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Also as a result of Bee's stupidity in her remarks, she lost two sponsors from her show when advertisers Autotrader and State Farm Insurance pulled their ads from ''Full Frontal'',<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2018/06/01/report-samantha-bees-low-rated-tbs-show-cant-afford-lose-another-advertiser/ Report: Samantha Bee's Low-Rated TBS Show Can't Afford to Lose Another Advertiser] at Breitbart.com</ref>, while Trump himself condemned Bee for her comments and suggested that TBS and parent company Time Warner should fire her and cancel her show<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/01/donald-trump-samantha-bee/ Trump Asks Why TBS, Time Warner Aren't Firing Samantha Bee] at Breitbart.com</ref> and First Lady Melania Trump likewise harshly criticized Bee for her words and the media for their irresponsible allowance of such remarks, as well as hatred and bigotry from liberal celebrities like Bee overall, on television and online.<ref name="Bee Controversy">[https://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2018/06/01/samantha-bee-defends-calling-ivanka-trump-a-ct-at-tv-academy-awards/ Samantha Bee Defends Calling Ivanka Trump a "****" at TV Academy Awards] at Breitbart.com ('''Warning:''' Contains foul language)</ref><ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/05/31/the-first-lady-weighs-in-on-ivanka-being-called-a-ct-by-samantha-bee/ Melania Trump: Media Often Silent on Hate from Likes of Samantha Bee] at Breitbart.com</ref> In response to the controversy she generated, Bee issued another "apology" via Twitter which was later exposed as hollow and meaningless when she essentially denied responsibility for her comments and dismissively minimized the damage she caused with them while continuing to rant about Trump's attempts to deal with illegal immigration (including falsely accusing him of the separation of illegal immigrant children from their parents - which was actually the responsibility of the parents themselves and occurred during the Obama regime) during an acceptance speech for an award presented to her by the Television Academy on May 31, 2018.<ref name="Bee Controversy"/><ref>[https://www.mrctv.org/blog/samantha-bee-says-outrage-over-her-bad-word-was-just-distraction-trump Samantha Bee Says Outrage Over Her "Bad Word" Was Just a Distraction From Trump] at Media Research Council</ref> Media Research Council president Brent Bozell weighed in on the situation as well, criticizing the Television Academy for honoring Bee in light of her vulgar anti-Trump remarks, as well as for blocking the media from attending the event in an attempt to shield Bee from justified criticism for her irresponsible comments, and slamming them for cowardice and maintaining a hypocritical double standard in defending Bee while attacking conservatives and their values, then also called on TBS to punish Bee for her hateful comments by canceling her show.<ref>[https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nb-staff/2018/06/01/mrcs-bozell-slams-tv-academy-banning-press-honoring-samantha-bee-after MRC’s Bozell Slams TV Academy for Banning Press, Honoring Bee After Ivanka Slur] at NewsBusters</ref>
Also as a result of Bee's stupidity in her remarks, she lost two sponsors from her show when advertisers Autotrader and State Farm Insurance pulled their ads from ''Full Frontal'',<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2018/06/01/report-samantha-bees-low-rated-tbs-show-cant-afford-lose-another-advertiser/ Report: Samantha Bee's Low-Rated TBS Show Can't Afford to Lose Another Advertiser] at Breitbart.com</ref>, while Trump himself condemned Bee for her comments and suggested that TBS and parent company Time Warner should fire her and cancel her show<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/06/01/donald-trump-samantha-bee/ Trump Asks Why TBS, Time Warner Aren't Firing Samantha Bee] at Breitbart.com</ref> and First Lady Melania Trump likewise harshly criticized Bee for her words and the media for their irresponsible allowance of such remarks, as well as hatred and bigotry from liberal celebrities like Bee overall, on television and online.<ref name="Bee Controversy">[https://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2018/06/01/samantha-bee-defends-calling-ivanka-trump-a-ct-at-tv-academy-awards/ Samantha Bee Defends Calling Ivanka Trump a "****" at TV Academy Awards] at Breitbart.com ('''Warning:''' Contains foul language)</ref><ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/05/31/the-first-lady-weighs-in-on-ivanka-being-called-a-ct-by-samantha-bee/ Melania Trump: Media Often Silent on Hate from Likes of Samantha Bee] at Breitbart.com</ref> In response to the controversy she generated, Bee issued another "apology" via Twitter which was later exposed as hollow and meaningless when she essentially denied responsibility for her comments and dismissively minimized the damage she caused with them while continuing to rant about Trump's attempts to deal with illegal immigration (including falsely accusing him of the separation of illegal immigrant children from their parents - which was actually the responsibility of the parents themselves and occurred during the Obama regime) during an acceptance speech for an award presented to her by the Television Academy on May 31, 2018.<ref name="Bee Controversy"/><ref>[https://www.mrctv.org/blog/samantha-bee-says-outrage-over-her-bad-word-was-just-distraction-trump Samantha Bee Says Outrage Over Her "Bad Word" Was Just a Distraction From Trump] at Media Research Council</ref> Media Research Council president Brent Bozell weighed in on the situation as well, criticizing the Television Academy for honoring Bee in light of her vulgar anti-Trump remarks, as well as for blocking the media from attending the event in an attempt to shield Bee from justified criticism for her irresponsible comments, and slamming them for cowardice and maintaining a hypocritical double standard in defending Bee while attacking conservatives and their values, then also called on TBS to punish Bee for her hateful comments by canceling her show.<ref>[https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nb-staff/2018/06/01/mrcs-bozell-slams-tv-academy-banning-press-honoring-samantha-bee-after MRC’s Bozell Slams TV Academy for Banning Press, Honoring Bee After Ivanka Slur] at NewsBusters</ref>
==PragerU controversy==
In February 2020, Bee ran a seven-minute segment and posted various tweets attacking conservative non-profit [[Prager University]]. She called it "dangerous" and "evil," and accused it of brainwashing the youth through, "bulls*** conservative propaganda."<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fu98-01Tv_w</ref> She was widely condemned in conservative circles and even by some classical liberals, many of whom are PragerU contributors.<ref>https://reclaimthenet.org/samantha-bee-ratioed-prageru/</ref> PragerU and some Twitter users thanked Bee for giving the organization media exposure and attention to the tune of over $32,000 in donations from more than 750 people in a single day.<ref>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2020/02/14/why-prageru-is-thanking-samantha-bee-for-attacking-them-n2561326</ref> Bee simultaneously claimed that [[Big Tech]] censorship of conservatives is non-existent.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYDo_73UDJ4</ref>
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