Christiane Amanpour on CNBC's
Topic A with Tina Brown about
CNN's war coverage:
"I think the press was muzzled, and I think the press self-muzzled. I'm sorry to say, but certainly television and, perhaps, to a certain extent, my station was intimidated by the administration and its foot soldiers at Fox News. And it did, in fact, put a climate of fear and self-censorship, in my view, in terms of the kind of broadcast work we did."
And Fox's reply?
Fox News spokeswoman Irena Briganti said of Amanpour's comments: "Given the choice, it's better to be viewed as a foot soldier for Bush than a spokeswoman for al-Qaeda."
Fox - never one to miss an opportunity to educate the public - shows the pride in its role in 70% of Americans not knowing the difference between al Qaeda and Iraq.
