NewsBusters got under the skin of ABC’s The View when we did our first study counting their infamous “legal notes” (three dozen in one year), back in 2022. Over time, the study appeared to be so effective that the show had completely abandoned the practice. In 2025, The View had issued ZERO “legal notes.” But that doesn’t mean the notes weren’t sorely needed.
Previously, The View cast were forced to issue “legal notes” when they would accuse someone of committing crimes before either they were found guilty or before they were even charged; many times baselessly accusing a conservative of a crime without even a hint of illegality. All designed to protect ABC News from legal liability from the wild claimed their news program would make.
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