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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No cancellation of “The View” after Behar’s bigoted anti-christian remarks.
Now you know where ABC’s bigotry stands.
ABC = Anybody But Christian
Roseanne Barr is under fire after joking that former White House adviser Valerie Jarrett is the love child of the Muslim Brotherhood and “Planet of the Apes”
muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj
— Roseanne Barr (@therealroseanne) May 29, 2018
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Whats racist about it. The reaction is simply what patriots of the United States want, because ridicule is EXACTLY how to combat liberal fascism and its culture. Its very effective among the masses who unwittingly support liberal fascism.Winston Churchill ridiculed Adolf Hitler, a German
nationalist socialist , just like Obama was , except that Obama is a racial/ethnic nationalist socialist, a liberal fascist.
So its no surprise that what Roseanne did illicit-ed a sharp response from ABC. IT WORKS. We need thousands of Roseannes, doing exactly the same thing in the media, revealing ABC as propagandists of the first water.
If one goes against ABC propaganda, by making fun of an Obama sacred cow, UR gone!
How do you think PDJT won his election in 2016? He slaughtered every sacred cow that the left sent at him.Roseanne is simply trying it on, and a good job at that.
We need many more people doing the same.
Valerie Jarrett indeed does look like a biological product of Planet of the Apes.Jarrett could answer their next casting call. Nothing racist about that.
Hear the Obama left’s sacred cows of the left moo-ing fearfully in the background?
Roseanne was right on target. She could easily work with Cory Lewindowski.
Good news is NFL can now point to ABC and explain that freedom of speech does not keep you from getting fined or fired from your job.
wait a minute!! What the hell is wrong with “ Muslim Brotherhood and planet of the Apes had a baby and it was vj”. That is funny as hell!! Many don’t know that she is in fact a muslim and she looks like an ape to me. I don’t understand this attack on free speech. I hear worse things said by liberals about our great president!! She needs to go to FOX !! Millions watched her refreshing conservative view point!! I hate ABC. What a bunch of thought thugs!! Is ABC upset with that wolfe woman’s attack on Sarah Sanders? Hell no!! That wolfe woman is racist and sexist as hell!!
If you are Caucasian, you have more Iranian DNA than VJ.
Her parents and their backgrounds are very well known.
The allusion to the Muslim brotherhood was essentially correct, right on from everything we can determine. ABC is off our patronage list completely now
Jimmy has taken what was a good comedic sense, and turned it on it’s head.
He’s a jackass these days. So sad...
Melania is a good person. I have no idea why they attack her. She isn’t taking controversial stands. She’s just trying to present a wholesome First Lady image.
Contrast her with the angry person she followed. The difference is night and day.
Go Melania!
Jimmy, man you’ve bottomed out. Sorry to see it.
he looks like the guy who played dr. zaius...
oops.
This is ABC sending the message: Don't you dare to support Trump. And don't you dare to say anything negative about Obama, not even about people such as VJ even though she is not a household name.
She was born in Iran to African Americans.
Remember when the Democrats posted / circulated a special Olympics poster with Bush’s head photo shopped on to a special needs kid? And made some retarded type reference about him.
Nobody had a problem with that & no apology (worthless as it would have been) was forthcoming.
Great job Rosanne. ABC just lost the only reason for about 150 million people to tune into their crap anyhow?
I doubt this would have happened had the Obama's and their ilk taken over Netflix. I hope the show goes somewhere.
It made a monkey out of Valerie. To say anything negative aboout her her and her puppet is “raciss,” isn’t it? < /sarc >
His grandfather or great grandfather was white. I’m sure a lot more white blood too, but black is all that counts. In reality, she is bi-racial at least. Maybe multi-racial.
*** “A bad joke is now grounds for corporate retribution” ***
I thought it was funny as all get out
Can Rosanne take a knee at NFL games now?
Thank goodness someone remembered this. She is Iranian.
Rush was saying a commentator on CNN has called Trump out for trafficking in underaged children. The commentator was NOT making a joke, but was serious.
*** “But she’s a comedian.....doesn’t she get a pass?” ***
Yeah it’s not like she sawed Trumps head off with a rusty butter knife and displayed it in all it’s bloody gore
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