TV Newser reports today that CNN's Christiane Amanpour has accepted the permanent host job for their ABC's Sunday morning news show, This Week. She will take up the position in August, with the execrable Jake Tapper to continue as fill-in shill (shill-in?) in the interim.
What a pleasant surprise to see one of the few remaining real old-fashioned journalists on teevee finally given a prominent Sunday morning spot. It appears that Tim Russert has finally found his successor, on another channel.
(h/t BruinKid for a briefly visible diary which seems to have disappeared.)
The announcement from ABC:
NOTE FROM DAVID WESTIN:
I am delighted to announce that Christiane Amanpour will join ABC News as the new anchor of "This Week." A highly respected journalist recognized around the world for her reporting, she brings to her new position a wealth of experience and knowledge, as well as a deep commitment to bringing news of the world to the American people. She will also appear on all other ABC News programs and platforms to provide international analysis of the important issues of the day. And, she will be anchoring primetime documentaries on international subjects.
Christiane will join us from CNN where, for two decades she has reported from the world’s major conflicts, including those in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia, Rwanda, and the Balkans. She has received every major broadcast journalism award. A formidable interviewer, she has sat down in global exclusives with many of the world’s leaders and military chiefs from the Middle East, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan to Africa, Europe and the United States....
[full announcement at the link up top.]
CNN appears to be sulking, having little official to say. One of the last remaining reasons to tune into CNN, absent a world disaster, has just fled the scene.