Tuned In+News Media | April 17, 2012

Ann Romney, and Her Running Mate Mitt, Meet Diane Sawyer

By James Poniewozik

Facing a likeability and gender gap, the presumptive nominee and presumptive nominee's spouse talked about their money, motherhood and Saturday Night Live. Feel better informed, America?

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Tuned In+Uncategorized | April 7, 2010

Diane Sawyer Is Taking Your Questions

By James Poniewozik

She’s delivered the news and interviewed world leaders, but now, through time.com, ABC News anchor Diane Sawyer is answering to you. Sawyer—who took over the evening newscast in December—is the latest subject in TIME’s 10 Questions interview series, and you can submit a query for her at the 10 Questions page. Now’s the time to [...]

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Tuned In+January 19, 2010

Didja Hear the News About Diane Sawyer? No? Then It Worked

By James Poniewozik

Back in December, I noted ABC’s announcement that it was launching Diane Sawyer as its new evening-news anchor in one of the quietest news weeks of the year. (Ordinarily quiet, that is, in those years when no one tries to blow up an airliner on Christmas Day.) I suggested at the time that the network [...]

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Tuned In+December 2, 2009

Diane Sawyer to Take Over World News, Very Quietly

By James Poniewozik

ABC has announced that Dec. 18 will be Charles Gibson’s last day anchoring World News; he’ll be replaced, as announced in September, by Diane Sawyer shortly afterward. (ABC hasn’t made an official announcement of her start date yet, but it looks to be the following week.) Sawyer’s ascension isn’t news. What’s interesting is the timing, [...]

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Tuned In+September 2, 2009

Sawyer to Replace Gibson; Let Oppressed-White-Male Rhetoric Begin

By James Poniewozik

Oh-so-briefly interrupting staycation to note that Charles Gibson is retiring as host of ABC’s evening newscast, to be replaced by Diane Sawyer, meaning that white-male TV anchors are now officially oppressed. Cue Glenn Beck editorial in 5, 4, 3… Seriously, the interesting implication of the move for network evening news is how Sawyer’s performance will [...]