The ABC Information present ‘The View’ is an abomination to American tv.
Throughout the broadcast right this moment, co-host Whoopi Goldberg prompt that black folks residing in america are as oppressed as folks residing in Iran, the place girls should submit to decorate codes, and being homosexual is punishable by loss of life.
Her feedback got here throughout a loud and extremely silly dialogue about American overseas coverage close to what’s presently unfolding in Iran.
It’s actually wonderful that this present continues to be on the air.
Transcript through NewsBusters:
FARAH GRIFFIN: It’s not even the identical! I couldn’t step foot carrying this outfit in Iran proper now.
GOLDBERG: Oh, no! That’s not what you imply to say. It’s the identical.
FARAH GRIFFIN: No, it’s not. The yr 2025 in america is nothing like — if I stepped foot carrying this outfit in Tehran proper now.
[Crosstalk, Haines trying to bring up Mahsa Amini]
FARAH GRIFFIN: I can’t have my hair exhibiting. I can’t put on a skirt. I can’t have my arms out.
[Crosstalk]
HOSTIN: And it’s for us to guage?
FARAH GRIFFIN: I actually mentioned it’s as much as the Iranian folks.
HAINES: Sure, it’s as much as them.
GOLDBERG: And that’s why I’m saying it’s the identical! Murdering somebody for his or her distinction is just not good whoever does it! It’s not good!
[Applause]
So, that’s why I mentioned you weren’t saying what you — what I heard was not what you meant.
FARAH GRIFFIN: Okay. I believe it’s very completely different to dwell in america in 2025 than it’s in Iran.
GOLDBERG: Not for those who’re black!
HOSTIN: Not for everyone!
GOLDBERG: Not for those who’re black!
FARAH GRIFFIN: Guys, don’t evaluate us to Tehran. Nobody at this desk ought to go to Tehran.
Watch the video under:
NEW: Whoopi Goldberg says black folks residing in America have it simply as dangerous as folks residing in Iran.
Alyssa Farah: “I believe it’s totally completely different to dwell in america in 2025 than it’s to dwell in Iran.”
Goldberg: “Not for those who’re black.” pic.twitter.com/RiXBN1MK14
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) June 18, 2025
This present is such a humiliation. Why does ABC Information permit this prepare wreck to proceed? Who does it assist?
