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  • Sawyer Suggests Hillary Should Reject Race-Based Votes. And Obama?

    05/15/2008 5:22:39 AM PDT · by governsleastgovernsbest · 21 replies · 4+ views
    NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein
    Hillary Clinton won among white voters in West Virginia by a 67-26% margin. Pretty lopsided. Then again, that's nearly an even split compared to the 90+ percent of black votes Barack Obama's been racking up in state after state. So who does Diane Sawyer suggest should reject race-based votes? Senator 90+? Nope. James Carville was Sawyer's guest during the GMA's opening half-hour today. DIANE SAWYER: I want to talk about the fact that 20% of the voters coming out of the West Virginia race said race was in fact a factor in their vote, and of those Senator Clinton won...
  • As Steph Says It's 'Over,' Sawyer Proclaims 'It Was a Great Night'

    05/07/2008 5:03:38 AM PDT · by governsleastgovernsbest · 27 replies · 20+ views
    NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein
    What kind of night is one on which Hillary Clinton, in the eyes of many, lost her shot at the nomination? "A great night"—according to Diane Sawyer. Sawyer made her remark at the opening of today's GMA. She started with some shtick with co-anchor Robin Roberts, displaying a series of cards explaining she was losing her voice, then managed to get out these words: DIANE SAWYER: It was a great night last night. What a night, huh? Any ambiguity as to what made last night "great" was resolved when the duo immediately moved to a discussion of last night's primary...
  • Sawyer Supposes Mortars Fired From Inside Green Zone

    03/27/2008 5:18:16 AM PDT · by governsleastgovernsbest · 22 replies · 784+ views
    NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein
    Someone get Diane Sawyer a crash course in indirect fire. Discussing this morning the recent flurry of rocket and mortar attacks landing inside the Green Zone in Baghdad, Sawyer supposed that the insurgents had somehow breached the perimeter themselves and fired from inside the US embassy compound! Sawyer spoke with Jonathan Karl during the opening minutes of today’s Good Morning America. DIANE SAWYER: But let’s begin with this breaking news from Iraq, reports that mortars have landed inside the US Embassy compound in Baghdad. ABC national security correspondent Jonathan Karl has been working this story. Jonathan, good morning to you....
  • ABC's Sawyer Hails 'Dashing' 'Rock Star' Fidel Castro

    02/19/2008 1:08:26 PM PST · by RatherBiased.com · 31 replies · 70+ views
    While covering the breaking story on Tuesday of Cuban dictator Fidel Castro's decision to step down from power, various "Good Morning America" anchors and reporters soft peddled the communist leader's crimes. In a profile piece that narrated a brief history of his life, co-host Diane sawyer enthused, "Castro knew life is a stage and played the part of the dashing revolutionary coming to New York, getting rock star treatment." Now, she did add that many people overlooked the "ferocity of his communism, even as he bankrupted his country and history passed him by." But over the course of five segments,...
  • Sawyer Utterly Misrepresents Rush on Helping Hillary

    02/08/2008 5:36:01 AM PST · by governsleastgovernsbest · 12 replies · 18+ views
    NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein
    I'm not talking about endorsing Hillary. I'm talking about raising money for her because apparently the Republican strategery is relying on fear and loathing of Hillary to unite everybody. -- Rush Limbaugh, Feb. 7, 2008 There's nothing the MSM loves more than Republican in-fighting. And of late, conservatives have concededly given the liberal media plenty to gloat about in that regard. Well-founded concerns about John McCain's unconservative positions on a host of issues have famously led to much heartburn in conservative circles. And yes, Rush Limbaugh has been leading the charge in raising the red flag about McCain. But that...
  • ABC Honors Bill Clinton with Interview on 'His Work to Save a Continent'

    07/20/2007 11:55:14 AM PDT · by Stoat · 34 replies · 693+ views
    NewsBusters ^ | July 20, 2007 | Tim Graham
    ABC Honors Bill Clinton with Interview on 'His Work to Save a Continent' By Tim Graham | July 20, 2007 - 12:19 ETABC’s Good Morning America interviewed Bill Clinton on Thursday morning, and while he made the news for saying Iraq is hopeless ("There is no military victory here"), the interview was also notable as another opportunity for ABC to honor Clinton as a global statesman and ask him softball questions for almost nine minutes. Co-host Diane Sawyer reported he was in Africa to see Nelson Mandela and do his AIDS work: "And President Bill Clinton weighs in, speaking...
  • ABC Devotes 64 Minutes to Dem White House Contenders; Zero For GOP

