Ramin Setoodeh

Ramin Setoodah has written a " tell all" book about The View which received tremendous advance publicity. I am not sure why. The long lived show ( some would say past it's sell by) was a talk show started by Barbara Walters. While Ms Walters helmed the show it had an ounce of charm and class. She with the help of Meredith Viera led the discussions along topical areas of politics, fashion and entertainment. It was hardly intellectually challenging but good fun on days off. =
Mr. Setoohdeh used Barbara, O'Donnell and Hasselback as main characters for his "tell all". If he honestly thinks these common scolds are representative of women; working, intelligent women, he has a problem. They all talked at once, were frequently ill informed and were, for the most part shrieking liberals. It would be unique if a liberal Female politician was soft spoken and genteel but then she wouldn't appear on the View. It was embarrassing and uncomfortable to watch this never ending show. His book was as chaotic in some ways as The View, jumping from characters to situations at will. I always thought a good ending to that show would have been to end when Barbara Walters retired. I was curious to read this because The View is such a staple for so many people but for me this book was just a quick read. The stories were interesting and it was a good read.
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The fact that insincere Elizabeth Hasselbeck spewed the daily Fox News talking points as her obvious pre-interview for working for that channel escapes the author. That Rosie O'Donnell was the only person Barbara and team could not control because she was independently wealthy and not worried about losing the job escapes this author. That Alicia Silverstone could not bear to shake hands with Elizabeth escapes this author. Mr. Setoodeh is just another echo in the chamber saying big, fat, lesbian Rosie was being mean to poor, little Elizabeth. I don't know who he is or why he wrote the book, but it was a waste of time.… (meer)

I don’t watch The View. I may see snippets of it on Facebook or Youtube particularly when some time of drama comes up on the show. That being said, given all the egos that were or are still on the show, one has to expect some type of drama or scandal to appear. This book looks into many of the scandals where the women feuded or tried to gain power over the production of the show. The only host on the show that comes off well is Meredith Viera. Rosie O’ Donnell comes off horribly---a really bad boss with an awful ego.

I have had similar work experiences in the corporate world that reivaled this story and they weren’t on TV.

If you like scandal or you really like the show, you’ll probably enjoy this book as it is an easy read.… (meer)