CNN Suspends Roland Martin Over Controversial ‘Gay’ Super Bowl Tweets
- Posted on February 8, 2012 at 2:37pm by
Billy Hallowell
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CNN’s Roland Martin has been suspended over controversial Super Bowl tweets he sent on Sunday evening. The Washington Post’s Erik Wemple has more:
On Super Bowl Sunday, Roland Martin of CNN issued some homophobic tweets that got him in trouble with gay organizations and this blog. CNN stayed silent on the matter, until just moments ago, when it issued this statement:
“Roland Martin’s tweets were regrettable and offensive. Language that demeans is inconsistent with the values and culture of our organization, and is not tolerated. We have been giving careful consideration to this matter, and Roland will not be appearing on our air for the time being.”
The Huffington Post adds:
The move came three days after Martin caused an outcry by tweeting that people should “smack the ish” out of any male fans of an underwear ad starring David Beckham. He also made fun of a New England Patriots player who arrived wearing a pink jumpsuit. “He needs a visit from #teamwhipdatass,” Martin wrote.
On Monday, The Blaze reported that the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) called Martin out and has been actively advocating for the network to fire him.
Glenn Beck discussed Martin’s tweets earlier this week on his radio show. Watch, below:
This is a breaking news story. Stay tuned for updates.
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Comments (103)
ozchambers
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 3:22pmyou look like a complete idiot. Take your hands away from the keyboard before you embarass yourself further.
Report Post »SanDiegoCountyCitizen
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 3:22pmOf course, 8 million strait men watching that ad, or seeing the guy in pink, were probably thinking or saying the same thing… they just don’t happen to be public personalities!
Report Post »If CNN had any balls, they would have told GLAD to pound sand! (how many homophobic innuendos can you find in my last statement… only GLAD will know!)
OhCanada
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 4:49pmHa, I also agree with Beck,” Let me hear what he has to say, I’ll make up my own mind.” At least I know who you are and what you stand for.
Roland has on many occasion said some pretty down right nasty/“stuck on stupid” things about the Right and Tea Party “on-air”….and he gets suspended for this?
Free speech is important to me….Dont like it? Change the channel.
CNN = WEAK
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 3:19pmI think the moron is whining because his posts keep getting censored due to content. This post will soon get canned as well.
Report Post »MidwestMomof3
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 3:16pmYou’ve been told repeatedly, now, that there’s lag-time from hitting “submit” until it shows. Apparently you’re not very bright.
Report Post »sta
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 3:11pmWhy is The Blaze labeling the Tweets as “homophobic”?
Why are we letting the left define the terms? That lets them frame the debate.
There was nothing “homophobic” (**** = Greek for same, Latin for Man and phobia = Latin for fear)
The tweets showed no fear of men. Therefore, not homophobic.
Report Post »sta
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 3:12pmI can’t believe the first part of the word has been edited.
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 3:17pmYeah, the computer language filter hasn’t brushed up on its latin.
Report Post »RinkyDink34
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 3:11pmLike Herman Cain said folks need to lighten up
Report Post »GMAN455
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 3:08pmThe JUSTICE BROTHERS AL AND JESSE TO THE RESCUE
Report Post »garyM
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 3:05pmRoland isn’t going anywhere, he has no talent, he is just a result of CNN affirmative action policy. He could have criticized anything but gays and got away with it. He should have quoted the Bible about homosexuality and then God would have said it!
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 3:23pmI think quoting the Bible is grounds for termination on CNN.
Report Post »momrules
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 3:05pmI don’t know this man and have never watched his show but suspending him on the orders of GLAAD is wrong.
Report Post »When did the militant homosexuals get so powerful.
Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 3:37pmI Did Not know Getting “Hyped” over something was the same as getting turned on in the Gay Community. I am Hyped over a New Book I want to get.So I guess I want to have sex with the book.So Basically what happened is all the gays must have got turned on by the commercial so assumed he meant them instead of People getting “Hyped” and running out to buy underwear as the tweets read to me.SO according to his tweets by GLADD standards he called soccer fans gay,Underwear buyers Gay and “Bruhs” are the only non-Gays.
