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Phillips co-anchored [[CNN Radio|CNN Radio's]] [[November 4]] [[2008]] [[United States presidential election, 2008|election]] coverage with Capitol Hill correspondent [[Lisa Desjardins]]. |
Phillips co-anchored [[CNN Radio|CNN Radio's]] [[November 4]] [[2008]] [[United States presidential election, 2008|election]] coverage with Capitol Hill correspondent [[Lisa Desjardins]]. |
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==Criticisms== |
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Kyra Phillips was criticised for her perceived insensitivity during an [[April 16]], 2003 interview with Dr Imad al-Najada, the doctor of [[Ali Ismail Abbas]], a 12-year-old boy who lost 15 relatives and both arms when a US missile hit his home in Baghdad.<ref name="timesofindiavaradarajan">{{cite news |
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|url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=44399440 |
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|title = Ungrateful Ali: Painful Paradox of Embedded Freedom |
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|publisher = Times of India |
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|author = Siddharth Varadarajan |
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|date = 2003-25-17 |
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|accessdate = 2007-03-29 |
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}}</ref><ref name="abcmediawatch-ali">{{cite web |
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|url = http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s836791.htm |
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|title = Media Watch: Saving Ali |
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|publisher = ABC Australia |
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|date = 2003-04-21 |
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|accessdate = 2007-03-29 |
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}}</ref> [[Joan Walsh]], news editor of [[Salon.com]], wrote:<ref name="salonwalsh">{{cite news |
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|url = http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2003/04/17/ali_abbas/index.html |
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|title = The unfortunate poster boy |
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|publisher = Salon.com |
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|author = Joan Walsh |
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|date = 2003-04-17 |
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|accessdate = 2007-03-29 |
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}}</ref> <blockquote>"CNN hit rock bottom on Wednesday morning, when anchor Kyra Phillips interviewed Ali's doctor in Kuwait, Dr Imad al- Najada explained that, although Ali told reporters he was grateful for his treatment, he also hopes no other 'children in the war will suffer like what he suffered'. Phillips seemed shocked by Ali's apparent inability to understand we were only trying to help him. 'Doctor, does he understand why this war took place? Has he talked about Operation Iraqi Freedom and the meaning. Does he understand it?'"</blockquote> |
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Discussing live images of the [[2006 labor protests in France]], in which it was later determined that no one was killed, she said that the images of the demonstrations "Sort of brings back memories of [[Tiananmen Square protests of 1989|Tiananmen Square]], when you saw these activists [[Tank Man|in front of tanks]]."<ref>{{cite news |url = http://www.fin24.co.za/articles/companies/display_article.aspx?Nav=ns&lvl2=comp&ArticleID=1518-1783_1906730 |
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|title = French protests 'Tiananmen' |
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|publisher = FIN24 |
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|date = 2006-03-28 |
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|accessdate = 2007-03-29 |
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}}</ref> CNN's Chris Burns told French Foreign Minister [[Philippe Douste-Blazy]] that her comments were "regrettable."<ref>{{cite news |
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|url = http://search.ft.com/iab?queryText=%22Chris%20Burns%22&y=11&aje=true&x=14&id=060330000834&location=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.ft.com%2FftArticle%3FqueryText%3D%2522Chris+Burns%2522%26y%3D11%26aje%3Dtrue%26x%3D14%26id%3D060330000834&referer=http%3A%2F%2Fsearch.ft.com%2Fsearch%3FqueryText%3D%22Chris+Burns%22 |
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|title = OBSERVER: Just a little comment |
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|publisher = Financial Times |
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|pagesr = page 14 |
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|date = 30 March 2006 |
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|accessdate = 2007-03-29 |
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}}</ref> |
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==Mishap== |
==Mishap== |
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Revision as of 13:28, 2 April 2009
Kyra Phillips (born August 8th, 1968) is an American news anchor. She is on the weekday edition of CNN Newsroom.
Early life and career
Phillips was born in Illinois, 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 participates in Big Brothers Big Sisters of America and has been doing so since 1992.[1]
Career at CNN
Phillips joined CNN in 1999. During her early years at CNN, Phillips was granted access to U.S. Navy airwing CVW-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.
On September 22 2006, Phillips was the last journalist to fly in an F-14 Tomcat before its official retirement from service in the U.S. Navy. [2]
Phillips co-anchored CNN Radio's November 4 2008 election coverage with Capitol Hill correspondent Lisa Desjardins.
Mishap
On August 29, 2006, during a CNN broadcast of President George W. Bush's speech on the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina's landfall, Phillips' microphone was left on while she was in the bathroom. Portions of a personal conversation were broadcast live, during which Phillips offered advice on men, criticized her sister-in-law for being a "control freak," and praised her husband.[3][4][5][6] The conversation audio was mixed with the President's audio feed and both were discernible. Daryn Kagan broke into Phillips' comments with an audio recap of Bush's speech. CNN immediately apologized for the on-air gaffe.[7] Phillips later appeared on CBS' Late Show with David Letterman poking fun at herself in retrospect.[7][6]
Awards
In 1997 Phillips was named Reporter of the Year by the Associated Press.[8] She has also won four Emmy Awards and two Edward R. Murrow Awards for investigative reporting.[9]
Phillips was recently featured in the April 2008 issue of San Diego Magazine [1].
External Links
References
- ^ http://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/phillips.kyra.html
- ^ http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0609/22/cnr.05.html
- ^ Tim Reid (2006-08-31). "Who wants to listen to Bush when you can hear what Kyra thinks of her control freak sister-in-law?". TimesOnline. Retrieved 2009-03-31.
- ^ David Cox and Gethin Chamberlain (2006-09-03). "If anyone's a control freak here, it's Kyra". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2009-03-31.
- ^ Brian Unger (2008-07-28). "How To Avoid A Hot Mic Disaster". National Public Radio. Retrieved 2009-03-31.
- ^ a b The Associated Press (2006-09-01). "Flushing CNN Anchor Goes on Letterman". Washington Post. Retrieved 2009-03-31.
- ^ a b Dan Collins (2006-09-01). "CNN's Kyra Phillips Laughs It Off". CBS News. Retrieved 2009-03-31.
- ^ http://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/phillips.kyra.html
- ^ http://www.cnn.com/CNN/anchors_reporters/phillips.kyra.html