    07/16/2007 3:55:23 PM PDT · by lowbridge · 25 replies · 1,315+ views
    http://newsbusters.org/ ^ | July 16, 2007 | Scott Whitlock
    ABC Devotes 64 Minutes to Dem White House Contenders; Zero For GOP Posted by Scott Whitlock on July 16, 2007 - 13:57. On Monday’s "Good Morning America," ABC devoted 38 minutes of air time to Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards in a town hall special. This is in addition to the over 26 minutes they provided fellow ‘08 contender Hillary Clinton back in March. That’s a grand total of 64 minutes of publicity for Democratic candidates and zero for Republicans. Now, to be fair to "Good Morning America," GMA host Diane Sawyer did ask tougher, harsher questions than her colleague...
  • Courtroom Explodes in Laughter After ABC’s Sawyer Touts Fairness of Journalists

    07/12/2007 12:02:39 PM PDT · by Pyro7480 · 77 replies · 5,800+ views
    NewsBusters ^ | 7/12/2007 | Scott Whitlock
    Thursday’s edition of "Good Morning America" featured a Diane Sawyer anecdote that unintentionally revealed the low opinion Americans have of journalists. After wrapping up a July 12 segment on a Massachusetts man who is in trouble for attempting to avoid jury duty, the ABC co-host recounted the "hurtful" experience she had in a courtroom:Video (0:55): Real (1.51) or Windows (1.71 MB), plus MP3 Audio (607kB)  7:34am[Wrap up of segment on getting out of jury duty.]Diane Sawyer: "You know, I wanted to sit on a jury once and I was taken off the jury. And the judge said to me, 'Can,...
  • Diane Doesn't Like The Market (Pass It On)

    05/22/2007 4:19:38 PM PDT · by Kitten Festival · 10 replies · 690+ views
    IBD Editorials ^ | 22 May 2007 | Staff
    Media: Hearing what passes for market analysis these days, we don't know whether to laugh or cry. Laugh, because so many are scared into keeping their powder dry, or cry because they're missing out on so much. We don't know how else to put it: The media are not only biased in how they cover the stock market and economy, they're oblivious to the relationship between the two. This occurred to us the other day as we listened to a midmorning business report on network radio. Much of it focused on a rise in mortgage foreclosures, and this, of course,...
  • After Highlighting the Controversial, Sawyer Says Falwell Will 'Answer to His Maker'

    05/16/2007 5:56:43 AM PDT · by governsleastgovernsbest · 45 replies · 1,442+ views
    NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein
    Sure, it's a basic Judeo-Christian tenet that we will be accountable to God for our actions on earth. But if a reverend from the religious left had died yesterday, do you think Diane Sawyer, immediately after reviewing controversial statements he had made in the course of his career, would conclude by archly observing that the reverend has "gone to answer to his Maker"? Neither do I. But that is just what the Good Morning America co-host Diane Sawyer did today on the occasion of the death of Jerry Falwell. After a brief biographical review, Sawyer stated "as the years...
  • GMA Touts Environmentalist Who Boycotts Toilet Paper to Save the Planet

    05/10/2007 1:06:41 PM PDT · by RatherBiased.com · 109 replies · 2,427+ views
    NewsBusters ^ | May 10 2007 | Scott Whitlock
    On Thursday’s "Good Morning America," the ABC program touted a liberal New Yorker who is so concerned about the environment that he refuses to use toilet paper. GMA devoted eight and a half minutes of the May 10 show to promoting the cause of Colin Beaven, a man who, in addition to his bathroom stance, refuses to buy anything in packaging, won’t use transportation, even elevators, and insists that all his food be grown within 250 miles. According to liberal weatherman Sam Champion, who admiringly recounted Mr. Beaven’s story, "The rules may seem a little extreme." A little? Co-anchor Diane...
  • Sawyer Frets Gas Will Continue to Climb, Stock Market Will Crash

    05/08/2007 7:17:47 AM PDT · by governsleastgovernsbest · 69 replies · 1,778+ views
    NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein
    With gasoline prices going up, Diane Sawyer worries they will continue to rise. With stock prices going up, the same Sawyer worries they will experience a crash of historic proportions. Sawyer's guest on Good Morning America today at 7:15 AM EDT was Mellody Hobson, a GMA financial contributor. Here's how Sawyer kicked things off. GMA CO-HOST DIANE SAWYER: Will runaway gas prices keep soaring, and did you know that the stock market has hit a milestone reminiscent of what happened before the big Crash? Let's start with gasoline prices. On Monday the average price of gasoline hit $3.05, just...
  • Diane Dishes But Can't Take: Sawyer Accuses Larry Elder of 'Attacking' Her