Report Post »Lucy Larue
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 7:19pmYou do not understand. You do not.
I am not taking you to task for this. I just want to let you know.
Roland Martin is experiencing a giant dose of “As ye sow…,so shall ye reap”.
This is PROVIDENCE. It could not happen to a more deserving person.
GOOGLE the tres plump Monsieur Martin MOMRULES. There is no need to stick up for him.
It is not that GLAAD is so powerful. It is that C.N.N. is no different than Tass or Pravda!
Report Post »C.N.N. is living proof that the M.S.M. Media Fourth Estate is DEAD!
momrules
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 7:35pmLUCY…..I’m not sticking up for this particular man at all. I am just very tired of everyone having to tip toe along the militant homosexual party line.
You are right about reaping what one sows, maybe this will work for the good and wake up some folks in his country. Freedom of speech is dying, let this be a wake up call to all liberals.
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 3:01pmPolitical correctness gone amuck.
Report Post »billjones4
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 3:06pmNow…will the Congressional Black Caucus or Al Sharpton weigh in? Isn‘t anyone going to say this was racially motivated because he’s black? Could get interesting…
Report Post »CARS60
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 3:01pmI don’t get the problem here. What a bunch of crybabies.
Report Post »neiman1
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 2:58pmHe should have stuck to bashing Conservatives and Christians. They are neither one in a “PC” protected class.
Report Post »HKS
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 3:04pmAnother PC correct gone amuck, PC is discriminatory you know. Speaks well of Obama’s fairness BS. “You have every right to speak as long as he agrees”.
Report Post »Highland
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 2:57pmWho’s Roland Martin? What’s CNN?
Report Post »ozchambers
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 3:04pmseriously, I had to scroll back up to the top of this story while leaving a reply cuz I forgot this idiot’s name.
Report Post »TheSoundOf Truth
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 2:57pmSo what. Bill Maher says Sarah Palin would screw a black guy but he still has a job.
Why does the first amendment apply to one person and not the next?
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 3:45pmUnless he was put in jail for the comment, the first amendment wasn’t broken.
Report Post »Inlightofthings
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 7:56pmHBO vs CNN – one has slightly fewer scruples than the other, both are minimalists where scruples are concerned. What maher said about Tebow was a disgrace and says how atheists really feel.
Report Post »okredstate
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 2:57pmTheir offended. When does a day not go by that it doesn’t happen. ATTENTION GAYS: It is not right for a man to stick his penis up the fanny of another man. It is disgusting to the rest of the world. I don’t want to be even close to people like that. That will never change. You are disgusting. No matter how long or how much you wine about it, the vast majority of people in the “WORLD” think and believe you are sick and disgusting. Do you now understand how I feel about it?
Report Post »proudfather2
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 2:57pmthey sure did not have a problem with the tea party being called teabaggers! guess maybe it is only certain groups that can be offended
Report Post »Lurchbus
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 2:57pmThey eat their own!!!!!!! Sick and funny.
Report Post »Locked
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 2:55pmWow. Gross overreaction. More failure from CNN.
Report Post »karenm
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 2:53pmThe only group of people left that can be made fun of are white Christians.
Report Post »ozchambers
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 3:24pmthen why arent they making fun of Obama?
Report Post »3monkeysmomma
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 3:58pmbecause its OK to be white and christian if you’re promoting a “Jesus Tax”
Report Post »leona6256
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 2:51pmCNN full of hypocrisy. I just wrote to them about this. For years they allow certain hosts to say unkind things about conservatives, nothing done, then this.
Report Post »CloudNine
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 2:49pmNot gonna get my panties in a wad over this. I expect these type comments from CNN and MSNBC. Is this surprising?
Report Post »Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 2:49pmBet The Tweet Offended Anderson Cooper as he was going Googie Eyed at the Beckham Underwear Commercial. I guess if he had tweeted that Clint Eastwood was a Nazi and That Mrs. Obama Should take over food control so that dogs can not get as fat as the Dog in the Car Commercial it would have been OK.
