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CNN’s Christiane Amanpour to depart from network after 43 years
NBC News ^ | 19 October 2026 | Daniel Arkin and Adam Resii

Posted on 10/19/2026 12:17:50 PM PDT by Rummyfan

Christiane Amanpour, CNN’s chief international anchor and a fixture of the 24/7 news network for more than four decades, plans to leave the company next June.

“After more than 43 years at CNN, Christiane has decided that the time is right to begin a new chapter,” Mark Thompson, CNN’s chief executive, said in a letter to newsroom employees that was obtained by NBC News.

Thompson said Amanpour, 68, plans to “scale back” her eponymous CNN International show to once a week early in 2027. “The program will conclude in May,” Thompson added, “and she will leave CNN at the end of June.”

“Christiane has thought carefully about this decision, and she and I have been discussing it for some months,” Thompson said. “Like so many CNNers who will hear the news today, I’m very sorry to see her go, but l’ve come to accept that this is the right time for her, both personally and professionally.”

Amanpour has covered nearly every major international conflict and global crisis of the last four decades, including the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Bosnian War, the Persian Gulf War, the post-9/11 U.S. wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Arab Spring, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and Israel’s war in Gaza.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: amanpour; cnn; goodriddance; voiceofiran

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Good riddance!

Maybe she can take the position of spokeswoman for the IRGC.

1 posted on 10/19/2026 12:17:50 PM PDT by Rummyfan
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To: Rummyfan

CNN ...

Conservative News Network, a new era has begun in MSM.


2 posted on 10/19/2026 12:23:55 PM PDT by stars & stripes forever (Blessed is the nation whose GOD is the LORD. ~ Psalm 33:12)
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To: Rummyfan

I shall lower my antenna to half-staff. Christiane, we did not deserve you! Now, be free. Be free!


3 posted on 10/19/2026 12:24:47 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14/12- 930am -Sandy Hook shooting... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Rummyfan

All I have to say about this is ... who? (Yes, I know who “that” is, I just don’t care).


4 posted on 10/19/2026 12:25:03 PM PDT by Spacetrucker
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To: Rummyfan

Well, ‘bye...


5 posted on 10/19/2026 12:29:51 PM PDT by 91B40
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To: Rummyfan

Worst of the worst!


6 posted on 10/19/2026 12:30:34 PM PDT by willk (Local news media. Just as big an enemy to this country as national media)
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To: Rummyfan

She never met an Islamic savage she don’t like.


7 posted on 10/19/2026 12:32:37 PM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (Orange is the new brown)
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Iranians confront Amanpour: “Shame on you! You piece of filth! You’re a fake news journalist! You’re a lobbyist for the Islamic Republic! You are the microphone for Ayatollah Khamenei..”
X ^ | Feb 18, 2026
Posted on 2/22/2026, 5:14:09 PM by Freeleesy

Open Source Intel @Osint613: Reza Pahlavi supporters, labeled thugs by Christiane Amanpour, confronted her on camera, yelling:

“Shame on you! You piece of filth! You’re a fake news journalist! You’re a lobbyist for the Islamic Republic! You are the microphone for Ayatollah Khamenei! She’s a propagandist of the Islamic Republic!”


8 posted on 10/19/2026 12:39:01 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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9 posted on 10/19/2026 12:56:59 PM PDT by broken_clock (Go Trump! Prayers answered!)
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Good riddance to bad rubbish. She’s a disgusting person and a dark soul.


10 posted on 10/19/2026 12:57:13 PM PDT by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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Just gtfo! Hand in your building pass before the guard escorts you out. HR will pack up your $h!+ and have it sent to your home.


11 posted on 10/19/2026 12:58:33 PM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Death to the DEATH TO AMERICA, Democrats.)
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Seem like only people who like CNN like depression


12 posted on 10/19/2026 1:09:05 PM PDT by Vaduz (NEVER TRUST A DEMOCRAT)
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To: Rummyfan

Good one!


13 posted on 10/19/2026 1:25:49 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: stars & stripes forever

Indeed the brooms are out!


14 posted on 10/19/2026 1:41:52 PM PDT by xp38
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To: Rummyfan

They can finally uncover all the mirrors and not have to worry about them breaking.


15 posted on 10/19/2026 1:46:48 PM PDT by x
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How many time has she left CNN or shuffled off to something minor? I think she’s like a bad penny; she’ll show up again on the CNN landscape.


16 posted on 10/19/2026 2:01:14 PM PDT by duckbutt (I prefer dangerous freedom over peaceful slavery - T. Jefferson)
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43 years of POS reporting...
I’m old enough to remember her predecessor: Tokyo Rose...


17 posted on 10/19/2026 2:03:40 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is rabble-rising Sam Adams now that we need him? Is his name Trump, now?)
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I guess she’ll be missed but not by me!


18 posted on 10/19/2026 2:04:18 PM PDT by CommerceComet (Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding.)
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To: Rummyfan

I hear Al-Jazeera is hiring.


19 posted on 10/19/2026 2:14:38 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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“Good riddance!

Maybe she can take the position of spokeswoman for the IRGC.”
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She has had ovarian cancer for the past several years. In 2025, it recurred at stage 3.

That kind of thing often changes someone’s outlook.


20 posted on 10/19/2026 2:23:29 PM PDT by Bob Wills is still the king (Wake up and smell the coffee!)
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