Thursday, November 25, 2004

They're Kidding--They're Not Kidding?

They're out of their minds at CBS.

Does FoxNews.com have this right? Andrew Heyward of CBS wants Diane Sawyer to move to CBS and take over? Is that what we're likely to see? The CBS Evening News with Diane Sawyer?

You know that things have gone seriously wrong for the old tripoly of CBS/NBC/ABC, when the three networks are actively trying to steal each other's top, trademark talent.

But if Andrew Heyward or Leslie Moonves or Sumner Redstone or any of The Suits at CBS or Viacom really think that raiding Disney/ABC for Diane Sawyer is going to solve their credibility problems, then they are truly psychotic. I have watched Diane Sawyer for her entire career. She is Dan Rather with an X chromosome instead of a Y--nothing more, nothing less. I have zero trouble imagining her trying to defraud the American electorate just as insidiously as Dan Rather tried to do. If, therefore, CBS is serious about trying to unhook her from ABC, thinking thereby to restore CBS' shattered reputation, then they have clearly learned nothing from the fiasco with the Killian memoranda.