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| − | Bee left ''The Daily Show'' in 2015 to start up her own spinoff show, ''Full Frontal with Samantha Bee'', which debuted on February 8, 2016, on TBS. On that show, she goes even further than she did on ''The Daily Show'', resorting to [[bigotry]], [[liberal projection|projection]] and liberal use of foul language, name-calling and even outright [[Liberal lies|lies]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170218233809/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1200650/board/thread/265622735 Regurgitates liberal lies over and over] at IMDb</ref> and the use of [[fake news]]<ref name="Bee Fake News">[https://realkylemorris.com/2017/03/09/samantha-bee-fake-news-at-its-finest/ Samantha Bee: Fake News at Its Finest]</ref> in her deliberate mischaracterizations and attacks of religion, conservative politicians, public figures and the general public who refuse to embrace liberal agendas (such as "[[global warming]]", the [[homosexual agenda]], [[abortion]], [[feminism]], [[gun control]], support for Islam and supporting both the [[Barack Obama|Obama]] regime and the [[Hillary Clinton]] presidential campaign), which she tries to pass off as "comedy" or "satire" but invariably falls flat as pathetic and unfunny. During her reports, she also often behaves like a dimwitted, middle-aged teenybopper, which is very little of a stretch for her as she basically cheerleads for and fawns over Obama, Hillary and other liberal politicians and public figures in those same segments. | + | Bee left ''The Daily Show'' in 2015 to start up her own spinoff show, ''Full Frontal with Samantha Bee'', which debuted on February 8, 2016, on TBS. On that show, she goes even further than she did on ''The Daily Show'', resorting to [[bigotry]], [[liberal projection|projection]] and liberal use of foul language, name-calling and even outright [[Liberal lies|lies]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170218233809/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1200650/board/thread/265622735 Regurgitates liberal lies over and over] at IMDb</ref> and the use of [[fake news]]<ref name="Bee Fake News">[https://realkylemorris.com/2017/03/09/samantha-bee-fake-news-at-its-finest/ Samantha Bee: Fake News at Its Finest]</ref> in her deliberate mischaracterizations and attacks of religion, conservative politicians, public figures and the general public who refuse to embrace liberal agendas (such as "[[global warming]]", the [[homosexual agenda]], [[abortion]], [[feminism]], [[gun control]], support for Islam and supporting both the [[Barack Obama|Obama]] regime and the [[Hillary Clinton]] presidential campaign), which she tries to pass off as "comedy" or "satire" but invariably falls flat as pathetic and unfunny. During her reports, she also often behaves like a dimwitted, middle-aged teenybopper, which is very little of a stretch for her as she basically cheerleads for and fawns over Obama, Hillary and other liberal politicians and public figures in those same segments. |
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| − | Not surprisingly, [[mainstream media|liberal media outlets]] have gushed over Bee and heaped unwarranted and undeserved praise over her show, but members of the public have been far more scathingly critical of the show, her hosting, her "comedic" style and even her intelligence (or lack thereof).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170218233819/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1200650/board/thread/75345717 It's time to 'Bee' movin' on....] at IMDb</ref><ref>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1200650/board/nest/251645595?p=1 Her new show will bomb spectacularly] at IMDb</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170218233948/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1200650/board/thread/258344171 For a Canadian who has issues with guns...] at IMDb</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170218233852/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1200650/board/thread/254910415 NOT FUNNY] at IMDb</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170218233913/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1200650/board/thread/260728779 One Trick Pony] at IMDb</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170218233944/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1200650/board/thread/260258600 She's terrible] at IMDb</ref><ref>[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1200650/board/nest/258384377?p=1 Who is this middle aged big mouth?] at IMDb</ref><ref>[http://louderwithcrowder.com/smackdown-samantha-bee-makes-idiotic-gun-control-remarks-crowder-rebuts/ Smackdown: Samantha Bee Makes Idiotic Gun Control Remarks. Crowder Rebuts…] at Louder with Crowder</ref><ref name="Full Frontal Mockery">[http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/kristine-marsh/2017/03/09/sam-bee-accidentally-mocks-conservative-his-nazi-hair-he-has Sam Bee's Full Frontal Mocks Young Man for His 'Nazi Hair'; He Actually Has Cancer] at NewsBusters</ref> Conservative media have not shown much regard for Bee either, criticizing her for her dishonesty, her attacks on and lies about conservatives and traditional values,<ref>[http://www.lifenews.com/2016/02/24/tbss-samantha-bee-trashes-ted-cruz-he-once-killed-an-abortion-doctor-through-prayer/ TBS’s Samantha Bee Trashes Ted Cruz: "He Once Killed an Abortion Doctor Through Prayer"] at LifeNews.com</ref><ref name="Ivanka Trump">[http://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/05/30/samantha-bee-to-ivanka-do-something-about-your-dads-immigration-practices-you-feckless-cnt/ Samantha Bee to Ivanka: "Do Something About Your Dad's Immigration Policies, You Feckless ****"] at Breitbart.com</ref> her callous and ill-considered attacks on people suffering illness by comparing them to "Nazis"<ref name="Bee Fake News"/><ref name="Full Frontal Mockery"/><ref name="Bee Slam">[http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/randy-hall/2017/03/10/samantha-bees-slam-nazi-hair-youth-raises-thousands-treat-his-brain Samantha Bee's Slam of 'Nazi Hair' Youth Raises Thousands to Treat His Brain Cancer] at NewsBusters</ref> and her use of foul language on her show.<ref name="Ivanka Trump"/><ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/curtis-houck/2016/07/27/samantha-bee-claims-shes-independent-ignores-criticism-about-show Samantha Bee Claims She’s an "Independent", Ignores Criticism About Show's "Salty Language"] at NewsBusters</ref> | + | Not surprisingly, [[mainstream media|liberal media outlets]] have gushed over Bee and heaped unwarranted and undeserved praise over her show, but members of the public have been far more scathingly critical of the show, her hosting, her "comedic" style and even her intelligence (or lack thereof).<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170218233819/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1200650/board/thread/75345717 It's time to 'Bee' movin' on....] at IMDb</ref><ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1200650/board/nest/251645595?p=1 Her new show will bomb spectacularly] at IMDb</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170218233948/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1200650/board/thread/258344171 For a Canadian who has issues with guns...] at IMDb</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170218233852/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1200650/board/thread/254910415 NOT FUNNY] at IMDb</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170218233913/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1200650/board/thread/260728779 One Trick Pony] at IMDb</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170218233944/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1200650/board/thread/260258600 She's terrible] at IMDb</ref><ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1200650/board/nest/258384377?p=1 Who is this middle aged big mouth?] at IMDb</ref><ref>[http://louderwithcrowder.com/smackdown-samantha-bee-makes-idiotic-gun-control-remarks-crowder-rebuts/ Smackdown: Samantha Bee Makes Idiotic Gun Control Remarks. Crowder Rebuts…] at Louder with Crowder</ref><ref name="Full Frontal Mockery">[https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/kristine-marsh/2017/03/09/sam-bee-accidentally-mocks-conservative-his-nazi-hair-he-has Sam Bee's Full Frontal Mocks Young Man for His 'Nazi Hair'; He Actually Has Cancer] at NewsBusters</ref> Conservative media have not shown much regard for Bee either, criticizing her for her dishonesty, her attacks on and lies about conservatives and traditional values,<ref>[https://www.lifenews.com/2016/02/24/tbss-samantha-bee-trashes-ted-cruz-he-once-killed-an-abortion-doctor-through-prayer/ TBS’s Samantha Bee Trashes Ted Cruz: "He Once Killed an Abortion Doctor Through Prayer"] at LifeNews.com</ref><ref name="Ivanka Trump">[https://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/05/30/samantha-bee-to-ivanka-do-something-about-your-dads-immigration-practices-you-feckless-cnt/ Samantha Bee to Ivanka: "Do Something About Your Dad's Immigration Policies, You Feckless ****"] at Breitbart.com</ref> her callous and ill-considered attacks on people suffering illness by comparing them to "Nazis"<ref name="Bee Fake News"/><ref name="Full Frontal Mockery"/><ref name="Bee Slam">[https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/randy-hall/2017/03/10/samantha-bees-slam-nazi-hair-youth-raises-thousands-treat-his-brain Samantha Bee's Slam of 'Nazi Hair' Youth Raises Thousands to Treat His Brain Cancer] at NewsBusters</ref> and her use of foul language on her show.<ref name="Ivanka Trump"/><ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/curtis-houck/2016/07/27/samantha-bee-claims-shes-independent-ignores-criticism-about-show Samantha Bee Claims She’s an "Independent", Ignores Criticism About Show's "Salty Language"] at NewsBusters</ref> |
