Rumor has it Diane Sawyer isn’t very happy with her ABC World News producers. Why? They keep sending her to the wrong continent for breaking news!

Diane Sawyer Replaces Charlie Gibson On “World News Tonight”

An inside source said:

“Diane is off-the-charts mad. She feels that she’s always poorly positioned. She was in China last week, while the news was in England with the royal engagement, and NBC’s Brian Williams already had the Prince Charles interview.

“She was in New York Tuesday night when the news was in North Korea, so it would have been better for her to be in China this week.”

“She was even throwing around that she was in Afghanistan when the Haiti quake happened. It’s impossible to predict breaking news, but she sometimes feels she is in the wrong place at the wrong time, and is taking it out on her producers.”

The rivalry between Sawyer and Brian Williams of NBC Nightly News is in full swing, with Williams nabbing a coveted interview with Prince Charles for Nightline called “The Man Who Will Be King.” The interview was arranged before the November 16 announcement of the engagement of Prince William and Kate Middleton and aired November 19. Another ABC insider said:

“Brian’s interview was obviously booked before the engagement was announced, so to say Diane is jealous of an old interview is ridiculous.”

” ‘World News’ had its best ratings of the season while Diane was in China. We were the first on Tuesday night to get a comment from President Obama about North Korea. Plus, Diane was there two years ago, when she was one of the first journalists to broadcast from there.”

An NBC insider added:

“ABC producers were insanely envious. Brian had the only formal comments from His Royal Highness regarding a possible engagement. The interview was booked in advance, but it was great forward thinking.”

I’m calling BS on this. I’m sure there’s a little jealousy here and there, but I have a hard time imagining Sawyer being jealous of a man who doesn’t half of the fame she does. Thoughts?

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