{"id":2578489,"date":"2026-03-11T08:25:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T12:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-whoopi-goldberg-makes-bizarre-connection-between-nancy-guthrie-case-and-iran-conflict\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T08:28:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T12:28:20","slug":"what-whoopi-goldberg-makes-bizarre-connection-between-nancy-guthrie-case-and-iran-conflict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/what-whoopi-goldberg-makes-bizarre-connection-between-nancy-guthrie-case-and-iran-conflict\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8230;What? Whoopi Goldberg Makes Bizarre Connection Between Nancy Guthrie Case and Iran Conflict"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhat-whoopi-goldberg-makes-bizarre-connection-between-nancy-guthrie-case-and-iran-conflict%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2578489&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/france-convicts-10-people-for-insulting-brigitte-macron-while-europe-loses-its-grip-on-reality\/\" title=\"France Convicts 10 People for &#039;Insulting&#039; Brigitte Macron While Europe Loses Its Grip on Reality\">opinion piece critiques<\/a> The View, arguing that the daytime talk show frequently enough <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >substitutes sensational partisan takes<\/a> for careful analysis and sometimes veers into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-trump-religious-groups-begin-turning-up-heat-on-gop-to-take-action-on-marjorie-taylor-greene\/\" title=\"Pro-Trump, Religious Groups Begin Turning Up Heat On GOP To Take Action On Marjorie Taylor Greene\">unfounded conspiracy theories<\/a>. It centers on a live discussion about Operation Epic Fury-the U.S.-Israel action concerning Iran-and contends the co-hosts misread geopolitics, turning complex issues into oversimplified narratives. The article also references the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-dive-team-joins-texas-search-for-missing-girl\/\" title=\"FBI Dive Team Joins Texas Search for Missing Girl\">missing-person case<\/a> of Nancy Guthrie, arguing that media coverage naturally fades as investigations progress and that linking such cases to foreign policy is exploitative. It suggests the programme encourages speculation to harden into certainty, with the panel repeatedly blaming Donald Trump for various issues. the piece asserts the View rarely engages in rigorous reasoning and instead promotes a repetitive, conspiratorial frame.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>When the day comes that ABC daytime talk show &ldquo;The View&rdquo; is cancelled, somebody, somewhere will likely shed a tear.<\/p>\n<p>(It won&rsquo;t be this writer, but I digress.)<\/p>\n<p>After all, what other singular television program can you tune into that regularly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/video-ana-navarro-view-launches-unhinged-incoherent-attack-cross-wearing-christians-doesnt-like\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attacks Christians<\/a>, proffers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ladies-view-link-trumps-immigration-enforcement-bonkers-plot-cancel-midterms-declare-martial-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unhinged conspiracy theories<\/a>, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/losing-view-dismisses-dem-masculinity-problems-since-men-sexists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ragingly misandrist<\/a>, and has a permanent affliction of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-trumps-win-ladies-view-screaming-3-days-later\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump Derangement Syndrome<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s a leftist&rsquo;s fever dream of quality television.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of fever dreams, it appears one of the show&rsquo;s co-hosts, Whoopi Goldberg, suffered through one live on-air as the panel discussed Operation Epic Fury, the joint U.S.-Israeli military operation targeting Iran.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); 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\t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s nutty as hell,&rdquo; Goldberg said. &ldquo;And you&rsquo;re right. Every day is something new. And it&rsquo;s, you know, I was thinking about it yesterday because I thought, well, okay, why haven&rsquo;t we been talking about Savannah Guthrie and what&rsquo;s going on there?<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Why have we not been talking about the Epstein files? Because that&rsquo;s still there.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>(As Goldberg was making this bizarre point, her fellow co-hosts were vocally agreeing with her.)<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is meant to get us so worked up that we are unable to see anything else,&rdquo; Goldberg continued.<\/p>\n<p>Right on cue, co-host Sunny Hostin interjected.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a very wag the dog feeling,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;Very wag the dog feeling.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>You can watch the entire episode for yourself below:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EEyJ7xGVKmM?si=6N8Pii-bzSpHDImn\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Oh boy. Where to even begin?<\/p>\n<p>No, Whoopi, Operation Epic Fury is not some grand PR feint meant to divert attention away from other issues.<\/p>\n<p>Look, nobody is suggesting that the ongoing Iran conflict is somehow above reproach. There are plenty of valid criticisms to be made, especially those coming from Trump supporters who strongly back the whole &ldquo;no new wars&rdquo; thing &mdash; something the president has, in fact, campaigned on.<\/p>\n<p>But while I&rsquo;m not smart enough to offer a legitimate take on this conflict, the co-hosts of &ldquo;The View&rdquo; definitely aren&rsquo;t either.<\/p>\n<p>If this really were some elaborate attempt by President Donald Trump to divert public attention, it would rank among the most incompetent distraction strategies ever conceived.<\/p>\n<p>According to the logic on display at &ldquo;The View,&rdquo; the president tried to steer the public away from polarizing headlines by&hellip; launching a massively polarizing military operation involving Iran and Israel. The idea that such a move would somehow make people stop paying attention to controversy requires a level of cable news brain rot that would be impressive if it weren&rsquo;t so embarrassing.<\/p>\n<p>Then there&rsquo;s the invocation of the missing person case.<\/p>\n<p>The disappearance of Nancy Guthrie is undeniably tragic, and the concern surrounding it is entirely understandable. But the grim reality of such long-running cases is that media coverage often fades as investigators exhaust leads and the story develops more slowly.<\/p>\n<p>That&rsquo;s not evidence of some shadowy political plot; it&rsquo;s simply the unfortunate way news cycles work. To suggest that a military operation involving multiple nations was launched to bury coverage of an individual case crosses the line from sloppy commentary into something very much approaching exploitation &mdash; which is ironic.<\/p>\n<p>And that&rsquo;s the broader problem with &ldquo;The View.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>It doesn&rsquo;t just traffic in partisan takes, as that&rsquo;s expected on daytime television. It regularly leaps from partisan takes to outright conspiratorial thinking, with the panel nodding along as if the most far-fetched explanation must automatically be the correct one.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of informing viewers or even offering coherent opinion, the show often devolves into a feedback loop where speculation hardens into certainty within the span of a single segment.<\/p>\n<p>At some point, you almost have to admire the consistency. No matter the topic &mdash; foreign policy, domestic politics, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-stone-unturned-bondi-and-doj-announce-strike-force-to-investigate-obama\/\" title=\"&#039;No Stone Unturned&#039;: Bondi and DOJ Announce &#039;Strike Force&#039; to Investigate Obama\">breaking news &#038;mdash<\/a>; it somehow circles back to the same conclusion: everything is a scheme, everything is a cover-up, and everything is ultimately somehow the fault of Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>For a show that prides itself on conversation, the most remarkable thing about &ldquo;The View&rdquo; is how rarely any real thinking seems to occur.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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