Christiane Amanpour

Christiane Amanpour, (born January 12, 1958, London, England) is a British journalist who, as a correspondent for the Cable News Network (CNN), was one of the leading war correspondents of the mainstream media.<ref"Some very influential journalists have embraced the journalism of attachment in covering the Balkan War, often merging their reporting with official government policies. CNN's Chritiane Amanpour is a prominent example." From Watergate to Monicagate: Ten Controversies in Modern Journalism and Media, Herbert N. Foerstel, Greenwood Publishing Group, 2001</ref> She later hosted the ABC news program This Week in 2010–11.

In 1996 she told an audience of journalists that neutrality was not acceptable in places such as Bosnia, because when "you are neutral, you can become an accomplice."