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Didn’t she defend pedophiles ?
One of my favorite historical facts is that both MLK & Anne Frank were the same age as Barbara Walters. Had they not been killed early, it’s entirely reasonable they would have lived into the 21st century. 
Really helps to put history into context and show how much more recent a lot of past events were than they often might feel >

The Queen was three years older than them, Jimmy Carter five years.
Sometimes we think of World War II, the Holocaust, etc. as so far removed from us they might as well be mythical, but for some alive today they're living memory. Rapidly fading living memory, but still living memory nevertheless >

My grandfather just turned 97.  He was at the Battle of the Bulge… he participated in liberating death camps.  Every time I talk to him I know it might be the last time, and I often think about how we’re rapidly approaching a world with no WWII vets left.  I hope we can avoid repeating that history.  It’s frustrating to see a reemergence of fascism and authoritarianism right on the heels of that generation’s passing.  The children and grandchildren of these people need to stand up and prevent us from backsliding. >

Same. Gramps born in 1925. Mf uses an iPhone and Netflix. Served in WWII. 
Every time we FaceTime, he called iPhones a “marvelous invention” and brings up how he remembers when televisions were invented. 
Wild >


he called iPhones a “marvelous invention” and brings up how he remembers when televisions were invented.

They are a marvelous invention.
But ask him whether having an iPhone or indoor plumbing is better. (He might have had indoor growing up, but only half the country had it by 1940.) >

Anyone who has been in the army can answer that one. Pooping into a hole in the ground gets worse every fucking day you do it. >

As does other porta-john activities >

I disagree... my 8th blow job was a lot better than the previous 7 I'd given in a portable toilet >

Practice makes perfect! >

Complicated woman. There are a few pieces of journalism & great interviews she did in the past that I've really enjoyed, but she's also loudly defended some pretty awful people throughout her career. >

Yeah I’ll never forget her treatment of Corey Feldman when he told of his childhood abuse. That took courage. She defended Hollywood child abusers. Awful. People like her are why victims don’t come forward.
Edit to add her interview with Dolly Parton was elitist and rude and I never liked her. Awful woman. >

I don't live on America but I know this woman from her being mean to Dolly. Dolly just responded with such class, I love her. >

Most of us in TN will not lose much sleep over her passing. Being rude to Dolly is like roasting Mr Rogers. Wtf >

I feel like Mr Rodgers would take a comedy central style roasting well. I'm not sure if he would counter roast, but I don't feel like he would take any offense. >

In all fairness, I think it would be hard to put together a savage roast of Fred Rodgers. >

“You only feed your fish once a day!”
It’s hard to think of anything. >

Now all the news channels are going to have to re-edit their 2022 memorials. >

Dammit Barbara! >

This kind of reminds me of Betty White passing right around this time of year at the end of 2021. It was sad because she was just like a couple of weeks away from turning 100. I don't think that Walters' passing will provoke the same kind of sadness as Betty's did. >

My great uncle and Betty White were born one day apart, and he would mention that when someone spoke of how well she was hanging in at her age. We were preparing his 100th birthday party when she died, and we all were like "oh no." Suddenly, it seemed like he wouldn't live forever. He made it to his birthday party - toasted everyone there with "probably my last drink of Jack Daniels", thanked everyone for coming, and finished with "it's been a wonderful ride". He died three weeks later. >

Sounds like an absolute legend, and a man who lived a very fulfilling life. >

He sure had some cool stories. Born in England, moved to the US at the age of 8. Radio man/mid-gunner in a B17. Shot down over the Netherlands, parachuted into a Dutch beet field, hidden from the Germans for a few weeks by the farmer and his family, who were part of the Dutch underground. Handed off to the Belgian underground and repatriated via England. Ended up as a pharmaceutical executive. He sea kayaked up until 94 years old. Had a nice pair of Jaguars - a sedan and a coupe. He stopped driving when he tore the passenger side mirror off the sedan backing into the garage when he was 96. >

The audacity dying on Betty White Eve. >

This is exactly why I prefer to not remember the death date of people I care about. Gonna pull out my Betty white candle. >

I still can’t forget how she treated Dolly Parton. 🤷🏻‍♀️ >

Or Corey Feldman, Katherine Hepburn and i'm sure many others. Trailblazing is one term you could use to describe her..... >

Or Ricky Martin.
Edit: correction >

Or Brooke Shields >

i will always remember her asking lady gaga if she has a penis >

Excuse me >

I hope Norm Macdonald is waiting for her in the afterlife to mess with her.
Norm trolling Barbara on The View >

