CELEBS/IVANKA/MEDIA: “Samantha Bee apologized on Thursday [5-31-18] for having used a vulgar epithet to describe Ivanka Trump on her TBS show, saying she had ‘crossed a line.’ TBS also issued an apology, but took no disciplinary action against the late night host. Ms. Bee’s insult of the president’s elder daughter on Wednesday’s [5-301-8] episode of ‘Full Frontal With Samantha Bee’ included a crude reference for the female anatomy — and caused a furor made more intense because the remark came just a day after ABC swiftly canceled ‘Roseanne’ over a racist tweet by the show’s star, Roseanne Barr. The different consequences for the two politically minded entertainers — Ms. Barr is an outspoken supporter of the president, while Ms. Bee is a full-throated opponent of the Trump administration — provided conservatives with a fresh opportunity to accuse the media industry of having a liberal bias. Hours before Ms. Bee and the cable network issued their apologies, the White House press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, called the host’s remarks ‘vile and vicious.’”
-John Koblin, “Slur Toward Ivanka Trump Brings an Apology From Samantha Bee,” The New York Times online, May 31, 2018