I never thought Diane Sawyer would be joining the Larry King Club. Of course for all of you not familiar with the Larry King Club it is a club started and run by Larry King and his fellow founder Barbara Walters. It consists of reporters and magazines such as People which take out kneepads for their celebrity interviews rather than taking out a pen.
On Tuesday morning Diane Sawyer had Jennifer Lopez on live television on Good Morning America. A real journalist would have asked the question everyone wants to know about Jennifer Lopez' possible pregnancy. Diane Sawyer on the other hand chose to drop to her knees.
Diane -"All right, all right, I know what everybody's asking, and I know you have so little privacy in your life ... so, I'm just going to say, 'How are you?' "
Lopez: "I'm very well, thank you. This is really, really a great, happy time in my life. ... Everything's great."
Diane taking the privacy route was a total bail out. Jennifer Lopez was just on your damn show singing a song in order to get publicity. If she wanted damn privacy she would stay at home knitting baby booties and fending off Skeletor's cigarette and coffee breath advances. Jennifer Lopez came on GMA, and allowed herself to be questioned. Diane Sawyer for reasons only known to her, gave in. If Paris Hilton had been on the show, Diane Sawyer would have probably asked her how her "vacation" was.
Celebrities go on shows to promote and to get publicity. There is an exchange for that for the networks or media outlets that is not just about having the stars on your programs, it is about them answering the questions that everyone wants to hear. Diane Sawyer is no longer a journalist, and that is something I never thought I would write.