The “nobody has ever made any kind of accusations against Bill Cosby” thing seems a little weird in hindsight. >

Tons of comedians had heard about Cosby in the 70's and 80's preying on women at the Playboy mansion. >

He made albums bragging about it. It wasn’t a secret >

Yep. "Spanish Fly." >

This is why they should never do those “In Memoriam” things until January 1st, or even ANY “year in review” thing for that matter. Because anything can happen in the last several days of the year! >

Considering Betty White died on Dec 31 last year, that’s exactly why >

Apparently they didn’t even put her in the “In Memoriam” segments for this year! :( >

Maybe she isn't really dead. >

She found the loop hole. Clever bitch >

Didn't she essentially mock and chastise Corey Feldman for speaking out against abuse? >

Barbara Walters just reeks of someone who knew quite a lot and kept her mouth shut to protect people. >

She was Roy Cohn's beard. >

Roy Cohn? You mean that tremendous piece of shit who mentored Donald Trump to be another huge piece of shit? >

Absolutely. He did so many other awful things in his "career" too, go read up about his history. >

Thought about her the other day. It’s been awhile since we last saw her >

Since 2020 at least. >

Yep. She pretty much vanished several years ago and never returned. >

She retired in 2014. >

She vacationed at the home of the leader of Syria and found him to be charming and intelligent and a gentleman. >

I remember that interview, it was the softest of softballs and she let him portray himself as this innocent doctor who became president by mistake and tried to stop the war. >

She was definitely a presence for my entire life. >

So is my toenail fungus >

They make ointment for that, bro. >

Nope. Nothing that works for the majority of people. The problem is that the fungus is in the nail bed, and the ointment is unable to penetrate the nail to get to the source. While laser treatment says they get to the nail bed, actual effectiveness is spotty and difficult to nail down (see what I did there?). There are oral drugs that help in some situations, but they have nasty side effects that may have long-term health consequences that are not worth the risk for a cosmetic issue. >

I was taking the opportunity to rib on them. I've never dealt with nail fungus on hands or feet, myself, and maybe that makes me a privileged asshole in some respects or something, I dunno. Was just mostly being facetious for the sake of being facetious. 
But thank you for the crash course of self nail fungus care. It's been filed away in my "think about it every time I walk down that aisle at the pharmacy from here on out" mind box, and hopefully I'll never have to put it in my "aw shit, it's happening to me, and I've been told nothing quite works right for it so I'm gonna freak out and blame it on the fact I finally got that manicure I always talked about getting but never did 'til someone got me a gift certificate for one" mind box. 
Yes, I have cumbersome filing names. Easy to find stuff, but man, is it a mouthful. >

No worries! I wasn’t trying to hate on you. Having dealt with nail fungus for decades, and always being embarrassed about taking my shoes off, even in front of my live-in girlfriend, I wish there was an easy cure. I didn’t want others to feel that there was an easy way to fix it and to be as discouraged as I have been. >

Oh no worries back at ya, I'm just in a bad bout of insomnia and just having fun being pseudo snarky since I apparently will never sleep again, so gotta fill those hours somehow, yeah?
I really did mean it when I said thanks for the info, I truly am filing it away for future reference.
Making this exchange memorable will actually help me do that lol >

Unexpected wholeness on a Barbara Walters thread!?!? Maybe the new year will finally be the good one 🤞 >

I thought she died in 20/20... >

No she died Today on NBC >

The More You Know
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"You're damaging an entire industry" >

Fuck Babs >

Wow. My grandma and I used to watch all those exclusive Barbara Walters interviews (my grandma loved juicy movie star gossip lol) and then The View was new when I was in college and I liked it but loved SNL’s parodies more (Cheri Oteri as Barbara Walters was only second to Gilda’s Baba Wawa). >

Cheri Oteri as Barbara Walters is comedic gold. “I WILL destroy you”! >

I loved when Debi Matenopolous was on the View and SNL did a “Dare Debi” skit. Cheri Oteri stuffing the girl playing Debi in a bag (it might have been Sarah Michelle Geller) with raccoons saying “just get in the bag stupid” is still fucking hilarious to me. >

When I heard she died, this was literally the first thing I thought of. She really dropped the ball here for someone who was supposed to be a trailblazer. >

