Bill O'Reilly Forces Walk-Off During The View
If you're a regular watcher of The View, you probably knew things were going to get a bit testy when Bill O'Reilly plopped himself down on the couch earlier today for a chat about politics. And so that the resulting, finger-pointing screaming match about the Ground Zero mosque and 9/11 led to the walk-off of co-hosts Joy Behar and Whoopi Goldberg should have been expected. But that doesn't make it any less fun and/or cringe-worthy! Check out the video ahead and pay particular attention to Whoopi's feet as she exits stage left.
Goldberg and Behar returned to the show later in the broadcast.
· O'Reilly Comments Lead to Walk Off at 'The View' [NYT/ArtsBeat]
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The only way that could have been better would have been for Whoopi to make one defiant stride and then glide off camera on her Heelies.
The View co-hosts run into a guest who can hold his on in a debate and they flee. He said nothing controversial or factually incorrect. Muslims killed US citizens on 9/11. To deny that is to say the sky isn't blue. But they sensed they were losing the debate - they were wrong about the polls showing Americans don't want the mosque there in overwhelming numbers. So they exited ... rather than get soundly trumped.
O'Reilly never said all Muslims or bad. The attacks of 9/11 were motivated by religion - and putting a house of worship to that religion on that site is offensive to some. You can disagree with that ... that's fine ... but storming off the set is a sign they couldn't handle a smart debate. Or they were eager to drum up ratings.
The ladies can disagree all they like, but walking off the set in the middle of an argument? That lends more support to O'Reilly and his fans than it does to their level of professionalism.
Smells like a ratings grab to me.
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