In early April, I joked that it appeared as if CNN was gearing up to produce a Conservative in America documentary following in the footsteps of its Black in America and Latino in America series of documentaries.

As I noted at the time, CNN had just hired Red State editor Erick Erickson as a contributor despite his history of incendiary, hateful rhetoric. The network had also been caught red-handed attacking its “critics on the left” as it pitched conservative blogs on its coverage of the Tea party.

Well, it appears that my attempt at humor wasn't too far off base. David Weigel reports for the WashingtonPost.com Right Now blog:

Anti-gay activist Ryan Sorba angles for CNN special

At this year's Conservative Political Action Conference, California activist Ryan Sorba got a taste of infamy when he used his two minutes on stage to bash the event's organizers for allowing the gay Republican group GOProud to co-sponsor it.

But Sorba dealt with the aftermath well. He made the rounds at March's Tea Party Express rally in Searchlight, Nev., where he met reporters for CNN. The result, according to his Facebook page:

Weigel went on to report that CNN wouldn't comment on the story and that Sorba was apparently overselling his role in the documentary noting he was “one of several conservatives that producers have spoken to” from the movement.

Seriously CNN, as if your fawning coverage of the Tea Party Express wasn't enough, now the fringe right-wing of this country needs its own documentary? Why not just tune your cable box to Fox News?