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CNN Host Links Climate ‘Deniers’ to Genocidal Mass Murderers

John Bickley

CNN’s Christiane Amanpour believes that journalists should be “truthful, not neutral.” As a result, she says it’s time to stop giving climate change skeptics “equal play,” because allowing climate “deniers” the ability to voice their opinions is like giving airtime to those carrying out “ethnic cleansing and genocide.”

Amanpour, who is CNN’s Chief International Correspondent and the host of CNN International’s nightly interview program, made the comments during her acceptance speech for the Burton Benjamin Memorial Award given by the Committee to Protect Journalists for her efforts to promote freedom of the press.

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