president bob iger who retweeted abc's announcement and said there is only one thing to do here. the right thing. that was to cancel it. i guess abc hoping is trying to bottle it up quickly because the damage to the network could have been great if they let it drag on. >> abc gets credit for reacting instantly and doing what many people said is the decent thing. it's a shame because a lot of people like the show. confronted with the racist language like this the network had no choice and did spring to action quickly before the backlash against abc could build. >> dana: what do you think, howie, about how people thoughts and commentary on twitter is driving all of the news cycles? i'm curious how you see this. you have been in the news and covered the news a long time. it seems like if somebody hasn't tweeted something, we don't talk about it. >> it's certainly true. obviously in the case of president trump who mounts all kind of attacks and does