Christiane Amanpour in Action

I linked to several of her transcripts and videos in my previous post about Christiane Amanpour, but here in her final CNN sign off is just a sampling of the amazing work she did in her 27 years there; Amanpour's Greatest Hits, if you will. She wasn't afraid to ask uncomfortable questions of powerful people, respectfully and subtly--not with the tenacity and aggression of other public intellectuals like, say, Gore Vidal--pushing their buttons to try and get at the truth. I'm not sure if she can maintain this kind of hard-hitting standard at ABC, but since it hasn't even been a full year run of the show I think it's still too soon to judge what her future at This Week will be like.