[Yes ABC is a nominally private entity (modulo their govt license and use of spectrum) but note that she was speaking on her own time.] Friday October 26 02:16 AM EDT By Andrew Grossman NEW YORK (The Hollywood Reporter) --- ABC anchorwoman Carole Simpson on Thursday said she regretted some of the remarks she made at an Oct. 16 conference that led to her two-week suspension from Sunday's "World News Tonight." The network took that action in the wake of her speech to the International Women's Media Foundation in New York where she revealed various details about the 7-month-old infant who contracted anthrax and his mother, a producer at ABC. Simpson's comments were particularly ill-timed because network executives had announced the illness only the night before and were still trying to communicate information to the media and ABC employees about the situation. In her speech, Simpson gave away the sex of the child -- a boy -- and revealed the producer's identity -- she was Simpson's producer. Executives were also upset about Simpson telling the conference that "This Week" co-host Cokie Roberts had received a suspicious letter postmarked Trenton, N.J., in the Washington bureau, where Simpson also works. But the letter proved innocent and it did not come from Trenton, leaving officials livid that Simpson had bypassed the network's process for disseminating anthrax information. In her statement, Simpson said she regretted sharing the erroneous information, saying: "When any of us in this profession makes a mistake, it's important to say so." But she made no mention of her revelations about the mother's and baby's identities. ABC News declined to comment, saying it was a personnel matter. Chris Bury replaced Simpson on Oct. 21. Simpson is due back Nov. 4. --------- "Propoganda outlets are military targets" -NATO during FRYwar