Posted on 05/29/2018 11:48:22 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
"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.
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."
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.
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Barr's tweet prompted a massive outcry across social media, with thousands condeming the actress-comedian's comments and calling on ABC to cancel her series. The Disney-owned network's decision to cancel the comedy marked the first time the network has taken action in response to one of Barr's controversial tweets.
Axing the Roseanne revival was no small decision for ABC.
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“...And boy do they level them against the right....”
The radical, hypocritical RATS cannot take it when a little comes back their way...can they?? Let them take the downside in reputation (was there ever any?) and viewership.
They never did like the fact that Rosanne became much more of a conservative than she was before....keep LOSING RATS!!!
April Ryan said that the Trump Administration is running a child trafficking ring and she doesn’t get fired from CNN, so there ya go
In had no idea she was Negro. I sure did not know that. She doesn’t look like one. She does look like an ape and we all know she is from Iran. Barr was dead right and it was funny as hell.
LOL, the media and the network were going to find some way and some how to cancel a show that was popular with conservatives.
Great point.
I’d boycott ABC but I haven’t watched any network anything for almost 20 yrs now. Funny thing is, there really isn’t a damn thing to watch anywhere. Even netflix jumped the shark and decided to be all PC all the time.
Guess I’ll ride my motorcycles more and more often...
I’m already a full time youtuber and now a magazine contributor...
I saw on one website ValJar compared to Rasputin.
of course obama had something to do with this...what cracks me up abc says they have morals lololol what a joke
The re-hiring of Olbermann also. Although I don’t support any of these people or shows getting the ax once do you start down that road there is inevitably a pervasive pattern of political bias.
I agree, and I stopped at comparing her to Michelle Obama.
Man, I could have compared her to Hillary Clinton. Over 1000 FBI files showed up at the White House as per her request. (at least that’s the way I heard it) Imagine how they would act if Melania hired a Private Eye firm to harass and intimidate Stormy Daniels, and a number of others. Imagine he Melania was busy shredding documents to avoid prosecution. And I could go on.
How many mysterious deaths have taken place in the circle and associates of the Trump’s over the last 40 years?
Hillary/Bill could break that number in a few months.
If only they showed such consistent moral judgement with ALL their “entertainment”.
Oh wait, 75% of what they actually make is offensive, except to libertine liberals.
I agree.
Every “comedian” over the past 2 years has made a life of calling Trump an Orangutan. I guess that doesn’t count as racist though...I wonder why not
YouTube is messed up too.
I think Van Jones was the offspring in question.
If that isn’t accurate, then my comments would not be germane.
Muslim brotherhood & planet of the commies
Please explain why it is racist to call someone black an ape but not racist to call someone orange an Orangutan isn’t. Can’t wait to hear this...
Definitely not Netflix.
Yeah, unless she meant to say Moo-chelle?
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