# Well, there goes The View - New Co-Host **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 15, 2013, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-there-goes-the-view-new-co-host/663565 "2013-07-15T15:19:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-there-goes-the-view-new-co-host/663565/21 "2013-07-15T23:12:12Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Her son does not have autism now. Most people feel this means that he never had autism in the first place. McCarthy believes that he had autism and she cured it with “alternative medicine”. And I believe that I am the Queen of Aldinium and wear a shiny hat. But that does not make it so. ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-there-goes-the-view-new-co-host/663565/22 "2013-07-16T00:13:21Z")
The View used to be semi-decent when Meredith Vieira and Lisa Ling were on. It’s unwatchable now. Adding McCarthy is a desperate ratings grab that might actually succeed for a short time, but I suspect (or hope anyway) that the show is in its death throes. ---
**Author:** ![panaccione](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/94ad74/32.png) [@panaccione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panaccione)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-there-goes-the-view-new-co-host/663565/23 "2013-07-16T00:59:06Z")
> [@LavenderBlue](#): > > There are reports that he has a different illness: > > You know what really is a factor in causing autism? Rubella, a component of the MMR shot. > > [Congenital rubella syndrome and autism spectrum disorder prevented by rubella vaccination - United States, 2001-2010 | BMC Public Health | Full Text](http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/11/340) I think you meant “preventing”? ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-there-goes-the-view-new-co-host/663565/24 "2013-07-16T01:03:10Z")
> [@panaccione](#): > > I think you meant “preventing”? I probably meant to write that rubella is a risk factor for autism whereas the MMR helps prevent it. So it turns out that the MMR shot really is linked to autism. Just not in the way the ant-vax nutters think. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-there-goes-the-view-new-co-host/663565/25 "2013-07-16T01:40:39Z")
> [@Kolga](#): > > And I believe that I am the Queen of Aldinium and wear a shiny hat. > > But that does not make it so. I’m the last person who’s going to defend McCarthy’s beliefs. But the question was asked and I was answering it. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-there-goes-the-view-new-co-host/663565/26 "2013-07-16T04:30:26Z")
> [@SaharaTea](#): > > Adding McCarthy is a desperate ratings grab that might actually succeed for a short time, but I suspect (or hope anyway) that the show is in its death throes. Does McCarthey have much of a following? I honestly couldn’t remember why she was famous aside from the anti-vaxx thing, and looking at her wikipedia page..she was a model 20 years ago and had a mediocre movie career since? Is there some source of McCarthy fans I’m unaware of that would tune in to the View to see her? ---
**Author:** ![panaccione](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/94ad74/32.png) [@panaccione](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panaccione)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-there-goes-the-view-new-co-host/663565/27 "2013-07-16T05:36:52Z")
> [@LavenderBlue](#): > > I probably meant to write that rubella is a risk factor for autism whereas the MMR helps prevent it. So it turns out that the MMR shot really is linked to autism. Just not in the way the ant-vax nutters think. Yeah, that’s what I gathered from your link. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-there-goes-the-view-new-co-host/663565/28 "2013-07-16T06:46:31Z")
> [@Simplicio](#): > > Does McCarthey have much of a following? I honestly couldn’t remember why she was famous aside from the anti-vaxx thing, and looking at her wikipedia page..she was a model 20 years ago and had a mediocre movie career since? Is there some source of McCarthy fans I’m unaware of that would tune in to the View to see her? Before she became known as the anti-vax nutjob, I knew her from: Playboy She cohosted “Singled Out” on MTV in the 90s. She sucked the chrome off a trailer hitch in BASEketball. She was Jim Carrey’s SO for a while. So, I’m with you in not seeing her as a huge draw for viewers. ---
**Author:** ![Whitney\_Harper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f0a364/32.png) [@Whitney\_Harper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whitney_Harper)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-there-goes-the-view-new-co-host/663565/29 "2013-07-16T08:42:45Z")
I have watched “The View” several times over the years when they had a guest I wanted to see. I have seen “The Talk” a few times as well, but I cannot stand Sharon Osborne’s voice, so that is a huge detriment for me watching that show. I don’t understand how anyone could hire someone with such an irritating voice! I may tune into the view to see Jenny, and I wish her well. ---
**Author:** ![thicksantorum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@thicksantorum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thicksantorum)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-there-goes-the-view-new-co-host/663565/30 "2013-07-16T10:37:37Z")
They’ve already had a host who said she didn’t know if the Earth was flat or not.[Really.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkrkaH_V7fE) ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-there-goes-the-view-new-co-host/663565/31 "2013-07-16T17:14:56Z")
> [@Whitney\_Harper](#): > > \ I may tune into the view to see Jenny, and I wish her well. I’m not big on wishing people ill, but Jenny McCarthy has earned it. ---
**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-there-goes-the-view-new-co-host/663565/32 "2013-07-16T17:35:27Z")
Salon sums it up: > [@](#): > > “The cynicism and contempt of this hiring is almost funny: In replacing the widely hated Hasselbeck with McCarthy, Walters and company didn’t select a new conservative, to maintain the panel’s political balance. They just went with someone who says dumb, inflammatory things. It’s basically a tacit admission that they were simply casting for ‘the pretty idiot one.’ McCarthy ought to be insulted, if if weren’t for for the fact that she’s probably incredibly grateful to be on network TV at all, after flailing through a series of poorly conceived late-night cable talk show launches.” > > [http://www.salon.com/2013/07/16/dear\_abc\_putting\_jenny\_mccarthy\_on\_the\_view\_will\_kill\_children/?source=newsletter](http://www.salon.com/2013/07/16/dear_abc_putting_jenny_mccarthy_on_the_view_will_kill_children/?source=newsletter) Just don’t read the comments unless you want to scream. Anti-vax loons are all over it spreading bad information and siding with contagious diseases. Ugh. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-there-goes-the-view-new-co-host/663565/33 "2013-07-16T17:35:58Z")
