# ID this CNN reporter **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 8, 2001, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-cnn-reporter/86041 "2001-10-08T03:41:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mdf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@mdf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mdf)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-cnn-reporter/86041/1 "2001-10-08T03:41:52Z")
This woman entered Afghanistan secretly, reporting on the general situation of women in the country. There was footage of executions in a soccer stadium shot by hidden camera among other horrors. The segment ran several times on Saturday, 6 Oct. Upon later discussion with my wife I had said that it was Christiane Amanpour, but my wife disagrees. However, she couldn’t come up with a name, either. I’m sure any CNN junkie would have seen this report, can anyone tell me who the reporter was? -mdf ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-cnn-reporter/86041/2 "2001-10-08T03:53:47Z")
Google, “Afghanistan women executions stadium”, Hit #1. 🙂 [http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2001/10/02/fatima/](http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2001/10/02/fatima/) > [@](#): > > The Taliban’s bravest opponents > By Janelle Brown > > Oct. 2, 2001 | The film footage is wobbly and blurry but stunning: A soccer stadium in Afghanistan is packed with people, but there is no match today. Instead, a pickup truck drives into the stadium with three women, shrouded in burqas, cowering in the back. > > \ > > This public execution is some of the most shocking film ever seen on television; it is perhaps the best document that the West has of atrocities committed by the Taliban. It is just one part of an astonishing hour-long documentary called “Beneath the Veil,” currently in heavy rotation on CNN. **Filmed by the half-Afghan British reporter Saira Shah** … ---
**Author:** ![Santos\_L\_Halper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/santos_l_halper/32/1_2.png) [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-cnn-reporter/86041/3 "2001-10-08T03:53:48Z")
It sounds like you’re referring to **Beneath the Veil**. If so, the reporter was **Saira Shah**. Excellent show. Eric ---
**Author:** ![Santos\_L\_Halper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/santos_l_halper/32/1_2.png) [@Santos\_L\_Halper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Santos_L_Halper)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-cnn-reporter/86041/4 "2001-10-08T03:54:55Z")
D’oh! If I had only been able to type a little but faster… 🙂 Eric ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-cnn-reporter/86041/5 "2001-10-08T04:01:27Z")
Since the question has been answered already, let me just point out that DDG used Google to find a story that was **5 days old**. Google is actually approaching real-time indexing of the web. ---
**Author:** ![micco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f8ce5/32.png) [@micco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/micco)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-cnn-reporter/86041/6 "2001-10-08T04:14:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SmackFu \* > \*\*Since the question has been answered already, let me just point out that DDG used Google to find a story that was **5 days old**. Google is actually approaching real-time indexing of the web. \*\* This is an OT nitpick so the mods may crush my little skull, but real-time indexing of the very few sites that account for the majority of user hits is not the same as real-time indexing of the entire web. Google does a great job, but they focus their efforts very carefully. ---
**Author:** ![mdf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@mdf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mdf)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-cnn-reporter/86041/7 "2001-10-08T04:18:06Z")
Thank you all for such fast responses. I didn’t even consider Google - couldn’t locate anything obvious enough on CNN so I came here. -mdf ---
**Author:** ![mdf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@mdf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mdf)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-cnn-reporter/86041/8 "2001-10-08T04:23:37Z")
… for proving her right, and me wrong. [sub]but mostly me wrong[/sub] -mdf