A Farewell To Foremother Of TV Journalism: Barbara Walter Retires Barbara Walters retires from daily television work on the May 15 edition of The View. Walters may be the real parent of today's TV journalists, who often meld the worlds of entertainment and news.

A Farewell To Foremother Of TV Journalism: Barbara Walter Retires

May 15, 20144:05 PM ET

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Eric Deggans

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Barbara Walters retires from daily television work on the May 15 edition of The View. As NPR's TV critic Eric Deggans notes, Walters may just be the real parent of today's TV journalists, who often meld the worlds of entertainment and news.