The amazing Rebecca Traister has a great article about the politicizing of daytime TV during this election cycle.

The timing of this article was great, because just yesterday I was telling Jessica about the how the The View has been a hotbed of political debate and amazing interviews–including the now-infamous grilling of Sen. John McCain. Jess gave me a look of, “huh?” Today I’m like, “See, See!”

Jezebel also makes a key point about this phenomenon:

Obviously, a huge part of the appeal of The View is that the women on the panel are much more accessible to the viewing public than a wonky news anchor on CNN or even the more partisan MSNBC and Fox News. The one danger — and this is a criticism I’ve heard aimed at satirical shows like The Colbert Report and The Daily Show — is the possibility that a show like The View is a person’s only source of political news. However, I’d imagine that anyone who looks to Babs and the team for their sole political fix probably wouldn’t be reading anything about the election otherwise, so perhaps it’s better that they get information in a less than serious way than not at all.