Journalist Dan Rather told interviewer Chris Hayes Tuesday night that Donald Trump was not “winning the battle for hearts and minds,” and that the cancellation of Roseanne marked a turning point.
“The tone set by the president is terrible, particularly as it applies to race relations. The other is the perception that he’s somehow winning this battle for hearts and minds, which I for one, do not believe…what ABC and Disney did today, frankly surprised me almost to the point of shocking me. They made a big money decision, it costs them a lot of money. They decided the right thing. They decided it quickly. They decided against their own monetary interests. And I don’t think you could give enough credit to the corporate leadership…this indicates to me that somehow this perception that Trump is somehow winning the battle for ‘it’s okay to say what you want’ — I don’t think he is. Now maybe that’s the result of my own optimism and I think we may look back on this day as a turning point or part of some wide turning points that we’ve seen.”
Michael Schur, tweeting as Ken Tremendous, is co-creator of Parks and Recreation and Brooklyn Nine Nine.
Man. Who could’ve seen this coming? pic.twitter.com/vtTpCfFWhP
— Ken Tremendous (@KenTremendous) May 29, 2018
"We were shocked and horrified to see that Roseanne continued acting exactly the way she has been acting for many many years. It was a real bolt from the blue to see her tweet things that she has tweeted versions of dozens of times in the past."
— Ken Tremendous (@KenTremendous) May 29, 2018
Thank you, @ABCNetwork. You did the right thing. There is not any room in our society for racism or bigotry.
— John Lewis (@repjohnlewis) May 29, 2018
Racism and bigotry are unacceptable on any medium. Thank you @abcnetwork for doing the right thing.
— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) May 29, 2018
Are you sitting down for this one?
Roseanne Barr’s vicious personal attack on former Obama senior adviser Valerie Jarrett came out of nowhere and cost Ms. Barr and the entire staff of her program their jobs. @ABC/@Disney could not continue with the show without insulting millions of Americans.
— Bill O'Reilly (@BillOReilly) May 29, 2018
@therealroseanne, you break my heart — You are a sorry excuse for a human being. How odd that you, as a comedienne, have forgotten then meaning of a "joke" and a personal comment. Your meanness is staggering and will earn you a ticket to a sad, lonely and sorry life.
— Rita Moreno (@TheRitaMoreno) May 29, 2018
Here’s the bottom line from a voice actor on Frozen.
I truly hope that one day, the values that we hold our actors, producers, news casters, CEO’s, religious leaders, athletes, law enforcement, Military personnel, every day working class people, and sitcom stars to will be the same standard we hold our President to.
— Josh Gad (@joshgad) May 29, 2018
