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| | Barbara Walters Summary |
 | | The View is advertised by Walters as "Four women, lots of opinions, and me—Barbara Walters." Though one suspects that Walters's separation of herself from the "four women" is not accidental, on The View she is looser and more relaxed—called "B.W." by her colleagues and allowing herself to be teased and, occasionally, put on the spot. |
 | | Barbara Walters will be remembered for many "firsts" and "onlys." Her critics blame her for bringing too much entertainment into the news, but, for better or worse, she has been pivotal in creating the face of television news in the 1990s, a blend of fact, entertainment, and personality. |
 | | Walters later became a veteran 20 year co-host of ABC News Magazine 20/20, again paired with Downs in a partnership that had good on air chemistry, and she excelled in interviews of newsmakers. |
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