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CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, self-styled queen of international journalism, just dropped a stinkbomb so unhinged it could make Kim Jong-un blush.
The 67-year-old British-Iranian reporter, who’s dodged bullets in war zones like the Gulf and Bosnia, says she geared up for a trip to the U.S. like she was infiltrating North Korea. The land of the free, home of the brave? More like Pyongyang with better Wi-Fi, apparently.
“I have to tell you, when I went to Harvard to give this speech, and it was just a few days ago last week, I must say, I was afraid,” Amanpour whined on her podcast “The Ex Files,” where she trades hot takes with her ex-husband, former State Department suit James Rubin.
“I’m a foreigner, I don’t have a green card, I’m not an American citizen, I’m fairly prominent, and I literally prepared to go to America as if I was going to North Korea,” the withering violet said, probably clutching her pearls for dramatic effect. She's ditching her iPhone and iPad for a burner phone. “I took a burner phone, Jamie, imagine that,” she told Rubin, a man who left her for some reason.
This isn’t Amanpour’s first time when she released unhinged hyperbole. Back in 2020, she made a lazy comparison of Trump’s presidency to Nazi Germany. I bet she claims she made that one up all by herself.
Jewish groups weren’t exactly thrilled, with one telling her to “stop using the horrors of the Holocaust to justify an agenda.” But does the anti-Semitic woman care? Nah. She’s too busy packing burner phones for her next “dangerous” mission to the land of Starbucks and free speech.
“I have to tell you, when I went to Harvard to give this speech, and it was just a few days ago last week, I must say, I was afraid,” Amanpour whined on her podcast “The Ex Files,” where she trades hot takes with her ex-husband, former State Department suit James Rubin.
Afraid of what? The horrors of Harvard Yard? A rogue TSA pat-down? No, she was quaking in her boots about stepping foot in Trump’s America, wait, Biden’s America.
“I’m a foreigner, I don’t have a green card, I’m not an American citizen, I’m fairly prominent, and I literally prepared to go to America as if I was going to North Korea,” the withering violet said, probably clutching her pearls for dramatic effect. She's ditching her iPhone and iPad for a burner phone. “I took a burner phone, Jamie, imagine that,” she told Rubin, a man who left her for some reason.
She sounded like she was auditioning for a Jason Bourne flick. The phone had nothing but a few numbers: her assistant, her ex, her kid, and a CNN lawyer. Because nothing screams “I’m ready for Guantanamo” like a Nokia with four contacts.
CNN’s finest compares a U.S. trip to sneaking into North Korea: “I took a burner phone. Imagine that!” Cue the spy music. pic.twitter.com/ash7S47rjG
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman)
Amanpour’s been around war zones, dictatorships, you name it. But apparently, a quick hop to Cambridge, Massachusetts, had her sweating like she was crossing the DMZ. “I was really afraid,” she lied, citing rumors of British citizens getting grilled at the border for “hours and hours and hours.”
She even consulted CNN’s security team, probably expecting a SWAT escort.
Spoiler alert: She waltzed through customs without a hitch. “So, huge sigh of relief I breathed,” she admitted, before pivoting to her real point: “But wow, can you imagine if I’m afraid, what do others think?” Others, presumably, being the huddled masses who don’t have CNN’s legal department on speed dial.
This isn’t Amanpour’s first time when she released unhinged hyperbole. Back in 2020, she made a lazy comparison of Trump’s presidency to Nazi Germany. I bet she claims she made that one up all by herself.
On her CNN show, just days after the 2020 election, she kicked things off with this gem: “This week, 82 years ago, Kristallnacht happened.” You know, the 1938 Nazi pogrom where Jews were attacked, their homes and businesses trashed, and synagogues burned. No biggie, just another Tuesday for Amanpour to link to Trump, and coming from an obvious anti-Semite, she probably shouldn't have gone the way of the Nazis because it hurts her cause.
“It was the Nazis’ warning shot across the bow of our human civilization that led to genocide against a whole identity, and in that tower of burning books, it led to an attack on fact, knowledge, history and truth,” she bloviated. “After four years of a modern-day assault on those same values by Donald Trump, the Biden-Harris team pledges a return to norms, including the truth.”
Yeah, sure, how'd that work out for the Biden bull throwers?
Jewish groups weren’t exactly thrilled, with one telling her to “stop using the horrors of the Holocaust to justify an agenda.” But does the anti-Semitic woman care? Nah. She’s too busy packing burner phones for her next “dangerous” mission to the land of Starbucks and free speech.
This is @camanpour on @CNN comparing Trump’s tenure to Nazi Germany. How the hell is this sort of prejudice tolerated on mainstream media? Third rate rubbish. pic.twitter.com/EG9eB9vQWo
— Ben Habib (@benhabib6) November 12, 2020
So here we are, folks. Christiane Amanpour, globetrotting "journalist" who stared down warlords, is out here acting like a trip to the U.S. requires a covert op.
Next time, maybe she’ll just Zoom in from London and save the burner phone for the real dictators.
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