Talk:Christiane Amanpour/Archives/2015

About the Arafat Interview
How could he have "walked out of the studio" when she was interviewing him over the phone? Just curious.

Photo please. -Amit

Has anything been substatiated about her phone being tapped by the U.S. government? Sounds like rumors, but it's making a big stir in the blogosphere --Rayc 22:55, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
 * This seems to have all of the relevant information.  While it will certainly be interesting to see how this pans out, this is nothing but speculation at the moment, so I'm removing it from the Wiki.  Feel free to add it back in if there's a compelling reason to do so. Vesta 03:54, 5 January 2006 (UTC)
 * Wouldn't it be appropriate to add it in a "there are unsubstantiated claims..." context, so that people looking for information on the event can find it here? (Haven't registered a user name guy, January 11, 2006)

Is she Muslim?
Just wondering on her religion. Is she muslim?


 * I dont think so. She's married to a jew. And her family has some Bahai roots. Or so they say.--Zereshk 07:48, 19 February 2006 (UTC)


 * I'm a bit curious on this as well. The bio lists two schools she attended, as a child in London, that are clearly Christian; that sort of insinuates that her family might be from Iran's small Christian minority, but obviously that's not a sure thing (Catholic schools in particular often attract students who are not there for religious reasons but for the quality of the school).  If Amanpour's family is, in fact, from a non-Muslim minority group, that would be interesting to include (with proper citation, of course).  LotLE × talk  04:10, 7 June 2006 (UTC)

She is a Christian. Read the article closely. ;) [Ronan2007 - 01.20 GMT 23/08/07) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Special:Contributions/ (talk)


 * Plus, how many Muslims are named "Christiane"? Childe Roland of Gilead 19:09, 23 August 2007 (UTC)

His father and his paternal family are non-practicing muslims(she has a documentary about his family in Iran)but I personally think she does not believe in any particular religion, because of her famous documentary "God's Warriors" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.167.209.10 (talk) 19:52, 5 March 2008 (UTC)
 * As a Christian, I have not encountered any problems.
 * I've thought for quite a while she was a Christian, but this article has her as a Roman Catholic. So, I think she's a Christian. Not sure about the Catholic part. Arthur Curry (talk) 11:43, 18 March 2008 (UTC)
 * I've thought for quite a while she was a Christian, but this article has her as a Roman Catholic. So, I think she's a Christian. Not sure about the Catholic part. Arthur Curry (talk) 11:43, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

On 9 August 1998, The New York Times announced that she married Jamie Rubin at the Church of Santo Stefano in Bracciano, Italy officiated by a Roman Catholic priest, Rev. Ambrose O'Farrell and, later in the day, at Castello Orsini-Odescalchi officiated by Rabbi Guy D. Hall in a Jewish ceremony. The implication is that she was Roman Catholic at the date of her marriage. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Library980 (talk • contribs) 15:32, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

maternal grandfather?
regarding the recent edit, isnt her mother British? If so, then Amanullah Jahanbani would be from his father's side. No?--Zereshk 00:43, 26 March 2006 (UTC)

this lady is smart.
She got an undergrad degree in journalism from the U of Rhode Island. Nothing wrong with that, but it hardly qualifies her as any smarter than the typical person on the street.

she handled herslef well on colbert, kept integrity. big baller. she needs to sit down with fredricka whitfield for a couple hours to really tell her everything she needs to know right now. CrackityKzz 15:34, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

Pretty sure she didn't attend Rhode Island University, I think it was the Ivy League school in Rhode Island called Brown University. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.114.7.189 (talk) 18:39, 21 June 2009 (UTC) Her marriage announcement in the New York Times states that she graduated summa cum laude and phi beta kappa from University of Rhode Island. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Library980 (talk • contribs) 15:37, 24 April 2011 (UTC)

where you attend college or university has absolutely nothing to do with your IQ. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 151.42.195.223 (talk) 01:38, 21 March 2013 (UTC)

Peabody Awards
Added mention of her two Peabody Awards to the article (derwood{nospacehere}eadie{circled a thingy}bellsouth{fullstop}net)

What is this reputation based on?
Christiane Amanpour is a competent but superficial reporter, and I have never understood what her reputation is based on. There are plenty of equally or more talented journalists in conflict zones around the world without her fame or salary. Almost any edition of the BBC's Newsnight shows some of them in action - and their 20-minute slots are infinitely more searching than the 3 minutes CNN offers to one of the "world's most influential women". Privileged, yes. Influential, maybe. Talented, averagely.
 * Try this speech by Christiane Amanpour. It shows clearly that she's got guts. --Ancheta Wis 06:26, 2 September 2006 (UTC)
 * That surname is surly interesting, AMAN-pour family… Fact is, shouldn’t the ladies credibility be questioned? She made some huge (superficial, if you prefer) mistakes when she reported from my country… and that was during the war, when such mistakes can come quite costly… Perhaps I'll look it up a bit, as soon as this whole bushism mess;) is over… Lovelight 22:06, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

