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Whoopi Goldberg has been suspended from her role as presenter of US talk show The View for two weeks following her “wrong and hurtful comments” about the Holocaust.

Meghan McCain, 37, spoke out against her former colleague Whoopi Goldberg, 66, over the comedian’s comments about the Holocaust in a tweet on Tuesday February 1. The former View co-host shared that she was reluctant to speak out against her old job, but she wanted to share how “heartbroken” she was to hear the controversial comments that Whoopi made, saying that the Holocaust was “not about race,” during Monday’s episode.

The View has been encouraged to "add Jewish voices" after Whoopi Goldberg apologized for claiming the Holocaust was not about race. On Tuesday Whoopi opened the hit ABC show and shared with viewers: "Yesterday on the show I misspoke.

Whoopi Goldberg regrets her controversial remarks about the Holocaust, saying on Tuesday's episode of  that she «misspoke» but that «words matter.»The 66-year-old talk show host issued her remarks at the top of the show, which also included the guest appearance of Jonathan Greenblatt, the CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, who offered Goldberg and 's audience more insight about the subject. «Yesterday on our show, I misspoke,» said Goldberg in reference to Monday's remarks that triggered outrage after saying «the Holocaust isn't about race.» «I said something that I feel a responsibility for not leaving unexamined, because my words upset so many people, which was never intentional and I understand why now. For that, I'm deeply grateful.

UPDATED, 8:42 AM: Whoopi Goldberg apologized again on The View this morning for her comments that the Holocaust was “not about race.” Saying that she “misspoke” Monday, Goldberg said on-air today that the Holocaust “is indeed about race, because Hitler and the Nazis considered the Jews to be an inferior race. Now, words matter — and mine are no exception. I regret my comments, and I stand corrected. I also stand with the Jewish people.”

Whoopi Goldberg, 66, offered a very sincere apology for saying that the Holocaust was “not about race” to start The View on Tuesday February 1. The co-host said that she “misspoke” during Monday’s episode while discussing a Tennessee schoolboard’s decision to ban Art Spiegelman’s Maus, a graphic novel about the Holocaust. The comic offered her support to the Jewish community and brought on Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt to discuss why comments like Whoopi’s are harmful.

Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterWhoopi Golberg apologized on Tuesday’s “The View” for her comments on yesterday’s show about the Holocaust, saying she now believes “it is indeed about race.”“So yesterday on our show, I misspoke,” Goldberg said at the top of Tuesday’s show. “And I tweeted about it last night but I kind of what you to hear it from me directly.

While discussing the controversy over a Tennessee school district banning Art Spiegelman’s Pulitzer Prize-winning and somewhat graphic graphic novel Maus in schools, Whoopi Goldberg said today on The View that the Holocaust was “not about race.” She got immediate pushback from the show’s other hosts and, shortly thereafter, from the Anti-Defamation League, the Auschwitz Memorial and the Holocaust Museum.

J. Kim Murphy Whoopi Goldberg is facing criticism from the Anti-Defamation League, the U.S. Holocaust Museum and other Jewish organizations for her remarks on the latest episode of “The View,” in which she stated that the Holocaust was “not about race.”Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, responded to “The View” co-hosts comments on Twitter, calling her remarks “dangerous.”“The Holocaust was about the Nazi’s systemic annihilation of the Jewish people — who they deemed to be an inferior race,” wrote Greenblatt.

Ellise Shafer administratorThe Anti-Defamation League is urging Fox Corporation to not air Tucker Carlson’s upcoming series about the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S.

Fox Corp. CEO Lachlan Murdoch responded to the Anti Defamation League’s call for the ouster of Tucker Carlson, concluding that the Fox News host was not advocating for “white replacement theory” in a segment last week.

The Anti-Defamation League’s CEO Jonathan Greenblatt condemned Tucker Carlson for defending “replacement theory” on his show on Thursday and said that it was time for the Fox News host to be taken off the network.

On Wednesday morning, Sacha Baron Cohen posted a message on his Instagram informing his 600,000 followers that he’d be “freezing” his account for the next 24 hours. Mark Ruffalo had a similar missive for his 18.7 million followers.

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorCivil rights activists called a Tuesday meeting with Facebook a wash and said they’re unconvinced the social media giant is doing enough to combat hate speech.“Today we saw little and heard just about nothing,” said Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt during a press conference after a coalition of groups including the ADL, the NAACP, Free Press and Color of Change met with virtually with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg COO Sheryl Sandberg and others on the policy team.The organizations, under the tag #StopHateForProfit, had called on businesses to “hit pause on hate” and pull advertising from Facebook. Hundreds, from Verizon to Coca Cola, Unilever and the North Face, agreed.