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| − | On January 30, 2017, Bee announced that she would be hosting a gala to counter the [[White House Correspondents Dinner]] to be aired on TBS.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/30/entertainment/samantha-bee-not-the-white-house-correspondents-dinner/index.html|title=Samantha Bee is throwing her own party the same night as White House Correspondents' Dinner|last=Gonzalez|first=Sandra|website=CNN|date=January 30, 2017|accessdate=March 10, 2017}}</ref> | + | On January 30, 2017, Bee announced that she would be hosting a gala to counter the [[White House Correspondents Dinner]] to be aired on TBS.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2017/01/30/entertainment/samantha-bee-not-the-white-house-correspondents-dinner/index.html|title=Samantha Bee is throwing her own party the same night as White House Correspondents' Dinner|last=Gonzalez|first=Sandra|website=CNN|date=January 30, 2017|accessdate=March 10, 2017}}</ref> |
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| − | On the May 30, 2018 episode of ''Full Frontal'', Bee descended to new lows in tastelessness and offensiveness when she made lewd, disgusting and vulgar comments about President [[Donald Trump]]'s daughter Ivanka Trump following the publication of a photo of Ivanka with her infant son Theodore Kushner. In her attack on Ivanka in the episode, Bee used a vulgar and offensive sexual epithet to refer to the First Daughter and suggested that she try "seducing" her father to get him to change his mind on his policies against illegal immigration.<ref name="Ivanka Trump"/> Bee was not only heavily criticized for her crude and vicious remarks by the conservative media and by the public, but some fellow liberal media pundits even distanced themselves from Bee because of the controversy (although, not surprisingly, several liberal celebrities stood by Bee and her attack on Ivanka<ref>[http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2018/05/31/celebrities-react-to-samantha-bee-feckless-ct-controversy/ Hollywood Celebrates Samantha Bee Calling Ivanka Trump a "****"] at Breitbart.com ('''Warning:''' Contains celebrity tweets with foul language)</ref> and were themselves subsequently criticized by the public on Twitter for hypocritically defending Bee and her offensive comments). | + | On the May 30, 2018 episode of ''Full Frontal'', Bee descended to new lows in tastelessness and offensiveness when she made lewd, disgusting and vulgar comments about President [[Donald Trump]]'s daughter Ivanka Trump following the publication of a photo of Ivanka with her infant son Theodore Kushner. In her attack on Ivanka in the episode, Bee used a vulgar and offensive sexual epithet to refer to the First Daughter and suggested that she try "seducing" her father to get him to change his mind on his policies against illegal immigration.<ref name="Ivanka Trump"/> Bee was not only heavily criticized for her crude and vicious remarks by the conservative media and by the public, but some fellow liberal media pundits even distanced themselves from Bee because of the controversy (although, not surprisingly, several liberal celebrities stood by Bee and her attack on Ivanka<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2018/05/31/celebrities-react-to-samantha-bee-feckless-ct-controversy/ Hollywood Celebrates Samantha Bee Calling Ivanka Trump a "****"] at Breitbart.com ('''Warning:''' Contains celebrity tweets with foul language)</ref> and were themselves subsequently criticized by the public on Twitter for hypocritically defending Bee and her offensive comments). |
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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>[http://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>[http://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">[http://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>[http://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> |
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| | ==References== | | ==References== |