Barbara Walters to leave 20/20

[ringmastery]

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/2020/Business/barbara_walters_2020_040125.html

[hlthe2b]

1. I think she detests her current cohost, John Stossel, frankly

The body language sort of screams tension lately IMO. I had heard that Stossel was supposed to be the co-host when Hugh Downs retired, but Babs wanted John Miller, who has since left as well...

[Valjean]

2. Me Too

I HATE John Stossel. He does simplistic pieces that claim to "debunk" phenomenom with a few anecdotal pieces of evidence.

[Snoopy2]

3. Here is a great website "debunking" John Stossel's Claims

I found it yesterday - it is really interesting:

http://www.fair.org/media-outlets/stossel.html

And check out the title of his upcoming book Give Me a Break: How I Exposed Hucksters, Cheats, And Scam Artists and Became the Scourge of the Liberal Media

[UTUSN]

4. Babs Has Torpoedoed PLENTY of Co-hosts

She has let STOSSEL be there lots of years. She leaves for her own reasons---age, doesn't-need-it, whatever. Nothing to do with STOSSELL.

[hlthe2b]

6. Until John Miller left, Stossel was never the cohost... he was simply

one of several contributors....

[UrbScotty]

5. On a side note, how is Hugh Downs?

Has anybody heard about him? I saw him on an infomercial last year.