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- "Diane Sawyer: You bet she's worth it."
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- Tricia Marrapodi
- Tucson
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- You ask whether TV news star Diane Sawyer is worth her pay
- (VIDEO, Aug. 7). The reply is a resounding yes! I'll give you the
- benefit of the doubt and assume there was no sexual bias in posing
- the question. The real issue is whether her co-anchor, Sam
- Donaldson, merits his. His patronizing demeanor offends me and, I'm
- sure, many others. Their show will be able to survive only if
- viewers feel her assets outweigh his shortcomings.
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- Henry R. Hug
- Saginaw, Mich.
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- An intelligent woman works hard all her life to achieve a top
- position in her profession, but it seems that everyone is taking
- pains to point out her good looks, her winning smile and her
- charms. What ever happened to giving credit where credit is due?
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- Katherine M. Walton
- Baltimore
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- The hype about the money and glamour of these media stars sets
- a poor example for American youth. It encourages some to take an
- easy route to the "good life" through crime or drugs. The integrity
- of the Fourth Estate was more secure when journalism was controlled
- by news-hounds, not show dogs.
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- Judith Richards
- Fairhope, Ala.
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- You say a CBS producer recalled that Sawyer would "show up at
- 2 o'clock in the morning and write her own copy" and said that this
- was "unheard of." When I was a news writer for CBS in the
- mid-1970s, I sometimes worked the overnight shift and helped
- prepare the CBS Morning News. Then it was the exception if an
- anchor did not contribute a good share of the copy; it was part of
- the job.
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- Alison Owings
- Mill Valley, Calif.
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- In answer to your question, Sawyer is worth at least what
- Donaldson, Dan Rather or any other major network anchor earns. It's
- plain comparable value. Whether any of them truly merits what they
- make is an entirely different matter.
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- Elizabeth Anne Meyer
- Royal Oak, Mich.