Whoopi Goldberg credited AmericanIdol with the 'beginning of the downfall of society' during a discussion on TheView.
"I think, you know, that we as a society love to watch stuff, to judge folks," Goldberg said."I've always thought that the beginning of the downfall of society was with... what's the name of that show?""It was not always on ABC. When it began, it was on another network," Goldberg added of the music competition show., noting,"Once we gave people the ability to judge other people, I think we ran amok...
It was a different show. It's a very different show. The judges are different... ABC knows that I feel like this. I've told them. It has nothing to do with them. It has to do with the show."started on Fox in 2002 and quickly became a part of the culture landscape due mostly in part to judge Simon Cowell, who was known for his scathing critiques of contestants.
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