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Look. I work the daily news grind for a living so I definitely understand the need for a little irreverence every now and then. It can be refreshing to put together a funny, light-hearted piece of content. Hell, I’ll even settle for just some straight-up feel good news some days.

But CNN…….. I’m hot with embarassment over your latest effort to connect to an audience that has only become relevant to you since the election of a Black president.

But you know what, I’m not even going to do my usual rail on this video…

YOU look at yourself and let me know what you think about this ridiculousness.

WATCH IT HERE:

**Listen carefully for the soundtrack to the segment – T.I. & Jay-Z’s “Swagga Like Us”. Can you say WOOOOOOOWWWW???***

CLICK HERE for the post on HuffingtonPost.com with the full intro.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Red_Bone_Baby87/ Red_Bone_Baby87

    LMAO…. THIS IS SAD…SHE’S LAME AS HELL

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Stan_Vinyl/ Stan_Vinyl

    *Crackin da phucc up* I love it! I love it! I love it!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/wubbaduckii/ wubbaduckii

    wow. yeah they should be ashamed of themselves…. and white people can have swagga too….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ThykLykCornbred/ ThykLykCornbred

    Wow…one has to wonder, the ppl that actually put the story together for the anchor…was this poking fun or are white ppl tryna get in where they fit in? I mean my president is swagalicious, swagadocious, swagtastic and all of the above but wow…CNN? Really?

    MY PRESIDENT IS BLACK!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/browncocoa1/ browncocoa1

    Poor thing, she tried.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MeeYow/ MeeYow

    Oh…my…God. Pure hilarity.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BlackBarbieMn/ BlackBarbieMn

    Its their way of dumbing it down.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BackShots23/ BackShots23

    Look people…get the hell over it. Obama is a black President and he has black roots so get over it when white people make a reference about Obama and hip hopo or something. People should be able to talk about Obama without the black community getting b***hy about it

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DjDebonair/ DjDebonair

    Shaft music…Are you serious?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Dark_Zero/ Dark_Zero

    No no f**k that..hip hop is not what all black people are about??? What is wrong with us?? This is about business of the nation, and wtf hip hp is bulls**t and bubblegum pop…Thanks Soulja Boy!!! Why don’t they stick to the facts to Obama and the nation’s economy…I want to know about the job market, not about being hip..White People are trying to make fun of him and some of you dumb niggas don’t realize it because you are too blind and naive to realize when whites are laughing at you, and not with you…

    CNN and other organizations, and new stations are taking Obama lightly now..Damn when will black men stop hugging, dancing, and smiling all the f**king time…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Tara1974/ Tara1974

    Okay, this is the thing! If you look hard enough for racism, your most definately going to find it. If thats what you want to see, then your going to see it no matter what other people say. the fact is our president (according to definition) does have swagga. You know i remember when Lil Wayne and the hot boys or whoever came out with that song Bling Bling and hell, now you got 80 year old white women saying bling. Hip Hop is our culture and thats something to be proud of, not ashamed. i love hip hop, the good and the bad. Its like “Good Times” and ” the Jeffersons” its a part of us and the fact that other cultures embrace that is saying they embrace us. And why not, i love being black and Im proud of being black. Im not saying that racism doesnt exsist but there are other things i would worry about rather than some tv news channel talking about our president and swagga. I mean hell, our president is FLY! and that fact that the WORLD is smitten with him makes me all tingly inside. Dont get angry when people take a small step to be like us or embrace our culture, i would take it as a compliment. And as far as black people not being just hip hop, thats true but its apart of us , like fried chicken and Kool-aid. Hey, it is what it is!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/AJyAnt1/ AJyAnt1

    PLEASE OBAMA AINT NO BLACK PREZZZ..HE Straight works for BILDERGERGER GROUP…CFR etc…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jesslay85/ jesslay85

    I could care less whether obama has swagga or not. This mess is so stupid, how about focusing on more important issues please. I think this was a jk like a cheap shot at blacks. They are not always laughing with us people, and they will try to dumb us down any way they can.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/cestleon/ cestleon

    Bling, bling was a term popularized by the not-so-hot boys. That ain’t hip-hop. This “swagger” nonsense was popularized by Jigga(boo). He stopped being hip-hop in the ’90′s. Mainstream America has embraced pre packaged rap. It know’s nothing about “hip- hop” or any other subculture. Oh and if it thinks that trying to connect and empathize with the “black experience” in America can be acheived by talking some slang awkwardly then these people really need to read a few books…..

