[More in the cross-post on the MRC's NewsBusters blog.]
On 6 September 2016, the owners of the Empire State Building honored ABC's The View by lighting the famed skyscraper "in light blue, teal and orange in celebration of 20 years" of the daytime program. However, the same company rejected a tribute in lights for the 100th birthday of Mother Teresa in 2010, which was requested by the Catholic League [MRC president Brent Bozell is a member of the board of advisors for the Catholic League].
The View's associate producer, Marisa Dabney, posted an article on the talk show's website that recounted how "co-hosts Joy Behar and Candace Cameron Bure lit up the Empire State Building in honor of the show's historic Season 20 premiere. The co-hosts pulled the lever to light up the Empire State Building in the show's colors blue, teal and orange." The producer included a video of a "behind the scenes look at the ceremony," and disclosed that Wednesday's episode of The View would have footage of the lighting ceremony.