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When It Rains, It Amanpours

Notes on the ongoing fallout from a cable news makeover.

“We know Trump and his tendencies, everyone does,” Christiane Amanpour said. “He just seizes the stage and dominates, no matter how much flack the moderator tries to aim at the incoming.”
“We know Trump and his tendencies, everyone does,” Christiane Amanpour said. “He just seizes the stage and dominates, no matter how much flack the moderator tries to aim at the incoming.” Photo: Paul Morigi/Getty Images
Dylan Byers
May 18, 2023

On Wednesday afternoon, CNN’s revered chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour took the lectern to deliver the commencement address at Columbia Journalism School, in Morningside Heights. The setting, fittingly, was Roone Arledge Auditorium, named after the legendary news executive, who happened to be Bob Iger’s mentor. Just a few minutes in, however, Amanpour seemed to be addressing another news executive, CNN C.E.O. Chris Licht, as she took direct aim at her network’s decision to host a live town hall with former president Donald Trump.