Diane Sawyer Devastatingly Unmasked as Dame 4.70K Hamilton Nolan 12/17/09 10:04AM Filed to: sex wars sex wars Andrea Peyser Diane Sawyer Sexism Abc Media dames Gettypic Andrea Peyser: "To say that elevating [Diane Sawyer to news anchor] is anything other than affirmative action is a fantasy...Yes, the long-ago aide to President Nixon is a WASP with a long on-air career. But she is a dame." Okay?