A journalist or newsperson knows better than to make absolute, broad, sweeping statements about something they didn’t know about or that was easily disprovable; they would hedge on the existence of an edge case that could embarrass them. But that wasn’t the case with Whoopi Goldberg of “The View,” the moderator for what ABC has claimed to the FCC is a “bona fide news program.” According to Goldberg this week, the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool “never had algae before” President Trump’s renovations, and “nobody” wants voter ID laws.
Amid the liberal media’s obsession with the Reflecting Pool earlier in the week, “The View” took a big gulp from that watering hole. Goldberg’s hyperbole even got support from a gullible audience member:
GOLDBERG: Look this. [Points to screen showing workers in the reflecting pool] I mean, they look like they are fishing in the reflecting pool. They’re trying to get – they’re trying to get the algae out. This thing never had algae before!
AUDIENCE MEMBER: No!
Obviously, that was patently false. Even the anti-Trump journalists at PBS were able to admit that algae are naturally occurring and Trump’s renovations didn’t play a role. We also know the National Park Service has used hydrogen peroxide to kill algae blooms since 2021, when they switched away from chlorine.
ABC News moderator Whoopi Goldberg claims Trump was the one who vandalized the reflecting pool and that he’s going to go to prison for 10 years.
She falsely claims “this thing never had algae before” the renovations. pic.twitter.com/G5egXOXCtC— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) June 22, 2026
Goldberg beclowned herself later in the week when proclaiming that no one wanted voter ID laws:
It doesn’t have the votes. So, he’s trying to push to, and do all kinds of stuff. It just — It’s ridiculous. It’s — The bill that would force people to have I.D. when they come to vote, and nobody wants it.
It’s impossible to make the claim “nobody” wants voter ID when poll after poll has shown over 80% bipartisan support for the measure. That’s more than what’s needed for a supermajority vote.
Despite supposedly being a “bona fide news program” under the ABC News umbrella, Goldberg was ignorant of the fact that even her own network gave credence to the fact that it was a popular policy. “An August 2025 Pew Research Center study found that 83% of the more than 3,500 people surveyed are in favor of requiring voters to show government-issued photo ID at the polls,” ABC wrote about the Pew Research Center poll.
That’s not to mention that a majority of states (36) already require voters to present ID.
ABC News moderator Whoopi Goldberg falsely claims “nobody wants” voter ID laws.
Sunny Hostin decries that the SAVE America Act would require proof of citizenship. pic.twitter.com/2CMFwkZX5Q— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) June 25, 2026
Nothing about “The View” is a “bona fide news program.” Goldberg has been very vocal about how their role is to push Democratic Party messaging and anti-Trump fearmongering to the daytime TV audience. She’s even gotten into arguments about it in defense of their work.
A “bona fide news program” is supposed to share facts and tell its audience the truth. As shown here, “The View” does neither. That’s why the Media Research Center is leading the charge to strip “The View” of that status.
“While The View may once have qualified for an exemption, the evidence shows that it has for years operated for political purposes and is therefore not entitled to an exemption from the law. The MRC has the documentation to demonstrate that “The View” is a partisan political operation that advocates for Democrats and their party, against President Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans, and for the political priorities of the left,” MRC President David Bozell wrote in a public comment filing to the FCC.
The MRC also provided the FCC with “2,473 separate pieces of evidence documenting The View’s pervasive bias and, at times, willful electioneering as exhibits to this comment.”
ABC couldn’t even get the facts right when trying to muster supporters to submit public comments. On June 22, they told viewers they had until July 6 to submit a comment. In actuality, public comment ended that day at the close of business. Only reply comments were allowed to be submitted by July 6.
Despite their own incompetence, ABC and “The View” will likely cry foul if the FCC ignores the comments filed after the deadline.
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Nicholas C. Fondacaro is the associate editor for the Media Research Center and NewsBusters.
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