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Video: CNN's Rick Sanchez's On-Air Apology for Running Fake Limbaugh Quote
Newsbusters.org ^ | 10-16-09 | NB Staff

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.”

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KEYWORDS: apology; cnn; ricksanchez; rush; sanchez; smearcampaign
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To: Justaham

TOO LATE! GET A LAWYER...YOU WILL NEED ONE!


21 posted on 10/16/2009 4:26:34 PM PDT by classified
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To: Baynative

Despicable record for Sanchez and his hit and run.


22 posted on 10/16/2009 4:26:47 PM PDT by Ciexyz
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To: Justaham

does this mean he got served papers already for the lawsuit?


23 posted on 10/16/2009 4:33:35 PM PDT by zwerni (this isn't gonna be good for business)
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To: Justaham

Too late, Sanchez worm, I hope Rush sues even the earwax out of your ears.


24 posted on 10/16/2009 4:38:08 PM PDT by RowdyFFC (Nancy Pelosi...please deny her any health care....)
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To: all the best

Talk show host Steve Malzberg said that since Sanchez didn’t say Rush REPORTEDLY said, but instead reported it as fact, he most likely opened himself up to a huge libel suit.

That’s why the apology, which I’m sure Rush will accept as a vindication.

:-)

BTW if anybody hasn’t checked out the FREE podcasts of Steve Malzberg and Roger Hedgecock, these guys are spectacular IMHO.


25 posted on 10/16/2009 4:44:39 PM PDT by Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears (Just how much money does Michael Moore hope to make with his anti-capitalism movie?)
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To: RowdyFFC

Rush waited to long to strike back. The lies are now fact. Explaining this to loyal listeners was nice but so what . He needed to come out fast and hard. Must be taking advice from Rove. To anyone but his devoted fans , all he will be remembered for are the lies .


26 posted on 10/16/2009 4:46:33 PM PDT by fantom (,)
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To: nhwingut

Takes ten words to tell a lie, and ten million words to disprove it.

Just damn, guess who wins?

Gunner


27 posted on 10/16/2009 4:50:59 PM PDT by weps4ret (Where is John Galt?)
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To: fantom

That’s why I’m saying...if I had $100 million dollars, I donn’t care if they’re the Pope, I’d sue the hell out of them for defamation and libel and create the biggest stink in the history of US journalism.


28 posted on 10/16/2009 5:08:55 PM PDT by RowdyFFC (Nancy Pelosi...please deny her any health care....)
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To: Justaham

A (much) less destructive version of this “too good to check syndrome” pops up all the time on FR.

A freeper runs across a quote on the interwebs from Jefferson, Lincoln, Washington or some other famous person. The quote is posted without any real attempt to find out whether the person actually said any such thing.

It happens because the statement so exactly mirrors the posters own belief system that it MUST be true. What would be the point of checking it?

The odd thing is that when I or others point out the inaccuracy of the quote, the reaction is often anger, as if we’re disagreeing with the meaning of the statement rather than its attribution.

Similarly, liberals KNOW Rush is a racist, because he’s conservative and X = Y. So when a convenient quote shows up to prove something they already know to be a fact, they rush it onto the air.

IOW, he’s not a racist because of these fake quote, he’s racist because he’s conservative and the fake quotes merely illustrate a self-evident fact.


29 posted on 10/16/2009 5:29:36 PM PDT by Sherman Logan ("The price of freedom is the toleration of imperfections." Thomas Sowell)
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To: Justaham

He’s protecting himself from being sued. Period.


30 posted on 10/16/2009 5:31:09 PM PDT by GOPJ (Not a dime of taxpayer funds to build municipal stadium for the NFL.Freeper:afoolinparadise)
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
If someone is slandered via a broadcast it is considered libel, if my understanding is correct.
31 posted on 10/16/2009 5:32:12 PM PDT by Zman (Liberals: denying reality since Day One.)
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To: Justaham

Another of the new style apologies — you know, the ones where you don’t actually say “I’m sorry.”


32 posted on 10/16/2009 6:05:57 PM PDT by dorothy (“Wisdom cries out loud in the streets, she raises her voice in the squares…" Proverbs 1:20)
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To: Justaham

Too little too late imo.


33 posted on 10/16/2009 8:03:45 PM PDT by Eagle Eye (3%)
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To: Bubba_Leroy

Did you say that Sanchez apologized for being a....

guess he’s guilty huh?

Oh, my bad! LOL my bad.


34 posted on 10/16/2009 8:05:50 PM PDT by Eagle Eye (3%)
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To: all the best

I’ll try and remember that, thanks!


35 posted on 10/17/2009 3:39:07 PM PDT by brytlea (Jesus loves me, this I know.)
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