FLASHBACK: British MEP Daniel Hannan Spent Nine Minutes Smacking Down CNN Journalist.

Watching the entire video, besides the obvious rudeness in Amanpour’s ceaseless interruptions, it’s clear that she is repeatedly attempting to assign responsibility to Hannan for comments and arguments put forward by other Leave supporters, and to paint the entire group as racist, despite her protestations to the contrary.

At one point she even demands that he takes responsibility for “hate crimes,” and lists “graffiti” and “hurling of insults.” Hannan quite justifiably rejects Amanpour’s attempts to prove a connection as “outrageous.”

“If I was relying on CNN as my only source of evidence, I would think that this was a nativist vote, a protectionist vote,” said an irritated Hannan. “It’s the opposite. We are a global country and we can do better than just a regional association.”

As for Amanpour, she self-righteously declared herself a journalist on a “mission” to separate “truths and myths.”

If I recall correctly, some people at the time said she thought she was interviewing Nigel Farage.