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ABC TV’s Hiring of Jenny McCarthy for “The View”

Selected Mainstream Media Coverage
July 9, 2013 – July 18, 2013

On July 15, 2013, award winning broadcast journalist Barbara Walters, co-creator and producer of ABC-TV’s popular daytime women’s talk show ‘The View” announced that celebrity Jenny McCarthy would be joining the show as a co-host starting Sept. 9, 2013.

ABC. Jenny McCarthy Joins ‘The View’ As Co-Host Announcement. July 15, 2013.

Following is a selected list of articles published in mainstream media outlets both before and after that public announcement. The views expressed in these media articles is the subject of a July 23, 2013 referenced commentary by Barbara Loe Fisher, co-founder and president of the non-profit National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC).

July 9 – July 11

Phil Plait. The View of Jenny McCarthy. Slate July 9, 2013. Phil Plait BIO.

Mary Elizabeth Williams. Don’t Put Jenny McCarthy on ‘The View.’ Salon.com July 11, 2013. Mary Elizabeth Williams BIO.

David M. Perry. Destabilizing the Jenny McCarthy Public Health Industrial Complex.Atlantic Monthly July 11, 2013. David Perry BIO.

July 15

James Poniewozik. Viruses Don’t Care About Your View: Why ABC Shouldn’t Have Hired Jenny McCarthy. Time Magazine July 15, 2013. James Poniewozik BIO.

Ronald Bailey.ABC Shouldn’t Give McCarthy Platform. USA Today July 15, 2013. Ronald Bailey BIO.

David Freeman. Bill Nye: Jenny McCarthy’s Errant Views on Childhood Vaccines May Be Discredited on ‘The View.’ Huffington Post July 15, 2013. David Freeman BIO.

Joe Coscarelli. Anti-Vaccine Evangelist Jenny McCarthy Is The New Elizabeth Hasselbeck. New York Magazine July 15, 2013. Joe Coscarelli BIO.

Seth Mnookin. A Jenny McCarthy Reader Pt. 1: The Birth of a Star and an Embrace of ‘Crystal Children.’ PLOS.org July 15, 2013.Seth Mnookin BIO.

Alexandra Petri. Jenny McCarthy on ‘The View’ – Not the Medically Correct View, Just the View. Washington Post July 15, 2013. Alexandra Petri BIO.

July 16

Paul Thornton. Jenny McCarthy – Dangerous At Any Volume. Los Angeles Times July 16, 2013. Paul Thornton BIO.

Meredith Blake. Jenny McCarthy’s Hiring As ‘View’ Co-Host Is Matter of Contention.Los Angeles Times July 16, 2013. Meredith Blake BIO.

Michael Specter. Jenny McCarthy’s Dangerous Views. New Yorker July 16, 2013. Michael Specter BIO.

Alex Parene. Dear ABC: Putting Jenny McCarthy on ‘The View’ Will Kill Children. Salon.com July 16, 2013. Alex Pareene BIO.

David Kroll.Jenny McCarthy Is A Dangerous Example of Medical Celebrity. Forbes July 16, 2013. David Kroll BIO.

Emily Willingham. What Jenny McCarthy Should Do Before Her Debut on ‘The View.’Forbes July 16, 2013. Emily Willingham BIO.

Brendan Nyhan. When ‘He Said,’ ‘She Said’ is Dangerous. Columbia Journalism Review July 16, 2013. Brendan Nyhan BIO.

Tim Molloy. ‘View’ Host Jenny McCarthy’s Vaccine-Autism Claims: Beauty Versus Science. Reuters July 16, 2013. Tim Molloy BIO.

Claire McCarthy, M.D. ABC’s Hiring of Jenny McCarthy: A Decision That Could Cost Lives. Boston Globe July 16, 2013. Claire McCarthy BIO.

Jack Mirkinson. Jenny McCarthy’s New Hiring Met with Outrage Due to Her Anti-Vaccine Views. Huffington Post July 16, 2013. Jack Mirkinson BIO.

Susan Brink. One Thing We Know About Autism: Vaccines Aren’t to Blame. National Geographic July 16, 2013. Susan Brink BIO.

Liz Szabo. McCarthy’s View on Vaccines Stirs ‘View’ Controversy. USA Today July 16, 2013. Liz Szabo BIO.

Harold Maass. Jenny McCarthy, The View and Anti-Vaccination Quackery. The Week July 16, 2013. Harold Maass BIO.

Caroline Lee. Jenny McCarthy Stirs Controversy As the New The View’ Host. UPI July 16, 2013. Caroline Lee BIO.

Kim Geiger. Health Professionals Single Out McCarthy’s Vaccination Views As “Nonsense.” Chicago Tribune July 16, 2013. Kim Geiger BIO.

David Folkenflik. McCarthy’s Vaccination Stance Complicates Job on ‘The View.’ NPR July 16, 2013. David Folkenflik BIO.

July 17 - 18

Margaret Sullivan. Just the Facts, No False Balance Wanted Here. New York Times July 17, 2013. Margaret Sullivan BIO.

David M. Perry. Jenny McCarthy and Fear-Based Parenting. CNN July 17, 2013.David Perry BIO.

Tom McCarthy. The View: A Good Place to Debunk Jenny McCarthy’s Autism Quackery.The Guardian July 17, 2013. Tom McCarthy BIO.

Felix Gillette. Putting Jenny McCarthy on ‘The View’ – Good Sex Over Bad Science. Businessweek July 18, 2013. Felix Gillette BIO.

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