Because if we the storytellers don't do this, then the bad people will win.
Interpretation
Storytellers have a responsibility to share truths, or else negative forces may prevail.
Christiane Amanpour emphasizes the crucial role of storytellers in society, asserting that their narratives can shape perceptions and influence outcomes. If those who share stories do not address important truths, the consequences can be detrimental, allowing harmful ideologies or actions to dominate unchecked. This quote serves as a call to action for creators and communicators to take their responsibilities seriously and use their platforms wisely.
In practice
This quote can be used during a conference about media integrity.
Some people accused me of being pro-Muslim in Bosnia, but I realised that our job is to give all sides an equal hearing, but in cases of genocide you can't just be neutral. You can't just say, 'Well, this little boy was shot in the head and killed in besieged Sarajevo and that guy over there did it, but maybe he was upset because he had an argument with his wife.' No, there is no equality there, and we had to tell the truth.
I leave CNN with the utmost respect, love and admiration for the company and everyone who works here. This has been my family and shared endeavor for the past 27 years, and I am forever grateful and proud of all that we have accomplished.
And one thing that I always believed and that I knew for certain was that I could never have sustained a personal relationship while I worked this hard, or while I was that driven this intensely by the story.
In emerging democracies like Russia, in authoritarian states like Iran or even Yugoslavia, journalists play a vital role in civil society. In fact, they form the very basis of those new democracies and civil societies.
In Iran the whole reform and democracy movement has been based on the emerging free press.
We were thrilled and we were privileged to be part of a revolution, because make no mistake about it, Ted Turner changed the world with CNN.
One of the hardest things about writing lyrics is to make the lyrics sit on the music in such a way that you're not aware there was a writer there.
How you act, walk, look and talk is all part of Hip Hop culture. And the music is colorless. Hip Hop music is made from Black, brown, yellow, red and white.
Because I write fiction, I don't write autobiography, and to me they are very different things. The first-person narrative is a very intimate thing, but you are not addressing other people as 'I' - you are inhabiting that 'I.'
Rhythm is a perception of time... when drawing, the tiredness of the hand is a rhythm.
I'd rather be dead than singing "Satisfaction" when I'm forty-five.
Bored with obvious reality, I find my fascination in transforming it into a subjective point of view.
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