Once again, CNN has come under fire for its blatantly biased reporting on black American culture.
While covering the success of the biopic Straight Outta Compton, CNN Anchor Ashleigh Banfield — whom many consider to be an unrepentant racist — noted the lack of violence at the theaters showing the film.
There was an instantaneous outcry from many of Banfield’s fellow journalists and former co-workers who called her out for making a blatantly racist stereotype.
“Really CNN???? Disgraceful,” tweeted former CNN/HLN Anchor Richelle Carey.
“See that’s that bull—,” ESPN’s Jemele Hill tweeted angrily.
When a Twitter.com follower asked Hill, “how’s that BS? She stated a fact… No violence is good.” — Hill responded, “Why would be there be an expectation of violence in the first place? Based of what?”
And in an earlier tweet, Hill responded to a tweet about a theater manager checking bags for guns: “Even though the tragic movie theatre shootings were done by…nevermind.”
There’s a reason why CNN fired outspoken black reporters like Carey and Roland Martin, while keeping a milquetoast boot licker like Don Lemon on the payroll.
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And of course CNN will act like it’s no big deal. I wonder does this woman think this when sprites go to the movies, seeing as how the people who have been shooting the movies up are sprites.
Quick, someone remind me: when was the last time there was mass violence at a movie theater? #eyeroll.
I like Roland Martin. I try to catch him on tvone each morning.
I must say I wasn’t expecting the movie to do so well I still haven’t seen it tho I’m gonna wait till next week hopefully it won’t be crowded
I can’t stand Ashleigh Banfield. When she or Don Lemon come on I immediately turn to MSNBC. This is NOT the CNN of the Ted Turner days.
**yawns** just another reason why i don’t watch krakkka news…
I am not interested in half they say anyway…
what that caption really means is, “this movie depicts a time when ni&&ers were strong, didn’t care for approval from whites, and they get to see that history is repeating itself…and they ARE NOT RIOTING!!!! WTF, whites stay on gaurd.”
This is why I dont watch CNN anymore… BBC is where I get my news and social media for second to minute updates on protesting/riots/etc
I try to support black movies opening weekend. I preach that to my kids so much their like Ma we know ?
I cannot wait until blacks have zero fuggs to give about yt approval…. It will likely not happen on my watch but, still holding out hope
She think they are mentally ill individuals…..they aren’t terrorists or thugs or anything…just mentally ill.
As long as they continue worshiping money, that will never happen. Don’t hold your breath too long.
come on. black folks did not buy into the potential violence idea. we really didn’t. I knew it was the media’s way to down play interest. Who knows? The film probably would’ve made $20M more if not for the “security at the theaters” bit. But still, its the #1 movie right now at $56.1M earned so far. Still need security?
I didn’t have a desire to see it. Not that I didn’t want to support it. I MIGHT go see it next week, tho’. Still up in the air.
There’s a reason why CNN fired outspoken black reporters like Carey and Roland Martin, while keeping a milquetoast boot licker like Don Lemon on the payroll.
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CNN ain’t nothing but Faux News, Jr. Same racist bastards, just different faces and names.
AND….. THANK YOU Sandra for that jab at Don Lemon. I can’t stand his coon ass…..
Where was securrity when “Batman” came out? TUH….or better yet, when “Trainwreck” was released about a week or so ago?
Heard him on Tom Joyner this morning, talking about THIS. He sounded really “doubtful”.
Meanwhile, when Batman was released……during an afternoon showing of Trainwreck….and an afternoon showing of Mad Max….
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Souja boy tell’em!!! I am soooo sick of this chit….its like they mad cause it wasn’t any violence…
or security when a white guy walks in a theater with a army fatigues and a gas mask on. right, he’s just a vet having flashbacks until multiple innocent people are confirmed dead on the scene.
While covering the success of the biopic Straight Out of Compton, CNN Anchor Ashleigh Banfield — whom many consider to be an unrepentant racist
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Anchors writing their OWN cue cards now? Anchors rarely write chit. They CAN copy edit what is written. Most times they aint got time though. Does anyone…ANYONE do any homework?
