Rumor has it ABC is scrambling to add a pro-Trump panelist to “The View” in the wake of the president-elect’s landslide victory in the 2024 election.
The anonymous source who reportedly spoke with the New York Postnoted how conservatives accused ABC News presidential debate moderators David Muir and Lindsey Davis of tilting the scales against Donald Trump when he faced off against Vice President Kamala Harris in September. Now, the source says company execs are evaluating the network’s heavily biased shows like “The View.”
According to the report, the source said ABC News Group & Networks President Debra OConnell and ABC News President Almin Karamehmedovic have had meetings with various executive producers of network shows. One topic of conversation has been adding a Trump supporter to “The View,” which is almost always dominated by far-Left viewpoints from co-hosts like Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin, and Sara Haines. Token Republican voices have been from anti-Trumpers, such as Ana Navarro and Alyssa Farah Griffin.
“The View is facing pressure from higher-ups,” the source told The Post. “Viewers can expect some major changes including bringing in new panelists that can bring in a pro-Trump perspective.”
“Everyone on ‘The View’ endorsed Kamala Harris. They lost. They are out of touch with America,” the insider added. “For a show about different perspectives, ‘The View’ doesn’t seem to have any when it comes to Trump. ABC bosses don’t want to alienate the pro-Trump demographic.”
“The question is what will happen to the Whoopis and the Joys if they bring on a Trumpster?” the source said.
The report cited another source who said Trump’s decisive win made ABC execs realize that they should stop ignoring the views of more than half the country. “We are trying to sort out how we cover the next 4 years when everyone inside ABC News is on one side,” the source said of the ABC lineup.
“At the end of the day, these changes aren’t about politics. They are about economics,” the anonymous source explained, per The Post. “Trump got more than half of the vote. TV networks need to find pro-Trump voices and diversify viewpoints to reflect the various perspectives of Americans.”
A spokesperson for the network gave The Daily Wire the following statement on the rumors: “This report is not true. ‘The View’ is an opinion-based show featuring a diverse panel of women with different points of view – the current panel is clearly resonating with audiences given that the series just had its highest rated episode in more than a decade and hit a 4-year high in total viewers.”
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