‘Roseanne’ reboot becomes the media’s crisis

By Eddie Scarry

Published March 31, 2018 4:00am ET

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‘Roseanne’ reboot becomes the media’s crisis — In this combination photo, U.S. President Donald Trump appears at a campaign rally in Moon Township, Pa., on March 10, 2018, left, and Roseanne Barr arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of "Roseanne" in Burbank, Calif. Trump reached out to Roseanne Barr to congratulate her after the debut of her ABC sitcom reboot drew 18.4 million viewers. Speaking by telephone Thursday on ABC's "Good Morning America," Barr said the call was "pretty exciting." She described the exchange as a "friendly conversation about working in television and ratings." | (AP)

If Michael Wolff’s book was made into a crisis for the White House because it fulfilled the media’s greatest dreams about President Trump (a subject expertly covered in my forthcoming book “Fraud and Fiction” out April 3), the “Roseanne” reboot is inversely a crisis for the media because it confirms their worst nightmares about America.

Namely, that there are normal, charming people who voted for Trump.

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