julie, thank you for bringing us the story and give us the whole context. now let s bring in howie kurtz, the fox news media analyst and host of media buzz. i want your take on abc who must have done a quick cost-benefit analysis and decided we are going to cut ties. yeah. this is spectacular by roseanne barr after a spectacular comeback. in the old days when things didn t move at twitter speed, you d have two or three days and the executive would weigh the money and gauge a reaction and say it s unfortunate and fire her in the end. but now it happens in hours. the damage to her brand and the abc network deemed so great they decided to pull the plug on what has been a very successful show. dana: to julie s point who just gave us that report. abc knew that roseanne barr has long been a controversial figure. when they decided to relaunch the show, they must have done a cost/benefit analysis.
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
sometimes it seems often, i have to say, on twitter people engage their mouth and their finger before they engage their mind and say things that are deplorable. this is just beyond the pale and they reacted correctly. there are a lot of people as you pointed out a minute ago who will suffer for this who had nothing to do with it because they lost their jobs now. dana: yeah. sit down and put yourself in somebody else s shoes for heaven s sake. don t engage your mouth or your finger before you engage your brain. dana: kevin, do you think there is a larger point here about the divide? the show was popular but i don t think it was just because of her but it was the subject matter and the characters they were talking about on the show. which for people in middle class america, the ones that we, sometimes, refer to as in flyover country, where i grew up. is there something to be said there about an opening for either the right or the left to pay attention to them in
wonder, you know, what will happen going forward? dana: you do wonder if another television executive, entertainment executive would take a look at the success of the relaunch of roseanne s show and realize maybe there is a demographic here in america that is being underserved from an entertainment standpoint and think about trying to create a new program. who knows? dana: we ll see. you have to stay away from over-the-top moments like this. dana: also, like when you think you are going to tweet something ridiculous, put the phone down. walk away from twitter. that is my biggest piece of advice to give in 2018. do you have any? that is a good piece of advice. dana: for your mental health and possibly for your job and the job of hundreds of other people. exactly right. dana: bret baier, i appreciate you being here today. thank you. thanks, dana. dana: the panel is up next to react to the news of roseanne s show being canceled. stay tuned. hear that sizzle? yeah. re
statements. listen, i think that this stands alone, by itself. as an action that abc took, took quickly and probably is going to be a lot of dana: and one that roseanne took. twitter is a place that is a cesspool. there are so many people that should walk away from twitter now. not only did the entire cast just lose a show but think of all the people who work under her, on the show, never seen on screen. all of a sudden. they are so excited. they have a great hit show, signed up for a second season and everyone is talking about the program. they made a big comeback and talking about the little guy in america who has been forgotten. with one tweet, everyone loses their job. it s remarkable and it goes to show you, you have to be careful about what put out there. and there are some things that are so egregious that cross the line. think about all those folks. it was a successful hit dealing with stuff that hollywood had not dealt with, the middle of the country. and because of this