Posted by
Shogrensus on Monday, April 07, 2008 8:58:12 PM
I stopped blogging on the View because it seemed less controversial with Rosie O'Donnell gone. The show was rarely in the news and it seemed less important than other things I was doing.
Maybe I was wrong- maybe the show is more dangerous when it is less controversial because there is no public accountability about the many ridiculous things the women and guests say, or don't say.
Millions of women watch the show. When Rosie made some ridiculously liberal comment, the media was all over her and women who listened and watched would hear a public response challenging O'Donnell. Now, the show may be more insidious as the major media generally ignores the show. The women who watch may be more likely to think the views expressed are reasonable because they don't create the uproar to which we had become accustomed.
Last week, when Obama was on the show and suggested the Rev. Wright was being misrepresented by 5 seconds of video, as though these were odd and non-representative of his views, the women were unable to challenge him effectively. Elisabeth tried, but was brushed aside quickly. The women of the View don't represent many women in the country and whether there are four five or ten women on the panel, the show gravitates to the left.
I will renew my efforts to listen to their lunacy and shine some light on the positions taken...