Christiane Amanpour Worried For CNN's Future Under Incoming Owner David Ellison

Sanjana KaranthWed, May 6, 2026 at 3:47 PM UTC

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Christiane Amanpour, CNN's longtime chief international anchor, said Wednesday she's worried for the network's future under incoming owner David Ellison, an ally of President Donald trump whose media grabs have already significantly changed the news landscape.

"I'm not sure how much I'm allowed to say about a corporate thing that's underway, but I am – obviously as a person, as a journalist with a record – concerned," the veteran journalist said at the Truth Tellers Sir Harry Evans Investigative Journalism Summit in London.

Amanpour blasted Ellison over the right-wing shift in editorial judgment at CBS News after his acquisition, specifically regarding "60 Minutes", where she has also helped cover stories for decades.

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"I mean hemorrhaging viewers, probably hemorrhaging money, this ideological realignment of CBS and the destruction, potentially, of '60 Minutes,'" she said. "Nobody can match '60 Minutes' for a brilliant television magazine show that's been doing hard news and cultural news for decades and decades."

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Amanpour's comments come in response to the Trump administration's repeated attacks on CNN, particularly Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's statement expressing support for the Paramount merger with the network's parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery. The journalist said she hopes CNN can retain the basic editorial independence it's committed to.

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