ABC Information brass are in “panic mode” as they hunt for conservative voices to stability the rabid anti-Trump rhetoric spewed by the hosts on “The View,” in addition to these on different exhibits, The Publish has discovered.
The Disney-owned community — which got here underneath fireplace over how ABC Information moderators grilled Donald Trump in the course of the presidential debate in opposition to Vice President Kamala Harris — has been holding high-level conferences since final week’s rout by the previous president, sources near the scenario advised The Publish.
ABC Information Group President Debra OConnell and her lately elevated boss of ABC Information Almin Karamehmedovic held the extraordinary sit-downs with govt producers of the community’s varied exhibits and different senior editorial leaders, sources stated.
First on the agenda, in accordance with one insider, is discovering a pro-Trump panelist for its top-ranked daytime speak present, co-hosted by ultra-liberals Whoopi Goldberg, Pleasure Behar, Sunny Hostin and Sara Haines, in addition to Republican Trump-bashers Ana Navarro and Alyssa Farah Griffin.
“The View is facing pressure from higher-ups,” the supply stated. “Viewers can expect some major changes including bringing in new panelists that can bring in a pro-Trump perspective.”
The supply didn’t sign whether or not one of many present panelists can be bounced or if the already crowded desk would add a seventh seat.
“Everyone on ‘The View’ endorsed Kamala Harris. They lost. They are out of touch with America,” the supply stated.
“For a show about different perspectives, ‘The View’ doesn’t seem to have any when it comes to Trump. ABC bosses don’t want to alienate the pro-Trump demographic.”
A second supply with information stated the anticipated network-wide reshuffle comes after execs had been caught “flat-footed” concerning the pro-Trump sentiment of the nation.
“We are trying to sort out how we cover the next 4 years when everyone inside ABC News is on one side,” the particular person stated, talking broadly concerning the community, which can be residence to “Good Morning America” and “World News Tonight.”
Reps for ABC Information and “The View” didn’t return requests for remark.
The primary supply stated ABC’s pivot might ruffle feathers with “The View’s” high expertise.
Within the days following the election, the hosts have been outspoken about their disdain for the nation’s choice to re-elect Trump.
“The question is what will happen to the Whoopis and the Joys if they bring on a Trumpster?” the supply stated.
Goldberg – the present’s longest-running everlasting co-host, becoming a member of this system in 2007 – stated a day after the election that her coverage in opposition to uttering Trump’s identify isn’t altering.
“He’s now the president,” she stated. “I’m still not going to say his name. That’s not going to change.”
The “Sister Act” star has refused to say Trump’s identify on “The View” since he first took workplace in 2016, explaining that she “can’t” carry herself to place the phrase “President” earlier than the identify Trump.
In the meantime, the opposite co-hosts have additionally expressed their disappointment, with Hostin saying she was “profoundly disturbed” by the outcomes.
Hostin additionally blamed “uneducated white women” for Kamala Harris’ election loss” in a widely-shared video.
“I think [Trump’s victory] had nothing to do with policy, I think this was a referendum on cultural resentment in this country,” she stated.
“Black women tried to save this country again, last night… what we do not have is white women, who voted about 52% for Donald Trump — uneducated white women is my understanding. You have Latino men actually, voting more for him,” Hostin added.
Former co-host Meghan McCain, whose father John McCain misplaced to Barack Obama in 2008, ripped her previous colleagues for his or her response to Trump’s win.
“Respectfully, please stop sending me clips from ‘The View,’” McCain wrote on X final week. “It’s a radical progressive insane asylum and that is why I left years ago.”
She additionally known as out the present for not having a “single conservative woman” on the panel in the course of the elction cycle.
“It is actual malfeasance on the part of ABC news that there isn’t one single conservative woman on ‘The View’ this morning who voted for Trump or simply isn’t repulsed by his supporters to explain to America why he is still so popular,” she wrote.
Media watchers count on rival networks to observe go well with and produce in additional Trump-friendly voices to not solely seem on-air but in addition to assist produce TV exhibits.
One media knowledgeable cited the more and more anemic scores of left-leaning networks like MSNBC and CNN, whereas conservative Fox Information continues to outperform them each.
On the subject of “The View,” nonetheless, the stark anti-Trump sentiment is simple to execs, who’re targeted on sustaining the present’s scores and promoting income.
“At the end of the day, these changes aren’t about politics. They are about economics,” the particular person advised The Publish. “Trump got more than half of the vote. TV networks need to find pro-Trump voices and diversify viewpoints to reflect the various perspectives of Americans.”
