Diane Sawyer
Was a "60 Minutes" Superstar
I could claim it was a test of close readership of my pieces or, as been asserted in instant commentary, an example of misogyny. But having found a great picture of the group with the esteemed African-American Ed Bradley, and the talented beyond imagining Diane Sawyer, I was too busy patting my self on the back to properly proofread the caption.
With apologies.
And here is a bonus excerpt from Don Hewitt’s “Tell Me A story”:
“Not long after Ed signed on my secretary, Beverly Morgan, came into my office and said, ‘You’re not going to believe this,’ What she had in her hand was a memo from Ed to the personnel office at CBS informing them that he was changing his name to ‘Shaheeb Sha Hab.’….
“ ‘Is he kidding?, ‘I asked Beverly.
“‘I don’t think so,’ she said,’the memo has already gone to personnel.”
Hewitt, swallowed hard and realizing he could not tell Bradley what to call himself. He thought it best to place a call to Kay Gardella, a columnist at the Daily News and let her break the news.
“Thats when Bradley cracked up, ‘Hang up,’ he said, ‘Tell her you’ll call her back.” And he burst out laughing. Shaheeb Sha Had indeed.”
That was then. This is now.