Over the past few years, the Banter has intermittently covered internet troll HA Goodman, a case study in what happens on the political fringes in America. Goodman originally wrote hundreds of articles claiming Hillary Clinton would be indicted. Since then, he has evolved (or ...read more
Over the past few days, two deeply damaged celebrities have injected themselves into the public discourse (again), pledging their support for another deeply damaged celebrity, who happens to be president of the United States. These appearances were not coordinated or even overtly ...read more
In the months following Harvey Weinstein's downfall, many prominent men in the entertainment industry have lost their jobs for their sexual misconduct, but whatever you may say about Kevin Spacey, Jeffrey Tambor, and Chris Hardwick, all were fired due for what they did. This ...read more
In an emotional interview with Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, Roseanne Barr expressed deep regret for her racist outburst on Twitter against former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett, whom she likened to an ape. “I apologize to anyone who thought, or felt offended and who thought that I ...read more
The latest episode of the Bantercast is now out! Ben and Michael take ambien to see if it made them racist like Roseanne Barr. (Full disclosure: we did not take ambien given the podcast would have been a total f*cking disaster). Did Roseanne get treated unfairly by the public ...read more
With the firing of Roseanne Barr for comparing Valerie Jarrett to an ape, Trump supporters have been looking for a left-leaning celebrity to bring down as retaliation, and after a few days of stirring up pointless outrage, they have settled on Samantha Bee, who called Ivanka ...read more
Disgraced comedian Roseanne Barr has now blamed her disgustingly racist tweet comparing former Obama advisor Valerie Jarrett to an ape, on the influence of sleeping pills. Emerging a day after her show was cancelled, Barr claimed the following (we can't embed her tweets given she ...read more
Roseanne Barr has always been a lightning rod for controversy, but since the return of her landmark sitcom on ABC this spring, she has gone completely off the deep end. While the reboot drew big ratings upon its premiere, many of those who praised the show in the 90s were ...read more
Roseanne Barr's return to prime time television on ABC’s Roseanne has earned her a great deal of praise from friends and foes alike. I haven't watched the show, but I'm told it really is as good as it always was (and I used to watch it religiously back in the 90's in the UK). ...read more