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General Category => Sports/Entertainment/MSM/Social Media => Topic started by: mystery-ak on October 12, 2018, 02:39:08 pm

Title: ABC executives worried firing Roseanne Barr was 'knee-jerk reaction'
Post by: mystery-ak on October 12, 2018, 02:39:08 pm
ABC executives worried firing Roseanne Barr was 'knee-jerk reaction'
by Katelyn Caralle
 | October 12, 2018 10:18 AM



Two senior executives at ABC said Thursday that they believe firing actress and comedian Roseanne Barr for a controversial tweet was rushed and feel a suspension would have been more appropriate.

“We didn't think it through properly. What Roseanne did was wrong but we shouldn't have rushed to fire her,” one source told the Daily Mail. “It was almost a knee-jerk reaction by Ben [Sherwood] and Channing [Dungey] who should have launched an investigation.”

The executive said that an investigation would have given Sherwood, the president of Disney-ABC Television Group, Dungey, president of ABC Entertainment Group, the public, advertisers, and cast members of "Roseanne" more time to determine a calculated decision on what to do with Barr and the show.

ABC canceled "Roseanne" and fired Barr hours after she sent a tweet that was perceived as racist. In the tweet, Barr said former Obama aide Valerie Jarrett looked like a mixture between the Muslim Brotherhood and Planet of the Apes.

“They could've suspended her from the first few episodes without pay and had her return later on in the season,” one of the insiders said. “I mean the season finale saw Roseanne going to the hospital for knee surgery. While they worked out her fate, her character could have faced serious complications and fought for her life, while simultaneously making Roseanne fight for her career with a national apology tour.”

Barr maintains that the tweet was not racist, claiming she didn’t know Jarrett was black. She also said she was high on Ambien when she made the tweet and suffers from mental illness.

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Title: Re: ABC executives worried firing Roseanne Barr was 'knee-jerk reaction'
Post by: Sanguine on October 12, 2018, 02:42:36 pm
Ya think? 
Title: Re: ABC executives worried firing Roseanne Barr was 'knee-jerk reaction'
Post by: Cyber Liberty on October 12, 2018, 02:45:50 pm
Sux to be ABC.  I have no idea whom they are trying to placate with this statement.
Title: Re: ABC executives worried firing Roseanne Barr was 'knee-jerk reaction'
Post by: truth_seeker on October 12, 2018, 03:09:26 pm
She appeared on a very recent Joe Rogan show.

streaming youtube

 
Title: Re: ABC executives worried firing Roseanne Barr was 'knee-jerk reaction'
Post by: Free Vulcan on October 12, 2018, 03:14:51 pm
Even her co-star John Goodman thought it was a bonehead move.
Title: Re: ABC executives worried firing Roseanne Barr was 'knee-jerk reaction'
Post by: GtHawk on October 12, 2018, 11:15:08 pm
Quote from: Sanguine on October 12, 2018, 02:42:36 pm
Ya think?
Sounds like the fan base let the pervert network know they were not amused.
Title: Re: ABC executives worried firing Roseanne Barr was 'knee-jerk reaction'
Post by: Wingnut on October 12, 2018, 11:24:36 pm
PC always sucks. 
Title: Re: ABC executives worried firing Roseanne Barr was 'knee-jerk reaction'
Post by: catfish1957 on October 12, 2018, 11:44:21 pm
Quote from: mystery-ak on October 12, 2018, 02:39:08 pm
ABC executives worried firing Roseanne Barr was 'knee-jerk reaction'


Worry?   Just wait to the ratings start trickling in.
Title: Re: ABC executives worried firing Roseanne Barr was 'knee-jerk reaction'
Post by: Cyber Liberty on October 12, 2018, 11:54:47 pm
Quote from: catfish1957 on October 12, 2018, 11:44:21 pm
Worry?   Just wait to the ratings start trickling in.

William F. Buckley wrote a whole book about using "The Right Word."  "Trickling" was just that.   :laugh:
Title: Re: ABC executives worried firing Roseanne Barr was 'knee-jerk reaction'
Post by: Applewood on October 13, 2018, 03:59:08 pm
Seems ABC has made a few boneheaded moves lately ...such as canceling Last Man Standing, allegedly because of production costs, but really because of the show's conservatism.  Now LMS is thriving on Fox.  Dummies.