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Christiane Amanpour

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  • Editorial Review: Apr 2025
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Contents
  1. About Christiane Amanpour's Bias Rating
  2. What a "Lean Left" Rating Means
  3. Bias Reviews
  4. Confidence Level
  5. Additional Information

About Christiane Amanpour's Bias Rating

Christiane Amanpour is a author source with an AllSides Media Bias Rating™ of Lean Left.

What a "Lean Left" Rating Means

Sources with an AllSides Media Bias Rating of Lean Left display media bias in ways that moderately align with liberal, progressive, or left-wing thought and/or policy agendas. A Lean Left bias is a moderately liberal rating on the political spectrum.

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Bias Reviews

We use multiple methods to analyze sources. Learn how we rate media bias.

Christiane Amanpour Rated Lean Left in April 2025 Small Group Editorial Review

A panel of three left, center, and right AllSides reviewers rated Amanpour Lean Left in an April 2025 review.

A Lean Left reviewer noted she is "pro-NATO and civil rights for oppressed minorities abroad."

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Confidence Level

Confidence is determined by how many reviews have been applied and consistency of data.

As of June 2026, AllSides has low or initial confidence in our Lean Left rating for Christiane Amanpour. If we perform more bias reviews and gather consistent data, this confidence level will increase.

Additional Information

Third-Party Claims of Bias

Amanpour was heavily criticized in the summer of 2016 after an interview with Daniel Hannan for claiming that Brexit was a result of  "white identity and xenophobia." In an opinion column, Amanpour stated, "I believe in being truthful, not neutral." Amanpour has been criticized as reporting with a left bias, with a National Review writer saying, "she’s a walking parody of an unhinged leftist ‘reporter.’" 

About Christiane Amanpour

Christiane Amanpour is CNN's Chief International Anchor.

Amanpour was hired by CNN in 1983 and covered stories such as the Persian Gulf War, Iraq's occupation of Kuwait, and the Bosnian War. In 2010, Amanpour left CNN for ABC News where she would be an anchor on This Week. Amanpour later returned to CNN in 2011, when the show relaunched. CNN describes Amanpour as "CNN International's flagship global affairs interview program." [Retrieved April 14, 2025]

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