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Why CNN totally blew the Rick Sanchez Firing
KTLA.com ^ | October 2, 2010 | Sam Rubin

Posted on 10/02/2010 10:44:33 AM PDT by La Lydia

Welcome to this episode of 'Dumb and Dumber.' I am your host, Sam Rubin. We begin with dope of the day Rick Sanchez, one of a series of TV anchor people, who despite their troubled personal lives, somehow continue to find work, or found work, until today, when CNN, understandably showed him the door...Could this guy be any dumber? Rick was talking with Pete Dominick on XM/Sirius and could not have stepped in it more. His remarks showed both a stupidity and a hubris that is almost unbelievable. It was so interesting to hear Dominick more or less absorb the remarks and know that Rick was just digging himself in deeper and deeper.

Rick's basic contention is that Jon Stewart makes fun of him on the air, because, in part, Rick is Cuban and Jon belongs to the liberal east coast media elite, (not so subtle code for Jewish), and that since Jon and his other cohorts in the Jewish media refuse to see Rick as a top-tier anchorman, they can continue to belittle and make fun of him, since they view him merely as a minority anchorman.

Not exactly. Jon Stewart makes fun of Rick Sanchez, because often on the air, he is a complete buffoon. If Rick were 100% white, or black, or Jewish, or Mormon, or Agnostic; and remained a buffoon on the air, Jon Stewart would also make fun of him.

But the focus of my ire is not on Rick Sanchez, all dopes ultimately do themselves in. I am really angry at CNN. Here is CNN's official statement about Rick departure. “Rick Sanchez is no longer with the company. We thank Rick for his years of service and we wish him well.“

NO! NO! NO! This is a classic example as to why CNN is failing and other media outlets are doing so much better. CNN, let me be crystal clear; Grab a sack, and take a stand. Here is what your statement should have said:

"In light of Rick Sanchez's radio interview, we have fired him. Sanchez's views, which in our view, are clearly anti-Semitic, demand an immediate response, and our response is this, we have asked him to leave CNN immediately. We object strongly to Sanchez's statement that Jon Stewart is a bigot. We also object to Sanchez's statement that the Jewish management at CNN would not advance his career. CNN's management is not characterized by race nor religion. The company that Rick Sanchez described is not our company. We believe in freedom of expression, and we do not care if opinions expressed on our airwaves are not politically correct. We do object when our own employees simply misstate the facts, and allow their own egos to cloud their thinking."

Additionally, CNN should air their own dirty laundry on CNN. This is the perfect topic for Larry King and Joy Behar and all the other talk show hosts. My guess, however, is that, huge mistake number two, CNN probably won't talk about this on the air at all.

Sometimes giant mistakes provide giant opportunities. CNN completely blew that chance here.


TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: media; prejudice
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To: zebrahead
The substance of what Sanchez said isn’t correct, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a part of what he was trying to say that isn’t true. Jews don’t control “the media”, per se. They do have disproportionately high representation at TV networks, movie studios, publishing houses, and newspaper boards, given that they are only around 2% of the US population.

Granted, Catholics have been around 25% of the US population for decades, but they have a high representation at the FBI; some estimates in the '60s, and '70s were that 75% of FBI agents were Catholic.

Not a big deal.

21 posted on 10/02/2010 11:33:52 AM PDT by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: La Lydia

...now wait just a cotton picking minute.....


22 posted on 10/02/2010 11:34:13 AM PDT by libertarian27 (Ingsoc: Department of Life, Department of Liberty, Department of Happiness)
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To: La Lydia
Poor me. I mostly watch Telemundo and Univision. One way or the other I will be exposed to this freak.

I wonder if Sanchez knows that the host of "Sabato Gigante" is Jewish?

23 posted on 10/02/2010 11:35:50 AM PDT by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: buccaneer81

Prolly not. I like Don Francisco, but I can rarely get through an entire Sabado Gigante.


