Diane Sawyer

Female vs. male senators

2013-01-12 00:00:00

As the son of a woman, the husband of a woman and the father of daughters and granddaughters, I celebrate the record number of females who are now United States senators. However, I do see some differences in the way these and other women are treated,...

CNN's Tapper says he aims coverage beyond politics

2013-03-15 14:34:00

Jake Tapper's new show on CNN, "The Lead," is premiering at a time when cable TV keeps moving further down the road of partisan news presentation. But ask him about it, and there's no waffling. "I am not a partisan, and I am a journalist — not...

Obama the decider

2013-02-11 09:12:00

A rare phenomenon occurred on Capitol Hill the other day when two ranking officials of the Obama administration testified that they had differed with the president they still served over providing arms to the rebels in Syria seeking to oust dictator...

Are media losing their way in mad #My2K and #Lauerfail hashtag chases?

2012-12-03 09:40:00

From #SaveBigBird and #womeninbinders, to #Lauerfail and #DrunkDianeSawyer, it seems like we are awash in stories with hashtags these days --stories about the 140-character wonders of Twitter and their impact on media and politics. And while there is...

Election Day coverage reflects low-road tone of 2012 campaign

2012-11-07 04:37:00

The partisan media madness started early Tuesday on the "Fox & Friends" morning show with host Steve Doocy somehow turning a report on midnight voting in Dixville Notch, N.H., into an attack on President Barack Obama for his handling of the September...

MSNBC editorializes, CNN reports at moment of Obama victory

2012-11-07 04:48:00

It was fairly obvious by about 10:15 p.m. Tuesday that most cable and network analysts thought President Obama was going to be re-elected. But they didn't have the data to make the call until 11:17. When that happened at NBC News and CNN, viewers were...

West Friendship: Fire department chief among those who saved Virginia woman

2012-07-28 00:00:00

As a community we are beaming with pride. West Friendship Volunteer Fire Department Assistant Chief Mark Miller was among a team of Maryland Wildland Firefighters whose rescue efforts saved the life of a woman in Virginia on July 3. Members from the 20...

Facebook promotes organ donations

2012-05-01 16:56:00

Facebook has launched a program to promote organ donation, which grew from a conversation between the social media company's chief operating officer and a Johns Hopkins surgeon already passionate about the cause. COO Sheryl Sandberg and Dr. Andrew M....

Response to ABC's Robin Roberts a reminder of TV's power to connect

2012-06-13 08:42:00

"Good Morning America"� co-host George Stephanopoulos used the adjective "staggering" to describe the response to his on-air partner Robin Roberts' announcement this week that she has a blood disease and needs a bone marrow transplant. In the 24 hours...

ABC News shows hidden video of gay 'counseling' at Bachmann clinic

2011-07-13 09:19:00

ABC News, which has been making its own news this week with Diane Sawyer's Jaycee Dugard interview, kept the ball rolling Monday night with a report on the Christian counseling clinics run by the husband of GOP candidate Michele Bachmann. She refers to...

TV press doing the job on debt ceiling - Networks carry Obama's Friday news conference

2011-07-15 08:49:00

During the economic meltdown of 2008, I was appalled by the emotional, rollercoaster, histrionic, fact-lacking "coverage" from such cable-TV business analysts as Jim Cramer (CNBC) and Ali Velshi (CNN). I thought TV coverage during that crucial time in...

Will Murdoch scandal make us pull back from Brit tabloid values?

2011-07-22 12:03:19

As the scandal that sunk Rupert Murdoch's News of the World continued to unfold last week, one of the questions that loomed was whether there would be any fallout on this side of the Atlantic. What most American analysts were wondering was whether...

Diane Sawyer (briefly attended law school) Also: Author Sue Grafton Tom Jackson (NFL player/broadcaster) NFL Hall of Famer Johnny Unitas

2013-03-18 17:19:19

Diane Sawyer attends Marvin Hamlisch Memorial Service at Peter Jay Sharp Theater on September 18, 2012 in New York City.

2013-01-30 09:55:26

After being picked up for drunk driving and unleashing a whole string of anti-Semitic comments to the arresting officer and anyone else within earshot, Mel Gibson released two statements of apology and went on "Good Morning America" with Diane Sawyer to further apologize.

2013-01-17 00:00:00