Amanpour-Bashing Critic Gets Smacked Down

ABC isn't taking Washington Post television critic Tom Shales' insinuations and insults of Christiane Amanpour lying down:

ABC isn't taking Washington Post television critic Tom Shales' insinuations and insults of Christiane Amanpour lying down:

Was Christiane Amanpour's debut on This Week a promising break from the "clubby, old-boy focus on domestic news," or is she a "globe-trotting Fancy-Pants" who might be rooting for the Taliban? Depends on which paper you're reading.
Although he is weary of "the angrier blogs, the ones who are always angry about somebody saying something," WaPo TV critic Tom Shales would like to apologize for what he said about Alison Stewart. Sort of.
on CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric. [Washington Post]
Washington Post TV critic Tom Shales isn't done hating on Christiane Amanpour: His follow-up is trashing her haircut. Actually, a retrospective suggests Shales' assessment of female journalists often hinges on whether or not he wants to sleep with them.
In critiquing the choice of Christiane Amanpour as the new host of This Week, the Washington Post's TV critic, Tom Shales, puts it rather baldly: "Many others deserve it more than she does."
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