    04/13/2007 5:26:53 AM PDT · by governsleastgovernsbest · 59 replies · 2,865+ views
    NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein
    Touchy, touchy! Diane Sawyer is in the business of dishing out tough questions and challenging people's answers. But when a guest on today's "Good Morning America" politely corrected her on a First Amendment matter, the GMA host was quick to accuse him of "attacking" her. Los Angeles-based radio talk show host Larry Elder was Diane's guest, in to discuss the Imus matter. Sawyer introduced him as a "conservative radio host" though on his own site Elder describes himself as a "libertarian" and "a blend of fiscal conservative and social liberal." Of course we all know how many times the...
  • Orange Juice Diplomacy: Sawyer Squeezes Khalilzad on Speaking with Iran

    03/09/2007 6:59:58 AM PST · by governsleastgovernsbest · 13 replies · 304+ views
    NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein
    Back in the '70s, an exchange of ping pong players between the United States and China began a thawing of relations between the two countries that paved the way for Richard Nixon's famous trip to Beijing. Could we be entering a similar stage with Iran that could come to be known as "orange juice diplomacy"? Diane Sawyer certainly seems to hope so, judging by her questions to US ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad on Good Morning America today. Along the way, Sawyer seemed to willfully downplay the degree of Iran's responsibility for the Shia insurgency in Iraq. Sawyer spoke...
  • MSM Ee-vil Corporation Watch: ABC Declares State Farm 'Not a Good Neighbor'

    02/15/2007 7:49:22 AM PST · by governsleastgovernsbest · 36 replies · 938+ views
    NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein
    File this one under "MSM condemns ee-vil corporations." As you'll note from the screencap, ABC's Good Morning America today branded State Farm Insurance "not a good neighbor." What is State Farm's sin? Its decision not to write new homeowners and commercial policies in the state of Mississippi. Did you note that? State Farm has decided not to write any new policies. This in no way affects the insurer's liability for existing policies. State Farm has made a simple business decision: given the legal environment there, Mississippi is not a good place for an insurer like it do to business....
  • GMA's (Diane) Sawyer Allows Iranian President’s Wild Statements to Go Unchallenged

    02/13/2007 1:59:40 PM PST · by lowbridge · 17 replies · 767+ views
    http://newsbusters.org/ ^ | February 13, 2007 | Scott Whitlock
    GMA's Sawyer Allows Iranian President’s Wild Statements to Go Unchallenged Posted by Scott Whitlock on February 13, 2007 - 15:55. As already reported on NewsBusters, ABC’s Diane Sawyer continued her Dictator ‘07 Tour on Tuesday with a stop in Iran to interview President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Although the "Good Morning America" host did press the Iranian leader, it’s hard not ask some difficult questions to a man who repeatedly calls for the destruction of Israel. However, the questions were nowhere near as tough as in November 1998 when she interrogated special prosecutor Kenneth Starr. In that case, Sawyer told the Clinton investigator that...
  • Diane Sawyer Is In Iran To Interview Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

    02/10/2007 9:12:17 PM PST · by jmc1969 · 30 replies · 1,987+ views
    TV Newser ^ | February 10 2007
    First on TVNewser: Good Morning America co-anchor Diane Sawyer is in Iran, several sources tell TVNewser. She is expected to interview Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and appear on GMA from Tehran on Monday. One of the sources says it'll be a live interview. "This follows her interview last week with Syria's president," another tipster adds... > Update: 10pm: "Sawyer will be on GMA Sunday too, from Tehran, advancing her Monday interview. She'll give some details as to how the interview came to pass," a tipster says...
  • Paging Paris Hilton: Ahmadinejad Looking for 'New Ways to Love'

    02/13/2007 6:00:24 AM PST · by governsleastgovernsbest · 10 replies · 569+ views
    NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein
    Should Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ever make it to America, he will feel right at home in the faculty lounges of America's universities and the executive suites of the MSM. For this morning, he gave the Iranian version of a slogan near and dear to the hearts of the aging campus activists of the 60s and 70s who are to be found there: Make Love Not War! In segments broadcast on today's Good Morning America, Diane Sawyer continued her interview of Ahmadinejad. Quizzed by Sawyer about his country's nuclear ambitions, he replied: "We believe that the time is now over for nuclear...
  • Springtime for Mahmoud

    02/12/2007 6:14:32 AM PST · by governsleastgovernsbest · 31 replies · 873+ views
    NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein
    Diane Sawyer sat down to ask Mahmoud Ahmadinejad [MA] some tough questions today, and a weather report broke out. Having spent last week in Syria, Diane is now in Iran on the second leg of her All-Dictator Tour. She began her interview of MA, televised on this morning's GMA, by asking him "are you sending Iranian weapons into Iraq?" In lieu of an answer, MA went Sam Champion on Sawyer: "Let me first say good morning to our viewers all over the states and its good people, and let me tell them that we have spring weather here in Tehran,...
  • Sawyer's Sympathy for the Syrian Dictator

