Why, he asked, did Ms. Barr’s remarks result in her show being canceled while ABC, which aired Ms. Barr’s show, had never apologized to him for the network’s many perceived offenses against him? The day after Ms. Barr’s tweet, Samantha Bee’s vulgar reference to Mr. Trump’s daughter Ivanka amplified the argument. Why wasn’t Ms. Bee losing her show, the president asked, suggesting an inconsistency under which the conservative Ms. Barr was punished harshly while Ms. Bee, a Trump-bashing liberal, received a pass. That sentiment resonated here in the Central Valley communities of California, where Christian conservative values run deep. Evangelicals have long complained that they are lampooned based on caricatures of their faith, resulting in little or no outrage.

Source: New York Times June 02, 2018 20:03 UTC