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Kyra Phillips (born 8 August 1968) is a news anchor for CNN, where she has been reporting since October 1999. She currently anchors Live From..., a live news show based in Atlanta that airs weekdays from 1:00-4:00 p.m. ET. On September 4, 2006, Live From... will be renamed CNN Newsroom, and Phillips will co-anchor the second section of each day's Newsroom with Don Lemon.
Early life and career
Phillips grew up in San Diego and received her bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Southern California. Among her first jobs in broadcasting were the positions of weekend anchor and reporter for WLUK-TV in Green Bay, Wisconsin before moving on to WDSU-TV in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1994. Phillips has also held positions as morning anchor for KAMC-TV in Lubbock, Texas, field producer for CNN-Telemundo’s Washington, D.C. offices and a journalist of the special assignment unit of KCBS-TV in Los Angeles, California. In her spare time, Phillips particpates in Big Brothers Big Sisters of America and has been doing so since 1992.
Career at CNN
Phillips joined CNN in 1999. During her early years at CNN, Phillips was granted access to U.S. Navy airwing CAG 9 in 2001 as they prepared for the war in Afghanistan. In January 2002, Phillips spent about a month in Antarctica to work on a television documentary to be featured on the program CNN Presents. Later in 2002, Phillips produced reports focusing on the U.S. Navy’s reconnaissance missions from the USS Paul Hamilton, the Navy’s Special Operations Command, the Navy SEALs, and Special Warfare Combatant Crewman training, riding in an F-14 Tomcat during an air-to-air combat mission over the Persian Gulf. She has also participated in the Navy’s TOPGUN school, SWAT training, and other police and weapons training.
In 2003, she was an embedded journalist during the 2003 invasion of Iraq, where she reported from the USS Abraham Lincoln.
Awards
In 1997 Phillips was named Reporter of the Year by the Associated Press. She has also won four Emmy Awards and two Edward R. Murrow awards for investigative reporting.
Objectivity
Professional journalists are trained to follow certain journalism ethics. Kyra Phillips has been accused by peers for not maintaining proper objectivity and holding a conservative political bias.
Some examples of this are:
- Phillips appeared unobjective by introducing a personal opinion into a round table discussion on July 12, 2005. On air, her statement that there was "definitely a major smear campaign going on" against White House adviser Karl Rove.
- Referring to the 2006 labor protests in France in which no one was killed, she said that the images of the demonstrations "Sort of brings back memories of Tiananmen Square, when you saw these activists in front of tanks."
CNN and other news networks regularly run programs featuring round table and adversarial format discussions. Problems with the format include improper framing, false_balance and carelessness by producers that may reflect poorly on the host. Objectivity is not the same as neutrality or impartiality. (For more information, see: Media bias and Objectivity)
Mishaps
- On August 29, 2006, during a CNN broadcast of President George W. Bush's speech on the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's landfall, Kyra's microphone was left on while she was apparently in the bathroom. Portions of a personal conversation were broadcast live for over a minute and a half. CNN later apologized for the on-air gaffe.
See also
References
- "Kyra Phillips". Anchors & Reporters (in English). CNN. Retrieved 2006-08-30.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - Liz Cox Barrett, CNN: "We Decide, You Do a Doubletake", CJRDaily, July 12, 2005.
- "French protests 'Tiananmen'". FIN24. 2006-03-28.
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