She and Zakaria have got to be two of the most moronic people on CNN--and that is saying a lot. Her jump from obscure nobody at NBC affiliate to Peabody winner is what gets me. I would suggest her most likely employer is the CIA. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 133.7.7.19 (talk) 06:33, 19 November 2009 (UTC)

It would be better for overall balance and the appreciation of the public if those who have personal judgements to make about celebrities, whatever their field, refrained from editing their biographies on Wikipedia. As a non-committal visitor to the Christiane Amanpour Wikipedia entry, I find it dredged in a lot of opinionated, loaded, agenda-driven entries, statements and counter-statements. Incidentally, she appears a lot on the BBC too, but I haven't seen a reference to that on the page. I would imagine it would be more important than some of the selective trivia & quotes. KevinOnEarth (talk) 22:45, 27 November 2011 (UTC)
 * If you have a problem with how the article currently reads, you are certainly welcome to edit it yourself. Lhb1239 (talk) 02:08, 28 November 2011 (UTC)

Grandfather is Sepahbod Amanullah Jahanbani?
According to the article of Sepahbod Amanullah Jahabani on wikipedia, he is the father-in-law of Christiane's father which would make him her grandfather, but since her mother is named "Patricia", anyone know this or can verify this fact?

the intervju
"She has had many memorable moments in her career, one of them was while interviewing Yasser Arafat, in March 2002, when he walked out of the studio.[1]" -- it was over phone, not in a studio, right? Zarkow 124.120.72.18 11:16, 24 February 2007 (UTC)\

misconceptions
A misconception is something that is widely believed but which is not valid. The Trivia section (and there should not be a trivia section about an important person) says that it's a misconception that she is Christian, rather than Muslim, and yet her history of attending catholic-only schools would suggest that she is a Christian. If she has never publicly stated her religious beliefs, then just say so and leave it at that. Otherwise just include her religious affiliation in its proper place in her biography. Also some explanation of having a muslim father (as a father named "Mohammed" would suggest) and a mother named "Patricia" (western and therefore not likely Muslim) may be called for but only if authoritative references, especially info from the lady herself, are available. Modus Vivendi 01:01, 18 June 2007 (UTC)


 * I didn't even understand what the misconception is supposed to be.  "It is a misconception  that she is a Christian", as above reader took it, or, "It is a misconception, stop, she is a Christian    not a Muslim?" Repair, please, whoever wrote that. --Sukkoth 20:22, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

Yes, but as someone earlier stated, her name is Christiane, Not a likely name for a woman to be raised muslim, and beyond that, Mohammed is an Arabian name, as the prophet himself was an Arab, so not necessarily muslim. All that aside, this is all speculation, as people can change their religious beliefs at any time and she has yet to declare publicly any of her beliefs on the matter. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.196.113.54 (talk) 05:33, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

The Picture
There used to be a picture of hers. Where's the picture now? People shouldn't delete pictures when they don't post a new one.
 * The image was deleted for non-fair use on 21 June per WP:NFC. A new free image should be uploaded instead. Cmprince 03:35, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

CBE
Her name has her as a CBE. The article should mention the details of this. LinuxSneaker 12:58, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

Parody Of In Movie Three Kings
Unless I'm mistaken, Nora Dunn, the actress, is parodying Christiane Amanpour with her character Adriana Cruz. Anybody else catch that and have a take on it? Godofredo29 (talk) 18:04, 30 April 2008 (UTC)

Birth Place
This article mentions that Amanpour was born in London, England. However, she appeared on Jay Leno tonight. Jay asked "You were born in ... Iran and grew up there....". Amanpour answered in the affirmative. --- Merlin1935 (talk) 05:39, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

Could not find the Jay Leno transcript but there are pllenty of sources that reveal this. So changed accordingly and added references. She did not leave for the United Kingdom until the age of 11. The article probably will need more work if such basic details are incorrect.Fragma08 (talk) 10:31, 6 June 2010 (UTC)


 * The birth of a Christiane M H Amanpour was registered in Ealing, London in the first quarter of 1958 (General Register Office, County:London, District: Easling, Volume No: 5E, Page No:26) MilborneOne (talk) 18:34, 5 December 2010 (UTC)