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/cestleon/ cestleon

    ….and the poster about the Bilderberg group is absolutely right. hate to say it bur he, like the rest of them, are just figureheads!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/cestleon/ cestleon

    Maybe that chick is curious about black men….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/khnync/ khnync

    Certainly, we can all delve deep into this and even say that this CNN white reporter was belittling Obama (in that Obama is just this PERSONALITY and isn’t intelligent enough to handle the duties of the presidency). It’s all a matter of interpretation but when it comes to whites and how they view/interpret African Americans it can be just downright embarassing.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/1nina2-u/ 1nina2-u

    What is going on with these people? So he is laid back and has “swagga” is this really news. This is the reason why I go outside of the newsertainment stations of the U.S. BBC World news at least keep it professional. Is there not a valid news source in the U.S anymore? SMDH

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/stone1_and_only/ stone1_and_only

    Quite frankly, I couldn’t care less about his “swagga”. Bush “swagga”-ed around constantly, and it was like we had eight years of badly scripted comedy. When there’s a track record of results, we can talk “swagga”. Until then, this is just evidence that the electronic media is STILL incapable of/unwilling to remove their heads from a deep submergence in their collective rectal cavities. Keep it up, guys… at this rate, Comedy Central will need a second channel just so they can report the news you miss every day!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Shea_Bird32/ Shea_Bird32

    I say they took their eyes off of the ball. I don’t care how he walks, whether it’s with “swagga”, or with a limp. What I care about is whether he answers the questions I have about the direction this country is going and if it is going continue to make me proud to be an American. That’s what’s important; did the PRESIDENT represent us all. Black, white, brown, beige, red, ALL of us. Is he making decisions that will improve this country?

    Stay focused you guys, and CNN let’s keep it news worthy. Leave the entertainment to Tyra.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/rastadude7/ rastadude7

    Your piont is not lost on me, Black American vernacular is now “commercially viable” in part to the election of more black political figures… But after eight years of being governed by “the Crawford,Tx.village IDIOT”; many things mundane- now seem surreal! Thank you from Denver,CO.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/doubleap/ doubleap

    Swagga hell! I’m from the old school, the man just walks the way he walks! Come on ya’ll!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/naughtynonos/ naughtynonos

    O my goodness!! on some level I understand that the mass media is totally transfixed with black culture(bling bling is now a common adj used on QVC) and Obama has now provided an open door for them to just try and submerge themselves. But my gosh can they try and do it with at least some level of tact?!?!? Its a little embarrasing but hell lets all just “hug it out” (fist bump optional)…..

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jewels4myking/ jewels4myking

    WOW, THE MEDIA JUST SAYS ANYTHING THAT COMES TO THEIR MIND. THAT IS AN APPARENT LACK OF WISDOM, FOR WISE PEOPLE THINKS BEFORE THEY TALK.I WISH WE WOULD HAVE HAD MORE INTELLIGENT PRESIDENT LIKE OBAMA, WHO CARED FOR THE PEOPLE RATHER THAN THEIR OWN PERSONAL GAIN. HOW MANY AMERICANS CAN NOW HAVE WRITTEN ON THEIR TOMBSTONE “I DIED BECAUSE OF BUSH’S GREED AND STUPIDITY.” IF IT WAS ONLY ONE THEN THAT WOULD STILL BE ONE TOO MANY. BUT THE CASUALTIES ARE GREAT!!! I HATE THE MEDIA, FOR THEY ARE JUST WAITING FOR OBAMA TO DO SOMETHING WRONG SO THEY CAN TEAR HIM TO PIECES, BUT THAT’S JUST WHAT HATERS DO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jewels4myking/ jewels4myking

    ITS PATHETIC TO PAY PEOPLE TO REPORT NONSENSE. WOW WHAT A TOTAL WASTE OF MONEY.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BlackCherry1000/ BlackCherry1000

