In a piece labeled as “analysis,” CNN’s John Blake asks “How black will the royal baby be?”

IowaHawk notes that CNN is pivoting from Mueller to “Melanin watch” and we’re dead:

CNN pivots from Mueller Report to 24/7 Royal Baby Melanin Watch pic.twitter.com/8cihkwD1eW — David Burge (@iowahawkblog) May 7, 2019

“Here’s why we should be cautious,” CNN warns. And then they’re not so cautious:

"Commenters who are reinforcing these stereotypes" describes the article nicely. — CLA (@ConservativeLA) May 7, 2019

So, how is that class-action lawsuit brought by black employees against CNN coming along?

CNN needs more people of color working in the executive, decision-making ranks. Obviously. https://t.co/QJzfMXM5qk — Soledad O'Brien (@soledadobrien) May 7, 2019

Live-look at CNN right now trying to answer this question:

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“How black will the royal baby be?”

Jeeeezus – it’s not even Fox.

What they need is a chart like for toast. pic.twitter.com/aZqwKdox6l — Steve (@kerrblamazon) May 7, 2019

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Related:

'Just cringed so hard': Dem Sen. Brian Schatz thinking this Royal Baby take is clever is the real 'PLANETARY EMERGENCY' https://t.co/ckDpfHoYUY — Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) May 6, 2019