This may be the last few months for “The View,” according to co-host Joy Behar.
No, ABC isn’t ready to pull the plug on the intellectually-challenged show. The ratings appear strong enough to keep it alive, for now.
It’s something else.
A Donald Trump victory in November could spell the show’s demise. Or so Behar says.
Joy Behar and Rachel Maddow are seriously discussing if President Trump would yank “The View” and her MSNBC show off the air.
We used to have insane asylums. Now we have daytime television.pic.twitter.com/FKYVYNEBPy
— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) June 19, 2024
Behar shared her concerns with guest Rachel Maddow, the MSNBC conspiracy monger who promoted the Russian collusion hoax more than most journalists.
“Some people think that sounds overdramatic but I’m right there with you. I think that he is so vindictive that he will go after, however he has to, whether it’s through the IRS maybe, or even through sponsors to get us off the air maybe or you. How seriously should we be taking that?”
Maddow’s response?
“Well, so I was asked am I worried about me and my answer was I’m worried about all of us. I’m no worried about me than I am worried about everybody in the country.”
It’s a master class in narcissism and projection.
The first is obvious. Imagine a president, even one with as thin a skin as Trump possesses, targeting a daytime talk show for termination. If Trump or any other leader truly embraced his authoritarian side they’d tackle dozens of targets before a TV show with so little importance.
It’s absurd, even ignoring that Trump’s presidency featured zero examples of media censorship of this sort. The Biden administration, on the other hand …
The fear speaks to Behar’s inflated sense of self, and that’s being kind. And she’s not alone.
Far-left personality Chrissy Teigen shared a similarly arrogant thought about a second Trump presidency.
“It’s also kind of scary because it’s, ‘Oh, he’s aware of me,'” Teigen said, “What could really happen because of that? We obviously know he’s unhinged, but could he actually come after you in other ways? It’s a weird feeling.”
Even by celebrity standards, the self-importance is off the charts.
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Set that aside.
There’s another factor that’s more important and easily overlooked. Progressives are constantly projecting their authoritarian impulses on the Right.
That’s how they think and, more ominously, behave.
Remember how the Obama White House leveraged the IRS against conservative groups? That actually happened, although the press treated it with all solemnity of the Obama tan suit “scandal.”
What about targeting sponsors to take down “The View?”
Liberal groups have been using that tactic for decades. Just ask Tucker Carlson and Rush Limbaugh, two conservative speakers who faced serial attacks from progressive groups on that front.
“@DesignationSix: Tucker Carlson Justifies Kyle Rittenhouse’s murders. We need to boycott cable until they ban Fox News. We can also boycott their sponsors@Disney
You ok with this Disney @hulu
You ok with this ? @TivityHealth@SandalsResorts@amazon
You ok with this ?— John Cusack (@johncusack) August 27, 2020
Or any right-leaning web site.
The latter explains why many conservative platforms have embraced a pay model. They understand traditional advertisers are often chased away by progressive groups.
And, of course, the Biden administration’s “lawfare” tactics are currently focusing on more than just Trump. A doctor who blew the whistle on gender surgery practices is facing 10 years in jail. A nurse who voiced similar concerns got a knock on the door from FBI agents.
This is where we are now: The Biden Administration sent two FBI agents to intimidate a nurse who told the truth about the child sex-change program at Texas Children’s Hospital. The regime is mobilizing to threaten and imprison anyone who opposes “transgender medicine.” pic.twitter.com/XbtZVnp5Kw
— Christopher F. Rufo
(@realchrisrufo) June 18, 2024
Conservative firebrand Steve Bannon will soon be in jail for defying a subpoena, a similar issue facing Attorney General Merrick Garland. The latter won’t be seeing the inside of a jail cell, though.
It’s all projection. All of it.
There’s plenty of reason to dismiss what’s said on “The View,” arguably the least substantive show on modern TV. It’s still instructive to consider what the hosts say and the bigger meaning behind it.
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