    OHHHHH. DID YOU SEE THAT WOMAN’S BODY LANGUAGE. THEY WAY SHE WAS DOING HER HANDS. SHE WAS A RAPPER OR SOMETHING, FOR A MOMENT. SHE HAD HER HIP-HOP HANDS UP. LOL. I DIDNT EVEN WANNA SEE THE REST.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Kalifani/ Kalifani

    lmao, ” BlackCherry1000″!
    The chest bump was over the top goofiness.
    Not racist, just hilarious.
    T.J. initiated it. If anything he’s at fault for revealing too much.lol

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Kalifani/ Kalifani

    Lmao, to u too “naughtynonos”.
    Y’all got good humor.Highest sign of intellect in my book.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/aamaazon/ aamaazon

    Well I must say, the video was not racist from my point of view; it was merely observing facts of cultural attitude in the president. No president before this time has been a freeman as Obama is. What I mean by free is that Obama is doing Obama, with all the cultural, ethnic and black characteristics without care or concern for the opinions of others. Look around you at corporate blacks, they lose what I call the drum in their voices and attitudes. Yes I said drum, our rhythm, lanquage, customs and attitudes, in order to survive in the corporate world. But here is a blackman, half blackman, half whiteman, whatever you want to call him who has taken the attitude that the presidency is just a job that won’t last more than 8 years and he’s not sacrificing the person he is to do it. And he did the same thing in the Senate! So we need to laugh and rejoice, because we have finally seen black is not a negative and does not need to be altered or changed in anyway to be successful.He’s also shown us that if you have a plan, keep your ducks in a row, you can do you and do any job you want to do. That goes for men and women of color everywhere. I think that lil thingy is called INTEGRITY, supplemented by a huge portion of honor.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/JBdaBARBER/ JBdaBARBER

    the white lady didn’t portray a good look for whites in this clip. she was uncomfortable acting like, “she could be down with the brotha!” talking about this topic at hand. she’s so called immitating black culture in what she see’s some of us as blacks do, so freaking sad. this should make some of us not even allow ourselves to be seen like this.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Lee2smooth03/ Lee2smooth03

    I watch CNN like some people watch BET; to say that CNN hasn’t “cared” about our race until the nomination on B.H.O. seems irresponsible to some degree.

    When CNN aired this, it was difficult for me find the perfect racially charged vocabulary word on it to fit my interpretation- then I realized that the piece isn’t racist.

    For the first time in a long time our race can celibrate the winning side of the equation and now it’s our responsibility to foster the learning curve of those who do not understand what makes the president so likable.

    CNN could have helped by:
    -not spelling “swagga” like they were spelling “nigga” with the double-G’s followd by an a

    - not interrupting the male anchor with M.I.A.’s chorus; the song could have waited until the piece was about over

    - conditioning the white female anchor to the piece that she was about to report. Her giddy attitude and admission that she “loves doing these pieces” is the same intrigue that many white women have with the blk race- and by labeling the blk man as the facilitator that drives the cultural trends, they are intrigued by the blk male….

    as flattering as that last statement could have been, this is the same intrigue that causes them to blame us for every crime that they don’t want to claim responsibility for…see: “The Black Guy Did It”

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/GorgeousNGayInLA/ GorgeousNGayInLA

    What annoyed me was when she told him he was laid back and cool. I hate that term; “laid-back”.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Schelby/ Schelby

    She definitely played herself but the black anchor kind of led her into it and encouraged it. What was up with her hunching her shoulders, rocking and hand gesturing in the beginning? She def showed her racist side.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/blkmail2000/ blkmail2000

    Not all whitepeople are racist and liars just 99.99% of them are.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Micah_/ Micah_

    personally being of African Moor and spanish blood… I see nothing wrong with the piece…she as happy as he is just talking about Obama….

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/shyguy4females/ shyguy4females

    oh well, if you are black, you are a basketball player, you dance like MJ, smoke weed, and can dazzle all the ladies with your verbalization and 10″ wanker! I tell ya! I would rather goto comic con than to a dance! I’m black and i get more racists remarks from black people than whites! ( Of course the whites just won’t tell me what they really are thinking, they usually fu’ck up and tell me on the backside of their comments or actions)! This report on CNN, gets viewers and advertisers! and thats whats it all about in the world of News Television Media baby! at any and all cost! If it sells ads! run it!

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