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Roseanne's racism is worse than Sam Bee's potty mouth

On the political entertainment front, everyone seems to be on apology tour these days, but not with apologies for everybody.

President Donald Trump is miffed that Disney chief Bob Iger phoned Valerie Jarrett, former top aide to President Barack Obama. He reportedly wanted her to be the first to know that Disney-owned ABC is canceling its reboot of the 1990s sitcom "Roseanne," despite its commercial success after its star Rosanne Barr posted racist tweets about Jarrett.

On Tuesday morning, Barr had used

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