Bill Maher Talks About ‘The View’ And CNN’s Jeff Zucker, Calls For Questioning Covid-19 Authority

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You are allowed to disagree, Bill Maher argued during his Friday Real Time on HBO. And he brought up two instances of news this week from the world of television to underline his point.Maher talked about Whoopi Goldberg’s crisis and suspension from The View because of her analysis of what the Holocaust was really about.

Maher, who has been targeted by Goldberg in the past, said he was not in favor of her cancellation, “as much as I disagree with her crazy statements.”He pointed out Goldberg’s show is called THE View, emphasis on “The.” That’s the problem in America,” he said. “There is one true opinion, and everyone else can go sit in the corner.”He pointed out a time where Goldberg defended quarterback Michael Vick, who was suspended from football for his role in a dog fighting ring.

Goldberg was a rare defender of Vick when that situation emerged, pointing out that his southern heritage and cultural upbringing normalized such behaviors.“I don’t agree with her, but we grew up in two different worlds,” Maher acknowledged. “The answer is not to make them sit in a corner.” He added that the request that Goldberg use her suspension to “reflect and learn” is “so insulting.” There is no “impact” from her words, he said. “There are not neo-Nazis waiting for the green light from a lady on The View.Panelist Katherine Mangu-Ward, the editor-in-chief of Reason Magazine and co-host of The Reason Roundtable podcast, was supportive of Maher’s views. “Not everything has to be for everybody,” she said.

She added that The View is a particularly weird place. “It’s not called “The Facts.”Johann Hari, author of Stolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention — And How To Think Deeply Again, also decried silencing others. “We don’t need free