CNN's Carol Lin and the French "African-Americans"

Newsbusters ^ | November 11, 2005 | David Lanza

[Republican Red]

No words can describe the stupidity of CNN.

[Kristopher]

"No words can describe the stupidity of CNN."

There is words ,but, FR would ban me.

Kristopher.

[advance_copy]

CNN, like the rest of the MSM, is stuck on stupid.

[SIDENET]

What a stupid @$$.

[Dustbunny]

Geeze, talk about 'stuck on stupid' or 'stupid is as stupid does'.

[Jeff Gordon]

I have heard Amy Goodwin of Democracy Now making the same stupid mistake. Amy also likes to reference sailors as being in the Army.

[mark502inf]

CNN's anchor Carol Lin referred (on November 6th) to some of the participants in the Paris fiasco as African-American

Hilarious. Reminds me of the story of a high school senior last year who had immigrated from South Africa to the USA and said that he was African American on his college applications. He was deluged with scholarships until it came out that he was white.

[sirchtruth]

This is just the result of the stupidity of "Political Correctness." We've all been told not to refer to black people as blacks or anything other than "African-American," so don't blame Lin for misusing the idiotic reference.

I suppose she's "Asian-American."

[Old Grumpy]

"There is words ,but, FR would ban me."

I think I know what words you mean. I feel the same way.

[Right Wing Assault]

It's much simpler to call anyone who is non-white anywhere in the world "African-Americans". Then you don't have to think. That suites the MSM perfectly. So, that makes Lin African-American, too.

[SauronOfMordor]

She just reads what scrolls across the teleprompter. Blame the unknown idiot news writers

[freema]

Methinks the MSM would be called 'racist' if this were happening in (say it with a French accent) New Orleans....

[Bob from De]

Except for a few hundred thousand votes here and there....we almost had our first African-American First Lady!

Mama T!

[martin_fierro]

No words can describe the stupidity of CNN.

But pictures do nicely.

[Oratam]

About a week into the riots, a newsreader for WABC radio made the same mistake. I laughed the whole ride home.

[1rudeboy]

Ms. Lin poses us a difficult dilemma: how should black African Muslims be described without referring to skin color, and how many hyphens to use?

I suppose African-Arab is what she meant, but that does not distinguish between, say, a Muslim from Nigeria and one from Algeria.

[Fintan]

 

[dennisw]

Lou Dobbs is good otherwise CNN is dumbed down for dumb asses.

[dennisw]

Ms. Lin poses us a difficult dilemma: how should black African Muslims be described without referring to skin color, and how many hyphens to use?

You're as bad as Lin is. The rioters were not black. They were overwhelming Muslims who look Arab. Not black. I suppose a few French blacks joined in or watched.

You're as bad as she is. What's your excuse?

[martin_fierro]