Posted on 10/16/2009 4:02:00 PM PDT by Justaham
As reported on NewsBusters on Friday morning, CNN anchor Rick Sanchez read his apology on Friday’s Newsroom for running a unconfirmed quote attributed to Rush Limbaugh earlier in the week on October 12 [audio available here].
Sanchez hinted to his error in a promo for the apology 37 minutes into the 3 pm Eastern hour: “Rush Limbaugh gets denied [his NFL bid], but when it comes to one specific point, I will tell you this: he was right and I was wrong. Sometimes you got to say you’re wrong when you’re wrong, right? I'll tell you exactly what I’m talking about when we come back.”
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...
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These folks tell vicious lies and all they have to do is apologize when they get caught and then continue along their merry way.. Rush speaks the truth and he is vilified and made a pariah.
Whole lotta good that does ... closing the barn door. BUT an apology is not quite complete without a promise never to do it again. I’m not going to watch the video but would make a bet that didn’t happen.
I would think an on air apology would be perfect evidence in a libel (or is it slander, I can never get the two straight) lawsuit.
Not that he went on National TV and tried to destroy the Character of someone, with no verification of the facts.
Well I guess liberals will always be liberals!
That’s a good strategy. Tell lies. Damage your adversary. Then apologize.
Slander=Spoken Note the S’s
Libel/Literature, i.e., written
That is what I came up with to keep ‘em straight.
now crawl back under your rock and stay off the streets!
I believe slander is spoken word, libel is written
When will the Twin Race Baiters apologize for slandering Rush?
Wasn’t Sanchez in a hit-and-run accident, where the other party later died from the sustained injuries?
then the left will swear he was right in the first place (with no verification) and that sanchez was forced into the apology by right wing goons..
in any event, mission accomplished..Rush is out as minority owner of the Rams..
These quotes were repeated several times on many channels, just one guy apologizing one time does not cut it
... After he is fired and run out of town ...
"Oops. I was wrong. It was just one of those crazy Internet rumors. I'm sorry."
All better now.
Does Sanchez think Sarah Palin said, “I can see Russia from my house!”? Putz!
Sanchez didn’t actually say he was wrong or even admit that the quote attributed to Limbaugh was false.
He just said that he had been “unable to independently confirm” the quote and that he should not have reported it “without independent confirmation.”
For that (reporting it without independent confirmation) he apologized.
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