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4 hours ago
- Politics
- Fox News
ABC News' ‘The View' has had 102 liberal guests in 2025 without a single conservative: study
ABC News' "The View" continued to display an overwhelming lack of balance during the first seven months of 2025 with 102 left-leaning guests and zero conservatives, according to the Media Research Center (MRC). MRC's NewsBusters analyzed every episode of "The View" from January 6, when the program returned from a winter hiatus through July 25, and found that it failed to book a single right-leaning guest to discuss politics. The MRC previously found in April that the ABC News program booked 63 liberal guests and zero conservatives, so the media watchdog continued to monitor "The View" and determined that nothing had changed. "'The View' is not shy about the fact that what they say and do is all meant to push the agenda of the Democratic Party, whether it's smearing Trump and his allies or specifically elevating Democratic politicians. It's why they've only spoken to liberals about politics on the show so far this year," NewsBusters associate editor Nicholas Fondacaro told Fox News Digital. "ABC needs to examine the show and plot a better course for their next season," Fondacaro, who conducted the study, continued. "'The View' was started by Barbara Walters to be a place where women came together to express their views. Now, the title is more than a name. It's how the show functions: only one view." Former President Joe Biden, Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., Maryland Gov. Wes Moore and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., were among the 19 Democratic politicians who joined "The View" in 2025. "There's a reason Biden chose them to be the venue for his failed attempt to push back on the allegations of his mental decline. His handlers knew they would coddle him, and they did," Fondacaro told Fox News Digital, referring to the May interview with the former president, who was accompanied by former first lady Jill Biden. The program also welcomed Obama administration staffers turned podcasters Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, and Tommy Vietor, along with former Biden press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre. The rest of the 102 lefty guests were a medley of figures from Hollywood, liberal journalists and other outspoken celebrities, according to the MRC. Along the way, "The View" failed to book any conservatives, according to the MRC. "The closest they came was former California Governor and Harris 2024 voter Arnold Schwarzenegger on June 17's show, who advocated for liberal 'immigration reform,'" Fondacaro said. Eva Longoria, Mark Hamill, Julieanne Moore, Mario Cantone, Amber Ruffin, Wanda Sykes, Ezra Klein, Scott Galloway, Jose Andres, and Gloria Steinem were among the liberals on the program. The Media Research Center explained its methodology: "For a guest to be counted as either liberal or conservative, they needed to express such views during their appearance on The View. If a celebrity did not discuss politics, they were not included in the count of political leanings even if they had a history of being outspoken in the past. For example, actor Robert De Niro had a history of speaking out against President Trump, but was not included in the liberal count because politics did not come up." Co-host Sara Haines admitted what was already obvious shortly after Trump's inauguration in January: None of the six hosts, including its two token Republicans Ana Navarro and Alyssa Farah Griffin, voted for him. Navarro is outspokenly progressive and even hosted a night of the 2024 Democratic National Convention. Griffin is a former Trump aide who has become a sharp critic since the end of his first term. Fondacaro said that the last time "The View" brought on a guest to defend President Trump was when Gov. Chris Sununu joined the program in August 2024. "The View" did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital. An ABC News insider, who said network bookers have met with Senate press secretaries from both sides of the aisle, pushed back on the initial version of the study. "This study seems to ascribe political leanings to guests even when politics were not discussed. Celebrity guests are not booked because of their political leanings, they are booked on the show to promote their projects," the insider told Fox News Digital in April. Fondacaro also noticed "The View" co-hosts essentially stopped reading on-air legal disclaimers. "The View has undergone some major changes since last year, which proves it has gotten more extreme. Prior to their winter break, the cast would defend and praise their reliance on legal notes, only to abandon the practice altogether in the latter half of the season," Fondacaro said.