    02/06/2007 7:41:32 AM PST · by governsleastgovernsbest · 12 replies · 559+ views
    NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein
    Imagine that during the days of apartheid in South Africa, Diane Sawyer had just completed an interview of the white leader of the regime. What are the odds she would have emerged to inform viewers, in sympathetic tones, that the leader had reminded her of an old Afrikaaner saying to the effect that change must come slowly? Yet that's just what Diane did after her interview with Syrian dictator Bashar Assad in which he claimed Syria wasn't ready for democracy. The screencap you see here is of Diane giving a dramatic portrayal of Assad's words. Emoted Diane: "The president...
  • Diane Doesn't Challenge Assad's Despotism

    02/05/2007 6:33:09 AM PST · by governsleastgovernsbest · 16 replies · 628+ views
    NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein
    When a despot you're interviewing denigrates the value of democracy in another country, wouldn't your journalistic instincts prompt you to ask him about the utter lack of democracy in his own? Not in Diane Sawyer's case. The ABC powerhouse is in Syria this week, and scored an interview with its dictator, Bashar al-Assad. Joe Biden would surely declare Assad "articulate;" the tyrant does speak excellent English and has a mild-mannered, urbane demeanor. But, in his case, appearances are definitely deceiving. Assad is the ruthless ruler of one of the most oppressive regimes on earth. On a scale of 1-7,...
  • GMA: Biden Blows Chance to Stop Bloviating

    01/31/2007 6:53:14 AM PST · by governsleastgovernsbest · 30 replies · 1,448+ views
    NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein
    If only Joe Biden had seized the moment with one brilliant burst of brevity, he could have turned his his presidential candidacy announcement on this morning's GMA into a funny, feel-good moment that would have won him untold millions in free coverage. Sadly, the senator from Delaware couldn't resist his proclivity to pontificate. Diane Sawyer had the scoop: Joe Biden appeared on this morning's Good Morning America to make it official -- he's running for president. First came the obligatory questions about Iran and Iraq. Diane next tried lure Biden into expanding on his statement that Hillary's nostrums for...
  • Hillary: 'I Have No Opinion' on Obama's Qualifications But 'I Have Inside Track'

    01/23/2007 7:19:00 AM PST · by governsleastgovernsbest · 26 replies · 839+ views
    NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein
    If Hillary isn't quite getting out the long knives, let's just say she's oiling the scabbard. As we noted earlier, on this morning's "Today" Clinton drew an invidious comparison between herself and John Edwards, referring to him as "on the sidelines" while she's in "the arena." And after some persisent questioning by Diane Sawyer on today's Good Morning America, Hillary took a little swipe at her other major opponent, Barack Obama. Sawyer: "Yesterday, talking about Senator Barack Obama, when asked specifically if he is qualified to be commander-in-chief, to be president, you didn't answer, you said 'I'm going to...
  • What Diane Didn't Say: No, Nancy, It's Not 'the President's War' - It's America's War

    01/19/2007 7:51:22 AM PST · by governsleastgovernsbest · 33 replies · 1,042+ views
    NewsBusters | Mark Finkelstein
    Diane Sawyer didn't go totally Katie Couric on Nancy Pelosi in her exclusive interview aired on GMA this morning. The ABC host stopped just short of any "you go, girls." But neither did Sawyer call Pelosi when, twice, the new Speaker washed her hands of responsibility for the most pressing issue of the day. When Sawyer asked if the Dems would turn off funding for the surge, Pelosi responded: "Democrats will never cut off funding for our troops when they are in harm's way. But we will hold the president accountable; he has to answer for his war. He has...
  • ABC to Air Sawyer on North Korea Friday Night; She Touted 'Happiest Children in World'

    12/08/2006 8:53:25 PM PST · by Jet Jaguar · 76 replies · 2,991+ views
    Newsbusters ^ | December 8, 2006 | Brent Baker
    At 9pm EST/PST (8pm CST/MST) on Friday night (Dec. 8), ABC will air a special edition of Primetime, “North Korea: Inside the Shadows” which will feature Diane Sawyer recounting what she found in that communist nation during a trip there back in October. If her hour-long program matches what aired in October, be prepared for a lot of North Korea officials bashing President Bush and for Sawyer to trumpet “happy” kids. On the October 19 World News, Sawyer proved little more than a conveyor belt for the repressive communist regime's propaganda. Talking to a North Korean Army General, she relayed...
  • Snow Swoons for Hillary But Frets She 'Better Get Organized Soon'

