Talk:Barbara Walters

Speech Imediment

why is there no mention of her speech impediment?

Babs Elliot

Should there be any discussion of the rumors that Walters tap-danced professionally as a child under the stage name "Babs Elliot"?

ALSO THE ARTICLE MAKES NO REFERENCE TO HER DAYS SPENT WORKING AS A HOSTESS AT HEF'S CHICAGO PLAYBOY NIGHTCLUB

Name change

could we look at whether the edit change regarding her name "they were Jewish." I'm uncomfortable with that in the sense this is not a bio focusing on her religion, and the way it reads, altho not necessarily intended by the writer, is that this issue of name is a Jewish thing.

also, look at footnote 1 just above. "That this is false". An encylopedia and POV would suggest that the page is at war with itself on an issue. I dont think there is a case to be made that Walters ever gets into haggeling over her religion or birth place. So why would that be an issue here? If the information needs to stay on the page the "this is false" formating should be revised.

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by Kyle Andrew Brown (talk • contribs) 17:19, July 28, 2005. Tomer ^TALK 07:46, July 29, 2005 (UTC)

I've changed the wording to say "incorrect" as opposed to "false", since IMHO at least "false" implies that ABC or Walters is lying. While this may be the case, that's an accusation that's not up to WP to make.

Does anyone know what sources were used for writing this article?

I've also removed the following from the article:

Louis Walters, her father, was born Aug 22, 1894 in London(Hackney district), son of Isaac and Anna.. In the 1901 British census their birthplace is given as Poland, but in the US 1930 it is given as Russia, probably due to the fact it was part of Czarist Russia at one time. It does appear that they were Jewish and had changed their surname in England.

My rationale is that it appears to be original research, which is all well and good, but ineligible for inclusion in the article. I don't see any source on it at all, and it appears to be motivated by an interest to say "she's a Jew!" rather than to convey any relevant information about Walters. Tomer ^TALK 07:46, July 29, 2005 (UTC)

A dissenting view: while someone's religion is not relevant to their accomplishments, it is part of who they are, and there should be no shame in saying so. Besides, the statement refers to history regarding her parents, which is an interesting tidbit and not prejudice.

Moving "View" section

The section on "The View" in the Early Career doesn't really have to do with Walters' early career, so I'm moving it to the lower section on her more recent career, along with some touch-ups and a reference for the Star Jones Reynolds part.

Intimidation from Bill O'Reilly and Fox News

Several months ago Rosie and Joy alluded to Bill O'Reilly's sexual harassment lawsuit. This is what happened next according to Rosie at rosie.com:

“ when joy and i

alluded to bill oreillys sex scandal on the view

we were told the following day that we couldn’t bring it up anymore or else bill o would “go after” all the hosts of the view

”

Legal filing about Bill O'Reilly's sexual harassment lawsuit are here. It should be noted that Barbara Walters did an interview with Bill O'Reilly before his latest book came out last year. She did not bring up the subject of his alleged sexual harassment and how his wife and family delt with it.

Was Walters a Playboy bunny?

I was watching the game show network and on the show Trivia Trap, Bob Eubanks announced that Barbara Walters used to be a playboy bunny. Is this true? If so, how come this is not Wikipedia information? 216.80.64.153 (talk) 05:05, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

The only reference I found (which was sketchy) said she did an undercover assignment as a Playboy bunny once, not that she was one in fact. She had many reporting assignments - unless a more reliable source is found, I don't think this rises to the level of notability or verifiability. Tvoz |talk 05:27, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

Um, I think you're confusing Barbara Walters with Gloria Steinem.--147.9.54.183 (talk) 02:12, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

ABC Evening News

I have noticed that this article mentions ABC Evening News, a news program that doesn't exist. That page redirects to World News with Charles Gibson. Is World News the intended mention for the article?. Mythdon (talk) 00:37, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

Yes. Prior to 1978, the nightly evening news wrapup on ABC was known as the ABC Evening News. It changed to World News Tonight at that time and is now known as World News with Charles Gibson. Walters and Reasoner were the last to anchor the program as the ABC Evening News; when it changed to World News Tonight, Frank Reynolds, Peter Jennings and Max Robinson became the anchors, and Walters was "demoted" to special correspondent, mostly providing newsmaker interviews. DrBear (talk) 19:53, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

What is Barbara Walters actual birth year?

Ms. Walters' article lists her birth year as both 1929 and 1931. Which year is correct? Lunaluce2 (talk) 20:55, 24 February 2009 (UTC)

It's 1929. There's a long discussion on the matter in this talk page's archives. I'm placing an edit notice on the article to avoid future well-intentioned but erroneous "corrections". - Nunh-huh 05:34, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, I'm sure there used to be a notice in hidden text - I missed that it was removed. Tvoz/talk 07:00, 6 March 2009 (UTC)

Place of birth

Somebody just recently changed this information to:

Walters was born in [[Brooklineklfgdnvgsdfhsfhbbfbvfnvu2QG JSFTHGGJNJHHHFDCBNKDHASSS AASA ASS FFSSDDDSFDCFXFDFHFJ

 PLease fix this
Thanks  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.68.52.89 (talk) 01:05, 27 March 2009 (UTC) 

the article guy

whate the fuckin hell was that article about barbra walters me it dosent make any sen se heres my article

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Hanoi Jane Fonda

How can Barbara Walters in all good conscience believe Jane Fonda is worthy to be called one of the best? Does she not know what she did to some of our prisoners when she visited some of them? The way I see it, Jane as well as Barbara could well be defined as traitors. I believe this is a subject that needs to be discussed on THE VIEW so Barbara can explain the reasoning behind her decision. Barbara you made one great big mistake here! Look up HANOI JANE and you will see what I am talking about. She is a 1st class traitor, especially to our military prisoners. 12.202.186.116 (talk) 15:12, 7 July 2009 (UTC)