Now she might be a races. She very well COULD be a races. Her employer is.
BUT THEN AGAIN SEW IS MINE.
I’ve posted these gifs a few times, but they always seem to apply…
yeah she’s racist, but still manages to have 1 black best friend: don lemon.
HEY LUV-BUG!!!! enjoyed your “commentary” in the NWA post…
:hugs:
I am blaming CNN. Not Ashleigh. Not yet
Never watched him. He seems annoying in the commercials.
with your comments and that Eddie LongStroke Olan Mills picture. I JEST CAN NOT!!!! lmao!!!
They always claim they got at least 1 Black friend, or Black neighbor, or donate to Black charities, or have a Black dog, or listen to Akon
^5 on that!!!!
My daughter can’t stand to hear him or Stephen A Smith from sports center talk. ?
he don’t let his guest finish they responses for me….but I like him…and his pretty ties and pocket handkerchiefs…lol
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA omg. I saw Eddie cruising along in his black Bentley. Boy, you can’t tell muscle shirt nothing, u follow me? And yep, honest to somebody’s God, there was a young guy in the passenger seat.
And NOOOOOBODDY thought it was a good idea to search him or call the police when he walked up to the counter OR kiosk to buy his ticket. Or when he paid for his popcorn and drinks. Or after he gave his ticket to the ticket agent, or even after they proceeded to direct him to “theater 8 on the right”? Nobody? Ok. LOL
CNN…they get on my nerves. I dont hate them like I do Fox. But its close.
Exactly, the only thing security did was deter the cats who might’ve still had a roach on ’em from the L they smoked on the way there. Ain’t nobody going to the movies to fight.
He most def cuts folks off a lot times. ?
Yep. I live upstate, NY and I heard something about a guy who walked in the movies with a machete. Guess what he was ??
^^^^^^^^^ ALLDIS!!!!!!
*dead* He still at it?!?!?!?
They are. I said this a while back. They try to use reverse psychology. Present security so that we think we are suppose to be violent. Not gonna work. Folks are waking up.
girl…Eddie still getting his “dyke” sucked….he ain’t fooling nobody
Chit, as much as a damn movie ticket costs now????? Hell no, they ain’t going there to fight.
YES!!!!! we been sleep to damn long
*RAISES BLACK POWER FIST*!!!
I can’t stand Stephen….he seems like when he kiss you…he will leave a “spitty smell” Ugh!!!
Folks going to eat, talk ch!t to the screen and HOPE and pray that it’s good and that they stay awake.
I don’t even know if I have TVOne as a channa.
Violence at movie theaters isn’t a new phenomenon, and if the movie deals with a gang-related, racial, religious or politically divisive subject matter, it’s not uncommon for violence to erupt.
The movies Colors, New Jack City, Boyz N the Hood, Juice, and Get Rich or Die Tryin’ were all marred by violence.
:panky-up: free tickets to all movies/concerts
*perks of MR Z’s job*
How long ago was that, again?
So I guess she also expected white folks to go postal after watching World War Z???????????????????????
News flash?, black folks can watch movies with violence just like any other group of people and walk out of the theater fully cognizant that they just watched a movie… nothing more… nothing less but art on the screen… not provocation of violence… but speaking of shooting violence in theaters when watching batman FICTION flicks (sips my damn tea because we all know the body count after that terrible situation).
And pray that they don’t get shot by a……
*comes in closes your door…not saying a word…walks slowly around your desk…neva taking my eyes off you…straddles your lap…leans in real slow…eyes still locked on yours….and then I…….????
Hey blog-lover!!!!
Still can’t believe he didn’t get the death penalty. Like, he’s not going to think about the victims..he’s insane, so I don’t understand the logic in not putting him to death. Couldn’t imagine my loved ones going to the movies and not returning…ever.
Will never forget going to see Django with the boo, and seeing a sprite in a trench coat looking at all of us in the theater. Just standing off to the side….chile. I was peeping and scoping him out
Hell the sprites don’t even let the OPENING credits roll before they start to POP-OFF! How many times did they pop off in the BEGINNING of the movie and their “counterparts” were like “Johnny, is that part of the show?”
