I’ve never watched the show but I’m not sure that people should criticize programs for simply for being what they are. My understanding is that The View is not a hard news show so I don’t know if they can or should be criticized for not asking hard news questions. It’s like the people who criticize Jon Stewart for not asking the hard questions, not pushing when he chooses not to push. He does enough to expose the truth and the lies, he does what he does, and in the end it’s a comedy show, a parody of news shows, not an actual news show.
And it might not have even been fair to Obama. If he agrees to go on The View, he thinks he gong on The View and all of a sudden finds himself on Meet the Press or Face the Nation, that would kind of be an ambush and really not fair. He would be put on the spot. The show, as I understand it is live. I don’t know if the questions would have been reviewed in advance. I don’t know how these things work. But you don’t ambush the President of the United States on live television, no matter who the president is.
Anyway, I don’t watch the show and I’m just talking out of my ass here. :-)
Lilly, you don’t have to hit the answer button! You could walk away from this question right now but you can’t seem to do that…