In the "hot topic" segments, which focused on Baltimore Ravens player Ray Rice, O'Donnell lived up to her reputation for speaking her mind, suggesting that abuse occurs because professional football players are encouraged and rewarded for being violent.
Wowowow also has political commentary, but what is particularly distinctive are the conversations, like the Halston dialogue, which read like deeper and more intimate versions of the "hot topics" segment of the television gabfest "The View".
The show's producers had always regarded her as a go-to guest, one who could hold her own by arguing seriously and effectively in the "Hot Topics" segment at the top of the show, as well as provide comic relief when needed.
Unless the number of keywords is increased drastically, it will be difficult to precisely characterize a two-topic segment, but significantly increasing the number of keywords will result in more noise and errors in the description.
During "View's" Hot Topics segment, Barbara Walters noted that Cain's campaign had accused Rick Perry of leaking the story about his alleged sexual harassment to the press.
During the show's Hot Topics segment, co-host Whoopi Goldberg reported that more and more men were getting "bikini waxes, trims, and other 'man-scaping' in that area".
During the "Hot Topics" segment of the show, Goldberg declared that while she didn't think the video was executed well, she didn't find it offensive.
"View" host Barbara Walters kicked off the morning's "Hot Topics" segment with an editorial by Gloria Steinem, Jane Fonda and Robin Morgan, who called for the FCC to take Rush Limbaugh off the air.
(BRONZE) The View There was a time when no one could even think of out-screaming a "Hot Topics" segment of The View, but now that Elisabeth Hasselbeck has gone pro over at FOX News, the long-running morning chat show isn't nearly as yell-y as it used to be.
