This year’s TV season has a number of throwback moments – from Queen Latifah and Arsenio Hall returning to host talk shows to Michael J. Fox’s return to sitcom television. On the news side, CNN is presenting its own throwback TV under new boss and former NBC honcho Jeff Zucker. “Crossfire,” the show that pitted […]
After CNN anchor Don Lemon said that Black people could help themselves by “pulling their pants up” he found himself in hot water with social media, especially “Black Twitter,” who’s #DonLemonlogic hashtag was one of it’s most hilarious commentaries. Lemon has rebounded by hosting the CNN special “We Were There: The March on Washington – An Oral History” […]
BOSTON (AP) — The Republican National Committee, responding to plans by two television networks to air programs about Hillary Rodham Clinton, approved a resolution Friday to block CNN and NBC from hosting GOP presidential primary debates. The unanimous vote affirmed RNC Chairman Reince Priebus’s threat against the networks if they went ahead with programs about […]
Dr. Sanjay Gupta has figured out what a lot of people know already – smoking weed can be a good thing. Yes, Dr. Gupta says the sticky icky, the oooh weee and hip-hop’s favorite mood adjuster is sometimes OK, and he’s hosting an hour-long TV show to prove it. “Weed,” airs on CNN on Sunday, […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican National Committee wants NBC and CNN to cancel upcoming programs on Hillary Rodham Clinton and is threatening to blackball the networks from future Republican presidential debates if they fail to comply. RNC chairman Reince Priebus (ryns PREE’-bus) calls the programs political ads “masquerading” as unbiased productions. He vows not to […]
Maybe CNN’s Don Lemon should have stayed home for a while after the explosive weekend he had telling viewers Bill O’Reilly “doesn’t go far enough” in his criticism of black culture. Though he stayed off the major morning shows, there he was Monday morning sitting in the audience of “The View,” apparently as the guest […]
It should come as no surprise that CNN weekend anchor Don Lemon is catching shade for agreeing with Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly‘s anti-black community comments. In fact, Lemon went a step further and said O’Reilly didn’t go far enough. Black folks took to Twitter and other social media to let Lemon know his remarks were […]
The jury that acquitted George Zimmerman was made up of six women–all but one (who may be half Hispanic) are White. Juror B 37 is…
Tom and the crew open the show talking about his appearance on CNN’s “Piers Morgan Live” and much more.
MIAMI (AP) — As they began deliberating in George Zimmerman‘s murder trial, three of the six jurors wanted to acquit him while the other three wanted to convict him of either murder or manslaughter, one of the jurors said. The six-woman jury ultimately voted to acquit Zimmerman in the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. […]
Tom and the crew open the show talking about CNN’s interviews with Rachel Jeantel and juror “B37”.
In the words of commentator Bomani Jones, “call [Charles Ramsey] what you want, but call him what he is, too”; a hero. Ramsey, who is responsible for freeing Amanda Berry and two other women who were being held captive at his neighbor’s home, joined CNN’s Anderson Cooper to re-tell the events of that heroic evening […]
