Would A Christiane Amanpour Hiring Drastically Change This Week?
In a surprise move, FishbowlDC is reporting longtime CNN anchor and foreign correspondent Christiane Amanpour has been offered the ABC Sunday morning show This Week anchor job. She was initially thrown into the mix for the vacant role earlier this month. But thel hiring of Amanpour would signal a major direction shift for the future of This Week. ABC and CNN weren’t confirming, but FBDC reports the offer has been made. But what happens if she takes the job? [Amanpour told her] CNN colleagues that ABC News has offered her the job of “This Week” host and she is telling people that she might take it. As of this moment she is declaring a 50-50 chance that she’s going to accept the offer. Amanpour said she wants to make “This Week” more about foreign affairs and less focused on domestic American politics…If she takes the post, sources say this would be a complete remaking on the show, a program much more focused on international affairs. That would be a major departure from the current poli
