TBS should tell Samantha Bee to buzz off and fire her
Published: June 4, 2018 / Author: Joseph Holt
Business ethics professor Joseph Holt, who teaches in the Department wrote an opinion piece for Fox News about talk show host Samantha Bee’s vulgar reference to Ivanka Trump. Read the full commentary here.
The Time Warner 2016 corporate social responsibility report includes the aspiration that the company’s original content “helps to deepen the conversation on issues that matter in society.” Bee had the opportunity to do that with respect to the pressing immigration issue. Criticizing President Trump or Ivanka Trump is fine, if Bee believes such criticism is needed, but why do it with a sexist slur?
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