i guess i have a lot of feelings about barbara walters?

I would like to start this by saying that I grew up loving Barbara Walters. In third grade, my class stood around in our classroom's book corner and our teacher Miss. Hooper showed us a picture of BW from the 70s and said "This is a very important woman". I still remember that quite clearly. There's no denying she's had a long and successful career and, especially during her early years, she was a trailblazer.

All of that being said, I really would like to urge her to throw in the towel. Maybe it's ageism, but I don't really think so. I think she's just too "in it" and has been for too long. She's completely unrelatable at this point. Her political correctness drives me nuts, but mainly becasue every PC sentence out of her mouth is just DRIPPING with judgment. Barbara, you're seventy-something. Maybe it's time to share an opinion, like, actually. Not with your eyes and posture, but with words. Actual words. Winking and nudging at the audience is as blatant as just saying what you mean, so just say it already.

Also, and my good friends have heard me say it before, she is no longer helping The View serve its purpose anymore. I swear to God she only goes on three times a week to clear her name or clarify something she was misquoted on. Every time she's on she has some public statement she needs to make to clear the air, most typically when she is accused of having a strong opinion on any given topic. The show is called The View, not The Agenda, Barbara. You should know that.

I realize that all of these things I'm complaining about are habits that are a result of her news background. But she doesn't deliver the news as an anchor anymore. She does her interviews and the View and an occasional primetime special, all of which are dripping with her personal touch... but why can't she just say it? I think the fact that one of Barbara Walters' (one of the most respected and cherished news personalities of all time) biggest hurdles in life appearsy to be "honesty" speaks volumes about how information is reported to us. It should be some sort of gigantic red flag to everyone.