CNN's Christiane Amanpour: Voice of Humanity or Biased Reporter?

CNN's Christiane Amanpour was in the Baghdad courtroom on October 19, 2005 when Saddam Hussein made his first trial appearance. She, along with the late Peter Jennings of ABC, was also at Hussein's initial hearing in July 2004.

And Amanpour was the sole broadcast host of the September 2005 gathering of top world leaders for President Clinton's Global Initiative Summit, which raised $1.25 billion in commitments.

Time magazine dubbed her the most influential foreign correspondent since Edward R. Murrow. Bill Clinton calls her "the voice of humanity" while critics in the Pentagon tag her as "overly emotional and even biased."

To both admirers and detractors, Christiane Amanpour is CNN's Chief International Correspondent and is one of the most distinguished and honored TV correspondents in the US. She's also said to be the highest-paid correspondent in the world.

An Amanpour interview or report validates the importance of a story. She's commonly given entree where other journalists are neither welcomed nor allowed. The fact is that few international stories are covered without her, and that she weaves a larger context and understanding through her reporting that other reporters miss.

This intriguing reporter in the ever-present flak jacket was born in London to an Iranian airline executive and his British wife. To learn more about this source of much of the international reporting we watch, be sure to read my new Profile of Christiane Amanpour, CNN's Chief International Correspondent
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