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  1. Jan 21, 2021 · Harry Reasoner tried unsuccessfully to ruin Barbara Walters’ ultra-successful career. It’s no secret that many men in the journalism industry wanted Walters out. She was constantly challenged...

  2. Apr 11, 2024 · Harry Reasoner, then the solo anchor of the show, was less than welcoming. Indeed, he fueled what today would be called a hostile workplace. His contempt for her was so undisguised that...

  3. Barbara Walters on working with Harry Reasoner on ABC News. For more on this and over 600 interviews, please visit emmytvlegends.org.

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    Walters' path to journalistic stardom was a bumpy road as she battled sexism from male broadcasters — experiences she discussed openly later in her career. When the late broadcaster Frank McGee joined "TODAY" as a co-host in 1971 — three years before Walters was officially named a co-host — he instituted a new rule: in interviews, she could not ask...

    As Walters’ career blossomed, being “the pushy one” also meant pushing other female reporters into their own seats at the anchor desk, several journalists said in their social media tributes. ABC News correspondent Deborah Roberts wrote in an Instagram post that Walters "taught me so much and took me under her wing" after asking her to join her on ...

    Walters appeared to agree that her greatest accomplishment was the door she opened for women in journalism and the many who followed her. On Walters' final show on “The View” in 2014, Oprah Winfrey introduced a surprise parade of female journalists — including Sawyer, Couric, Guthrie, Kotb, Vieira, McFadden and others — who marched out on stage to ...

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  4. Dec 30, 2022 · Barbara Walters, the glass ceiling-shattering newswoman whose intimate television interviews with celebrities and world figures blended show business and journalism and induced many a tear, has...

  5. Apr 24, 2024 · She battled sexism throughout her career — especially from her first co-anchor, Harry Reasoner, who, Page says, scowled at Walters' presence and tracked how many words she spoke on-air compared...

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  7. Jan 3, 2023 · Her partner was Harry Reasoner, who had made his bones covering John F. Kennedy’s assassination and thought of himself as a dispassionate, tough, just-the-facts reporter, as opposed to the ...

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