Barbara Walters' "The View" in the News
June 28, 2006More press for Barbara (who will have her own show on Sirius soon)New York Times, June 28, 2006
Star Jones Reynolds's Departure From 'The View' Was in the Works for Months
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JACQUES STEINBERGStar Jones Reynolds's departure from "The View," which she announced on the show yesterday after weeks of rumors, was actually in the works for far longer than even savvy viewers realized. It came more than six months after ABC executives decided not to renew her contract when it expires later this summer,
Barbara Walters, the show's co-executive producer, said in an interview after the broadcast.
"They had done a great deal of research, and her negatives were rising," said Ms. Walters, who, like Ms. Jones Reynolds, has been a co-host of the program since its inception nine years ago. "Not so much because of what she did on the air. It was things she did off the air. The audience was losing trust in her. They didn't believe some of the things she said."
Ms. Walters declined to specify what in particular had concerned the network, but Ms. Jones Reynolds drew criticism when she arranged for suppliers to donate items for her wedding in 2004, apparently in exchange for being mentioned on the show...."
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