    12/04/2006 6:58:49 AM PST · by governsleastgovernsbest · 39 replies · 1,276+ views
    GMA/NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein
    ABC's Kate Snow is apparently no fan of Larry David's HBO original series. On this morning's GMA Snow showed herself utterly incapable of curbing her enthusiasm at the prospect of a presidential run by Hillary Rodham. In to discuss an indication that Hillary might soon be announcing her candidacy, Snow, literally wriggling with excitement, told Robin Roberts: "It’s the latest sign that maybe, just maybe, we might have a woman trying to run for president of this country.” Snow claimed that by the end of the week Hillary would be calling on all top New York Dems "not to tell...
  • Hannity: Michael J. Fox Can Be Criticized for Stem Cell Ad (Good Morning America today, video)

    10/25/2006 12:07:38 PM PDT · by ajolympian2004 · 75 replies · 3,275+ views
    *** Just outstanding guest appearance by Sean Hannity on Good Morning America with Diane Sawyer, our 'Great American'!!! *** Hannity: Michael J. Fox Can Be Criticized for Stem Cell Ad Radio Show Host Says Ad Won't Affect Midterm Elections' Outcome Video link -http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=2604613 (opens ABC News video player) ABC Talk Radio host Sean Hannity spoke to Diane Sawyer about the recent controversey caused by Rush Limbaugh's comments about Michael J. Fox. Oct. 25, 2006 — Conservatives came to the defense of talk radio host Rush Limbaugh over his accusation that actor Michael J. Fox's appearance in a political ad about...
  • Sean Hannity on GMA Defends Limbaugh; Exposes Democrats' 'Selective Moral Outrage'

    10/25/2006 10:41:15 AM PDT · by lowbridge · 40 replies · 2,383+ views
    http://newsbusters.org/ ^ | October 25, 2006 | Megan McCormack
    Sean Hannity on GMA Defends Limbaugh; Exposes Democrats' 'Selective Moral Outrage' Posted by Megan McCormack on October 25, 2006 - 11:34. In an interview with ABC’s Diane Sawyer on Wednesday’s 'Good Morning America,' Sean Hannity defended fellow talk radio host Rush Limbaugh. Limbaugh has taken a lot of heat in the press for his criticism of Michael J. Fox’s campaign ads in favor of embryonic stem cell research and Democratic Senate candidates. Hannity fought the notion that Fox, who has injected himself through these ads into the political arena, is "immune" from critics, a view Sawyer seemed to express: Sawyer:...
  • (Diane) Sawyer Relays NK Propaganda Blaming Bush & Touting 'Happiest Children in the World'

    10/20/2006 5:26:57 PM PDT · by lowbridge · 46 replies · 1,007+ views
    http://newsbusters.org/ ^ | October 20, 2006 | Brent Baker
    Sawyer Relays NK Propaganda Blaming Bush & Touting 'Happiest Children in the World' Posted by Brent Baker on October 20, 2006 - 03:17. On Thursday's World News on ABC, Diane Sawyer checked in from North Korea, but she proved little more than a conveyor belt for the repressive communist regime's propaganda. Talking to a North Korean Army General, she relayed how “he said to us, 'make it clear to everyone in the United States, if there is another nuclear test, the person responsible is George Bush,' because he said, 'the Bush administration is backing North Korea into a corner with...
  • N. Korean General to Sawyer: We Have Ways to Deliver Nuclear Weapons

    10/19/2006 6:41:24 AM PDT · by governsleastgovernsbest · 38 replies · 1,167+ views
    GMA/NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein
    by Mark Finkelstein October 19, 2006 - 09:24 On his show yesterday, MSNBC's Tucker Carlson congratulated Diane Sawyer of ABC for leaving the comforts of home to report from North Korea. Judging by her report this morning, you'd have to say the rigors have been worth it. Sawyer has been on a week-long stay in Dear-Leader Land, and this morning she scored an important story. A top N. Korean general flatly told her that his country has the means to deliver a nuclear weapon. Sawyer: "We asked him what the words of North Korea meant when they said there would...
  • Diane Sawyer to Report From North Korea(What a mismatch)

    10/16/2006 7:29:25 AM PDT · by TigerLikesRooster · 24 replies · 708+ views
    ABC News ^ | 10/16/06 | DIANE SAWYER
    Diane Sawyer to Report From North Korea By DIANE SAWYER Oct. 16, 2006 — Over the weekend, the U.N. Security Council voted unanimously to impose tough sanctions on North Korea for its nuclear test, including inspections of cargo going in and out of the country. North Korea called the sanctions "gangsterlike" and ominously warned of taking "physical countermeasures." Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice heads off on a trip to Asia today to consult with other nations about the crisis. Watch Diane Sawyer's report from North Korea on "Good Morning America" Tuesday from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. But dealing with...
  • Lieberman: Some Bloggers Bigoted, No Dem Can Dissuade Him From Indie Run

