Barbara Walters Claims 'The View' Was Never Intended to Be 'Political

Randy Hall
November 5th, 2013 2:20 PM
During an interview on Sunday's edition of the new Fox News Channel program Media Buzz, Barbara Walters told host Howard Kurtz that The View -- the weekday program she created for ABC on August 11, 1997, and is retiring from next summer -- is neither political nor news-oriented since it was intended to be “entertaining and upbeat.” “The View is not Meet the Press,” Walters said even though…