SHOW.
SPONSORS HAVE PULLED THE ADS BUT
BEE'S SHOW IS STILL ON THE AIR.
>> THIS IS A PUNCH LINE THAT IS
NOT SUITABLE FOR MORNING TV.
BEE AND TBS, THE NETWORK THAT
AIRS HER SHOW, "FULL FRONTAL,"
THEY APOLOGIZE.
BUT IT HAS FOLKS ASKING, IN THE
CLIMATE OF TODAY'S POLITICAL
DISCOURSE, HAS COMEDY GONE TOO
FAR?
IS IT TIME TO DIAL IT ALL BACK?
COMEDIENNE SAMANTHA BEE, CON
CONSPICUOUSLY ABSENT FROM THE
RED CARPET.
SHE HAD THIS TO SAY ABOUT HER
CONTROVERSIAL COMMENTS
CONCERN
ING IVANKA TRUMP.
WE SPENT THE DAY WRESTLING OVER
ONE BAD WORD.
WE ARE WRENCHING CHILDREN FROM
THEIR PARENTS AND TREATING
PEOPLE SEEKING ASYLUM AS
CRIMINALS.
IF WE'RE OKAY, THEN, REALLY, WHO
ARE WE?
THAT ONE BAD WORD, SETTING OFF A
FIRESTORM WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
>> DO SOMETHING ABOUT YOUR DAD'S
IMMIGRATION PRACTICES, YOU
FECKLESS [ BLEEP ].
HE LISTENS TO YOU.
>> Reporter: ON THURSDAY, BEE
TOOK TO TWITTER TO APOLOGIZE TO
IVANKA TRUMP AND HER VIEWERS,
WRITING, IT WAS INAPPROPRIATE
AND INEXCUSABLE.
I CROSSED A LINE AND I DEEPLY
REGRET IT.
TBS EXPRESSING REGRET FOR BEE'S
INAPPROPRIATE LANGUAGE, ADDING,
IT SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN AIRED.
NO RESPONSE FROM IVANKA TRUMP
ABOUT BEE'S REMARKS.
BUT THE WHITE HOUSE IS NOT
ACCEPTING THE I'M SORRIES.
A SPOKESMAN FOR MELANIA TRUMP
CALLING THIS A DOUBLE-STANDARD.
AND THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS
SECRETARY SAYING, THE COLLECTIVE
SILENCE BY THE LEFT AND ITS
MEDIA ALLIES, APPALLING.
THE SHOW REMAINS ON THE LAW FO
PEOPLE.
I LOVE ALL PEOPLE.
THANK YOU.
>> Reporter: AFTER SHE POSTED A
RACIST TWEET ABOUT A FORMER
OBAMA ADVISER, BARR TWEETED THAT
SHE BEGGED ABC NOT TO CANCEL THE
SHOW.
SOME CALLING IT A
DOUBLE-STANDARD THAT BARR'S SHOW
WAS CANCELED AND BEE'S WAS NOT.
OTHERS ARGUING THERE'S A
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN BARR'S RACIST
COMMENTS AND BEE'S OFFENSIVE
JOKE.
>> I'M A LITTLE STAR STRUCK.
I LOVE YOU AS AUNT LYDIA IN "THE
HANDMAID'S TAIL."
>> Reporter: IT'S THE LATEST IN
A SERIES OF CONTROVERSIAL
COMMENTS.
LAST MONTH, MICHELLE WOLF CAME
UNDER FIRE FROM ALL SIDES AT
JOKES ABOUT THE TRUMP
ADMINISTRATION.
>> THE ONLY THING YOUR MOUTH IS
GOOD FOR IS BEING VLADIMIR
PUTIN'S HOLLISTER.
>> Reporter: STEPHEN COLBERT
FACED THAT AFTER THIS YEEK LAST
YEAR.
AS POLITICAL PUNCH LINES TAKE A
MORE PERSONAL TURN.
>> PEOPLE WANT IN SORT OF
FRONTAL, IN YOUR FACE CRITICISM
OF PEOPLE ASSOCIATED WITH THE
TRUMP ADMINISTRATION, EVEN IF IT
CROSSES LINES THAT CONFLICT WITH
THEIR OWN VALUES.
AND THAT IS AN ALARMING
DEVELOPMENT.
>> WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
>> CRAIG, WE'RE HAVING THE
DEBATE DURING THE PIECE
WATCHING, AS A LOT OF PEOPLE
ARE.
ONE THING PEOPLE POINTED OUT,
ROSEANNE FIRED OFF THAT
TERRIBLE, RACIST TWEET.
SAM BEE, THAT WAS A WRITTEN JOKE
THAT PRODUCERS SAW, IT WAS A
TAPED SEGMENT.
TBS KNEW IT WAS COMING.
IT WASN'T LIKE SHE WAS FLYING
OFF THE HANDLE WHEN SHE SAID
WHAT SHE SAID.
>> THIS FOLLOWS A FAMILIAR
PATTERN.
SOMEONE CROSSES A LINE.
THERE'S A MEA CULPA, ONLINE OR
IN A FORMAL SPEECH.
AND A LOT OF FOLKS ARE ASKING
THE QUESTION THAT YOU POSED IN
THE ACTUAL SPOT.
HOW DO WE TAKE A STEP BACK FROM
THE BRINK AND HAVE THOUGHTFUL
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT HOW WE'RE
TALKING TO EACH OTHER?