'The View' makes TIME 100

Per Time.com, the opinionated hosts of the very popular morning talk show The View made Time Magazine's 2009 list of the 100 most influential people in the world.

Barbara Walters, Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Elisabeth Hasselbeck and Sherri Shepherd collectively made no. 54 on the list. Richard Stengel, editor of Time, even appeared as a guest on the show to explain to the viewers and the ladies why they were chosen to be on the prestigious list.

According to Stengel, the ladies are "the angels of democracy."

Twitterers shared various reactions to Time's decision to include 'The View':

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   heidimarie83 Can't believe those whiny bitches on the View made the top 100 most influental people of the world! Really, TIME?!
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   amyjrosenberg #time mag 100 most influential people. do u really think the view is worthy? in my life, yes, but globally? http://tinyurl.com/ddtdhz
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   jimgeraghty (LANGUAGE WARNING) Dear Time, how the f*** is "The View" one of the world's 100 Most Influential People? http://tinyurl.com/ddtdhz
4. 
   BrendaAMcCoy Just watched DVR "The View"Loved it as alwaysThe ladies were chosen as one of 100 most influential voices in Time Magazine!!Congrats, ladies
5. 
   pcanxtc43 Congrats to the ladies of The View one of TIME 100 World's Most Influentioal People. You do deserve it.
6. 
   FiLeith Did a doubletake when she spotted The View on the Time 100 list. It's the telly prog, of course, nae the Dryburgh delinquents. Shame...
7. 
   12id 'The View' is one of Time's 100 Most Influential .. can I get a woot woot?!

Other entertainers on the list include Zac Efron, Kate Winslet and M.I.A.