Christiane Amanpour, ABC's 'This Week' In Talks

[babylonsister]

I have to believe she would be an improvement.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/05/christiane-amanpour-abcs_n_487840.html

Christiane Amanpour, ABC's 'This Week' In Talks


ABC is in talks with Christiane Amanpour for the "This Week" hosting job, Politico's Michael Calderone reports.

Amanpour, the star CNN international correspondent who recently launched a new Sunday show on CNN, is known mostly for her global reporting, making her a somewhat surprising consideration for a show that has mostly focused on domestic politics.

George Stephanopoulos left the show to join "Good Morning America." Since his departure, a mix of ABC News talent — including Barbara Walters, Jonathan Karl, Jake Tapper, Terry Moran, and Elizabeth Vargas — has filled in. ABC political analyst and former Bush campaign strategist Matthew Dowd guest-hosts this Sunday.

"On Sunday morning, we're looking for someone who is very intelligent and a strong interviewer and can engage in a discussion," ABC News president David Westin, who added that he hopes to make a decision in a matter of weeks, said recently. "Someone who can bring out conflicting points of view" and who "has a broad sense of public policy."

A CNN spokesperson had no comment to Politico; neither did ABC News Senior Vice President Jeffrey Schneider, who said the network has "talked to lots of people inside and outside" regarding the position.

[JI7]

1. she would be great, but the show would have to be different

i don't want her to get away from the reporting she does on world issues and reporting on the scene. if the show changes a bit to something like that rather than the pundit whore show it is now it might be good.

[alstephenson]

2. Oh, yes, yes, yes!

A real first-class journalist!

[eleny]

3. Great news!

[Birthmark]

4. Hell, I might even watch if that happens.

And I haven't watched any of that crap since sometime during the Clinton years. Christiane Amanpour is probably the best journalist on the planet.