Katie Couric Slams Diane Sawyer in ‘The News Sorority’; Says Former 'World News' Anchor Slept with Men for Stories

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Katie Couric recently slammed Diane Sawyer in her new book "The News Sorority."

Couric made blunt accusations in the book and claimed that Sawyer traded sex just to get new stories for her shows, according to Techsonia.

In the book, Couric revealed a time when Sawyer got into a feud with Barbara Walters. "Diane and Barbara were determined to kill each other-to wipe each other off the face of the earth," writer Sheila Weller wrote in the book.

On Wednesday, August 27, The Daily Beast posted snippets from the book.

"When a friend of Diane's, a public figure, was being pursued by Katie's people, the wooed eminence got a call from Diane's movie director husband Mike Nichols who said, in a very nice way, to be sure - that he and Diane would essentially cut off all social contact if their friend appeared on Today."

Another quote read, "When Diane beat Katie on an interview with a 57-year-old woman who'd given birth to twins, Katie mused aloud, according a person who heard the comment, 'I wonder who she blew this time to get it.'"

As of late, Couric and Sawyer's representative both refused to comment regarding the news.

A source meanwhile told The Hollywood Reporter, "It's sad that the author and the PR team continue to alienate their target audience by relying on classic anti-feminist caricatures, tabloid-like misrepresentations and outright falsehoods about these three extraordinary women. Thankfully all three of them have survived and thrived after dealing with far worse than a couple of gossip items."

David Westin, former president of ABC News released a statement to the Daily Beast and said that Couric did not check her facts prior to writing the book.

"Certainly she did no fact checking with us. It seems to me like ancient history, whether fact or fiction," he said.

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