Michael Hiltzik: Canceling 'Roseanne' may have been the easiest decision Disney ever made. Here's why
Among the hand-wringing over ABC's snap decision Tuesday to cancel "Roseanne," we're being asked to bow down to the courage shown by the executives who made the decision to ax what was the network's top-rated new show.
Disney Chairman Bob Iger, ABC Television Group President Ben Sherwood and ABC Entertainment President Channing Dungey all had to weigh the value of the "Roseanne" franchise against the despicable nature of Roseanne Barr's racist and anti-Semitic tweets. They came down on the side of doing what was right, it's said: Moral rectitude won out, easily.
It would probably be churlish
