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scarletwoman

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11. Oh. Here I thought it would be for going to bed with Henry Kissinger.

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Sat May 17, 2014, 08:03 PM

May 2014

At least, that's what I'll always remember her for.

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What I think Barbara Walters will be known for [View all] brettdale May 2014 OP

She broke the glass ceiling for female co-hosts of national tv news broadcasts. Major Hogwash May 2014 #1

Someone hired her to do this Leme May 2014 #51

Right, and before they offered it to her, she was just at home ironing clothes? morningfog May 2014 #62

No she won't! Are_grits_groceries May 2014 #2

Reasoner was an unreasonable bastard. Nasty and vicious. MADem May 2014 #26

The O'Reilly comment was idiotic. Lost a lot of points in my book. nt Logical May 2014 #40

True Reasoner story KamaAina May 2014 #57

George Will is also a shrimp. Are_grits_groceries May 2014 #63

Bad Grits! Go to your room! KamaAina May 2014 #64

Hey. You went there. Are_grits_groceries May 2014 #68

Making Celebrities Cry in heavily edited interviews Exposethefrauds May 2014 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author Ken Burch May 2014 #23

You can't forgive Walters for not forgiving (so you say) Gilda? MADem May 2014 #27

I hadn't heard of that. I've now deleted the original post. Ken Burch May 2014 #31

It's ok to make fun of someone with a speech impediment disability? JJChambers May 2014 #33

I Disagree erpowers May 2014 #34

You are correct. MADem May 2014 #59

she might have been ok in her earlier years, but in recent decades it was mostly celeb crap JI7 May 2014 #4

She was the first woman at an anchor desk. An interviewer so skilled other interviewers will Bluenorthwest May 2014 #5

I always figured she'd be known for inspiring Gilda Radner's Baba Wawa character Major Nikon May 2014 #6

that's really sad that you would reduce such an accomplished woman to that. PeaceNikki May 2014 #7

I guess brettdale May 2014 #10

You don't realize what she was actually doing. That is what is a bit sad. MADem May 2014 #61

Barbara Walters said, "Rush Limbaugh is a fascinating man." Enthusiast May 2014 #8

He is fascinating--like a snake is fascinating. MADem May 2014 #28

she lives in a bubble of her own making warrior1 May 2014 #9

Oh. Here I thought it would be for going to bed with Henry Kissinger. scarletwoman May 2014 #11

EWWW....MINDBLEACH!!!!!!!! n/t. Ken Burch May 2014 #24

Ed Brooke. THAT was the big reveal in her autobio. MADem May 2014 #29

You mean Barbara Walters - Big Buddy of Roy Cohn? tenderfoot May 2014 #12

I had no idea she was ever Cohn's half-hearted beard Tom Ripley May 2014 #16

Her father was "bad with money" and he was a failure in a lot of ways. MADem May 2014 #38

Of course, because deep down Roy Cohn was a real mensch. tenderfoot May 2014 #49

I am not "defending that slime" but if you have any understandng of human nature-- MADem May 2014 #52

I will MADem and know that Walters contributed not much of anything to Journalism. tenderfoot May 2014 #56

Well good for you. Run along and do just that. nt MADem May 2014 #58

Will do. And quit taking my criticisms of Barbara Walters personality. tenderfoot May 2014 #65

Personality? MADem May 2014 #70

Personally. tenderfoot May 2014 #73

Wh-what?! NuclearDem May 2014 #13

Baba Wawa ...forever! L0oniX May 2014 #14

yep n2doc May 2014 #71

I always think of her appearance in Tom Wolfe's "Radical Chic" Tom Ripley May 2014 #15

She is kindred spirits with O'LOOFAH. As for Roy COHN, he's cousins to Toesucker MORRIS and UTUSN May 2014 #17

I'll always remember her interviewing Castro, I have no Raine May 2014 #18

She's the ultimate star-fucker. Beausoir May 2014 #19

You must be very young. MADem May 2014 #30

Haha. No. Beausoir May 2014 #35

Tell me what you meant by the phrase, and I'll tell you if I missed your intent. MADem May 2014 #36

That's quite a classist rant but I won't hold it against you. Beausoir May 2014 #46

Oooh, snarky put-down! Complete with virtual sneer...! MADem May 2014 #47

I don't think "classist rant" is at all a fair description of what MADem is saying here markpkessinger May 2014 #48

Trailblazer is true. But many many mistakes after that. nt Logical May 2014 #41

Let he...or she...who is without sin cast the first stone, then? MADem May 2014 #43

What I remember walters for is purposely deciding she was so special she would interview the pos... Tikki May 2014 #20

I thought that was a great interview. MADem May 2014 #37

Your memory doesn't reflect mine..... Tikki May 2014 #74

I remember her for dating a war criminal. Luminous Animal May 2014 #21

I will remember her for all the women she has inspired undeterred May 2014 #22

There were a few! MADem May 2014 #44

What was the 60 Minutes story she did where she had a conflict closeupready May 2014 #25

She was never on 60 Minutes. undeterred May 2014 #32

I am pretty sure the poster meant TWENTY TWENTY. It's all numbers. MADem May 2014 #39

Yes, thanks. Let me see if I can find it quickly. closeupready May 2014 #66

Let's see...she helped the daughter of the Syrian UN ambassador... MADem May 2014 #69

I will remember her for being an a-MAZ-ing name-dropper, and that's about it. ScreamingMeemie May 2014 #42

She seemed always to care way more about FAME than she did about TRUTH. 6000eliot May 2014 #45

Did she dead? snooper2 May 2014 #50

She went to Syria and did a nice fluffy nilesobek May 2014 #53

for lowering journalism standards and forwarding "soft' news for comingling celebrity gossip as news Tuesday Afternoon May 2014 #54

^^^THIS^^^ Tom Ripley May 2014 #55

A great interviewist and an inspiration taught_me_patience May 2014 #60

She has a great history, but I'll most remember her for... SidDithers May 2014 #67

I recall her blaming Clinton for 9-11 when she was r*mming Bush... joeybee12 May 2014 #72