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(Newser) - Elizabeth Hasselbeck has been invited to bring her spunky conservatism to the stump with Sarah Palin, the New York Daily News reports. Hasselbeck will take off for Florida this weekend to join the GOP veep pick on a tour around the state. “I will be flying there to... More »

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Florida • John McCain • The View • Elizabeth Hasselbeck • stump speech • campaigning • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin

OPINION

For Tough Election Coverage, Tune In During the Day

Tune into Ellen and The View for TV's most penetrating look at politics

Oct 13, 08 6:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - The days when politicians could take refuge on daytime TV, hiding behind softball interviews and happy talk about favorite recipes, are over, Rebecca Traister writes for Salon. Tracing the trend from soaps through Phil Donohue to Oprah and Ellen to the unrivaled supremacy of The View, she observes, "... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • The View • Oprah Winfrey • Cindy McCain • daytime talk show • Ellen DeGeneres • Election 2008

 Star: View Co-Hosts 'Hateful' 

Jones plots comeback after healing Court TV cancellation wounds

Oct 13, 08 11:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Star Jones says her Court TV cancellation last season sent her into a “depression,” but she’s over it—and ready for a comeback. Jones, who spent the summer in Italy consoling herself, told Essence she's in talks for a non-scripted show. She offered sharp words for her... More »

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The View • Star Jones

opinion

 Fear of Lefty Obama 
 Gets Bill Behind Mac 

Centrist ex-prez has common ground with Republican, and his win sets up Hillary in '12

Sep 26, 08 4:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - If Bill Clinton seems to be sabotaging Barack Obama's campaign, it may not only be for Hillary's presumed 2012 run, but because he prefers John McCain, Roger Simon writes in Pajamas Media. Since "showing up" Obama with his convention speech, Clinton has been "lavishing praise" on McCain and... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • The View • presidential debate • Bill Clinton • Election 2008

 Hillary Didn't Really 
 Want VP Slot: Bill 

Clinton would've paired up with Obama only out of sense of 'duty'

Sep 22, 08 6:48 PM CDT
(Newser) - Even as rumors continue to bounce around the Internet that Hillary Clinton could end up on the Democratic ticket, she never wanted to—and would only have accepted the VP slot out of a sense of duty, Bill Clinton said on The View today. “Not really, she didn’t,... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Joe Biden • The View • Bill Clinton • rumor • Election 2008

Clinton Takes
In The View
on Monday

Ex-prez likely to get warmer reception than McCains did last week

Sep 19, 08 12:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bill Clinton is scheduled to appear Monday on The View, where he hopes to get a more friendly reception than John and Cindy McCain did Sept. 12. The GOP candidate and his wife are still fuming about their treatment, the New York Post reports, with the wife of the Republican... More »

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John McCain • The View • Bill Clinton • Whoopi Goldberg • Cindy McCain

OPINION

 McCain Sheds Honor 
 in Heat of Campaign 

Columnist, a longtime fan of the straight-shooting senator, sorely disappointed

Sep 16, 08 2:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain's dishonesty in this race has turned him into the kind of politician the candidate once professed to hate, writes Richard Cohen—a one-time fan of the Arizona senator—in the Washington Post. McCain’s lies—most blatantly expressed on The View in response to a question about misleading... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • The View • Joy Behar • negative campaigning • Richard Cohen • campaign advertising • Sarah Palin

Cindy McCain Blasts View
After Grilling

It's 'out of sync' with mainstream America, says aspiring first lady

Sep 15, 08 2:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Newspapers and TV shows like The View are out of sync with the average American’s political beliefs, wannabe first lady Cindy McCain has declared. She blasted the media the day after she and hubby John McCain were grilled on The View about misleading campaign ads and the undisclosed number... More »

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John McCain • The View • Barbara Walters • voters • Cindy McCain • Joy Behar • campaign advertising • Election 2008

Whoopi Reduces Hasselbeck to Tears Over N-Word

Heated face-off sparked by Jackson gaffe 

Jul 18, 08 5:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - A heated discussion of the N-word between View co-hosts Whoopi Goldberg and Elisabeth Hasselbeck ended in tears yesterday. Goldberg argued that black people should use the term to rob it of its power—and kept TV censors busy with her repeated use of the word. Hasselbeck fretted over how to... More »

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The View • Whoopi Goldberg • Elizabeth Hasselbeck • talk show • racial slurs

Michelle Gets a Gig With a 'View'

Mrs. O swaps fist bumps with the girls, dishes on pantyhose, politics, Laura Bush

Jun 18, 08 12:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Michelle Obama started off her debut appearance on “The View” with a jab at the "terrorist fist jab" controversy, demanding of her co-hosts, "I have to be greeted properly. Fist bump please." Obama talked everything from politics to pantyhose—no, she doesn’t wear them—and... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Michelle Obama • The View • pantyhose

Voters May Yet Warm Up to Michelle Obama

Would-be first lady reaches out to women by hosting The View

Jun 14, 08 5:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Nicknamed "the closer," Michelle Obama is known for winning over voters—but many still have not warmed up to her, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. A recent poll shows that 42% of voters have an unfavorable view of her and 25% are "very unfavorable." The first... More »

