Hasselbeck just made the others look fat, ugly and stupid. She also made Walters look old. No wonder.
Absolutely asinine.
I don't watch this show, though I've seen snippets of it. But it is part discussion, not just entertainment, and is supposed to be intelligent discussion. So the value of the women is on their intelligence, not their looks.
It wasn't the 'left' that lost her her job; it was the right wing conservative view point she apparently expresses too vehemently and too often. It was the AUDIENCE that didn't like her. If the program wants to survive, it caters to its audience. Has nothing to do with the 'left.'