You cannot bribe or twist Thank God! The British journalist But given what he'll unbribed do There isn't any reason to.
jks
--- Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
> [it's hard to tell whether the headline is the
> truth, or the Post's
> spin - as another Murdoch property, it loves to
> promote Fox and make
> fun of CNN]
>
> New York Post - September 16, 2003
>
> CNN GIVES CHRISTIANE 'PRIVATE' DRESS DOWN
>
> September 16, 2003 -- CNN news chief Jim Walton had
> a "private
> converation" with reporter Christiane Amanpour after
> she accused her
> own network of being "intimidated" in its coverage
> of the Iraqi war.
>
> Amanpour, a guest on last week's "Topic A with Tina
> Brown" on CNBC,
> set off shockwaves in the TV world over the weekend
> when she said she
> thought her employer, CNN, was "muzzled" in its war
> coverage by a
> combination of the White House and its competitive
> position with the
> higher-rated Fox News Channel.
>
> "I think the press was muzzled, and I think the
> press self-muzzled,"
> she said. "I'm sorry to say that, but certainly
> television and,
> perhaps, to a certain extent, my station, was
> intimidated by the
> administration and its foot soldiers at Fox News."
>
> CNN denied it was cowed by anyone in its coverage -
> but said to have
> no plans to reprimand Amanpour. "I respect her,"
> Walton told
> reporters yesterday and emphasized that Amanpour
> "speaks for herself"
> and not for CNN.
>
> A Fox News spokeswonman said: "It's better to be
> viewed as a foot
> soldier for Bush than spokeswoman for al-Qaeda."
>
> - Post TV staff
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