Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Double Standards, Revisited

Lucianne.com links to a USA Today story reproducing a Tweet by President Trump apropos of the Roseanne Barr firing by ABC. The @realDonaldTrump tweets:
Bob Iger of ABC called Valerie Jarrett to let her know that "ABC
does not tolerate comments like those" made by Roseanne Barr.
Gee, he never called President Donald J. Trump to apologize for
the HORRIBLE statements made and said about me on ABC.
Maybe I just didn't get the call?
I'm happy to see our President has the same concerns about the media's double standards I expressed here yesterday. Apparently the bean counters at ABC and parent Disney haven't learned the NFL's "kneeling" lesson.

The lesson is obvious: overt political bias influences viewership negatively. The stock market understands this. Disney share prices are near their 52 week low.