Brendan Nyhan, writing in "Columbia Journalism Review", commented: "ABC's announcement yesterday that actress/comedian Jenny McCarthy will become a co-host of "The View" brought forth a torrent of condemnation from doctors, science journalists, opinion writers, and even entertainment commentators who oppose giving the anti-vaccine activist a high-profile platform to spread misinformation." After an extensive review of news coverage of the hiring, Nyhan concluded that "here is no perfect way to cover McCarthy's hiring, of course, but giving 'balanced' coverage to fringe beliefs is the worst approach to covering misinformation."