


The New York Post had a great piece on Saturday counting the number of times that The View‘s hosts, during Friday’s broadcast, had to issue legal notes when discussing President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet nominees.
After discussing sexual assault allegations against onetime attorney general nominee Matt Gaetz (who dropped out of the running last week) and defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth, show producers made host and former prosecutor Sunny Hostin read aloud legal notes.
“I have a legal note,” she said. “Matt Gaetz has long denied all allegations and has not been charged with any crime.”
“Also, another legal note,” Hostin said. “Pete Hegseth’s lawyer said he paid the woman [his accuser] in 2023 to head off the threat of a baseless lawsuit. He has denied any wrongdoing.”
The hosts had to issue a couple of other notes regarding Trump’s new AG pick, Pam Bondi, and former GOP congressman George Santos. According to ABC, the show is No. 1 among daytime broadcast talk shows in households and total viewers, and it has seen a healthy increase in viewership postelection. Will so many legal notes at least call into question the credibility of the hosts?