Whoopi Goldberg on The View
Controversy didn't leave The View with Rosie O'Donnell. Fifteen minutes into her first day moderating the show, Whoopi Goldberg defended convicted felon Michael Vick, calling dogfighting "part of his cultural upbringing" in the South. When Goldberg was hired last month, show creator Barbara Walters called her "funny," "edgy" and a "woman who has thought-out opinions." The president of the Humane Society took issue with Goldberg's comments, as did co-host Joy Behar, who saw no cultural relativity in "dog torturing and dog murdering."