The knives are out for Christiane Amanpour at ABC News’ DC bureau. Since the ex-CNN war correspondent began anchoring “This Week” in August, she’s upset some co-workers by being a “distant outsider,” sources said.
“Amanpour flies into Washington on Friday and anchors the show on Sunday,” an insider griped. “She reads about Washington from her Central Park apartment. It’s not like other war zones that you can parachute into. She is very cold and distant with the other bureau staff.”
Some resent Amanpour’s friendship with Disney honcho Bob Iger and his wife, Willow Bay. Disney owns ABC. Other staffers gripe that despite her reputation as a top foreign correspondent, she doesn’t have enough experience reporting on US politics.
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