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The speed with which the network cancelled roseanne? >> i am pleasantly surprised because i think its important we do not normalize this kind of blatant racism. were at an age where were getting far too comfortable with racism and islamophobia, and not only is disney supposed to be a family friendly network that owns abc,oisney gets a lot of stock controllers, that could not in good conscience saying how can you have stock with a company that permits that kind

Of racial di diatribe. i think its -- roseanne has the right to be a supporter of whatever politics she wants but to take this kind of obvious racial rhetoric to compare a learned, respected public servant like valerie jarrett to an ape reminds us all of the history of blacks being called monkeys and i think that disney and abc did the right thing and i think they opened the door now to see other things that theyre doing as were looking at starbucks tonight and others in the private sector, that...

I do hope youll come back and join me. reaction, meanwhile, continues to roll in, to roseanne barrs controversial tweet. barr comparing a former aide to president obama. and now her co-star sara gilbert responded on twitter of course. roseannes comments do not reflect the beliefs of our cast or crew or anyone associated with our show. well keep a close eye out. remind, you can watch tonights special, msnbcs town hall, everyday racism in america, hosted by joy reid and chris hayes. 9:00 eastern...

Cancelled. roseannes twitter statement was abbore rent, repug nantd and inconsistent with our values and we have decided to cancel her show. i got to call you out here, buddy, you said 45 minutes ago that this would not happen. what do you think changed? >> oh, boy. i mean, obviously, the executives at abc im hoping will say more about this decision and how quickly they reached it. i really -- i guess my cynicism about how hollywood works has been overturned a little bit here. i thought they wou...

This is something that sent a message. you put this kind of, you know, messaging out there, that there will be a price to be paid. and abc seems to have moved very, very quickly to make this happen. >> we should probably remind our viewers and listeners precisely how all of this went down. this was the tweet, if we can get it up here, this was the tweet early this morning, its since been deleted, this is the tweet at 2:45 a.m., muslim brotherhood and planet of the apes had a baby, vj. and rosean...

Joins me now. matt, "the new york times" today reporting that the presidents conspiracy theories erode trust in institutions including the media. t president -- catapulted him to political relevance. take a listen. >> im starting to think that he was not going there. meredith, he spent $2 million in legal fees trying to get away from this issue. and if we werent lying, why wouldnt he just solve it? i wish he would, because if he doesnt, its one of the greatest scams in the history of politics, i...

Seemed to defend her comments. tweeting, its a joke and muslims are not a race. shortly after, however, she tweeted, i apologize, im now leaving twitter. then still decidedly on twitter, she elaborated, i apologize to valerie jarrett and all americans for making a bad joke. i should have known better. forgive me. my joke was in bad taste. just showed you that tweet a few moments ago. show runner whitney cummings, she has declined to return to the show. this is what she said in a statement a shor...

Left to carry that burden. >> we should note here, this roseanne barr/valerie jarrett back and forth, not really so much a back and forth since valerie jarrett was just minding her own business. shes actually going to be a part of the town hall tonight. "everyday racism in america." hosted by joy reid and chris hayes. dr. gaud, this controversy with roseanne, this is happening as starbucks closing stores across the country to conduct this mandatory racial bias training. can racial bias be undone...

Rated, they had picked it up for a second season, and apparently the folks at disney, the folks at abc didnt care about that so much as they care about some of the things you just mentioned. what do you think the message is for other folks that tweet things that are offensive, but that still very much have a megaphone of voice in our society, whats the tick away with the speed of which roseanne was taken off of abc? >> the speed will show a lack of tolerance that people will be able to be main s...

Netflix, so i dont know if thats exactly how things work there for her at least anymore, but its worth noting that abc is owned by disney, and clearly disney has a brand thats all about inclusiveness and being family friend lly and i can certainly imagine people seeing that and saying that is so count to counter to the brand that disney and abc stands for, that we cant have roseanne as part of our tv family anymore. i can imagine more that happening. >> ahead of tonights prime time special, reve...