ABC’s ‘Bona Fide News Program’ Lies About Conservatives Committing Crimes

With Democrat Nazi Graham Platner’s meteoric rise having succumbed to gravity and crashed into Maine’s North Country due to credible allegations of domestic violence, sexual assault, and sexual misconduct, The View was desperate to balance the scales for negative accusations against conservatives. So, they did what they do best: they relied on made-up garbage and complete revisions of history.

While defending their Democratic Party for dragging its feet to oust Platner, Joy Behar rehashed on Thursday the long-debunked sexual misconduct allegations against Justice Brett Kavanaugh and falsely claimed they were almost a carbon copy of Platner’s:

BEHAR: But at least the Democrats are dumping him. Whereas, Susan Collins was one of the major votes to put Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court and he also had allegations exactly like this. If I recall correctly. Am I wrong?

HOSTIN: Well, the allegations were a little bit different but they were of a sexual nature.

BEHAR: Exactly.

First, the claims made against Kavanaugh were completely fabricated, and there was not a scintilla of evidence. Accuser Christine Blasey Ford couldn’t even remember when the alleged sexual misconduct happened; the calendars didn’t match her claims (even of the general time frame), everyone she claimed was in the house at the time had no memory of ever attending the party, and her claims shifted over time.

That’s not to mention the asinine accusations from grifter Julie Swetnick, who asserted that a teenage Kavanaugh was running a rape gang, an accusation for which there was no evidence whatsoever.

Joy Behar falsely claims Justice Kavanaugh “had accusations exactly like” Platner’s against him.

Sunny Hostin calls on her Democratic Party to find someone who speaks to Platner’s voters because she insists Democrats can win the seat:

JOY BEHAR: But at least the Democrats are… pic.twitter.com/uTmyuviXj7

— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) July 9, 2026

Elsewhere this week, Whoopi Goldberg, the purported “moderator” of the supposed “bona fide news program,” again engaged in electioneering, touting how people should rise up and vote to end President Trump accepting gifts from foreign countries.

But once again, Goldberg spoke in absolutes and misleadingly framed presidents accepting gifts from foreign countries as an “abnormal” practice Trump had made “normal”:

You know, this election that’s coming up, at least in my opinion, is going to highlight a lot of things because there lot of things that have happened. No longer can we accept the fact that, you know, no president is allowed to accept from foreign leaders anything, should not be allowed. (…) But this has become normal, and we the people have to put that back to being abnormal. That has to become abnormal behavior again.

The notion was ridiculous. Every U.S. president has accepted gifts from foreign countries. The U.S. even gives gifts in return.

Whoopi Goldberg falsely claims no president had ever accepted a gift from a foreign nation before Trump. pic.twitter.com/1BoXbYYF3S

— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) July 8, 2026

A 2015 CNN article boasted of “The 12 best gifts world leaders gave the Obamas” (The View’s favorite first family), including a “9.5′ white and blue longboard with friendship flags and the Presidential Seal” from Australia, “a jeweled sword from Malaysia,” and “diamond and emerald jewelry set” from Saudi Arabia for Michelle.

Of course, none of these (including the gifts for Trump) actually go with them when they leave office. Instead, they’re turned over to the National Archive and are often loaned out to a president’s respective library or other museums.

Despite the Federal Communications Commission’s increased scrutiny of its status as a “bona fide news program,” The View just could not stop lying and spewing misinformation. ABC needs to pay closer attention because they were already sued for defamation once for accusing Trump of sexual crimes he was not found “guilty” of.

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Nicholas C. Fondacaro is the associate editor for the Media Research Center and NewsBusters.