Did Whoopi Goldberg ''Defend'' Vick's Dog Fighting?

In this overheated media environment it is easy to jump to conclusions, especially when those conclusion lead to good copy. To be fair, The View is a magnet for media contretemps of all sizes. But at the risk of going against conventional wisdom: Did Whoopi Goldberg actually ”defend” Michael Vick’s dog fighting? Looking at some of the attention-grabbing headlines in today’s papers concerning what Goldberg may or may not have actually said you might come away believing that the Oscar winner is an aficionado of animal cruelty.