I don't know why they'd panic. They've been crazily out-of-step with the populace forever. Why start worrying now?
ABC News brass are in "panic mode" as they hunt for conservative voices to balance the rabid anti-Trump rhetoric spewed by the hosts on "The View," as well as those on other shows, The Post has learned.
The Disney-owned network -- which came under fire over how ABC News moderators grilled Donald Trump during the presidential debate against Vice President Kamala Harris -- has been holding high-level meetings since last week's rout by the former president, sources close to the situation told The Post.
ABC News Group President Debra OConnell and her recently elevated boss of ABC News Almin Karamehmedovic held the intense sit-downs with executive producers of the network's various shows and other senior editorial leaders, sources said.
First on the agenda, according to one insider, is finding a pro-Trump panelist for its top-ranked daytime talk show, co-hosted by ultra-liberals Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin and Sara Haines, as well as Republican Trump-bashers Ana Navarro and Alyssa Farah Griffin.
"The View is facing pressure from higher-ups," the source said. "Viewers can expect some major changes including bringing in new panelists that can bring in a pro-Trump perspective."
The source did not signal whether one of the current panelists would be bounced or if the already crowded desk would add a seventh seat.
"Everyone on 'The View' endorsed Kamala Harris. They lost. They are out of touch with America," the source said.
"For a show about different perspectives, 'The View' doesn't seem to have any when it comes to Trump. ABC bosses don't want to alienate the pro-Trump demographic."
...
"The question is what will happen to the Whoopis and the Joys if they bring on a Trumpster?" the source said.
Goldberg -- the show's longest-running permanent co-host, joining the program in 2007 -- said a day after the election that her policy against uttering Trump's name isn't changing.
"He's now the president," she said. "I'm still not going to say his name. That's not going to change."
The pure narcissism.
Meanwhile, the "star" of Disney's upcoming doomed Snow White disaster decided to wish that everyone who voted for Trump, around half of the adult public, "never know peace" again for the rest of their lives.
Rachel Zegler is unhinged and a liability," a critic claimed. "They should permanently shelve Snow White and distance themselves from her. Her involvement with the company alienates millions of people and poisons the brand overall."
Following Trump's win last week, Zegler shared a series of messages with her 2.3 million Instagram followers.
"I find myself speechless in the midst of this. another four years of hatred, leaning us towards a world i do not want to live in," she wrote in a now-deleted Instagram Story. "I shouldn't be this shocked. but i am. i am heartbroken for my friends who awoke [in] fear this morning. and i am here with you. to cry, to yell, to hug. to wax poetic on how the left continues to fail us in forging a new path forward. this loss should not have been. and it certainly should not have been by so many votes.
"May Trump supporters and Trump voters and Trump himself never know peace," Zegler stated.
That's a call for harassment and possible violence against Trump supporters.
"Another four years of hatred, leaning us towards a world I do not want to live in. Leaning us towards a world that will be hard to raise my daughter in."
In a follow-up post, the actress added there is a "deep, deep sickness" in the United States due to how many people voted for a "man who threatens our democracy."
Describing Kamala Harris' loss as "one that should not have been... and it certainly should not have been by so many votes," Zegler took a moment to touch on Trump's campaign.
She continued, "It is terrifying the number of people who stand behind what this man preaches. it is a foolish subscription to a false sense of security, of masculinity, of intelligence, of patriotism, and of humanity. there is no help, no counsel, in any of them. i could go on. i won't. i feel sad. you probably do, too. f--k this."
Also, taking a shot at billionaire Elon Musk, who became one of Trump's most outspoken allies and has nabbed a spot on the president-elect's team, she noted, "Get off of Elon's app."
"I don't use that app for a reason. He helped get that man elected and you're giving him business," explained the Disney star.
And Kamala Harris's literal best friend (assuming she has actual friends) is Dana Walden. Walden is head of Disney's TV operations (I think), and as such, is the officer in charge of ABC "News." Supposedly there are "firewalls" insulating ABC "News" from Walden, but the ABC "News" staff didn't need a direct order to protect Kamala and attack Trump all through the Fake Debate they put on.
She is also ABC's biggest champion of racially-discriminatory DEI and anti-white bias:
The Hollywood Reporter:
Dana Walden Says ABC Passed on Pilots for Not Being Inclusive Enough
During a panel that included Amazon Studios chief Jennifer Salke, Walden revealed that "for the first time," the network received "some incredibly well-written scripts that did not satisfy our standards in terms of inclusion."
From the Google AI summary:
Yes, Dana Walden, the Chairman of Entertainment at Walt Disney Television, has said that ABC passed on pilots because they didn't meet the network's standards for inclusion:
What she said: Walden said that ABC passed on well-written scripts that didn't meet their inclusion standards. She also said that the network passed on a script about a white family because it didn't reflect their audience.
When she said it: Walden said this during a panel discussion in April 2021.
However, she greenlit one mostly-white show: The Handmaid's Tale on Hulu. White leftist women are very big on DEI, except where DEI would say that white leftist women must give up their jobs to more-oppressed minorities.
She had been assumed to the front-runner to take over Disney once Bob Iger steps down. Iger is a terminally-out-of-touch leftwing demagogue, much like Joe Biden, so I assume he'll never actually step down.
But Walden supposedly was expected to be his successor.
That now seems less likely, WDW_Pro and his panelists say. Now that Walden's best friend is a defeated presidential candidate who has no further political future, what would Walden actually bring to the table besides insatiable wokeness and illegal discrimination through DEI?