NEW: ‘The View’ Scrambles To Hire Pro-Trump Voices As Ratings Tumble

The ratings for liberal shows and networks are in complete free fall as downtrodden viewers turn off their tubes and go outside to touch some grass, leading ABC executives of “The View” scrambling to hire more pro-Trump voices to build back its audience.

The New York Post reported that the top brass at ABC have grown tired of one-sided squawking by the five daytime co-hosts as they tiresomely go through the motions of responding to every single statement or bit of news made by President-elect Donald Trump. Just in the past week, Whoopi Goldberg has promised to never utter the president’s name again; Sunny Hostin has blamed “racist” Black and Hispanic voters for supporting him; and Joy Behar encouraged censorship of news outlets like Fox to “teach children tolerance.” After those approaches got the show nowhere, things need to change, executives told senior producers in recent meetings.

The result is a “panic mode” atmosphere at ABC News, sources say, where leadership is scrambling to find conservative voices it can throw into the mix. High-level meetings at the Disney-owned network are exploring how best to jettison allegations of liberal biases, especially following Disney’s much-hyped lawsuit from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and criticism of ABC’s treatment of President Trump during his debate against Vice President Kamala Harris. ABC News Group President Debra OConnell has elevated Almin Karamehmedovic, who heads ABC News, to reorient executive producers and other show editors toward a new, bipartisan mission.