Whoopi Goldberg Accuses the Media of a False ‘Narrative that People are Pushing Against’ On Campus Protests

The hosts of ABC’s The View had strong reactions Monday to the pro-Palestinian protests flooding college campuses across the United States.

Sara Haines said, “Civil disobedience and free speech have made this country better in a lot of instances. My problem here is that there is a point it crosses over. Like, even Dr. King quotes about, you have to be civil and you have to accept your consequences for whatever that is.”

Sunny Hostin said, “I think these are anti-war protests, and I think it’s distressing that we’re framing these as ‘Pro-Palestinian protests.’ Or, ‘Pro-Israeli protests.'”

She added, “It has never been, in my life, in my career, the criticizing policies of government is equated with anti-Semitism, and that, I think, is a far-right — it comes from the far-right. It comes from the authoritarian leanings, where they don’t want students on these campuses to voice their opinions because they want to change the narrative going forward, and I think we have to be very, very careful.”

Whoopi Goldberg pointed the finger firmly at the media, which she accused of not telling the whole story.

“Since I haven’t said anything, I’m sorry. I do have to do this,” Goldberg said before pausing for eight seconds to gather her thoughts.

“It is one of the great rights as an American to stand up and say, ‘Something’s wrong.’ Regardless of what your color is, if you’re a woman, man — it doesn’t matter.” She continued:

And we must teach our people how to be on the lookout. Part of our problem is the media takes what is the best clickbait. So you see the same posters or you see the same people, but you don’t see the folks who are doing peaceful stuff and saying, “Here’s what we want to do.”

I would caution the media to be very careful about what they’re doing, and how they’re handling this. because what they seem to be doing is pushing a narrative that people are pushing against, which students are pushing against, which I’m thrilled to see because I like when students get mad and say, “We want a change made.”

Watch the clip above via ABC’s The View.