TV! is what I call the grown people BET…I love it…ceptin’…that born again virgin chit with Tank short azz..
1-HUNNARD!!!!
hey love!!!
You better stop playing Zeta….
*bats lashes* whet I do????
“mentally ill” WHITE person.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE THAT movie!
Or Rachael D. LOL
*sniggles*….BUT so true!!!
LMAOOOO
I can tell she races from that strong azz jawline. ?
It happened down in TN………TWO weeks ago.
and that’s what it took…huh….lmao
hey V I miss licking on you….
Yo ignant ass and THIS gif! BYEEEEE!! LOL
they are so full of crap its annoying
Shes a smart chile. Stephen A Smith grips my azz. He needs to have a come to Jesus meeting with his barber and find out why he fuggin up his hairline.
right
Hey! Did you forget to ask me your question?
EXACTLY. But a black guy walk in with a hoodie and the SWAT team and every local news station is notified.
and here comes Sothern…rofl…lmao
afternoon boo!!!
I TOTALLY AGREE with this Z. I cant belee he aint spitting on folks when he talks.
Hey girl!
what it do Boo.
Gurl!!! we have a “spit talker” here in my department… and when we have mtgs and its her turn to talk my face just frowns up…because when she get to something that has a “s” or a “c” or a “t”
…and she stay swallowing….YUCK!!!
po man just in a daze of azz. He dont know what to do.
I have nothing
No…but I didn’t want to open up the blog to come and take something innocent and make it “phuckary” LOL
She be alright something will happen to her in her life to change her perspective. GOD is GOOD that way!
yes u do…..hey boo!!!
Damn, and they only feel threatened by black people.
all he wanted to do was give that young man a spiritual laying of hands. Getcho mind out the gutter. Dont matter that his hand just gonna be on the paynus
Ever heard of the phrase “history repeats itself?” Besides, it’s no secret that rap concerts and Hip Hop clubs attract violence. So, it’s not farfetched to believe violence could erupt during a movie about gangster rappers.
Lmao, I think I do. I used to watch eve on there all the time. 7 a.m. sitting in front of the TV like a crazie.
ROFL!!!! cause dis azz sho’nuff sitting in these white Levi’s….
milquetoast
??????????????? 2 days in a row?? I just wish we had you on our side, we’d rule the blogosphere?
Lmao, see Roland is annoying, but Stephen a is the man. He’s so passionate when he talks, plus he’s old man cute ?. Am I the only one who thinks that’s what luda will look like later on?
Child I was thinking …I’m like….
I think they about the same age. ?
I “spaked” to you downstairs….how r u???? did u get that gag reflex under control….like I taught you????
YES!!!!! I thought I was the only one that saw that about Luda…Lol
My disdain for Stephen comes from his self righteous act……but no mention of the 5 year old side baby in PA.
You get them big azz thongs “scraight”??? LOL
Girl I have been stuck in meeting, I’m about to check it right nah
I spaked back. Rent A center called me and asked if I could give you a good reference, naturally I said yes?? I didn’t even know they carried hand held back massagers????? You must be in some real pain if you financed it for 72 months??
Okay…can’t have my baby out’chere in these blog skreets with “baggy thongs”
I can put up with Rolands lil short bow-tie/ascot wearing self, but STephen A and his hairline can get the fugg on. Hell nawl he aint cute period. IMHO.
Ok.
Wait whet? I didn’t know he had a side baby.
Yup….pretty little girl and she visits with him and the other children, but not the wife.
ROFLMAO!!!!
*cues*
I LOVE YOU
I LOVE YOU
HONEY…I LOVE YOU
*in my Patti Labelle voice*
AARONS GETTING READY TO CALL U…IN A MINUTE…
Correction, the wife may accept her by now.
What they don’t understand is that if we were/are as violent as they claim, we would’ve kicked their azz a long time ago for the hell they’ve put us through. Especially when they bombed Black Wall Street. Granted, they have the highest number in incest, abductions, mass murders, theft, terroristic acts, insurance and bank fraud, police brutality, hate crimes, inside trading convictions, etc., but we need security. Chile please….
