Networks Nourished Anti-Vaccine Hysteria With 171 Stories on Debunked

May 15th, 2014 4:35 PM
Despite the rise in deaths from preventable childhood diseases, the networks spent the last 15 years fueling speculation that vaccines cause autism. Just in the past seven years more than 1,300 died from such diseases, according to CDC data. The medical community widely refuted such claims and the medical journal that once published the study later retracted it. But for years the broadcast…

Joy Behar on View Reunion: ‘This Is Like the Last Supper With Barbar

May 15th, 2014 11:58 AM
Friday, May 16 is Barbara Walters’ last day on The View and all of the former co-hosts returned to say goodbye to the longtime ABC host on Thursday, May 15. Appearing on a special panel, former co-host Joy Behar proclaimed “This is like the Last Supper with Barbara as Jesus.” [See video below.]

Bye-Bye Barbara! The Top 20 Worst of Walters Countdown

May 12th, 2014 9:39 AM
Friday marks Barbara Walters’ retirement from ABC’s The View. On that show, and throughout her forty-year career at ABC News, the longtime reporter has shown an inclination to suck-up to liberal heroes like former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg (“His bold actions on issues like gun safety...has inspired many”) and ask silly softball questions to the likes of Barack Obama (“If you were a…

Barbara Walters Suggests 'The View' Will Get Some Political Balance Ag

April 27th, 2014 1:43 PM
MRC's Scott Whitlock found a newsy tidbit from an April article in Variety magazine. Former Newsweek writer Ramin Setoodeh reported from a Barbara Walters interview that "The View" lost both its edgier political personalities -- right-leaning Elisabeth Hasselbeck and leftist insult comedienne Joy Behar -- due to network pressure on her and the show's producer Bill Geddie. “These are not…

Barbara Walters Gushes Over Elizabeth Warren: 'I Can See You Running f

April 23rd, 2014 5:00 PM
With only weeks left before she retires, View co-host Barbara Walters on Wednesday found time to fawn over another liberal Democrat. The veteran journalist repeatedly hyped Senator Elizabeth Warren as a possible president. As though she were the politician's publicist, Walters enthused, "A small town, Oklahoma girl grows up, handles the challenges of being a young, single mother, practically a…

TV Hosts Ignore Claire Shipman’s Marriage to Obama Press Secretary J

April 22nd, 2014 3:33 PM
Since Monday, April 14, ABC's Claire Shipman has been touring the network and cable news networks to promote her new book that she co-wrote with Katty Kay entitled "The Confidence Code: The Science and Art of Self Assurance-What Women Should Know." Despite the eight television appearances Shipman has made since last Monday, only two interviews openly acknowledged her marriage to White House…

The View Asks Bill O'Reilly 'Will Conservatives Give Him [Stephen Colb

April 16th, 2014 1:42 PM
Fox News host Bill O’Reilly appeared on ABC’s The View on Wednesday April 16 and had some harsh words for incoming CBS late night host Stephen Colbert. O’Reilly began his analysis by arguing that Colbert is “More than a comedian. He’s a mouthpiece for the far left.” to which co-host Barbara Walters rushed to Colbert’s defense and argued that “I mean he’s just a comedian. Isn’t that going a…

Rabid Conspiracy Theorist Jenny McCarthy Desperately Spins: 'I'm Not A

April 14th, 2014 4:28 PM
View co-host Jenny McCarthy is now attempting to backtrack on her anti-vaccine conspiracy theories. The former Playboy model has repeatedly promoted the danger of vaccines and asserted, despite a total lack of evidence, that they can cause autism. In an op-ed for the Chicago Sun Times on Sunday, she proclaimed, "I am not 'anti-vaccine.' This is not a change in my stance nor is it a new position…

Barbara Walters, Who Had an Affair With a Politician, Lectures Politic

April 9th, 2014 4:02 PM
View co-host Barbara Walters, who admitted in 2009 that she had an affair with a married politician, weighed in on the scandal engulfing Republican Congressman Vance McAllister, caught on tape kissing a staffer.  Co-host and former Playboy model Jenny McCarthy joked about the surveillance footage: "You're in a government building. That's what a Motel 6 is for."  This caused Walters to lecture…

Journalist Barbara Walters Is 'Honored to Meet' Anita Hill, Her 'Heroi

March 19th, 2014 4:00 PM
Supposedly neutral journalist Barbara Walters dropped all pretense of objectivity on Wednesday, praising guest Anita Hill as her "heroine." The View co-host gushed over how "honored" she was to meet the woman who accused Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment in 1991. Walters allowed no tough questions of Hill, just queries about the "cost" of speaking out.  The veteran journalist introduced…

'View' Crew Features GOP Strategist Nicolle Wallace: 'To Know Bill [Cl

March 13th, 2014 4:08 PM
The co-hosts of The View brought on Republican strategist Nicolle Wallace, Thursday, to give the Republican view on politics. But instead of offering the loyal opposition, the former top aide to John McCain gushed over the Clintons.  Asked by Jenny McCarthy if Bill Clinton's personal problems will be an issue in 2016, Wallace blurted, "No. That's baked in the cake. I mean, to know Bill is to…

Barbara Walters Denounces RT Anchor Who Quit On-Air As No Hero

March 7th, 2014 9:55 AM

Anchor Liz Wahl of Russia Today’s Washington, D.C. bureau abruptly resigned her position during a live broadcast this week because she said she “cannot be part of a network, funded by the Russian government, that whitewashes the actions of Putin.” However, ABC’s Barbara Walters was unimpressed by this young anchor’s brave stand. [Video below. MP3 audio here.] On Thursday’s episode of The View…

Barbara Walters Kisses the 'Superb' Joe Biden on 'The View

February 25th, 2014 4:35 PM
View co-host Barbara Walters kissed the "superb" Joe Biden during an interview on Tuesday. Whoopi Goldberg swooned, "The most fabulous man came in. He gave us gifts. Walters praised, "I don't think there's much doubt that you're a superb Vice President." [See video below. MP3 audio here.] Walters began the segment by touting the presents Biden brought. She awkwardly wondered, "Is one allowed…

'View' Crew on Hillary Papers: Applaud Mrs. Clinton for ‘Maturely

February 13th, 2014 9:59 AM
The co-hosts of The View on Tuesday applauded Hillary Clinton for new revelations from the so-called “Hillary papers,” a journal of a deceased friend. The then-First Lady is quoted as questioning how she could have prompted her husband’s affair with Monica Lewinsky. Sherri Shepherd touted, “I have to applaud Hillary Clinton because she's not taking responsibility for it, but I think that shows…