    08/09/2006 5:32:00 AM PDT · by governsleastgovernsbest · 73 replies · 1,553+ views
    GMA-Today Show/NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein
    Posted by Mark Finkelstein on August 9, 2006 - 08:06. Howard Dean's 2004 presidential primary run was largely fueled by internet-driven support orchestrated by campaign manager Joe Trippi. That campaign fell famously short in the echoes of Dean's Iowa caucus-night scream. But with Ned Lamont's win, the left wing blogosphere can this morning claim perhaps its first major victory . . . at least in a Democratic primary if not in a general election. And that, in turn, raises the real question. Does the same left-wing blogosphere that can influence the outcome of Dem primaries foist on the party candidates...
  • Tale of Two Titles: 'Today' Asks If There's Gouging, GMA Declares It Exists

    04/25/2006 5:15:32 AM PDT · by governsleastgovernsbest · 30 replies · 576+ views
    by Mark Finkelstein April 25, 2006 Have a look at the two screen captures from this morning's shows. Same issue, different takes. Good Morning America is apparently sure that gas price gouging exists, and wants to stop it. 'Today' is agnostic, simply posing the question whether gouging is going on. But when you turn to the substance of the two segments, there was one consistency: neither show adduced any evidence of gouging. Not a scintilla to show that oil companies are in fact colluding. And without collusion there can be no sustained gouging, since any company that pushed prices higher...
  • ABC viewers urge: Fire Diane Sawyer (accused of exploiting beaten teen girl in quest for TV ratings)

    04/24/2006 4:50:28 PM PDT · by wagglebee · 61 replies · 2,830+ views
    WorldNetDaily ^ | 4/24/06 | WorldNetDaily
    Outraged ABC viewers are calling on the network to fire Diane Sawyer after the anchor broadcast a TV segment that included the beating of a teenage girl by her father – without first going to authorities about what was captured on tape. During Friday's "Primetime" news magazine show, Sawyer presented a segment about dysfunctional stepfamilies, which featured a profile of a family in Lake Placid, N.Y. According to a report in the New York Post, state police officials in Lake Placid say they are going over the tape to determine if charges can be brought against the natural father,...
  • Grrrl Power: Fighting over prime time (Katie Couric Likely To Anchor At CBS)

    03/09/2006 8:58:25 AM PST · by PJ-Comix · 31 replies · 1,209+ views
    National Review Online ^ | March 9, 2006 | Myrna Blyth
    Here's the dish: Katie is going to CBS to anchor the Evening News. That's been buzzing about for weeks, and it's the reason why Her Cuteness wasn't so visible during NBC's Olympic coverage. (Not that anyone much noticed, since so few tuned in for the tedium from Torino. Who really wanted to see our gold medal hopefuls slip-sliding away?) But now it seems that Diane Sawyer has told friends and colleagues that, if Katie goes to CBS, then she wants to anchor ABC's World News Tonight. It's just like senior year of high school, with the class's two golden girls...
  • From Liz Smith's gossip column - new head of Planned Parenthood

    02/19/2006 9:05:08 PM PST · by STARWISE · 21 replies · 447+ views
    NYPostOnline Gossip ^ | 2-19-06 | LizSmith
    "Diane Sawyer dropped by for a kiss and a hello. She was fresh from her chores filling in on ABC’s “World News Tonight” and said her stint on air with Elizabeth Vargas had been “refreshing and very exciting.” Another hit of the night was Cecile Richards, tall, blond and handsome, now moved to Manhattan to oversee Planned Parenthood. We had a reunion as we are pals via her famous mother, former Texas Gov. Ann Richards. Cecile and her wonderful family are going to be a great addition to New York. Documentary maker Alexandra Pelosi, the daughter of Nancy Pelosi, the...
  • ABC's Bogus "Pope Joan" Story Also Hocked Debunked "Rule of Thumb" Myth

    12/30/2005 3:14:10 PM PST · by infoguy · 34 replies · 1,423+ views
    Newsbusters.org ^ | 30 December 2005 | Dave Pierre
    The bogus story of "Pope Joan" was not the only fiction that ABC and Diane Sawyer tried to hustle on the American public in last night's Primetime (Thursday December 29, 2005). In trying to convey the environment of ninth-century Europe, host Diane Sawyer and a guest, Donna Cross (author of Pope Joan), promulgated the debunked feminist myth that the phrase "rule of thumb" originated from a centuries-old law about wifebeating. The popular hoax purports that a man was once allowed to clobber a woman as long as the club was no wider than his thumb.In her much-acclaimed 1994 book, Who...
  • ABC-TV DISCOVERS “POPE JOAN”

