Media Hypocrisy Exposed: The View’s Double Standard
- The show fires up wild rhetoric while preaching civility.
- Hosts portray the administration as a catastrophe despite clear gains.
- Network inconsistency on accountability is plain to see.
- This opinion piece pushes back from a pro-Republican stance.
The left keeps lecturing everyone about stepping back and being reasonable, yet outlets like ABC’s The View keep ratcheting up the fury. Their style hasn’t softened; it has doubled down on performative outrage that plays well to their base. That kind of disconnect between words and actions feeds public distrust in mainstream media.
On a recent episode co-host Joy Behar launched into an tirade, railing against the country under President Trump’s leadership and painting a portrait of chaos. Her language was designed to provoke and rally a particular audience, not to engage in sober analysis. Such one-sided framing risks misinforming viewers and deepening political divides.
“I feel like we’re trapped in a bad movie, like you’ve got these incompetent people running the government and we’re like a bunch of sitting ducks. You’ve got the puppy killer. You’ve got the signal cake guy, what’s his name, Hegseth. I mean, there’s no end to the incompetency that we are experiencing as Americans!”
Behar then capped her rant with an apocalyptic flourish meant to terrify rather than illuminate. That brand of hyperbole sells ads and attention, but it does nothing for civic discourse. When television trades facts for fear, viewers are the losers.
“So, I can almost not even talk about individual situations like this, because the overall picture and the elephant in the room is that we’re screwed!”
Moderator Whoopi Goldberg took the theatrics further by questioning the longevity of the Constitution, a dramatic flourish that crossed from critique into nihilism. Tossing around the stability of our founding framework for shock value is irresponsible and shows a lack of respect for institutions. If the goal is to inform Americans, this style misses the mark.
ABC has shown it can act when faced with controversy, as seen with other talent, yet it keeps supporting The View’s daily brand of anti-Trump broadcasting. That selective enforcement looks more like partisan editing than principled leadership. Audiences notice when a network punishes some rhetoric and excuses other, harsher outlets.
Reality shows a different picture than the hosts describe: under President Trump many Americans point to stronger economic indicators, tougher national security, and a clearer America-first posture overseas. Dismissing these results as mere rhetoric insults the people who have benefited from those policies. The View’s narrative aims to erase measurable success with melodrama, and that deserves scrutiny.
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