HSV and "The View"
On Friday 13th, ABC's "The View" had their "Valentines Edition". Joy Behar and Elisabeth Hasselbeck a host on the show, made some very offensive comments about Herpes. Unfortunately a lot of people be... continue reading »
"Country USA I am very disappointed in Joy Behar's elitist opinion. There are many in this world who suffer greatly due to disease. Too bad Ms. Behar is above it all."
"hopefully not all of the people who watch the show are as ingnorant as you are"
"Country usa you are truely an ignorant type of female dog"
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"Country USA I'm not a loser I'm a loving and loved daughter,mother,and grandmother. I'm also a loving and loved wife there was no deal breaker here. I'm also respected by my friends and co-workers. The losers are the narrow minded people that talk and cr"
"Affiliation/Organization None Country United States Thanks for broadcasting your ignorant bigotry to the masses."
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"Country USA What bothers me more than the insensitive remarks about herpes, is that Joy read personal ads to the audience and showed their pictures to the camera. Did she have permission from the people who posted the ads to show them on national televis"
"Country USA Any form of bigotry and public humiliation is wrong. The were innappropriate and definately NOT FUNNY. On a day and that was supposed to be about love, Joy chose to spew hate. Nice Valentine there, Behar. I hope the "Large" man she insulted "
"Affiliation/Organization Houston HELP Group - affiliation with ASHA A public apology is necessary"
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"Country usa my mother has hpv, and herpes 2, and has done a dam good job raising me alone, holding down a full time job and building the house we live in"
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"Affiliation/Organization Software Engineer Country USA Joy blew it! She chose to belittle a person with the courage to acknowlege publicly what 25-30% of the public acknowleges it has. And then there is the other statistic, that 90% of the population has"
"Country Canada I dont think that was very nice of her. Would she find it funny if some one started making fun of AIDs victims? i doubt it."
"Country usa joy is an ass"
"Country USA You have a right to voice your opinion but an obligation to be sensitive to your audience. An apology would definitely be in order."
"Affiliation/Organization Oregon Health & Sciences University Country Portland, OR USA Ethical and compassionate broadcasting standards should be supported by television networks, including ABC, and it would be most appropriate for ABC and your progra"
"Country USA very classy"
"Interview me, I will attach my name and face to herpes - I have no problem with that."
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"Affiliation/Organization PickingUpThePieces,LifeAfterHerpes,TheGatheringPlace,MPwH, Country United States Please educate yourselves so that you will be more informed about STD's and the people who are effected by them"
