Disney CEO, ABC Boss Ask 'The View' Hosts to Tone Down the Politics: Report
- In January 2025, the leadership at Disney and ABC News asked the hosts of The View to limit their political discussions prior to President Trump’s inauguration.
- Karamehmedovic held discussions with the show's hosts and executive producer Brian Teta about diversifying the program's content to include topics beyond Trump-related politics.
- The View hosts, including Joy Behar and Ana Navarro, rejected the suggestion, deciding to maintain their political discussions because their audience expects such commentary.
- Navarro said, "This is what our audience wants," highlighting that past episodes with less politics also drew strong ratings, but political discourse remains central to the show.
- The ongoing focus on politics reflects tensions between executives' calls for balance and the hosts' commitment to audience preferences amid a politically charged media environment.
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The ‘ladies’ of The View are known for their daily anti-Trump rhetoric — and outright lies. So much so that they’ve recently had to stop the show on multiple occasions in order to read LEGAL MEMOS handed to them by Producers, in an attempt to avoid slander and liable lawsuits. But they just got another dose of reality that might hit harder than simply swallowing their pride to read a little memo from the network’s legal department. The CEO of Di…
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Disney CEO Bob Iger Demands ABC ‘Tone Down’ Hyper-Political Rhetoric on ‘The View’
The hyper-political discussions on ABC's "The View" have reportedly caught the attention of the network's bosses after the CEO of parent company Disney, Bob Iger, demanded that the co-hosts tone down the rhetoric. The post Disney CEO Bob Iger Demands ABC ‘Tone Down’ Hyper-Political Rhetoric on ‘The View’ appeared first on Slay News.
'The View' Ladies Scoff At Bob Iger's Orders To Tone Down Anti-Trump Propaganda
Disney CEO Bob Iger and ABC News President Almin Karamehmedovic reportedly asked the co-hosts of "The View" to tone down their anti-Trump propaganda. However, per the report, the ladies scoffed at the order."This is what our audience wants. Isn’t it gonna look kind of bad if we’re all of a sudden not talking about politics?" one source told The Daily Beast, paraphrasing how the co-hosts replied to the ABC and Disney executives.Karamehmedovic als…
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