Tuesday, 29 May 2018

Roseanne canceled by ABC after Roseanne Barr tweets racist remark

Roseanne, the recently rebooted ABC show starring right-wing comedian Roseanne Barr, has been canceled by the network after Barr made a racist, conspiracist remark about Valerie Jarrett, one of President Obama’s closest advisers. (Jarrett has been a favorite target of conservative conspiracy-mongers since Obama was in office.)

Following the instant backlash on Twitter, Barr deleted the offending tweet and said she was leaving the platform. She then tweeted an...

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