    12/29/2005 11:45:43 AM PST · by NYer · 100 replies · 2,438+ views
    Catholic League ^ | December 29, 2005 | Bill Donohue
    Tonight, ABC’s “Primetime” will air a segment, “On the Trail of Pope Joan,” that raises questions about the possible existence of Pope Joan.  Catholic League president Bill Donohue weighed in today: “ABC has been busy questioning the divinity of Jesus for years, what with its infamous ‘Search for Jesus’ specials.  In May of this year, it went back to the well again with a ‘20/20’ episode questioning the resurrection of Jesus.  Correspondent Elizabeth Vargas told viewers: ‘Whether the resurrection proclaimed by the disciples was physical, metaphysical, or simply a hallucination—the dreams of grieving followers,’ is not known.  In other words, Christians...
  • ABC Pushes Anti-Catholic "Pope Joan" Tale

    12/28/2005 10:48:42 AM PST · by infoguy · 208 replies · 3,601+ views
    Newsbusters.org ^ | 28 December 2005 | Dave Pierre
    Check out the promotional ad for this Thursday evening's (December 29, 2005) episode of ABC's Primetime. The promo is for the story, "On the Trail of Pope Joan" (audiotape on file; emphasis mine): "Diane Sawyer takes you on the trail of a passionate mystery. Just as intriguing as The Da Vinci Code. Chasing down centuries-old clues hidden even inside the Vatican. Could a woman disguised as a man have been Pope? Thursday night. One astonishing Primetime." It doesn't get much uglier than this, folks. Quite simply, there was never a female pope, or "Pope Joan." The tale is a complete...
  • Pope Joan (Diane Sawyer looks at FEMALE POPE)

    12/22/2005 12:17:13 PM PST · by theFIRMbss · 99 replies · 5,164+ views
    popejoan.com ^ | 1996 [!] | Donna Cross
    "As its title reveals, the novel is based on the life of one of the most fascinating, extraordinary women in Western history--Pope Joan, a controversial figure of historical record who, disguised as a man, rose to rule Christianity in the 9th century as the first and only woman to sit on the throne of St. Peter. Brilliant and talented, young Joan rebels against the medieval social strictures forbidding women to learn to read and write. When her older brother is killed during a Viking attack, Joan takes up his cloak and identity, goes to the monastery of Fulda, and is...
  • Duel at Sunrise...How the former Ice Queen left America’s Sweetheart in a meltdown.

    05/29/2005 2:20:00 PM PDT · by Pikamax · 37 replies · 1,544+ views
    NEW YORK METRO ^ | 05/29 | Meryl Gordon
    Duel at Sunrise Diane Sawyer and ‘Good Morning America’ have all but closed the ratings gap with Katie Couric and ‘Today.’ How the former Ice Queen left America’s Sweetheart in a meltdown. By Meryl Gordon Katie Couric (Photo credit: Dara Kushner/Infgoff.com/News.com) It’s a Friday at 6:47 A.M., on the set of ABC’s Good Morning America, and Diane Sawyer is fidgeting in the anchor chair, downing a Diet Coke and chewing a wad of gum, a somewhat jarring sight, given her reputation as the elegant, sophisticated, professional doyenne of morning TV. “We’re ready to go, lose the gum,” the stage manager...
  • Would CBS Rather Diane Sawyer? (Tiffany Network to Desperately Chase ABC Host for Anchor Job)

    11/24/2004 8:13:06 AM PST · by gopwinsin04 · 38 replies · 1,482+ views
    FOX News ^ | 11/24/04 | Friedman
    Dan Rather's big announcement yesterday that he is leaving the CBS Evening News prompted some interesting observations from a longtime veteran of the show. 'They only want Diane Sawyer for the show now.''It doesn't matter that she is a woman, [CBS News President] Andy Heyward would give her a blank check,' my source said. 'Only ABC would fight tooth and nail to keep her on 'Good Morning America.'Sawyer gave up her duties on ABC's 'Prime Time Live' last year and now the show is said to be failing.Former Canadian music VJ John Roberts wont be too thrilled to hear he...
  • Diane Sawyer Nails Kerry Peril (PREEMPTION + KERRY'S EX POST FACTO REASONING)

    09/30/2004 12:00:20 PM PDT · by Mia T · 21 replies · 4,359+ views
    Good Morning America (ABC) | 9.30.04 | Mia T
    Diane Sawyer Nails Kerry PerilPREEMPTION + KERRY'S EX POST FACTO REASONINGWHY JOHN KERRY IS DANGEROUS FOR AMERICA by Mia T, 9.30.04 Kerry is UNFIT #24THUMBSUCKER SERIESDiane Sawyer Nails Kerry PerilPREEMPTION + KERRY'S EX POST FACTO REASONING (viewing movie requires Flash Player 7, available HERE) JOHN KERRY: "We should not have gone to war, knowing the information we know today.... DIANE SAWYER: "So, it was not worth it." JOHN KERRY: "You should not--eh--it depends on the outcome, ultimately, and that depends on the leadership. And we need better leadership to get the job done successfully. I would not have gone to...
  • Ready and Waiting: Sen. John Kerry Says Debate Offers Chance to Combat 'Flip-Flop' Charge

