As Twitchy told you, ABC Entertainment has axed the “Roseanne” reboot over Roseanne Barr’s “abhorrent, repugnant” tweet. And that’s certainly their prerogative, though one wonders why they’d give a platform to a woman who baked Jew cookies dressed as Hitler in the first place.
Why did ABC decide to cancel "Roseanne?" Per a Disney source: "It's a question of right and wrong. And it's a question of our company's values." I'm on set with @BrookeBCNN on @CNN now…
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) May 29, 2018
But if ABC is going to cite “abhorrent, repugnant” tweets as the basis for canceling a show or terminating talent’s employment, why did Keith Olbermann just get an expanded role at ESPN? Both ESPN and ABC fall under Disney’s umbrella, but Olbermann gets a plum job and Roseanne loses hers?
https://twitter.com/michi83/status/1001529084336369664
Is Disney going to pretend Olbermann never called Omarosa “Trump’s pet”? Or that he didn’t refer to Michelle Malkin as “a big mashed-up piece of meat with lipstick on it”? Olbermann has a years-long record of being a flaming a**hole both on and off Twitter, but Disney’s not offended by his misogynistic piggery? Or any of this stuff?
This pig a tv gig #Roseanne https://t.co/5rDlRCPplz
— Heather Champion (@winningatmylife) May 29, 2018
This pig has a tv gig. #Roseanne https://t.co/VHqo5PzICs
— Heather Champion (@winningatmylife) May 29, 2018
The last thing ABC stands for is supporting someone who tweets awful things… Now over to Keith Olbermann with sports… pic.twitter.com/bEXprawPtJ
— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) May 29, 2018
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And there’s so much more crap where that came from. Yet:
Narrator: not only does he work for an ABC affiliated company! He also returned on air today! https://t.co/cYBqfIkPLO
— John Alvarado (@john_chris_1) May 29, 2018
As was the case with Roseanne, Olbermann’s awfulness was never a secret.
Roseanne is a hateful idiot who deserves to have her show canceled but don’t ignore the fact that Keith Olbermann’s hateful ass is being celebrated and employed by ESPN.
— Lance (@SportsGuyLance) May 29, 2018
https://twitter.com/michi83/status/1001527548013154310
Or are some “abhorrent” and “repugnant” comments more equal than others?
So @KeithOlbermann can call @realDonaldTrump a Nazi, psychopathic white supremacist, which are indisputably dumb things to Tweet, & get hired by @espn and @therealroseanne gets fired for her indisputably dumb Tweets. Almost like there’s a double standard at play here.
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) May 29, 2018
Almost.
Shouldn’t a company as big as Disney have a coherent and consistent standard when it comes to policing online speech by employees? As is the standard is simple, left wingers can say whatever they want, right wingers get fired.
— Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) May 29, 2018
To be sure, Roseanne’s not a “right winger.” She’s a Trump-supporting conspiracy theorist who ran for president on the Green Party ticket. But the basic point still stands. Make up your minds, Disney. Either this stuff is acceptable, or it’s not.
What she did was certainly wrong ! But, ur saying Keith Olbermann represents your values? Good to know!
— the bull (@thebull25) May 29, 2018
If Roseanne wants her job back, she’d better do an about-face:
Disney will give Roseanne a job at ESPN if she calls Trump a Nazi
— Greg Pollowitz (@GPollowitz) May 29, 2018
Editor’s note: This post has been updated with an additional tweet. We have also removed a tweet featuring a fake screenshot.
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