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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

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:

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.

All these awards?

What awards are these that are listed? There's no context in that section. Are those Emmys? I'm sure those aren't all the Emmys she has been nominated for, right? Can anyone expand that section and give some more info? Dmz5*Edits**Talk* 04:23, 9 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I have tagged that section for clarification. If it isn't clarified, it needs to be removed. Wildhartlivie (talk) 08:36, 17 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Does anyone else think it would be good to put a "semi-protect" status on this article to reduce vandalism?

Does anyone else think it would be good to put a "semi-protect" on this article to help reduce vandalism? Or at the very least, block editing to new users? I think Barbara Walters deserves more respect than she is getting. She opened doors for so many women in the 1960s by becoming the first female cohost of The Today Show. At the time, the networks were a real "boys club" who believed that viewers would never take a woman seriously reporting hard news. Walters worked her way up from being a "Today Girl" who only reported on light topics. She has really come a long way. Oprah Winfrey has said that she was inspired by Barbara Walters. Today, we think nothing of Katie Couric being an anchor for CBS News, but that was unheard of back when Barbara Walters entered TV journalism. No. JGKlein (talk) 00:29, 1 December 2009 (UTC)[reply]

100 Women of the Century

100 Women of the Century ..

I would like to ask Barbara Walters why she would include Ms. Jane Fonda in her list of 100 Women of the Century? What ever did Jane Fonda do to deserve such an honor??

I recall her actions as a traitor during the days of Vietnam War when our young servicemen and women were fighting there for the peace! The majority of the military personnel in those days DID NOT volunteer for that service .. They were required at age 18 to sign up to be drafted into the service of this country and went where they were sent to do what they were trained to do .. fight for freedom. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.177.100.182 (talk) 21:41, 6 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

I would like to hear an answer from MS. Walters concerning the reason Jane Fonda is on the list of 100 Women of the Century. I think Jane Fonda is one of the best actresses ever to be on the movie screens. But I do feel her actions during the Vietnam war would completely disqualify her from such and award. Can we get Ms Walters email address and get a reply on this question. Or, should we email CNN or ABC?

Thanks. ---- Ron Simpson - jron.simpson@comcast.net —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.252.147.191 (talk) 02:56, 7 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

adopted daughter

I believe her adopted daughter is Jacqueline Dena Guger and not Parker Posey as stated. Unless she adopted 2 girls. See below listed on BW page.

Lee Guber, theatrical producer and theater owner. They married on December 8, 1963, and divorced in 1976. They have one daughter, Parker Posey (born 1971, adopted the same year. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.46.248.120 (talk) 17:29, 9 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Barbara Walters Interview Magazine

Why not put out a magazine each week showing all the interviews...It would be a number one seller. She is my biggest fan!

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Most fascinating people

Should her 10 most fascinating people;s lists get an article? I mean, they're pretty well known (the idea of it is anyway, even if most people don't know who she picks). It has been mentioned in Pop Culture. Definitely they talked about it in Blades of Glory.72.94.197.60 (talk) 05:24, 1 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

You Are Old!

you're old. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.107.65.210 (talk) 00:31, 19 July 2010 (UTC)[reply]

And You're immature!

SashaJohn (talk) 14:30, 16 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]


Birthday/Age discrepancy.

In the first paragraph it states "Barbara Jill Walters[1] (born September 25, 1929)" but in the right hand column the stats list a different birthdate and age of "September 25, 1931 (1931-09-25) (age 79)"

. Can someone check into this and correct the discrepancy?132.8.8.45 (talk) 16:33, 26 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

The 1929 date is correct; the 1931 date is an error frequently found on the Internet, a misconception resulting from the fact that Ms. Walters has not always been entirely forthcoming about her true age. - Nunh-huh 10:33, 27 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Name discrepancy

The title of the page is Barbara Walters, but the first name that shows up is LaKesha Johnson, and the first line makes no mention of the name "Barbara Walters." I don't think the article explains anywhere when/why she changed her name (if she actually did--I didn't even know that). Throughout the article she's alternately referred to as "Walters" and "Johnson," so at very least this should be standardized, probably to "Walters" since that's what everyone knows her by and that's the title of this page. As an example...

"Johnson has seldom minced words when describing the visible, on-the-air disdain her co-anchor, Harry Reasoner, displayed for her when she was teamed up with him on the ABC Evening News in 1976-78. Reasoner had a difficult relationship with Walters because he disliked having a co-anchor, even though he worked with former CBS colleague Howard K. Smith nightly on ABC for several years. In 1981, five years after the start of their short-lived ABC partnership and well after Reasoner returned to CBS News, Walters and her former co-anchor had a memorable (and cordial) 20/20 interview on the occasion of Reasoner's new book release.[citation needed] Johnson is also known for her years on the ABC newsmagazine 20/20 where she joined host Hugh Downs in 1979."

So it's really every other sentence this article seems to switch.24.15.197.87 (talk) 06:07, 7 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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