Truthful Not Neutral (with Christiane Amanpour)

Christiane Amanpour is an award-winning journalist and Chief International Correspondent for CNN. She is also the host of Amanpour & Company, a CNN, PBS and WNET collaboration that features conversations with leaders and influencers across the globe.
Christiane and Preet discuss:
Her career as an international correspondent covering war zonesThe difference between being truthful and neutral How to prepare for an interview with a dictatorReporting on the trial of Saddam Hussein in 1995

References and supplemental materials
The Q&A and the Button
The National Emergencies ActTrump’s press conference where he declares a National EmergencyMulti-state lawsuit challenging Trump’s National Emergency declarationAn article in the Washington Post on the origin of the National Emergencies Act and its previous uses.An article from The Atlantic on eminent domainChris Wallace interview with Stephen Miller The NYT article, Intimidation, Pressure and Humiliation: Inside Trump’s Two-Year War on the Investigations Encircling Him Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker’s testimony before the House Judiciary Committee
An article in Washington Post on Trump’s (*not Preet’s) $50,000 golf simulatorPresident Reagan’s remarks at the Ceremony for the Medal of Freedom (1/19/89), and transcript. 

From the interview
Amanpour’s show, Amanpour & Co.Amanpour’s pinned tweet, “Truthful, not neutral” Amanpour’s interview with Pres Erdogan and transcript Amanpour’s interview with President Mugabe, and transcript  Amanpour’s interview with President Obiang, and transcriptAmanpour’s report on Saddam Hussein’s trial in 2005 Amanpour’s Sex and Love Around the World seriesAmanpour reflects on reporting in Bosnia in the 1990sAmanpour’s reflection on working in the Gulf War pool systemCNN’s rise during the Gulf WarThe Hollywood Reporter article where Anthony Bourdain calls Amanpour a “badass” A profile of Anthony Bourdain in The New Yorker Bourdain’s show, Parts Unknown

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