Diane Sawyer

Diane Sawyer appears on ABC's "Good Morning America" show, in New York, Friday, August 21, 2009. She is anchorwoman, hear her roar

Diane Sawyer may not be "perky," but in taking over "World News Tonight" she's still facing a notorious boys club
  • Is Diane Sawyer a "newsmommy"?

    The future "World News Tonight" anchor has faced harsh commentary lately. But the strangest came from a feminist
  • The Fix

    Sawyer looking to leave "GMA"? No Stewart/Colbert ticket in '08. And Victoria Beckham: "I look really awful naked."
  • Morning gory

    Desperate to turn the "Good Morning America" vs. "Today" ratings battle into a catfight, the press has all but ripped Katie Couric and Diane Sawyer's dresses off and tossed them in a swimming pool. How tedious.
  • Chicks against the machine

    The Dixie Chicks beat back Diane Sawyer on national TV, posed nude for Entertainment Weekly and stood up to the reactionary zeal of country radio. In a time of crisis for America, they're patriots we can be proud of.
  • The Fix

    Bill Paxton explodes over oral-sex chatter. Diane Sawyer anchor rumors ramp up. Plus: Why Uma left Andre.
  • The Fix

    "Project Runway" shows revealed. Sawyer "obsessed" with Couric? Plus: Which pop star demands "new toilet seat" in every dressing room?
  • Can Judy Dean give our "thing culture" an extreme makeover?

    She obviously doesn't give much thought to her hair, wardrobe or makeup. And because she doesn't, neither do we.
  • Letters

    Readers respond to Charles Taylor's essay on the Dixie Chicks' interview with Diane Sawyer.
  • Blue Glow

    Salon's TV picks for Thursday, Sept. 6, 2001
  • Just for the thrill of it

    Halle Berry joins the Whitney "Scot-free" Houston club; James Haven happy for Angelina -- no, really.
  • Everybody loves Ted

    The crowd goes wild for Ted Turner at the Radio and Television News Directors Foundation annual banquet and celebration of the First Amendment. The world is indeed full of wonders. Plus! Jennifer Love Hewitt's secret clerical obsession.
  • "Newsbabe" Diane Sawyer gets the story

    Diane Sawyer appears as "newsbabe" in Microsoft video, then gets exclusive interview with Gates. Coincidence?
  • The outsider

    Mike Wallace could've been my mentor. Where did I go wrong?
  • How Cindy McCain was outed for drug addiction

    When an attempt to get tough with a whistleblower backfired in 1994, the McCain spin machine went into overdrive, and the candidate's wife confessed to problems the media was already poised to reveal.
  • The "strange magic" of JFK Jr.

    Something was going wrong in Kennedy's life before the plane crash, says Camille Paglia, who reflects on both the charisma and the emptiness of the son of the martyred president.
  • Oprah Winfrey, journalist?

    Oprah's out; Barbara Walters is in. Members of an elite club decide who's a 'journalist' and who's not.
  • 21st Log: Online petitions duel

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