Instead of decrying Fidel Castro as a dictator, mass murderer and human rights abuser, longtime ABC journalists Barbara Walters labeled him "the most charismatic person" she's ever met. From ABC's The View, December 12:
Co-host Rosie O’Donnell: “I’m going to name some of the people you interviewed, and tell me what word first pops in your mind when I say the name. Okay? Here we go. Fidel Castro.”
ABC’s Barbara Walters: “Maybe the most charismatic person I have met.”