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Barbara Walters

How did Barbara Walters get to be so successful? She was never pretty. Her voice is like chalk on a board. How did she go from "weather girl and women's assignments" to hardline interviewer?

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by Anonymousreply 34July 22, 2019 1:50 AM

She asked intelligent, personal questions, that both the subject and audience could relate to. Also, being a woman reporter at that time was unique and she disarmed her skeptical interviewees with her charm, intelligence and grace.

by Anonymousreply 1July 10, 2019 4:24 PM

She did her homework.

by Anonymousreply 2July 10, 2019 4:32 PM

OP: I guess she was just in the right place at the right rime. Nothing more.

by Anonymousreply 3July 10, 2019 4:32 PM

Much like stars in other areas, Barbara had "it." There were other pioneering women in TV news, but they just didn't have "it."

by Anonymousreply 4July 10, 2019 5:12 PM

She was a great interviewer in her prime, and she was cutthroat and incredibly ambitious and ruthless behind the scenes.

by Anonymousreply 5July 10, 2019 5:14 PM

She knew how to kiss ass.

by Anonymousreply 6July 10, 2019 5:17 PM

She could suck the varnish off a Louisville Slugger.

by Anonymousreply 7July 10, 2019 5:19 PM

She did what she had to.....

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by Anonymousreply 8July 10, 2019 5:21 PM

Didn't she "date" Roy Cohn for awhile?

by Anonymousreply 9July 10, 2019 7:20 PM

She did what most career women did to get ahead pre-me too. She sucked a lot of dick.

by Anonymousreply 10July 10, 2019 7:26 PM

It's not where you start, it's where you finish. Today Barbara lives in the world of dementia

by Anonymousreply 11July 10, 2019 7:27 PM

[quote]She sucked a lot of dick.

But there were prettier women. Who would want to waste their time getting it from her?

by Anonymousreply 12July 10, 2019 7:28 PM

She fucked a married black senator.

by Anonymousreply 13July 10, 2019 7:31 PM

Because when someone compared herself to a tree, she knew to ask what kind of tree she would be.

by Anonymousreply 14July 10, 2019 7:31 PM

She was a Jewish girl with balls.

by Anonymousreply 15July 10, 2019 7:32 PM

People who lisp are better cocksuckers.

by Anonymousreply 16July 10, 2019 7:48 PM

[quote]There were other pioneering women in TV news, but they just didn't have "it."

I had "it," too. Penicillin took care of it.

by Anonymousreply 17July 10, 2019 8:51 PM

The Jewish Mafia.

Her father was a big Jewish mobster.

by Anonymousreply 18July 10, 2019 8:56 PM

She was tough, honey. Really tough.

by Anonymousreply 19July 10, 2019 8:56 PM

It's a-muh-muh-mazing that they would hire someone with a speech im-puh-puh-pediment to anchor the news once upon a time!

She muh-muh-must have been well connected.

by Anonymousreply 20July 10, 2019 10:30 PM

[quote] How did Barbara Walters get to be so successful? She was never pretty.

OP, do you really think this is the main reason a woman can be successful as a television journalist?

It's interesting this was the first criterion you chose.

by Anonymousreply 21July 10, 2019 10:37 PM

OP opened that way to create a misogynistic snark fest and we obliged.

by Anonymousreply 22July 10, 2019 10:41 PM

R20 Tom Brokaw also has a speech impediment.

by Anonymousreply 23July 10, 2019 11:25 PM

I always thought it would be cool if Barbara Walters and Hugh Downs lived long enough to introduce the year 2020. Maybe we can get a ventriloquist to operate Barbara next year.

by Anonymousreply 24July 11, 2019 1:55 AM

Hugh is still kicking at 98, so maybe he can do it solo. I'll be surprised if Barbara survives the year.

by Anonymousreply 25July 21, 2019 5:58 PM

She had some good-tasting pussy. Scrumptious!

by Anonymousreply 26July 21, 2019 6:16 PM

Powerful men couldn’t resist when she bragged: ‘I give wrighteously good blowjobs. Willy I do!’

by Anonymousreply 27July 21, 2019 6:26 PM

She generally sucked up and punched down, meaning she was generally deferential to people in power but extremely aggressive with unsympathetic interviewees. It's the kind of thing that makes you popular.

by Anonymousreply 28July 21, 2019 6:53 PM

R27: She overcame barriers, including the speech impediment, to become a very successful journalist.

by Anonymousreply 29July 22, 2019 12:46 AM

Barbra was mean to Tiffany about posing in Playboy. Fuck her.

by Anonymousreply 30July 22, 2019 12:47 AM

*sluurrrppp*

*swallows*

*wipes lips daintily*

by Anonymousreply 31July 22, 2019 12:54 AM

Her father ran nightclubs (and probably knew people in the mob). She was ambitious and parlayed being "the Today girl" into something more serious--she was a woman at a time when networks were looking. She was no Pauline Frederick or Nancy Dickerson who actually did it the hard way, but she was in the right place at the right time.

by Anonymousreply 32July 22, 2019 1:03 AM

"probably knew people in the mob"?????

Dummy R32, Lou Walters was OWNED by the mob. How old are you, ten???

by Anonymousreply 33July 22, 2019 1:07 AM

You saw To Die For, op?

That’s how.

by Anonymousreply 34July 22, 2019 1:50 AM
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