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MSNBC provided viewers with one of the most tone-deaf moments in cable news history on Tuesday when Andrea Mitchell asked Joy Reid about a racist tweet that Roseanne Barr sent about former Obama aide Valerie Jarrett.
Last month, Reid famously kinda-sorta admitted to writing homophobic slurs that she’d previously insisted were the work of diabolical hackers.
On Tuesday, after Barr sent a racist tweet, Mitchell asked Reid – who is in Philadelphia to co-moderate a town hall event – about social media behavior in a moment that was captured by TheWrap’s Jon Levine.
Mitchell asked, "What do you have to do on social media to get fired from a top rated show on an American broadcast network?"
originally posted by: MotherMayEye
a reply to: Grambler
ABC knew who they were hiring...someone who was once sued for posting George Zimmerman's parents' address on Twitter because she wanted justice for Trayvon.
THAT was ok with ABC. But, THIS, crosses a line?
Yeah, whatever.
For whatever reason besides this tweet, ABC did not want the reboot to continue.
originally posted by: EchoesInTime
a reply to: Xtrozero
Her son definitely looks like John Goodman. Hmm...just sayin'. Methinks he's the baby daddy!
originally posted by: RowanBean
a reply to: IAMTAT
That makes it more confusing.
Maybe Roseanne has finally gone off the rails. Or has she done that already long time ago?
originally posted by: ketsuko
originally posted by: RowanBean
a reply to: IAMTAT
That makes it more confusing.
Maybe Roseanne has finally gone off the rails. Or has she done that already long time ago?
Makes what more confusing? The assumption of racism?
Could be that she's actually not and just said something stupid without thinking about it through the modern racial lens.
(1) I'm going to write the teleplay for an episode of Season Two of "Roseanne," which will be picked up by another network after the dust settles.
originally posted by: Sookiechacha
a reply to: ketsuko
It's a re-run of an American classic. TCM airs Gone With The Wind every so often too. It's a commentary on the day, not on TOday.
originally posted by: MotherMayEye
originally posted by: RowanBean
a reply to: IAMTAT
That makes it more confusing.
Maybe Roseanne has finally gone off the rails. Or has she done that already long time ago?
OR maybe a person is NOT defined by one comment and you should consider the whole person before you judge them.