CNN news anchor Don Lemon, filling in as a guest host on ABC’s The View on Monday, defended the network’s wall-to-wall coverage of the missing Malaysian Air flight MH370, saying that it wasn’t just about ratings. The View co-host Barbara Walters observed that CNN has covered flight MH370 more than they covered the Boston Marathon bombings, […]
In a lengthy interview in Variety, Barbara Walters spoke about her impending retirement from The View, telling the magazine that the show needs a “conservative voice” to present a different side. Walters, who is the co-creator, co-executive producer and co-host of The View, announced recently that she would be retiring on May 16th after 17 […]
On ABC’s The View on Tuesday co-host Whoopi Goldberg addressed the recent use of the full “N-word” by CNN anchors and reporters, saying that using the term “N-word” makes it “cute.” Barbara Walters asked Goldberg what she thought of Don Lemon of CNN who used the full “N-word” on his show last Saturday. Goldberg: Well […]
The ever insightful crew On ABC’s The View tackled the subject of hair and makeup expenses for GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann, giving Joy Behar another opportunity to mock a Republican. Barbara Walters defended Bachmann, saying that she didn’t see anything wrong with her wanting to look good, sparking this exchange: Behar: Wait a minute. […]
CBS News anchor Katie Couric, who appeared on The View to promote her new book, The Best Advice I Ever Got, Lessons from Extraordinary Lives, managed to keep Barbara Walters from pinning her down about her job at CBS and her future. No matter what Walters did she couldn’t get Couric to confirm that she […]