Attract violence??? What about schools, churches, movie theaters, malls, military recruiting centers, etc? Do those places “attract violence”, too?
*tears*
Good to hear he takes care & spends time with her.
for some reason…u come off as like Anderson Cooper gay..good looking..smell good..and a bish wish u wasn’t gay….or can’t believe it when u tell them u r…. swoons
am I correct???
?????? Oh I gotchu bew, I gotchu?? I uses my YT voice and errythang???
A blog fren to the end….GOOD LOOKIN’….lol
He does take care of her and her mother. I give him that and the mom is a college-educated woman……..so he was smart about it. I just hate the self-righteous, I do no wrong tirades he gives to black men. Admit your dirt and then tell others how to do right.
SUGA-FOOTIE…..hey dere….
Well damn?? Somebody put on their READ’n glasses-okaaaaay??????
I am fixed…jeesh…I hate da undawear but kitty is witty and needs to be contained
let me do some work…cuz I am leaving this bish at 3pm…everyday until Z20 leaves…. LOVE U GUYS AND DOLLS
TTYL :waves bye:
Hey hun
True indeed! ??
don’t let that “wolf poosi” loose on em’ rofl!!!
lubs ya….gotta do some werk….runs out real fass…oh I ain’t gotta run cause if she tries to catch me..she liable to trip over them “thongs”…cuz they so big and they fell around your ankles and trips u..
LMBAO!!!
Hey Hun … I’m in and out … I keep missing ya shout
Bye shuga?????? remember to avoid that office water cooler. They tend to harbor roaches?? At least ours does…well not our, but mine. The one at my house. Sparkletts talm bout it’s my home, not the cooler? Liars?
Anderson Cooper gay… never heard it put that way. I guess that would be an accurate description. Women hit on me all the time; even the ones who are young enough to be my daughter. ?
Hey hunny bun
Folks just piss me off with bs
Lmfao @ the Roland description and your Stephen A read. His hairline can improve, but he’s not tragic, like say busta, George clooney, or snoop.
Nope lmao. Just like em.
Who would you pick if you had no choice? I’m going with Stephen for 200 Alex.
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Violence can happen anywhere and it isn’t restricted to a certain race. I avoid hip hop clubs for the same reasons I don’t hang out in motorcycle bars.
Bye babes
Ew
Hold up wait at minute
CNN hasn’t been a professional, reputable news network since Ted Turner sold it to that bunch of racist Hollywood Jews. These people constantly want to stir up garbage to entertain people who think like Banfield. None of us black folks should watch this garbage station.
This is shocking? Why? White people talk reckless all day everyday. And he’s the real shocker they get paid to do it. Ignore and watch something else.
They cant understand why a black movie doesnt have black people being violent when so many white people are going in theaters and killing people for no reason .. They just knew something was going to happen but ha ha on them .. Its way more crazy white people in the world than blacks ..
…cuz I’m so unchained!
Get out here AshhyLee
Real close.
WOLF PUZZE?!?!..This kitty is CLEANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN
GO SUGA GO SUGA GO SUGA!!!!
I’ll take Stephen A also ?
Again, THOSE movies you mentioned were how long ago?
Right.
Hmmmm, Star Wars is expected to draw big numbers/crowds.’THEY’ like to dress up like the characters in the movie, so they’ll be in costumes. Wonder will ‘THEY’ be checked for AR-15’s or other artillery ‘THEY’ like to use when killing folks in movie theaters, malls and the workplace.
CNN not as bad as fox a close second!
Hey u
So now one of the folks that like to shoot up theaters is going to see the movie and do some dumb ish and somehow it’s going to be “our” fault… or President Obama’s.
If you need more recent examples of rap-related violence, I believe there were shootings at Future, J Cole and Big Sean concerts.
Again, it isn’t farfetched to believe violence could erupt during a movie about gangster rappers.
preach
I went to see a packed Tyler Perry movie and we got a lecture about behaviour beforehand. I went back the next week and saw an equally packed Gamer and not one lecture was given I bet I don’t have to say why but those are the people who shoot places up.
