Excerpts from the diaries appear in this week's issue (and earlier excerpts were published in the magazine in 1968 and in 2001).
Earlier excerpts included an account of the killing of an elderly woman by a sharpshooter and the killing of a woman and two children by another sniper.
In contrast, "The Good Wife" on CBS led the hour with 11.3 million viewers, and CBS's "NCIS" won the night with 21 million at 8. Earlier, excerpts from the interview did provide a boost to ABC's "World News With Diane Sawyer," which attracted an average of 9.1 million viewers, the newscast's largest audience in almost a year.
To read an early excerpt from the novel that we published yesterday, click here.
To read an early excerpt from the novel that we published in 2011 titled "Relationship Story," click here.
The attack line, which lit up the Twittersphere Tuesday morning when the campaign released some early excerpts, was met with some applause, but it is a point that Mr. Romney makes frequently on the campaign trail.
Mr. Assad did not specify his mistakes, at least not in early excerpts released by the magazine, and he toughened his position in some ways, appearing to rule out negotiations with the armed opposition.
Still, it was shown by the cable news channels, and by distributing early excerpts of his prepared text the White House ensured that his remarks were featured on evening news programs viewed by millions.
When Brian Stelter, the CNN media reporter, asked CBS why it hadn't released the clip, the network said that it had seemed more important to get out word of Trump's possible moderation on Obamacare, an explanation that Stelter called "underwhelming," particularly as there had also been early excerpts about Trump's tweeting habits and his phone calls with the Clintons.
