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>>> ROSEANNE BARR TWEETED SOME STRAIGHT UP RACIST WAR --
RACIST WORDS EARLY TUESDAY AND
BY MIDDAY, IT COST TREND
EVERYONE ON HER SHOW THEIR JOBS.
IT WAS SWIFT AND DECISIVE
ACTION BY ABC AND THAT MEANS WE
SHOULD PROBABLY TALK ABOUT IT.
REGIME HE WROUGHT, IS HERE IN
HER ROLE AS CRISIS
COMMUNICATIONS EXPERT.
COMMUNICATIONS EXPERT. YOU AND I TALKED ABOUT THIS
YESTERDAY BUT LET'S DIG INTO
IT.
IT.
IT. ABC
IT. ABC WASTES LITTLE TO NO TIME.
LESS THAN 24 HOURS.
>> THAT WAS THE RIGHT DECISION
BECAUSE ABC HAD NO WINNING
PROPOSITION.
PROPOSITION. NO MATTER WHAT THEY DO, SOMEONE
WILL FIND FAULT, WHETHER THEY
WAITED TOO LONG, GIVING A 24
HOURS, BUT THIS IS A SUPERSTAR
IN THEIR WORLD RIGHT NOW AND
SEDUCTION AND MOST OF THE --
MOST OF AMERICA HAVE AGREED
WITH THEM.
WITH THEM. >> A LOT OF AMERICANS DON'T
TRUST BIG MEDIA, CORPORATIONS.
THIS IS THE BOAT -- THE BIG-
MONEY WINNER.
MONEY WINNER. ROSEANNE WAS THEIR TOP RATED
COMEDY AND NEXT FALL, THEY
BUILT THEIR WHOLE FALL LINEUP
AROUND ROSEANNE.
AROUND ROSEANNE. NOW THEY GOT RID OF IT.
IS THAT PUTTING OUT TO
ENTERTAINMENT EVERYWHERE, ZERO
TOLERANCE ON RACISM?
>> I HOPE SO.
JUST POOR BEHAVIOR AND
DISCRIMINATORY --
DISCRIMINATORY -- DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES IN
GENERAL WHETHER IT'S AGAINST
PEOPLE WHO ARE DISABLED OR
MINORITY CLASSES, WHATEVER IT
IS, YOU PICK IT.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS
DISCRIMINATION DOESN'T PAY AND
IT WON'T ANY LONGER IN THE
UNITED STATES.
UNITED STATES. ONE THING WE CAN LOOK AT IS THE
INITIAL RUN OF THE SHOW WAS
VERY FEW EPISODES.
EVEN THE PICKUP I UNDERSTAND
WAS ONLY 13 EPISODES, SO NOT
THE FULL 22.
EVEN WITH THOSE NUMBERS, OF HOW
MANY SHOWS THEY ORDERED, THIS
IS RISKY.
IS RISKY.
IS RISKY. ROSEANNE COULD GO OFF AT ANY
TIME.
TIME.
TIME. >>
TIME. >> THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO
ASK.
ASK.
ASK. FOR
ASK. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE OUR
AGE OR
YOU
YOU REMEMBER THE ORIGINAL. ROSEANNE IS OUTSPOKEN.
THIS ISN'T OFF SCRIPT FOR HER
TO SAY STUFF LIKE THIS.
IF YOU BET ON ROSEANNE, DON'T
CRY IF SHE LOSES THE HOUSE.
>> THERE IS THAT AND ABC'S
DECISION, AND THEN THE ACTUAL
BEHAVIOR OF ROSEANNE.
SHE SHOULD JUST KNOW BETTER.
IT'S RIDICULOUS.
IT'S RIDICULOUS. SHE SHOULD KNOW BETTER.
WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS SOME OF
THE STAFFERS AND COWORKERS
ACTUALLY QUIT, SO IT WASN'T
JUST THAT SHE DID THIS, THE
SHOW WAS CANCELED AND NOW THEY
DON'T HAVE JOBS.
THEY WERE ALSO REPULSED BY IT.
THAT ALSO SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT
THEIR STANDARDS, EVEN HER
COPARTNER AS A PRODUCER REALLY
COULDN'T EXPLAIN THIS BEHAVIOR.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. LET'S GET TO THE LAST ISSUE,
WHICH WAS A LITTLE SURPRISING.
IT CAME OUT TODAY.
THIS IS A TWEET FROM THE
MANUFACTURE OF AMBIEN.
WHY ARE WE SHOWING YOU THAT?
BECAUSE ROSEANNE SAID SHE WAS
TWEETING ON AMBIEN AND THAT'S
WHY SHE SAID THAT RACIST STUFF.
AMBIEN ISN'T HAVING IT SANG
WHILE ALL PHARMACEUTICAL
TREATMENTS HAVE SIDE EFFECTS,
RACISM IS NOT ONE OF THEM.
THE
THE DRUG
THE DRUG MANUFACTURER IS LIKE WE DON'T WANT ANY PART OF THIS.
DID THAT SURPRISE YOU?
>> IT DIDN'T BUT I WISH I COULD
TAKE CREDIT FOR THAT.
I WISH I COULD SAY THEY WERE MY
CLIENT.
CLIENT.
CLIENT. I
CLIENT. I CAN CS IN ALL -- I CAN SEE
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE DOING A
SKIT ON THAT.
THEY KILLED IT WITH THAT.
THEY REALLY SAID HERE IS HOW WE
STAND AS A COMPANY AND
EVERYTHING THEY SAID IN THAT
LINE IS TRUE.
I ALMOST THOUGHT IT WAS A
COMEDY SKETCH, BUT THIS WAS
THEIR STATEMENT AND IT'S SO
TRUE, RACISM IS NOT A SIDE
EFFECT OF ANY PRESCRIPTION
DRUGS.
>>
>> AND
>> AND IT
>> AND IT WAS NICE TO SEE EVEN DRUG MANUFACTURERS