'Gonna look kind of bad': ABC News head told 'The View' hosts to tone down Trump criticism

[justaprogressive]

Hosts for one of the most-watched daytime news shows were recently asked to back off from criticizing President Donald Trump, according to a new report.

The Daily Beast reported Wednesday that both ABC News president Almin Karamehmedovic and Disney CEO Bob Iger communicated to the hosts of "The View" that their political coverage should be toned down in favor of softer, more celebrity-focused segments. The Beast cited unnamed sources who confided that the hosts didn't take kindly to the suggestion, with co-host Ana Navarro pointing out that a major sector of their audience watches them for political analysis.

The source emphasized that the request to talk less about the Trump administration was not an "edict" and that the hosts still had free rein to decide what topics to discuss for each episode. But the show's on-air talent still reportedly bristled at the suggestion.

"This is what our audience wants," one of the hosts reportedly said during the exchange with executives. "Isn’t it gonna look kind of bad if we’re all of a sudden not talking about politics?

"The View" co-host Ana Navarro reportedly had a private conversation with Iger in which she thanked the Disney CEO for allowing them editorial control. And while Iger communicated that he still supported the show and the hosts, he echoed Karamehmedovic's wishes that the show's five hosts tone down their Trump criticism.

https://www.alternet.org/abc-the-view-trump/

[JBTaurus83]

1. This is so pathetic.

Nt

[BoRaGard]

2. "Get on your knees, and kiss his felonious ass." - Corporate HQ (R-Materialist)

[no_hypocrisy]

3. IOW, women should limit themselves to entertainment,

and avoid discussions that matter.

[k_buddy762]

4. Almin Karamehmedovic and Bob Iger

Follow the money. Everyone is for sale.

[brush]

5. Contracts may not be renewed. nt

[ecstatic]

6. Smfh @ the selfish, fascist-enablers running broadcast stations

Aren't they paying attention to how Walmart and the other retailers have been screwed by trump? I won't feel an ounce of sympathy for them when they get the full consequences of what they're enabling.

[kimbutgar]

7. I gave up the Vice when Meghan McCain was on and now I have to give it up again?

What’s next the late night show hosts being censored and cancelled?

I hope the View brings this up today!

What happened to free speech?

[Paladin]

8. How to turn a merely obnoxious goon into a full-time, life-and-death dictator.

Thanks for absolutely nothing, ABC News chickenshits.

[Rebl2]

9. Wonder

if 3 of them will quit. Whoopi, Navarro, and Behar. Although on second thought, I don’t think those three would put up with being silenced.

[RedWhiteBlueIsRacist]

10. "Celebrity-focused segments"?

Hey, that's what we have the president for!

[electric_blue68]

11. ABC Overloads? Phhbbbtttttttttttt!

[W_HAMILTON]

12. If we all make it out of this alive, one silver lining is that so many have been outed as fascist friendly.

And they will have been forever exposed.

Bezos and his Washington Post, the LA Times owner, CBS higher-ups, Target, ABC higher-ups, so many run-of-the-mill government employees -- and I'm sure I'm missing plenty.

Not only are they not our allies, we now know that they are our enemies -- and when we regain power, we should do whatever we can legally/constitutionally/public pressure-wise to rein them in and exact justice.

[UTUSN]

13. K&R