*Why wasn't Whoopi Goldberg included in a montage of Oscar hosts during Sunday night's Academy Award telecast? After all, the woman has served as mistress of ceremonies four times.

      Of course the snub was addressed yesterday morning on "The View." Goldberg got emotional as her co-hosts – led by Sherri Shepherd – stuck up for the entertainer and dissed the Oscar producers for leaving out their girl.

       Barbara Walters tried to give producers the benefit of the doubt, pointing out that Steve Martin was also left out of the host reel. Walters also said Whoopi may have been absent from the host clips because she was included in the Oscar-winner's reel.

       At the end of the segment, Goldberg got up and kissed each one of the hosts for their consoling words.