She stated on Piers Morgan Tonight (June 2011) that she was born in London. She considers Iran to be where she grew up. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.100.191.118 (talk) 10:39, 24 June 2011 (UTC)

I recommend dropping the sentence about Amanpour's sharing an apartment with JFK Jr
I find this information not only gratuitous, but also not in keeping with the article as a whole. In its position as the last of two items on personal life, it left a trite and gossipy impression, so I switched the order. The information about where the family lives is customarily last, is it not ? Kgrad (talk) 23:27, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

I always find this information interesting. I'd like to know which cocktail parties she's invited to. Some people think the media elite is a small inner circle. Shinning light on these cozy relationships is a good idea in a open democracy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.139.221.92 (talk) 17:31, 24 October 2010 (UTC)

scream bloody murder
it is kind of striking that there is a certain omission or "over-shorthanding" of the Khmer rouge case in that report. CA states that the Vietnamese invade cambodia, putting an end to the Khmer rouge horror. Yet: this was purely a military conflict, the Vietnamese did not pity the victims of mass killings that much. VC came for regime change, which is the usual cause in thise cases. Peter Scholl-Latour lays out this case in his book "Death in the rice fields". This is a minor sidepoint in view of the report's strong message yet one should call Vietnamese power politics that way. --82.139.197.138 (talk) 18:26, 18 April 2010 (UTC)

Early Years
This section contains the following:


 * Christiane returned to England in 1969 and her Not long after the Islamic Revolution her parents and her two sisters left for a vacation in the summer of 1980.

This does not scan. It looks like an editing glitch, with something deleted by mistake that was there. Would someone who knows the situation please fix this?

Properly Identifying Who Made a Change
I wasn't logged in when I made the following change, and want to identify myself:

19:24, 9 September 2010 174.51.51.89 (talk) (20,090 bytes) (Removed invalid reference and assertions based thereon as they are not verifiable.) (undo) (Tag: references removed) Mrs. Peel (talk) 19:28, 9 September 2010 (UTC)

She is Jewish
Let it stay there because that´s the truth. --188.23.180.212 (talk) 02:47, 10 September 2010 (UTC)
 * Please read up on WP: Verifiability. It is one of the six main policies. From the WP: Verifiability page: "The threshold for inclusion in Wikipedia is verifiability, not truth—whether readers can check that material in Wikipedia has already been published by a reliable source, not whether editors think it is true."


 * Please don't start an edit war. Thank you. Mrs. Peel (talk) 17:14, 11 September 2010 (UTC)

New Hall School - 'Graduation'?
Is the article correct to use the term 'graduated' in connection with New Hall School? I realise the term is common in the US but I've not heard it applied to finishing education at secondary school in the UK. In my experience, it's normally applied to Universities only. Ka Faraq Gatri (talk) 18:14, 25 April 2011 (UTC)


 * Good point. I have removed "graduation". Thanks for catching it! Lhb1239 (talk) 18:35, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
 * No problem. :)  Ka Faraq Gatri (talk) 23:59, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

The Sarajevo Market Bombing Controversy
The whole section about the Sarajevo Market Bombing smells fishy. Whatever the truth about that event (and the consensus is, to my knowledge, that the Serbs did it) it is odd that so much space is devoted to something that is so irrelevant to the main character of the piece. Amanpour reported about it like hundreds of other journalists did, and she said the same thing everybody else said. What's the story? I think that section should be removed, it's clearly out of line with the text and, furthermore, is completely biased. I'm surprised it got through so easily.

Bosnia War Reporting
This section needs a total rewrite. The Bosnia War period is a very significant time frame. What's written so far is biased and narrowly focused. The choice of citations is poor as well. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Brentxphillips (talk • contribs) 9 November 2015

Useless paragraph
In the "return to CNN" section: Quote: On January 7, 2015, Amanpour made headlines during a "Breaking News" segment on CNN by referring to the Islamic extremists who murdered the 12 journalists at Charlie Hebdo as "activists": "On this day, these activists found their targets, and their targets were journalists. This was a clear attack on the freedom of expression, on the press, and on satire".[28] End of Quote. — I recommend to delete. In what way is this mentionable? I don't even see why she should've "made headlines" with this? Should she have said "terrorists" instead of "activists", or what is this about? Anyway. It is of no importance whatsoever and doesn't belong in a biographical entry. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.206.128.3 (talk) 23:28, 24 May 2015 (UTC)


 * Well, it is important because it made headlines. Further, this is quite a controversial remark and hence has significance to her record.5.80.255.147 (talk) 00:46, 17 November 2015 (UTC)