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Barack Obama • Michelle Obama • The View • gender stereotypes

 Mrs. O Gets Her Own View 

Following Cindy McCain's path, Michelle Obama will guest-host June 18

Jun 5, 08 10:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Following Cindy McCain's lead, Michelle Obama will co-host The View on June 18, the AP reports. ABC’s mid-morning gabfest asked the wife of the presumptive Democratic nominee to be a guest, but she said she’d rather jump into the often-lively chat and guest interviews, as McCain did in... More »

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television • Barack Obama • New York City • presidential campaign • Michelle Obama • women • The View • ABC • wife • host

Rosie: View Producers Threatened to Sue Me

O'Donnell dishes as she buries hatchet with Howard Stern

Jun 4, 08 8:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Shoot-from-the-lip comedian Rosie O'Donnell had plenty to say about her acrimonious last days on The View when she called up Howard Stern to bury the hatchet with the shock jock, MSNBC reports. O'Donnell told Stern that producers threatened to sue when she told them she was leaving. But ABC insiders... More »

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television • The View • Rosie O'Donnell • ABC • talk show • Howard Stern

ANALYSIS

 Daytime TV as Campaign Stop 

'Low-info' voters, soft-pedaling hosts want personal details

Jun 3, 08 2:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - You know where they stand on gas prices, but what about pantsuits and family pets? Hillary Clinton, John McCain, and Barack Obama are making the rounds of daytime talk shows and celebrity gossipfests, courting "low-info" voters—those mostly white, working class, and undecided folks who haven't been paying much... More »

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television • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • The View • presidential politics • Jon Stewart • Stephen Colbert • daytime talk show • Access Hollywood

 Ex-View Buddies Swap Barbs 

Onetime co-host slams Walters tell-all as cry for attention

May 7, 08 2:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Star Jones is blasting back at Barbara Walters for claims made in her new tell-all memoir, US magazine reports. Walters writes in Audition that Jones compelled her and the other co-hosts of The View to lie about her gastric bypass surgery. More »

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The View • Barbara Walters • Star Jones • memoir • Audition • celebrity tell-alls • gastric bypass

Star Jones Wants a Divorce

Former View co-host files for split from Al Reynolds after 3 years
 

Apr 23, 08 7:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Star Jones is filing for divorce, 3½ years after her lavish wedding to Al Reynolds, Entertainment Tonight reports. The high-profile attorney representing Reynolds previously worked on the divorces of Howard Stern, Donald Trump, and Diana Ross. "The dissolution of a marriage is a difficult time in anyone's life that... More »

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The View • Star Jones • celebrity divorces • Al Reynolds

McCain Recipes Cribbed From Food Network

Rachael Ray 'flattered' as aide blames intern, Cindy to hit 'The View'

Apr 16, 08 3:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rachael Ray tells Us Magazine she’s “flattered” John McCain’s website passed off some of her recipes as belonging to wife Cindy. An aide was embarrassed that dishes like Passion Fruit Mousse and Ahi Tuna with Napa Cabbage Slaw were lifted from Food Network sites, and blamed an... More »

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The View • tuna • recipes • Cindy McCain • Rachael Ray • Food Network

Hasselbeck Returning
to 'The View'

Rosie O'Donnell's right-wing rival back from maternity leave

Jan 4, 08 6:46 AM CST
(Newser) - Conservative TV co-host Elizabeth Hasselbeck will return to "The View" on Monday after a two-month maternity leave—and she'll be bringing her new son, Taylor Thomas, with her. Hasselbeck infamously had it out on the air with liberal co-host Rosie O'Donnell over the war in Iraq shortly before the... More »

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The View • Barbara Walters • Whoopi Goldberg • Elizabeth Hasselbeck • Sherri Shepherd • daytime talk show • Joy Behar • Iraq war • maternity leave

Rosie Won't Gab on MSNBC

Money issues sink negotiations for prime-time cable gig

Nov 8, 07 5:08 PM CST
(Newser) - Talks between MSNBC and Rosie O'Donnell, the outspoken ex-host of ABC's "The View," about a potential prime-time talk show have broken down, the Los Angeles Times reports. The main point of contention was money, with O'Donnell demanding network-TV coin from the cable news station. O'Donnell confirmed that the... More »

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The View • Rosie O'Donnell • MSNBC • talk show • primetime TV

Rosie in Talks
to Host
MSNBC Show

Outspoken comedian could battle Larry King in prime-time slot

Nov 6, 07 3:31 AM CST
(Newser) - Rosie O'Donnell and MSNBC are close to inking a deal to give the outspoken comedian her own prime-time talk show, reports the New York Times. Just six months after she left "The View" in a cloud of controversy, the loquacious lefty could be battling CNN's "Larry King Live"... More »

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television • The View • Rosie O'Donnell • MSNBC • Larry King • Keith Olbermann • talk show • Sean Hannity • primetime TV • Alan Colmes • Hannity and Colmes • Dan Abrams

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