Erik Wemple at the Washington Post reports this statement from CNN on Roland Martin's Super Bowl tweets: "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 ... [Read]

Tonight's Madonna half-time show at the Superbowl got a significant amount of attention from her dedicated gay fans, but it was CNN commentator Roland Martin's tweets about H&M's new David Beckham underwear that started a secondary firestorm on Twitter. He tweeted: He then followed up, tweeting: He later attempted to explain his tweets, writing: Although he responded to several other ... [Read]