She threw too many softballs for me to call her a master >

Yeah, a staple for sure, but "master" is generous. >

Yeah, no love for her...
She criticized Corey Feldman for criticizing the rape and abuse culture in Hollywood.
She acted as a beard for Roy Cohn, one of the biggest pieces of shit on the planet and a mentor to Trump.
She dated Kissinger.
Look, no one is perfect and maybe she did some good stuff...but between the above things and creating The View, I don't think the good outweighs the bad here.
Cohn and Kissinger were/are pure evil if such a thing exists. Helping such people, willingly associating one's self with monsters like this isn't really forgivable. >

Never heard of Cohn, very interesting to see the person behind Trump >

Roy Cohn is one of the biggest pieces of shit who still somehow isn't a household name. Remember Mccarthyism? Well, you could just as easily call it Cohnism, because he was Joseph McCarthy's right hand man during that time. In fact, it was probably Cohn that was inadvertently responsible for McCarthy's downfall, because it was Cohn's idea to go after the military (as blackmail to keep them from drafting Cohn's boyfriend).
He was a gay man who persecuted thousands of other gay men (he never identified as gay but he fucked a different man every night so you make the call). Oftentimes he would immediately have his "lovers" fired or arrested afterwards. 
He taught Donald Trump and Roger Stone every dirty trick they know. They were both his proteges. He was a true pioneer in avoiding legal accountability, and weaponizing courts against your enemies.
As a lawyer he has two primary groups of clients: right wing shitheads and mobsters. He introduced Donald Trump and mobster Paul Castellano, which is why Trump tower was made of concrete when no one else in new York could get it because the mob controlled it. 
Then he caught AIDS and all his right wing buddies abandoned him and he died. He has a spot on the AIDS memorial quilt that says "Roy Cohn: Coward, Bully, Victim" and that should be his entire legacy. 
Fuck Roy Cohn and fuck Barbara Walters >

Dont forget...Roy Cohn also helped out that FBI tyrant, J Edgar Hoover collect invasive pieces of information on peoples private sex lives to later use as blackmail and other horrendous sh!t...those men are disgusting! >

And so ends Barbara Walters For Scale >

r/BarbaraWalters4scale one of my favourite subs >

One of my favourite interviews of hers was with Mariah Carey in where she recites Nicki lyrics that suggests that Mariah is a bitch and then she asks Mariah if she’s the bitch Nicki is talking about lol >

Pelé, Vivienne Westwood, and Barbara Walters, all at the end of the year.
Thats the three celebrity deaths / sacrifices to not have a bad New Year. Right? That's how it works? Please... >

A pope just died too. >

My favorite thing about Barbara was when Gilda Radner would play her. >

Bingo
I showed my age 😁 >

Good evening, and welcome to 20/20 >

Lost all respect when she was more worried about her industry than the safety of child actors and the sexual abuse they are subjected to. >

She did some good journalism, but she also put some absolute trash on daytime TV. >

I personally do not equate shallow sensationalism with "good" journalism. >

One of her better quotes - “being a parent is tough. If you want a wonderful little creature to love, get a puppy.” >

Isn't she the one that scolded Cory Feldman during an interview when he was talking about exposing pedo's in the film industry? >

I know I’m getting old when people I saw on tv when I was a kid are dying. >

The older you get, the more you feel that life is very transient. >

“He opened up to me like I was Barbara Walters, it was ridiculous…” from Half Baked. >

She was a mean, despicable human who made so many feel and/or look like shit with her asshole interviews.  I’m ashamed she is female and considered such a trailblazer.  Go see her interviews with Cory Feldman, a young Brooke Shields, etc…
No one should look up to her. >

She always reminds me of my childhood. My mom always had her on almost every single day from The View to 20/20. >

She will never not be "Baba Wawa". >

Thanks for the link!  Great memory. >

if you were a twee, what kinda twee would you be. >

I literally just spit coffee out. 
What a classic. >

Same Barbara Walters who told a victim of child abuse to stfu? >

93???
She’s been 75 years old for at least thirty years.
Good on her. She was awesome. >

Wanna blow your mind? She, Dr. King, and Anne Frank were all born the same year. >

I wouldn't be surprised if Tom Brokaw and Dan Rather pass away in the not too distant future.....such a rich generation of well regarded journalists are sadly passing on in a time when we need people like them the most. 
Rest in peace to such a trailblazing journalist. Barbara smashed glass ceilings and proved that the impossible was indeed possible if you put your mind to things, alongside decades of remarkable reporting. >

Well Rather is 91 after all.  Brokaw is about 10 years younger but when NBC brings him out recently on special occasions he doesn't sound too good, like he's been dealing with health issues or something. >

Brokaw was successfully treated for multiple myeloma a few years back and is currently in remission. >