24 posted on 10/02/2010 11:39:11 AM PDT by La Lydia
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To: La Lydia

There are three possible places where Rick Sanchez could end up working. Two of these places you watch regularly. I’m sorry but you will probably be seeing him again.

1. Telemundo
2. Univision
3. Al Jazeera (US)


25 posted on 10/02/2010 11:40:23 AM PDT by Waryone (RINOs, Elites, and Socialists - on the endangered list, soon to become extinct.)
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To: zebrahead

And so....?


26 posted on 10/02/2010 11:40:27 AM PDT by La Lydia
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To: La Lydia

I very much doubt that his Spanish is anywhere near adequate for the job.


27 posted on 10/02/2010 11:49:41 AM PDT by kabumpo (Kabumpo)
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To: La Lydia

Who can - it’s five hours long.


28 posted on 10/02/2010 11:52:23 AM PDT by kabumpo (Kabumpo)
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To: La Lydia

>> Jon Stewart would also make fun of him.

BS


29 posted on 10/02/2010 11:55:32 AM PDT by Gene Eric (Your Hope has been redistributed. Here's your Change.)
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To: La Lydia

How did FOX handle John Gibson’s firing? I was on a political sabbatical then, and I honestly have no idea.


30 posted on 10/02/2010 12:21:44 PM PDT by doesnt suffer fools gladly (Liberals lie.)
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To: Jane Austen

CNN loves stupid. Have you heard Rafferty? Ranting and raving while making no sense at all.

For that matter even Woof Woof Blitzed is no rocket scientist.

Can’t think of anyone on CNN with a brain to call their own.


31 posted on 10/02/2010 12:31:20 PM PDT by Carley (For those who fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know.)
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To: doesnt suffer fools gladly

I don’t know. I was out of the country when all that happened.


32 posted on 10/02/2010 12:31:48 PM PDT by La Lydia
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To: La Lydia

Try reading the article..... you might actually figure out my comment.


33 posted on 10/02/2010 12:32:10 PM PDT by Carley (For those who fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know.)
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To: Carley

Then perhaps your glasses....? If you cannot decipher what is being said in the article, and unsaid, it is beyond my power to guide you.


34 posted on 10/02/2010 12:34:36 PM PDT by La Lydia
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To: La Lydia

Here use my glasses.

It says...........CNN should have said......

we object strongly to Sanchez calling Jon Stewart a bigot.

Did you miss that? Evidently you were to busy being nasty to actually read the article.


35 posted on 10/02/2010 12:43:32 PM PDT by Carley (For those who fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know.)
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To: La Lydia

The lesson I get here is that you simply cannot say anything about Jewish influence in the media. Never mind that Sanchez was a complete hack and deserved every joke Stewart and others threw his way.


36 posted on 10/02/2010 12:50:12 PM PDT by zebrahead
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To: Carley

Hey Carley. Did you know that Jon Stewart’s real name is Jonathan Leibowitz and that he is a Jew, and that Rick Sanchez doesn’t think that Jews, and especially Jews like Jon Stewart, should be making fun of the likes of him, Rick Sanchez? And that this whole thing was about Sanchez openly articulating his anti-semitism and dissing his Jewish bosses at CNN on a radio show? Or would you like me to draw you a picture?


37 posted on 10/02/2010 12:53:19 PM PDT by La Lydia
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To: La Lydia
Rick will land on his feet ...

... I hear Mel Gibson is looking for a new press agent.

38 posted on 10/02/2010 12:58:35 PM PDT by x
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To: La Lydia

Typical lib. Change the subject when you’re wrong.

To quote Tizzy Heinz.......shove it!


39 posted on 10/02/2010 1:13:42 PM PDT by Carley (For those who fought for it, freedom has a flavor the protected will never know.)
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To: Carley

Nice. Charming. Lovely. Ignoramus. If you think I changed the subject, you are in worse shape than I thought, and I am so sorry.


40 posted on 10/02/2010 1:16:24 PM PDT by La Lydia
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