A Lesson in Television Journalism

 

This is the best example of how to conduct a fair interview I’ve ever seen. Christiane Amanpour interviews Daniel Hannan. She asks intelligent questions and listens patiently and carefully for his answers, and then asks intelligent follow-up questions. This exemplifies why she is such a respected journalist known for being fair and balanced.

It is a tour de force. Watch and learn.

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  1. Mate De Inactive
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    Wow, She’s as good as Anderson Cooper. CNN has the highest standards of professionalism for their on Air talent I see

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  2. Hoyacon Member
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    OK, I fell for it.

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  3. Paul Dougherty Member
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    Brilliant.

    I replayed it to try and detect an instant when the mask would fall away and reveal a Ms. Amandpour who realizes she is in over her head and drowning. I was impressed by her consistent imperviousness.

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  4. Misthiocracy Member
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    Man With the Axe:This is the best example of how to conduct a fair interview I’ve ever seen. Christiane Amanpour interviews Daniel Hannan. She asks intelligent questions and listens patiently and carefully for his answers, and then asks intelligent follow-up questions. This exemplifies why she is such a respected journalist known for being fair and balanced.

    maury-povich-lie-detector-meme-5-1

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  5. EJHill Podcaster
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    The Twitterati suspect she thought she was interviewing Nigel Farage. All those racist white idiots look alike, no?

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  6. Roberto Inactive
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    Even for Amanpour that was a bit unhinged. It has long been clear where her loyalties reside so one should never go into an interview with her expecting fair play, but even so this was extreme.

    Brexit seems to have truly set the cat among the pigeons amongst a certain set, the hysteria is palpable.

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  7. Kay of MT Inactive
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    Hoyacon:OK, I fell for it.

    I did as well, just thought maybe, maybe she could do it right. Unfortunately she proved true to herself.

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  8. iWe Coolidge
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    Hannan is superb.

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  9. Sheila S. Inactive
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    That was unwatchable. No wonder CNN has terrible ratings. I really admire Daniel Hannan and so I lasted about twice as long as I would have otherwise hoping he would be allowed to express a complete thought before being talked over.

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  10. Freesmith Member
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    Don’t be surprised when Amanpour is chosen to moderate one of the Presidential debates.

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  11. Susan Quinn Contributor
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    You got me, too!! She’s outrageous, a pathetic example of how NOT to interview someone. I think Daniel Hannan should be their next PM–and send Christiane to her room. Bad, bad girl.

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  12. Western Chauvinist Member
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    This should have come with a SARCASM WARNING. Dang, I made it to 5:16 before I couldn’t take it anymore.

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  13. DrewInWisconsin Member
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    In any other business, she’d be fired for treating someone so disrespectfully.

    In CNN-land, I think this gets you a large bonus.

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  14. Larry Koler Inactive
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    This is heavy narrative building. It’s not reporting at all — it’s innuendo and relentless bashing.

    As I keep saying: the single biggest enemy of this country is the media. All of our problems are either started by the media or supported by the media.

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  15. DrewInWisconsin Member
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    Larry Koler:As I keep saying: the single biggest enemy of this country is the media. All of our problems are either started by the media or supported by the media.

    I keep saying it, too, Larry. If the right wants to succeed, it not only needs to destroy the left, it needs to destroy the leftists media. And destroying the leftist media has to come first, because without it, the left cannot succeed.

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  16. Kay of MT Inactive
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    Western Chauvinist:This should have come with a SARCASM WARNING. Dang, I made it to 5:16 before I couldn’t take it anymore.

    Better woman than me. I made it to 1.29 before I nearly barfed.

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  17. kelsurprise Member
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    “That’s funny,” I thought, as I clicked on the video, “because I saw just the tiniest little snippet of her talking about Brexit on the news the other day and she seemed positively . . . . [cue vid] . . . ah, okay, I see.”

    Nicely played, Axe-man.

    Btw, “unhinged” was how I’d have ended that first sentence.   I have no words for what I just watched.  (None that are CoC-compliant, anyway.)

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  18. Scott Wilmot Member
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    What an awful woman. She had no answer whatsoever for Hannan’s closing comments. No wonder so much of the world is ignorant – they watch CNN.

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  19. Franco Member
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    I like Hannan, but this wasn’t so great. This is at the very least what conservatives should be doing in every hostile interview, or else not bothering, or walking off.

    She was spectacularly disrespectful and should have been told at the outset to stop interrupting and it should have also been noted “Is this an interview or is it some kind of debate?”

    And something like – would you bloody stop waving those papers around and gesticulating wildly? would have been nice.

    All CNN viewers took away from this is that the news “reporter” disagrees vehemently with Hannan about something.

    How anyone can watch TV news shows like this  is beyond me.

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  20. Doctor Robert Member
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    The Tour de Force is Mr Hannan not strangling this harpy, this shrew.  What a pathetic, offensive performance.

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  21. Doctor Robert Member
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    DrewInWisconsin: In any other business, she’d be fired for treating someone so disrespectfully.

    Indeed.  This should be the case here.

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  22. James Lileks Contributor
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    Hannan is one of those speakers who makes everyone else attempting to use the English language feel like someone wearing an animal skin making rude grunts. Got to meet him on a few NR cruises; a genuinely decent fellow. Sorry, chap.

    For some reason the Hannan Moment I will never forget is the man standing patiently in line at the subway shop at the Ft. Lauderdale airport, staring at the menu with an almost Jean-Luc Picard-level of intelligent scrutiny. It was so incongruous,  and delightfully odd.

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  23. Could Be Anyone Inactive
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    Daniel Hannan doesn’t play ganmes. He whacked Amanpour over the head on everything. From her pitiful anecdotes to her accusations of backtracking. Amanpour was desperate as a rat in a corner that whole interview. Hannan is definitely a skilled politician and sets a great example of how a conservative politician ought to act against such “journalism”.

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  24. Man With the Axe Inactive
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    Hannan had the unfair advantage of knowing what he was talking about.

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  25. Could Be Anyone Inactive
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    Man With the Axe:Hannan had the unfair advantage of knowing what he was talking about.

    He should check his knowledge privilege at the door….

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  26. Johnny Dubya Inactive
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    Hannan did a terrific job, with his only misstep being that he seemed to accuse Amanpour of accusing him of racism.

    Amanpour was absolutely shameful.  That’s the sort of performance that should get a reporter fired.  Unfortunately, star reporters have significant job security (Brian Williams and Dan Rather notwithstanding).

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  27. Nick Stuart Inactive
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    Man With the Axe: Christiane Amanpour

    Spelling correction:  Christiane Analpore

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  28. Metalheaddoc Member
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    The Right needs to put reporters like this on the Shun list and simply not engage. There are plenty of other media outlets. After a few “I won’t interview with X due to their obvious bias” brush-offs, maybe they will get a clue.

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  29. wilber forge Inactive
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    Sorry, but had already seen this, so a big bait fail.

    However, this might be an opportunity missed where skilled push back in which it would be good to see Christiane lose her mind on tape.

    Then sit back and watch how an awfull mean man was for treating a Woman in such a fashion. A verbal bis-embowlement as it were. Need that in abundance, appears a lost skill.

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  30. Al Sparks Coolidge
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    I first encountered the “interview” on Power Line, from Steve Hayward.

    I watched the whole thing, and like Hayward, thought Hannan did a masterful job.  Anyone who is middle of the road, would have come away with a negative impression of Christiane Amanpour.

    I did get a chance to briefly meet Hannan on an NR Cruise.  Nice guy.

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