Report Post »GeorgieJo
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 4:36pmAnderson Cooper is gay???
Report Post »nappy
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 2:47pmOf all the stupid things this creep has said at CNN over the past few years this takes the cake. Face it. They will let ANYTHING be said on their site until an organization on the far left complains.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 3:04pmI don‘t know the guy as I haven’t watched CNN since the first Gulf War but, I think he was just trying to make a joke. I doubt he was seriously telling people to beat up gay guys. Smart move? Definately not but. not worthy of all the hubub. A couple days suspension sounds about right to me.
Report Post »Put your phone away when you’re drinking Roland.
nappy
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 3:33pmHa! yeah.. friends don’t let friends twink! (tweet and drink)
Report Post »Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 3:40pmI read the tweets.I Do Not even think he was talking about gays.He was picking on anyone who would Run Out To Buy Underwear..Unless “Getting Hyped” is gay slang for getting turned on.
Report Post »TheObamanation
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 2:42pmLanguage that demeans is the foundation of their network !
Report Post »korbin
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 2:53pmWhaaah, 99% of all Americans say or text or tweet something that is off camber, those of you who throw stones should be cautious. Clean thy fleck out of thee own eye. You all should hear my mouth at times who doesn’t say something homophobic here and there? Tosh.O is a good example, lighten up. Everyone is so Politically correct I am telling you that is one of our biggest down falls in this country. PC usually means someone is speaking the truth and sheep can;t handle it.
Oathkeepers.com
Report Post »korbin
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 2:57pmThis was a general post.
Report Post »korbin
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 2:59pmNot being PC is usually the truth, PC is full of half truths and deterrents.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 3:01pmExactly. Man, if they invented a machine that could read minds, everyone would be offended.
Report Post »nappy
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 3:03pmSure.. agreed but just like the left whines about some Republicans sexual dalliances because their supposed to be the party of morel values CNN and Martin are guilty of hypocrisy daily so this is welcome, not because of the tweet.. couldn’t care less. But BECAUSE of the nature of this particular psuedo-pundit from Chicago.
Report Post »DirectlyUnPCman
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 4:03pmThe people who fired him are gay. Doh,………
Report Post »SeeingThingsClearly
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 2:42pmThis is just utter crap. He has a first amendment right to say whatever he likes, whether we agree with it or not (and I don’t). I’m tired of the minority (the 1-3% of U.S population who are LGBT) telling everyone what they can or can’t do. No one has the right to not be offended. We need to quit bowing down to everyone who gets their undies in a wad.
Report Post »TSUNAMI-22
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 2:47pmMaybe he’ll turn coat.
Report Post »Girard1974
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 2:54pmHis First Amendment rights do not extend to the policies of the company he works for unless it is an arm of the government. This is where people go off the reservation as it pertains to “rights.” I’m just sorry that basic civics is no longer taught in our elementary, middle and high schools. There seems to be no basic understanding as to the Constitution and how our government is “supposed” to work. Utterly pathetic.
Report Post »SeeingThingsClearly
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 3:01pm@Girard1974 You are correct. It is pathetic that our kids don’t have a basic understanding of the Constitution, The Declaration of Independence, or the Bill of Rights anymore. I had to teach my son about it because he wasn’t learning it in school :( Oh…the future generations…
Report Post »Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 3:08pmFrom What I saw of the tweets it was aimed at soccer fans who would suddenly run out to buy underwear.”If a dude at your Super Bowl is hyped about David Beckham’s H&M underwear ad,smack the ish out of him!” was the line that upset the gays.SO Apparently gays DID get all hyped up about the add. That would be like if he was watching “Toddlers and Tiaras” or whatever that show is and tweeting ” What Kinda Crazy White People watch this show?” then getting in trouble with NAMBLA because they assumed he was calling all pedophiles crazy as well.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on February 8, 2012 at 3:40pmThere you go Smokey, he was bashing soccer fans! They actually need a good bashing.
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