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| ABC Cancels Roseanne Barr's Show After She Insults ValJar On Twitter |
| 2018-05-29 |
| And naturally, all media outlets are reporting the offending tweet as... wait for it... [Hollywood Reporter] - ABC, in a stunning move, has decided to cancel its Roseanne revival following star Roseanne Barr's racist tweet Tuesday. "Roseanne's Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show," ABC Entertainment president Channing Dungey said Tuesday. Early Tuesday, star, head writer and exec producer Barr attacked Valerie Jarrett, a senior adviser to former President Barack Obama, in a since-deleted tweet in which she said "Muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj." Barr subsequently apologized: "I apologize to Valerie Jarrett and to all Americans. I am truly sorry for making a bad joke about her politics and her looks. I should have known better. Forgive me ‐ my joke was in bad taste." Truth not being a defense in this situation. Walt Disney Co. CEO Bob Iger also weighed in on the decision to cancel Roseanne: "There was only one thing to do here, and that was the right thing," he tweeted. And the harpies on The View, who have been insulting President Trump on a daily basis for well over a year and a half, continue to be gainfully employed by this same ABC network. |
| Posted by:Raj |
| #5 ...if Fox picks it up...? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2018-05-29 16:52 |
| #4 Disney shares drop. |
| Posted by: Omeger Gray6606 2018-05-29 16:38 |
| #3 "a bad joke about her politics and her looks". Apology was just as funny as her tweet. She was only confirming my summation of liberals as knuckle draggers. |
| Posted by: Omeger Gray6606 2018-05-29 16:10 |
| #2 But they are right - that tweet is deeply, deeply insulting to the residents of The Planet of the Apes. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2018-05-29 15:55 |
| #1 Thou shalt not mock the Obumbles and their ilk. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2018-05-29 15:43 |