Trump sees media bias in handling of 'Roseanne' cancellationhttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-television-roseanne/trump-sees-media-bias-in-handling-of-roseanne-cancellation-idUSKCN1IV10LQuote
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday suggested an executive behind ABC’s cancellation of sitcom “Roseanne” was biased while the White House said it did not defend comedian Roseanne Barr’s racist tweet that sparked the decision.
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“Gee, he never called President Donald J. Trump to apologize for the HORRIBLE statements made and said about me on ABC. Maybe I just didn’t get the call?” Trump said on Twitter. Trump has been a persistent critic of the news media throughout his election campaign and presidency.
White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders elaborated on Trump’s comments at a media briefing.
“The president is simply calling out the media bias. No one is defending what she said,” Sanders said.
She brought up several examples of what she called a media slant against Trump. These included comments made by ABC’s “The View” host Joy Behar about Vice President Mike Pence’s Christian faith, comedian Kathy Griffin’s comments about Trump on the same television program and ESPN’s recent hiring of television personality Keith Olbermann, who called Trump a white supremacist. ESPN is majority owned by Disney.
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In another tweet, Barr suggested she was being unfairly treated: “One stupid joke in a lifetime of fighting 4 civil rights 4 all minorities...”
She also responded to supportive comments on her Twitter feed, saying, “you guys make me feel like fighting back. I will examine all of my options carefully and get back to U.”
The original “Roseanne” ran from 1988 to 1997, featuring a blue-collar family, the Conners, with overweight parents struggling to get by. It was praised for its realistic portrayal of working-class life.
The current “Roseanne” was ABC’s biggest hit of the 2017-2018 season, drawing an average 18.7 million viewers, second only to CBS’s “The Big Bang Theory,” according to Nielsen data through May 20.
The plot thickens. ^^