Walters Final Straw

December 6, 2007

Barbara Walters, of celebrity  interview fame, says she’s growing tired of the tabloid trend she helped create. Walters, a pioneering journalist who became the first female U.S. network news anchor 30 years ago, has interviewed every U.S. president since Richard Nixon and other heads of state. More recently, she has been credited and criticized for soft interviews that elevated celebrity news above all else.

Now, before her annual show, “The 10 Most Fascinating People,” airing on ABC on Thursday, the 78-year-old television journalist said she wants to focus on other topics, of more importance.  “I am not going after the tabloid stuff, I don’t do it,” she said in an interview.

Rumor has it that the real reason Barbara is so down in the dumps is because one of the major tablodd stars called her a “crumpled old fart” off camera after being offended by her prying questions into a recent rehab visit.

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