- Classic riff between churnalist and US state official: Amanpour and Rubin (video) Archived Message
- Classic riff between churnalist and US state official: Amanpour and Rubin (video) - margo February 18, 2019, 7:34 am
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Posted by margo
on February 18, 2019, 7:34 am
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hat-tip to a b-t-l comment at Sassy Sourstein's which highlighted this exchange between churnalist Christiane Amanpour and her state dept husband James Rubin: YouTube Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2291&v=91xuueQ7RmI  Previous MessageNews: Brought to You by the US State Department Posted on December 8, 2015 I found this interview in the middle section of a 3-part BBC series called Iran and the West. Though the subject is a 1998 interview between Christiane Amanpour and Iranian President Mohammad Khatami, the brief segment captures the essence of US news: Christiane Amanpour: We got final word, CNN, that this [interview with president Khatami] was going to happen. I was on my first holiday with my very serious boyfriend, who happened to be a State Department official. US State Department Spokesman James Rubin: Her due diligence was to find out what the US government was waiting to hear from the Iranians, and she had the US government right beside her. So she did what any journalist would do. Christiane Amanpour: I went into “what shall I ask him” mode. James Rubin: And I did what I was supposed to do, which was identify for her the things the US government cared about. Obviously there are countless more people exactly like Amanpour doing the same thing for any line that needs to be pushed. But it’s nice on the rare occasions when they just come out and say it. LINK https://lorenzoae.wordpress.com/2015/12/08/news-brought-to-you-by-the-us-state-department/ |
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