The CNN star’s wise advice to ‘be truthful, not neutral’ should be tattooed on our souls

After decades as a renowned international journalist, the CNN star Christiane Amanpour is calling it a career, saying she’ll soon leave the cable network which she joined in 1983.

She will be missed for the courage in war zones and forthright presentation that have made her one of the most famous names in media.

Margaret Sullivan is a Guardian US columnist writing on media, politics and culture

Trump seems to invent ugly new variations on his press-bashing theme almost every day

When you hate the mainstream press as much as Donald Trump does, nothing gets in the way of the punishment fantasy.

Not court rulings. Not public opinion. Not even the dreadful consequence of less media coverage.

Margaret Sullivan is a Guardian US columnist writing on media, politics and culture