Fox News
7 days ago
- Politics
- Fox News
Karoline Leavitt excoriates media for perpetuating 'complete scam' of Russia hoax
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt excoriated the media Wednesday for perpetuating the narrative that President Donald Trump colluded with Russia to win the 2016 election. "Unfortunately, so many Americans, from listening to outlets in this room, believed in these lies, and it's a complete scam, and it's a scandal and the president wants to see accountability for that," Leavitt told reporters. "He wants to see all those who perpetuated this fraud against our country, who betrayed our country and the Constitution, to be thoroughly investigated and held accountable, and it's been 10 years of this," Leavitt said. "And I would just add, based on everything the [DNI] director has said and declassified, all of you in this room should go through it and take a look at this report and review the intelligence, because, unfortunately, that hasn't happened." Leavitt made the remarks in response to a question from a reporter who asked if the White House believes that the Supreme Court's immunity decision protects former President Barack Obama from prosecution. During the briefing, Leavitt was joined by Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, who said that her findings at the DNI suggest that the Obama administration promoted a "contrived narrative" that Russia interfered in the 2016 election. "There is irrefutable evidence that details how President Obama and his national security team directed the creation of an intelligence community assessment that they knew was false," Gabbard said. "They knew it would promote this contrived narrative that Russia interfered in the 2016 election to help President Trump win, selling it to the American people as though it were true it wasn't." Leavitt also criticized the outlets that were present at the briefing. "Many of the people who perpetuated this hoax — Clapper, Andy McCabe and James Comey and many others — have been hired by major networks in this room to go on television and continue to spew these lies, knowing that they are lies," she said. The press secretary also blasted the Democratic Party for their part in pursuing the Russia narrative. "Just flashback to 2016 and the years after the entire Trump-one presidency was embroiled in this scandal that was perpetuated by the Democrat Party, and you had major Democratic Party officials in this city, namely Adam Schiff, Hillary Clinton, Elizabeth Warren, who went on television and told the American people, 'Donald Trump is an asset of Russia,'" she continued. "It was a lie," Leavitt said. "They always knew it. So Hillary Clinton herself said that President Trump would be a puppet for Putin. Sen. Tim Kaine, at the time, called President Trump 'Vladimir Putin's defense lawyer.' Adam Schiff stated, and one of the worst things a lawmaker could do is to tell the American people, 'I know something you don't know, it's just classified, and I can't tell you,' and that's what he said. 'I can tell you that the case is more than that. I can't go into the particulars, but there's more than circumstantial evidence now.'" "And not enough people in this room, not enough journalists in this country pushed Adam Schiff to say, 'What are you talking about? What evidence do you have?' Everybody just ran with the lies, and it led to impeachments, and it led to the division of our country," she said. Trump on Tuesday claimed that Obama was the "ringleader" of Russiagate, calling for him to be criminally investigated amid new claims that members of his administration allegedly "manufactured" intelligence that prompted the Trump–Russia collusion narrative. "Out of respect for the office of the presidency, our office does not normally dignify the constant nonsense and misinformation flowing out of this White House with a response," Obama spokesman Patrick Rodenbush said in a statement. "But these claims are outrageous enough to merit one." "These bizarre allegations are ridiculous and a weak attempt at distraction," Obama's spokesman continued. "Nothing in the document issued last week undercuts the widely accepted conclusion that Russia worked to influence the 2016 presidential election but did not successfully manipulate any votes."
Time of India
21-07-2025
- Politics
- Time of India
"May have vested interest..." Aviation Minister Slams Western Media Over AAIB Report Coverage
Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu has strongly defended the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) and warned against premature conclusions by international media, especially Western outlets. He highlighted the integrity of AAIB's investigation into the Air India AI171 incident and criticized biased reportage. The minister emphasized waiting for the final report before making any assumptions. #RamMohanNaidu #AAIB #AirIndia #AI171 #FIP #WSJ #Reuters #PlaneCrashProbe #AviationIndia #MediaBias #BlackBox #AviationSafety #CrashInvestigation #IndiaNews #LegalNotice Read More
ABC News
26-06-2025
- Politics
- ABC News
Hegseth accuses US media of cheering against Trump
The US Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, has accused the media of cheering against the Donald Trump over reporting on the damage done by US strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities.
