When Political Correctness gets Stupid

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0511/06/snn.01.html
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Carol Lin, a CNN talking (air)head (you will see why in a moment), was reporting on the Riots in France.  She Reported:

LIN: Hard to say because it's been 11 days since two African- American teenagers were killed, electrocuted during a police chase, which prompted all of this.

Now I have heard they were muslims, and I have heard they were from Africa.  They may have even been black (I have not heard if they were black or brown), but this talking airhead is so conditioned to calling blacks "African-Americans" that she cant even see the stupidity of her statement!

They may be anyone one of many things, but American they are not!

When words lose their meaning, stupid mistakes like this are bound to happen!  And the REALLY stupid part of that episode?  Her co-anchor airhead did not catch it!

So much for intelligence in reporting news.

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Reply #1 from JoeUser Forums Top

"So poor and so Black..."
Reply #2 from JoeUser Forums Top
That's kind of funny.

Here in Texas political correctness was defeated by vote. A town near Fort Worth is called White Settlement. The mayor decided this is keeping people from investing and building in the town and wanted to change the name to West Settlement. It was defeated in the election and will remain White Settlement.
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Reply #3 from JoeUser Forums Top

"So poor and so Black..."

Irrelevant.

Reply #4 from JoeUser Forums Top

Here in Texas political correctness was defeated by vote. A town near Fort Worth is called White Settlement. The mayor decided this is keeping people from investing and building in the town and wanted to change the name to West Settlement. It was defeated in the election and will remain White Settlement.

Yea, I heard about that.  A retailer I use to work for (since deceased) had a store there.  So it was of some interest to me.

Reply #5 from JoeUser Forums Top
HAHAHA.. I can just see these anchors after the news when reviewing their tapes.....standing there with their mouths open....the guy woulda said, "Man did you see how stupid you looked?"

She would say,"What? Was my hair messed up or something?"

Buwuwhahahahah
Reply #6 from JoeUser Forums Top

She would say,"What? Was my hair messed up or something?"

Buwuwhahahahah

That sounds like most of the "perky" anchors I see on TV today! 

Reply #7 from JoeUser Forums Top
Nice post. Not sure if I would agree it is necessarily Political Correctness going stupid though. It's an mistake of America-centricity, and that's very definitely NOT PC!
Reply #8 from JoeUser Forums Top

It's an mistake of America-centricity, and that's very definitely NOT PC!

Can we agree that it was stupid?

Reply #9 from JoeUser Forums Top
Carol Lin should report about how French-American President Chirac should do more to protest the French-American people of his country. ;~D
Reply #10 from JoeUser Forums Top

Carol Lin should report about how French-American President Chirac should do more to protest the French-American people of his country. ;~D

I here the French-American Kerry is looking for a job, and Chirac is in trouble.

Reply #11 from JoeUser Forums Top
That sounds like most of the "perky" anchors I see on TV today!


You gotta remember most anchors don't write their own stuff.

The reporters write just about everything. So the anchors come in and read it over right before going on, seriously, and if they see a tongue twister or something they will change it, but mostly they leave it as is.

Sometimes as an anchor you get things off the AP and write up something on your own, just depends on the news director and how much is happening.

My point is, once they start just chatting, you'll find most are ignornant of world events and what's more ignorant about what they JUST READ off the teleprompter! HAHHA

And have mercy, if they actually start ad libbing, buwhahahaha, you''re gonna hear some stupid remarks!
Reply #12 from JoeUser Forums Top

And have mercy, if they actually start ad libbing, buwhahahaha, you''re gonna hear some stupid remarks!

If this was scripted, that says a lot about CNN as they do have editors!  I would hope for CNN's sake it was ad lib.

Reply #13 from JoeUser Forums Top
Yeah you can usually tell when its not scripted because they aren't reading it off the teleprompter. When anchors are "talking back and forth" that is all ad lib, unless of course the news director says, "after this story you may want to make a personal comment condemning this or agreeing with that." HAHA. Then its ad libbed, but SCRIPTED at the same time.

Thankfully, I never worked for a news station that did that.
Reply #14 from JoeUser Forums Top

You gotta remember most anchors don't write their own stuff. The reporters write just about everything. So the anchors come in and read it over right before going on


Chances are she saw "African" and thought that it must have meant "African-American". So she added it herself on the fly.
Reply #15 from JoeUser Forums Top

Thankfully, I never worked for a news station that did th

So another piece to the puzzle!  Never worked TV, just Radio!  I am too ugly.

Reply #16 from JoeUser Forums Top

Chances are she saw "African" and thought that it must have meant "African-American". So she added it herself on the fly.

Probably right.  But I like my theory better!  makes her look stupider.

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Reply #18 from JoeUser Forums Top

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Reply #19 from JoeUser Forums Top
I guess they would be "Franco-African", wouldn't they? God knows they can't just call them "Frech" because their culture isn't pure as the driven snow. Heaven forbid anyone confuse lesser cultures with that which made wearing pee as perfume fashionable...
Reply #20 from JoeUser Forums Top
Yup, I worked tv 5 days a week as a reporter on the 6 an 10 or 11 depending on games on NBC affiliates. Then I also did some drive time radio, as well as editing for collegiate publications.

I anchored weekends occasionally....but never really got into anchoring....reading someone else's stuff...kinda boring.
Reply #21 from JoeUser Forums Top
sorry double post...what is wrong with JU tonight?
Reply #23 from JoeUser Forums Top

Heaven forbid anyone confuse lesser cultures with that which made wearing pee as perfume fashionable...

They made perfume for a reason.  They hate to bathe!

Reply #24 from JoeUser Forums Top

Yup, I worked tv 5 days a week as a reporter on the 6 an 10 or 11 depending on games on NBC affiliates. Then I also did some drive time radio, as well as editing for collegiate publications.

I anchored weekends occasionally....but never really got into anchoring....reading someone else's stuff...kinda boring.

You have had (and I hope continue to have) a fascinating life!

Reply #25 from JoeUser Forums Top

'Can we agree that it was stupid?'
Hell yes!