"'m thrilled to be joining the incredible team at ABC News. Being asked to anchor 'This Week' and the superb tradition started by David Brinkley, is a tremendous and rare honor, and I look forward to discussing the great domestic and international issues of the day"
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Amanpour’s gratitude lands with the polish of corporate diplomacy, but the real message is about legitimacy and leverage. “Thrilled” and “incredible team” are the expected ritual phrases of a high-profile hire, yet they also signal a careful recalibration: this is a global reporter stepping into an institution that still trades on establishment trust. The excitement isn’t just personal; it’s brand alignment. She’s telling viewers, sources, and rivals that she’s not parachuting in as a celebrity correspondent. She’s joining a newsroom family, inheriting its standards, and consenting to its constraints.
The name-check of David Brinkley is the crucial key. Brinkley represents an era when Sunday shows functioned as a kind of civic priesthood: serious men in serious suits interpreting Washington for the public. By invoking “the superb tradition,” Amanpour positions herself as both heir and update, borrowing the authority of the old gatekeepers while quietly promising a different vantage point - one sharpened by war zones and foreign capitals. “Tremendous and rare honor” doubles as a subtle credential stamp: this job is scarce, earned, and therefore worth taking seriously.
Then she stakes out the editorial mission: “great domestic and international issues.” That pairing matters. It’s a gentle critique of an American media ecosystem that too often treats foreign policy as a niche, and it’s a promise to widen the aperture without sounding scolding. The subtext is ambition under etiquette: she’s not just hosting a show; she’s attempting to reset what counts as “the issues of the day.”
The name-check of David Brinkley is the crucial key. Brinkley represents an era when Sunday shows functioned as a kind of civic priesthood: serious men in serious suits interpreting Washington for the public. By invoking “the superb tradition,” Amanpour positions herself as both heir and update, borrowing the authority of the old gatekeepers while quietly promising a different vantage point - one sharpened by war zones and foreign capitals. “Tremendous and rare honor” doubles as a subtle credential stamp: this job is scarce, earned, and therefore worth taking seriously.
Then she stakes out the editorial mission: “great domestic and international issues.” That pairing matters. It’s a gentle critique of an American media ecosystem that too often treats foreign policy as a niche, and it’s a promise to widen the aperture without sounding scolding. The subtext is ambition under etiquette: she’s not just hosting a show; she’s attempting to reset what counts as “the issues of the day.”
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