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The News Agents

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You Need to Wear a Headscarf in Order to Conduct an Interview

CNN's Christiane Amanpour was asked to wear a hijab for an interview with the Iranian president. Amanpour: "I immediately knew that that was an unacceptable pressure on an independent journalist in New York of all places, not even in Iran" Amanpour says she had to make a journalistic decision based on principle.

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