We’re talking about MOVIES, not concerts. The fact is that they beefed up security for a “hip-hop gang related” movie when in recent events, they movies theaters have been shot up by white people. No I don’t need more recent examples of rap-related violence. The focus/topic was about MOVIES and security.
I can’t stand that sissy Don Lemon
That is what irritates me… when WE call out the BS, then we are playing the race card. We wouldn’t have to play the race card if it wasn’t continuously dealt.
Meanwhile… their people are coming to theaters with Hatchets and Rubber Bullets, at the $2 Movie!!!!! MEANWHILE, their people are shooting up ROMCOMS like Trainwreck. I’m scared of THEM!!!
you worried about violence amongst blacks, when its you white devils shooting up theaters like youre demon possessed, when have you ever heard of black folks at a movie and gun play and violence ensues…you racist mf need to just STOP reporting anything dealing with a people of color, cause you always put your foot in yo doggone mouth!
too funny. He laid hands on him alright. He lives in a nice community too. I just wonder how awkward it must be when he see neighbors walking in the neighborhood past his home. I saw his daughter walking her pooch once and just smh. I guess you just have to get back out there embarrassed or not cuz no matter what, folks gone talk.
Historically when hood films were released in the 1990’s the funeral homes were full on Monday morning. I would wait until the next weekend because folks would be shooting every time. Why you think Magic Johnson theatres closed everywhere?
When those fools first came on the scene in the early 90’s, that’s when. Boyz in the Hood, Menace to Society, New Jack City all had shooting in every major city the weekend of their release. That’s why Magic Johnson theatres closed in my neighborhood was because of violence.
And last month? Who was shooting up the Cineplex? You think they gonna close it down? Again, #eyeroll.
LOL
Serious, back then you had rival gang member showing up at the same theatre to watch a movie. People who had beef, with specific people. Unfortunately, there were innocent bystanders caught in the crossfire. No one walked into a theatre just to kill a bunch of random folks because they felt like murdering people.
The issue here is violence erupting at venues where people typically go to escape the stressors of their everyday lives.
When violence erupts at a gang-related or hip-hop event, it’s usually incited by the lifestyle of the genre’s supporters.
Batman had nothing to with Holmes’ decision to shoot up a movie theater, but when rival gangs clash at a gang-related event, the event and its correlating violence, are directly related to the violent outcome.
Magic did not close because of violence, it closed because it became a teenage hangout, and their sales were started to fall. Magic was one of the highest theaters in atlanta and they were accused of overcharging on their tickets and food prices, whereas amc24 was 2-3 dollars cheaper so people started going to amc24 in morrow.
Your talking the murdering crack age..crack age been over ..if that money was still on the streets there would be murdering 10fold
she is mean , ignorant and has no since of grace . .she dont need to bash black people the movie tells a needed story of police brutality how it was then and its only been 30 years? and we learnd nothing about passing lawas prevent cops from killing and no reprecaution for their actions .they think they can committ capitol murder and walk
Uhm…uh kay… *dismissive wave*
Im just glad we proved all of them wrong!
I say that all the time…amen!
Why are you so one-sided other candidates do so many mistakes but you are certainly blind as a bat and maybe deaf too Mr.Trump is going to win and then you and your bunch of media idiots can go to hell with your donors who pay you to yap
“Spitty smell?” Wow, could you be any more retarded, sounds like something a 10-year-old would say.
Congrats dear, you are officially the monumental moron you always aspired to be.
lol Uh, Stephen A. is not interested in either of your stupid asses. to say the least.
Pretty ties, huh? Idiots here, no wonder you dingbats always end up with your legs spread under the wrong man.
Their shows are always on at the same times, respectively, that you continually run into them suggests you’re an idiot.
Your post is emblematic of what happens when a stupid person attempts to be insightful. Also, I’m black, so you can take the race card and shove it.
Same times respectively? LOL. You are the stupid nit wit..now go back to your trailer and try harder for that ged….and while you’re at it finally wash that dildo your butth–le has chewed up
Watch it, that would include you AND your mama