{"id":1026,"date":"2009-09-02T17:09:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-02T21:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2009\/09\/02\/diane-sawyers-adirondack-entanglement\/"},"modified":"2009-09-02T17:09:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-02T21:09:00","slug":"diane-sawyers-adirondack-entanglement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/inbox\/2009\/09\/02\/diane-sawyers-adirondack-entanglement\/","title":{"rendered":"Diane Sawyer’s Adirondack entanglement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Diane Sawyer is stepping up to serve as the anchor of ABC’s “World News,” one of the most powerful and prestigious platforms any journalist can hold.<\/p>\n

Sawyer has had both a storied and a controversial career. <\/p>\n

She was part of Richard Nixon’s entourage in the 1970s, staying on with his administration long after the wheels had come off.<\/p>\n

Shortly after helping Nixon write his memoirs, she began work with ABC News.<\/p>\n

Her professional resume also has a brief North Country entanglement. As part of a “Primetime” broadcast, she oversaw a story about Kyle Nelson — a girl from Vermontville.<\/p>\n

ABC’s camera crew filmed violent scenes including Kyle without notifying authorities. She was 15-years old at the time.<\/p>\n

Nelson later sued and ABC settled the case, without disclosing the terms.<\/p>\n

Listening to Sawyer’s performance on the piece, and her later rationalizations about the case, it’s hard not to cringe<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Obviously, one can’t judge a journalist’s career — or anyone’s career — based on a few questionable decisions.<\/p>\n

(My boneheaded choices would fill a journalism textbook…)<\/p>\n

But it’s worth noting that the three nightly network newscasts are among the last bastions of quality, balanced journalism on television.<\/p>\n

Sawyer will now steward and shape one of those programs — where millions of Americans go, not for infotainment or “reality TV,” but for essential information.<\/p>\n

She’ll be held to a much higher standard now than ever before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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