This might actually be a good decent business decision. There are a lot of \*anti-vaxxers out there, and, after all, the producers are marketing a product that they hope will attract viewers. Aside from McCarthy, though, I’ve never been a “View” watcher, but I’ll have to start recording it. I’ve always been of the opinion that the hosts–once you get past all the jokes–are at best airheads, and probably tend toward moronic–but I’ll give them a fair shake. \*Possibly confirmation bias, but it seems the more vocal anti-vaxxers seem to be women–at least to me. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-there-goes-the-view-new-co-host/663565/34 "2013-07-16T18:18:06Z")
> [@thicksantorum](#): > > They’ve already had a host who said she didn’t know if the Earth was flat or not.[Really.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkrkaH_V7fE) Yabbut a lot of people could believe the world is flat without it causing disease, disfigurement and death. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-there-goes-the-view-new-co-host/663565/35 "2013-07-16T19:08:24Z")
> [@thicksantorum](#): > > They’ve already had a host who said she didn’t know if the Earth was flat or not.[Really.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkrkaH_V7fE) Sherry is pretty darn stupid, she’s in a class all her own. I remember when she was just a guest host a few times and I thought she was just being funny but after she made co-host she really let her stupid flag fly. The show where they announced the new co-host they also discussed the George Zimmerman trial and she babbled on about how she taught her son if someone was following him he should confront that person and now what should she be teaching him? If she was teaching him to confront suspicious people following him instead of seeking help from someone else/calling the police then she’s darn lucky nothing has happened to the kid so far. They pretty much ignored her and went on talking but the guest had just looked at her like “what the f…?”. ---
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2013, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-there-goes-the-view-new-co-host/663565/36 "2013-07-16T22:49:20Z")
I’m a parent of a child with autism so I’m in several groups on Facebook. I argue regularly with parents who sing McCarthy’s praises because they’ve read the books and for some reason it makes them feel empowered, and that if they just manage to find the right combination of foods/supplements/therapy, their child will no longer have autism. It disgusts me that she gives those parents false hope through praising “alternative” treatments on top of lying about the dangers of immunizations. This will only make the numbers of her followers grow. More money will be wasted on again and again disproving the connection instead of spending every dollar on real research. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2013, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-there-goes-the-view-new-co-host/663565/37 "2013-07-18T00:17:02Z")
> [@Whitney\_Harper](#): > > I have watched “The View” several times over the years when they had a guest I wanted to see. I have seen “The Talk” a few times as well, but I cannot stand Sharon Osborne’s voice, so that is a huge detriment for me watching that show. I don’t understand how anyone could hire someone with such an irritating voice! I may tune into the view to see Jenny, and I wish her well. Do you hope this will help her further her anti-vax agenda? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2013, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-there-goes-the-view-new-co-host/663565/38 "2013-07-18T00:21:12Z")
> [@LavenderBlue](#): > > I just saw official confirmation. My fellow pro-vaccine advocates and I have been trying to petition the network to do the right thing and find someone with a brain instead. Alas all they’ll do is now is empower the crazies even more. I’m generally not the petition signing type, but I’d sign this one. Are there any online? I don’t watch The View, but this is offensive. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2013, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-there-goes-the-view-new-co-host/663565/39 "2013-07-18T04:40:26Z")
> [@Tangent](#): > > Before she became known as the anti-vax nutjob, I knew her from: > > Playboy > She cohosted “Singled Out” on MTV in the 90s. > She sucked the chrome off a trailer hitch in BASEketball. > She was Jim Carrey’s SO for a while. > > So, I’m with you in not seeing her as a huge draw for viewers. She’s also written (presumably via ghost writer) several best-selling books, mostly about her experiences with motherhood. I’ll admit that the book about her pregnancy is funny in places; yes, I did get it at the library. BTW, even before the news broke about her publicity stunt (I mean disabled child), the dirt on the end of her marriage said that it was because she had numerous affairs with both men and women. I find that more believable than I care to admit. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2013, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-there-goes-the-view-new-co-host/663565/40 "2013-07-18T13:01:21Z")
> [@Whitney\_Harper](#): > > I have watched “The View” several times over the years when they had a guest I wanted to see. I have seen “The Talk” a few times as well, but I cannot stand Sharon Osborne’s voice, so that is a huge detriment for me watching that show. I don’t understand how anyone could hire someone with such an irritating voice! I may tune into the view to see Jenny, and I wish her well. Maybe next they can hire someone who believes in eugenics. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-there-goes-the-view-new-co-host/663565.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-there-goes-the-view-new-co-host/663565.md?page=3)