    09/30/2004 7:20:50 AM PDT · by RayChuang88 · 34 replies · 888+ views
    ABCNews.com ^ | September 29, 2004
    Sept. 29, 2004 — Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry says when he meets President George W. Bush at this week's much-anticipated debate he's looking forward to tearing apart the idea that he's a "flip-flopper" on important issues. "I think their advertising and their effort over these last months — to use that word — have been particularly successful. I give them credit for it. But it doesn't reflect the truth," the Massachusetts senator told ABC News' Diane Sawyer. "See, what the Republicans do — and they love to do it and they're very good at it and they've spent millions...
  • Ex-President Bush Tells ABC's("KIDDO") Sawyer: "We Didn't Go It Alone" (TRANSCRIPT)

    09/02/2004 4:57:51 PM PDT · by fight_truth_decay · 4 replies · 1,062+ views
    MRC ^ | Thursday September 2, 2004 | MRC's Jessica Anderson
    In the 7am half hour, Diane Sawyer introduced a taped interview with both Bushes yesterday in what looked like a New York City hotel Room. She began, MRC's Jessica Anderson noted, with the first President Bush insisting people see John Kerry's 1971 activism against the Vietnam war: "I sat down with them yesterday. They were forceful in defending their son. As for Senator John Kerry, well like Senator Kerry, the former President, now 80 years old, is a decorated Navy veteran and he thinks, he says, that every American should look at those pictures of John Kerry back in the...
  • Teresa Kerry the future Presidents Wife?

    07/28/2004 7:56:18 AM PDT · by notpoliticallycorewrecked · 8 replies · 1,401+ views
    Good Morning America | 7-28 | ABC Good Morning America
    I cannot believe what I just heard. In the Diane Sawyer Teresa Heintz Kerry interview Sawyer refered to her as the future President wife? Did anyone else see this or hear this?
  • Diann Sawyer Scoffing at Mel Gibson's Movie

    02/16/2004 7:12:59 PM PST · by MountainPatriot · 12 replies · 148+ views
    2/17/2004 | My Title
    Just tuned in to watch Dianne Sawyer interview Mel Gibson. The self-righteous indignation is running thick. Clearly, scoffing at Gibson's faith. It's almost as those she doesn't grasp any of the basic concepts of Christianity. Like, what is the Holy Ghost. This is an attempt at a hatchet job. We need to support this movie and stick it to Hollywood.
  • The Punch and Judy Dean Show

    01/27/2004 11:37:46 AM PST · by lonewacko_dot_com · 4 replies · 106+ views
    LA Times ^ | 1/27/04 | Alexander Stille
    Diane Sawyer's interview with Howard Dean and his wife last week was a textbook case of everything that is wrong with television coverage of politics. It reduced his campaign to the banal level of mere personality and perceived missteps, replacing issues with image — it was a frame-up. Out of the 96 questions that Sawyer asked, 90 were about personality and temperament and only six were even vaguely about issues; virtually all 96 were hostile and negative. Thirty-six were about Dean's supposedly out-of-control Iowa concession speech, his alleged bad temper and the loss of momentum of his campaign. ("So did...
  • Dean, Lobotomized; He shouldn't take that abuse from Diane Sawyer.

    01/23/2004 7:55:18 AM PST · by Pikamax · 17 replies · 145+ views
    SLATE ^ | 01/22/04 | Timothy Noah
    Dean, Lobotomized He shouldn't take that abuse from Diane Sawyer. By Timothy Noah Posted Thursday, Jan. 22, 2004, at 10:00 PM PT You think Howard Dean is too angry? In his interview on Jan. 22 with Diane Sawyer of ABC News, he wasn't nearly angry enough. After the (unmarried) New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd sniffed that "the doctors Dean seem to be in need of some tips on togetherness and building a healthy political marriage," and the first female editor of The New Yorker compared Dean's missus to "the mad wife in Jane Eyre, screaming in the attic upstairs,"...
  • Howard Dean with Letterman and Diane Sawyer tonight

    01/22/2004 1:16:30 PM PST · by Pikamax · 14 replies · 101+ views
    DeanforAmerica ^ | 01/22/04 | DeanforAmerica
    Watch Gov. Dean Tonight! 8 pm ET: NH Debate on FOX News 10 pm ET: ABC PrimeTime 11:35pm ET: CBS Lateshow with David Letterman >>>>the guy is all over the place tonight.