 1 entry
Amanpour's reports of the Persian Gulf War brought her wide notice
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1989· 1 entry
Was assigned to work in Frankfurt am Main, West Germany, where she reported on the democratic revolutions sweeping Eastern Europe at the time
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1986· 1 entry
To Eastern Europe to report on the fall of European communism
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1983· 3 entries
Studied at University of Rhode Island, Bachelor of Arts (1983).
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Amanpour graduated from the university summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism
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Amanpour was hired by CNN on the foreign desk in Atlanta, Georgia, as an entry-level desk assistant
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1979· 1 entry
The family moved to the United States, where she studied journalism at the University of Rhode Island
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1958· 1 entry
Born 1958-01-12.
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