Barbara Walters disagrees with those who felt it was wrong of her to tap Jenny McCarthy for The View in light of the latter's discredited views on vaccines. "I think the criticism about her was unfair, and it was criticism that had to do with her personal views," the legendary journalist told Howard Kurtz on his new Fox News show, Media Buzz, adding that the comic actress brings "light and fun" to the daytime gabfest. She noted that her anti-vaccine stance "is not a subject that we have discussed on The View." McCarthy has taken quite a lot of heat for her controversial claim that childhood vaccines may have caused her son's autism. The notion has since been shot down thanks...
- 11/4/2013
- E! Online
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