Others blame the look-at-me-I'm-so-special culture bred by egocentric social networking sites such as Facebook, My Space, and Twitter.

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"I am very happy with my decision and look forward to a wonderful and special year ahead both on 'The View' and with ABC News, " she said.

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What I said is it was not the purpose or the special focus of this team to look at WMD.

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