Political Correctness trend makes fools out of reporters

The trend towards being PC (politically correct) and trying to ensure they don't offend anyone has resulted in reporters making fools of themselves many times. The latest is in reporting on the riots in France. The reporters didn't want to offend the rioters with darker skin, so did they call them black instead of negro? Nope. They went a step further and called them African-Americans instead of black. Only problem is the people they were describing were not Americans of any complexion.

Michelle Malkin has links to other examples of this stupidity. Here's my favorite:

During the last Olympics, one of the network airheads referred to black athletes as "African-Americans from all nations..."