Conservatives see double-standard on Roseanne, cite Olbermann, Joy Reid

Conservatives on Twitter lashed out following the swift cancellation of Roseanne Barr’s hit ABC program after here racist tweet, citing a double-standard in entertainment for those who are conservative or support President Trump.

The right-leaning critics took particular aim at ESPN’s decision to hire Keith Olbermann and MSNBC’s continued employment of Joy Reid. Both have made provocative comments in the past.

ABC canceled Barr’s show after she wrote a tweet that referred to former Obama senior adviser Valerie Jarrett as a product of the “The Planet of the Apes” and “the Muslim Brotherhood.”

{mosads}Olbermann was recently hired by ESPN for the sixth time, signing a new deal earlier this month with the Disney-owned network, which also owns ABC.

Some conservatives on Twitter quickly pointed to Olbermann calling President Trump a Nazi on multiple occasions on social media.

The last thing ABC stands for is supporting someone who tweets awful things… Now over to Keith Olbermann with sports… pic.twitter.com/bEXprawPtJ

— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) May 29, 2018

The irony of Disney canning Roseanne while continuing to employ some of the industries biggest racist and race baiting frauds like Jemele Hill, Bomani Jones, Steve A Smith is not lost on most. Oh and at the same time hiring a scum of a human in Keith Olbermann.

— Curt Schilling (@gehrig38) May 29, 2018

Like Alec Baldwin, Keith Olbermann, and others, Roseanne Barr has a history of offensive, outrageous, batcrap crazy statements the left ignored. But the moment she was seen as pro-Trump, it became troubling. It should have been all along.

— Erick Erickson (@EWErickson) May 29, 2018

So ABC/Disney fire Roseanne, but rehire Keith Olbermann? Okay…..

— Mary #FlyTheW (@mchastain81) May 29, 2018

Reid, the host of “AM Joy” on MSNBC, has been at the center of her own controversy after several tweets were unearthed last month that included homophobic comments made on a decade-old blog post.

Reid claimed that the blog was hacked and said the comments, which include expressions of disgust toward men kissing, were fabricated.

Several outlets, most notably the Daily Beast, an online publication that periodically published columns by Reid, could not find any evidence to back Reid’s hacking claim after assigning its own reporters to investigate. The Internet Archive also said on April 24 that it could find no evidence to back up her claim of hacking.

Reid was a co-host of an MSNBC special, “Everyday Racism in America,” on Tuesday night, which sparked the ire of some conservatives on Twitter.

Joy Reid gets a pass
Joy Behar gets a pass
Jimmy Kimmel gets a pass
Stephen Colbert gets a pass
George Soros gets a pass

Roseanne? CANCELLED

— Jack Posobiec (@JackPosobiec) May 29, 2018

What do you have to do to get fired from a weekend show on @MSNBC? @JoyAnnReid is the perfect person to ask that question to. https://t.co/BoqcB9XD9E

— Derek Hunter (@derekahunter) May 29, 2018

I’m a black man and I stand with @therealroseanne! Yes, she made a horrible joke and she apologized.

I see comedians, actors, etc make the same jokes and get applauded for it. This is outrageous.

— Oliver McGee PhD MBA (@OliverMcGee) May 29, 2018

Joy Ann Reid repeatedly and intentionally published bigoted ideas over long periods of time, lies about it, gets help covering it up, fake apologizes, and is heralded as a hero and keeps her show

Roseanne tweets something racist, immediately apologizes, and loses her show

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) May 29, 2018

Joy Reid is still on television. That’s pretty much all you need to know about the Roseanne cancellation.

— Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) May 29, 2018

REMINDER:
Liberals will come for your career for wrong-think. People on the Right have had about enough of it and will start returning the favor. https://t.co/TkqoxtTrXO

— Jesse Kelly® (@JesseKellyDC) May 29, 2018

Some conservatives, including Bill O’Reilly and Sean Hannity, however, condemned Barr’s remarks on Twitter on Tuesday without evoking an argument around double standards.

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

“It is an outrageous comment,” Hannity said on his nationally syndicated radio show Tuesday. “She was right to apologize.”

“I think with social media a lot of people just send things out,” he continued. “Especially comedians are always in danger because they just think they’re being funny and they’re not.”