20/20 was my favorite show growing up. >

You either die a hero or live long enough to become a villain. While I admire Barbara, she has received a negative reputation on this website in the last 5 or so years. >

"You're hurting an industry by talking about being molested, asshole." >

BaBa ...WaWa.. I thought she was long dead.  Rip Gilda. >

It's funny that we're in a post hero world. Virtually nobody is ever going to live to 90 again without people having the receipts on them being a serious asshole in some way. >

Enjoyed her interviews. Best part of the 80’s with my grandma >

This has been a year replete with loss for me. And this - the death of Barbara Walters - is what’s gonna make me cry.
For me she is a figure of a life gone by. >

Barbara and Hugh…. Solid duo >

She was really great. I wanted to make a cheap joke but suddenly paused and realized that she had some amazing interviews over the years and really broke ground for women reporters.  Nice work Barbara. >

The first thing I thought of was Animaniacs. Don’t feel bad. >

“This is Baba Wawa…” >

I would say RIP, but after telling Corey Feldman to shut his mouth about pedophilia in Hollywood, I will say burn in hell. >

If you watch the whole interview, she wasn't telling him to shut up. She was asking him to call these abusers out and start naming names. >

That’s still victim blaming. “I’ve been assaulted!” “Name him or it didn’t happen” >

I get what you’re saying, but Feldman has asked for $10 million to make a film about the accusations before he reveals anything more than what he has been repeating for years. I don’t doubt that he’s telling the truth, but if you are repeatedly making accusations without assigning responsibility and asking for significant sums of money to reveal the person/people that are responsible, it becomes difficult to repeatedly bring this person out to repeat the same thing over and over without going into further detail.
I really don’t know much about Walters other than seeing some 20/20 pieces, but I can understand the frustration. >

Last year Betty, this year Barbara. There’s always one last surprise. >

Dont compare this evil bitch to Betty White. >

Holy cow.  I didn't realize she was in her nineties!  
RIP Barbara. >

93 years old. She had s full life. >

Other than the past 8 with dementia. >

She was evil, protected pedophiles, what she stood for was greed. >

She was involved with Harry Kissinger instead of… you know… calling out his war crimes and treasonous actions. >

Buy she is supposed to be the best journalism has to offer. She was the beginning of opinion based news, she made being evil popular. >

Opinion-based news is an oxymoron >

Definitely paved the way for women reporters and those in the industry >

When she laid into Corey Feldman about how he was "damaging an entire industry" bringing to light Hollywood's Child Sex trafficking rings, I lost respect for her. >

Did you also lose respect for Corey when he asked for $10 million before naming names? >

This comment section is really aging me. >

That interview of her with Dolly Parton was so humiliating. >

I was thinking of Barbara Walters earlier after Judy Woodruff signed off from the PBS News Hour for the last time today. Looks like we lost two journalism greats today. >

What in the fuck is up with losing a celeb the last day of the year? >

2022 didnt take Barbara. Barbara said "fuck you" to 2023 >

i never realized she was so old >

She threw shade at Cory Feldman for trying to expose Hollywood’s pedos. I’m glad she’s gone >

Barbara Walters, Pope Benedict, and Pele walk into a bar ... >

Barbara "hide the sex abuse" Walters? >

Good Riddance... After all the shite with Feldman, Parton and more she won't be missed. >

Not a fan a fan of hers. sorry. >

Pioneered the "condescending bitch" style of interview. >

Remember when Barbra Walters told Corey Feldman that he was "damaging an entire industry" by outing the fact that there is rampant child abuse behind the scenes in Hollywood? Cause I do. >

Remember when she criticized Corey Feldman for talking about predators in the entertainment industry? He was talking about how parents shouldn't be naive when bringing their children into entertainment and she said "you're damaging an entire industry". He was talking about protecting vulnerable people and she told him to stop. >

A rapist apologist,and victim blamer. >

And fuck anyone who's mean to Dolly Parton. >

Isn't this the same bitch who protected the pedophiles industry? >

Yep, also defended Woody Allen.  Also, a lifelong friend of Fox New head Roger Ailes.  Also, had an infamously insulting interview with Dolly Parton. >

Good riddance. She deserves to rot for the trauma she inflicted on Britney Spears. >

Barbara Walters, cunt who laughed at Corey Feldman and dismissed his sexual harassment claims in Hollywood, dies at long last at 93. >

Good riddance. What a horrible woman. >

Barbara Walters, supporter of child molestation, dead a 93. >


Barbara Walters, supporter of child molestation, dead a 93.

