TBS also issued an apology and has pulled the episode from the internet. Many on social media called for Bee to be fired and her…
TBS also issued an apology and has pulled the episode from the internet.
Many on social media called for Bee to be fired and her show canceled like Roseanne Barr was earlier this week after a tweet that was widely viewed as racist. It stirred up discussions about whether there is a double standard for offensive remarks in television, according to Fox News, with people pointing to Barr’s racist comments as well as the fact that Keith Olbermann routinely uses profanity to describe President Trump.
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders spoke out against Samantha’s monologue Thursday. The Wrap reports that she called Bee’s language “vile and vicious” and “not fit for broadcast.” She described the silence of left-wing media as “appalling” and called for TBS to take action to show that they do not condone using such language to describe the women working in the Trump White House.
TBS Scrubs Samantha Bee’s Entire ‚Feckless C–t‘ Episode From the Web (Video) #FullFrontal https://t.co/ZN915jqB3q pic.twitter.com/n0Qf8O9frN
— TheWrap (@TheWrap) May 31,2018
Dan Gainor, Vice President of Business and Culture for Media Research Center, commented on the apparent double standard.
“Immediately after the media correctly criticized Roseanne Barr for a racist statement, Samantha Bee tries to outdo her by calling Ivanka Trump the ‘C’ word. Imagine if a conservative did this to Chelsea Clinton or to the Obama daughters. We’d never hear the end of it.”
Bee is scheduled to receive an award Thursday from the Television Academy for “advancing social change” through her show.
