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tazzygirl -> Rick Sanchez Fired! (10/2/2010 5:57:43 AM)
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NEW YORK – CNN says that anchor Rick Sanchez has been fired, a day after he called Jon Stewart a bigot while on a radio show.
Sanchez said on a satellite radio program Thursday that Stewart is bigoted toward “everybody else that’s not like him.” The Comedy Central ‘Daily Show‘ host has frequently poked fun at Sanchez on the air.
Also in the interview, Sanchez mocked the suggestion that Jews are a minority, and implied that Jewish people run CNN and other media outlets.
The offensive comments included the following:
“Yeah… Very powerless people… [snickers] He’s such a minority, I mean, you know [sarcastically]… Please, what are you kidding? … I’m telling you that everybody who runs CNN is a lot like Stewart, and a lot of people who run all the other networks are a lot like Stewart, and to imply that somehow they — the people in this country who are Jewish — are an oppressed minority? Yeah.”
The statement from CNN says: “Rick Sanchez is no longer with the company. We thank Rick for his years of service and we wish him well.”
http://www.fancast.com/blogs/2010/tv-news/cnn-fires-rick-sanchez-after-controversial-remarks/?cmpid=FCST_itn
Of course, the bigger issue is that Sanchez heaping scorn on Stewart eventually led to him claiming Jews run the media. “I’m telling you that everybody who runs CNN is a lot like Stewart, and a lot of people who run all the other networks are a lot like Stewart, and to imply that somehow they — the people in this country who are Jewish — are an oppressed minority? Yeah.”
That was a sarcastic ‘yeah,’ so you know. He did try to clarify this, though. “I grew up not speaking English, dealing with real prejudice every day as a kid; watching my dad work in a factory, wash dishes, drive a truck, get spit on. I’ve been told that I can’t do certain things in life simply because I was a Hispanic. My friends who are black, I’ve seen that with them; I’ve seen that with a lot of minorities. I can’t really think — although I understand the plight of Jews, and all the experiences, and the things that have happened historically for them — but I can’t say that my buddy Glen or my buddy Izzy who I grew up with in South Florida ever were prejudiced against directly simply because they were Jewish. There may have been jokes around them or about other things, but it’s kinda — you know what I’m saying, it’s kind of a different thing.”
“I can’t see somebody not getting a job somewhere because they’re Jewish,” Sanchez explained, to which Dominick responded “Well, then you’ve never been to Nebraska.”
Stewart’s going to have an absolute field day with this one.
http://www.fancast.com/blogs/2010/tv-news/cnns-rick-sanchez-calls-jon-stewart-a-bigot/
Should be an interesting show on monday.
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