It's this kind of rhetoric that makes this more about cancel culture and culture war nonsense than it is about facts. 
Like do you really think she supported child molestation? >


Like do you really think she supported child molestation?

She absolutely supported child molestation. When a child molest victim came forward, she brought them on her show just to berate them and tell them how coming forward will damage the careers of the child molesters and how it is terrible that the victim would come forward and do this horrible thing to these child molesters. She 100% supported child molestation. >

Pedophile sympathizer >

After watching the Corey Feldman and Dolly Parton interview, this woman deserves to be slandered and to be remembered as an awful person. >

She was the first person to fly directly from Cairo to Tel Aviv after the founding of Israel. She flew out right before Sadat went on his trip to Israel to start the Israeli-Egyptian peace process. >

Hollywood pedophile defender dies of old age 🥱. >

Oh no!!!  I grew up watching 20/20 with my parents. She certainly had a long and full and interesting life. >

So far I've seen tons of hate for the woman. I didn't pay much attention to her in my time, so I wanted to genuinely ask:
Can anyone rattle off some of BW's objectively good deeds/moments? >

She was the first female evening anchorwoman, and inspired other women to follow in her footsteps. Many of us who grew up listening to her interviews appreciated her, and if you click on the article, it gives a history of her accomplishments. >

it was inevitable but still sad >

Ding dong the witch is dead! 🍾🎂🥂
Hip Hip… Hurray!
Edit: I thought I would clarify why I said this… I’ve heard a lot of terrible things about this woman, but it was all confirmed for me hen Cory Feldman was on the View talking about pedophelia in Hollywood and her behaviour towards the issue was disgusting. “You are destroying an entire industry” -those where her words when he talked about child sex abuse. That’s how cold she is. >

Thanks for many years of great TV presence. >

Protecting Hollywood pedophiles. Fuck this cunt. Good riddance. >

Nah, fuck her after the way she treated Corey Feldman. She was awful to everyone, but that was beyond fucked up. Rest in piss, Barbara >

I thought she was already dead.... >

Gee, who is going to tell abused child actors to stfu about their abuse now? >

Corey Feldman say no more! You won’t be missed >

I’ll give a quick mention here to her interview with a trans person, where she asked rather pointedly about their genitals, and made them quite uncomfortable. >

Ding dong the witch is dead. My she burn for eternity >

No offence to the dead and may she rest in peace but wasn't she the one who belittled an actor who came out about pedophilia and rape culture in Hollywood. She said something,  why are u tarnishing entire industry or something and fast forward we have Weinstein,  Cosby,  Spacey, Franco, Polish guy, NBC anchor,  etc etc >

You should read the other comments that give more perspective to this >

Remember when she told Monica Lewinsky that she’d never get married because what young man would want to bring “Monica Lewinsky”home to meet his mother!?! >

Good riddance to a shit person.
The world got a little better the second she died. >

I'll just leave this here >

Does this mean they can bury “the view” garbage now as well? Pedo protector. Big fan of Assad. Good riddance. >

I had no idea she was 93 years old. >

too bad she couldn't take Sally Jessy Raphael along with her. that bitch is irrelevant too. >

Too bad she didn't take the view with her >

She was an asshole who covered sexual abuses by her peers >

Despite all of her years of journalism, I cannot look past how she treated Corey Feldman when he said there were many pedophiles in very powerful positions in Hollywood.
During her interview with him she doubted everything he said and shamed him saying, "you are making the entire industry look bad."
I guess in Barbara's we should all stay quiet on child sex abuse at the hands of Hollywood agents, directors, and/or producers, in order to protect the pedos in power and not make the industry look bad. >

Barbara Walters, world class asshole >

RIP but she was an awful person >

Protected pedos. Scum. >

Rest in piss you won't be missed bozo >

Babs was a cunt. She may have been a trailblazer but she was also a misogynistic pedo protector. Good riddance. >

Keeper of the status quo >

So much focus on Feldman interview in this thread. She got people to reveal some pretty dark things like Robin Givens being abused by Mike Tyson. Courtney Love explaining why Kurt killed himself. And the Monica Lewinsky interview was eye opening about being persuaded by people in power. >

She was the first female anchor on an evening news program, many of us grew up watching her interviews.  RIP Barbara. >

Good riddance, she was a sorry excuse of a journalist. Rip Corey >

The Corey Feldman thing really ruined her legacy for me. >

Female Bill O'Reilly. Good riddance. >

Helped cover up the sordid sexual abuse of minors. So fuck her.