CNN fires Rick Sanchez

[devilgrrl]

:rofl:

CNN issued a statement Thursday announcing that anchor Rick Sanchez is no longer with the network after giving a radio interview in which he insinuated Jon Stewart was a bigot and CNN was "run by Jews."

“Rick Sanchez is no longer with the company," the statement read. "We thank Rick for his years of service and we wish him well.“

http://livefeed.hollywoodreporter.com/2010/10/cnn-fires-rick-sanchez.html


CNN released this statement today:

“Rick Sanchez is no longer with the company. We thank Rick for his years of service and we wish him well.“

They will broadcast CNN Newsroom from 3-5pm for the foreseeable future.

Here’s more from the story earlier today:
CNN’s Rick Sanchez is not happy with being made fun of constantly on The Daily Show and Colbert Report. It is from this jumping off point that he absolutely unleashed on Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, and at times his own network, on Pete Dominick’s satellite radio show yesterday.

The big takeaway – Sanchez calls Stewart “a bigot,” then walks it back a bit, and he implies CNN is run by Jews.

Dominick was not just a radio show host – he is a CNN contributor who has a regular gig on John King, USA (more on that below), and he formerly was the warm up comic at The Daily Show. Which is why when Sanchez says “I think Jon Stewart’s a bigot” early in the interview, Dominick pushed back:

More: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/breaking-rick-sanchez-fired-from-cnn/

[BootinUp]

1. Short and sweet, LOL. nt

[Aramchek]

2. maybe CNN is run by Jews...

:sarcasm:

[1955doubledie]

72. And even IF they were...so freaking what??

Oh, wait. That's right, Jews are conspiring to take over everything, as shown in this Nazi propaganda poster. (Too bad Christians don't own anything in this country, eh?)

[WinkyDink]

74. Next time, actually read the post.

[1955doubledie]

78. I did. Why do you think I didn't?

nt

[WinkyDink]

102. Your reply seems to ignore the *sarcasm* intent.

[Aramchek]

91. I don't actually believe that, but I bet Rick Sanchez does

especially now

[sonomak]

3. About time

He's an idiot.

[arbusto_baboso]

4. Odds on the number of days before Faux picks him up?

No more than 2 weeks, would be my guess.

[BrklynLiberal]

21. Bingo! 2 weeks is a very good estimate.

[arbusto_baboso]

63. Long enough to fade from the newscycle...

but not so long that some people won't still remember the whole incident and get Faux some ratings for sheer novelty value.

[Swamp Rat]

90. FUX Noise will hire him after the election when they dump Glenn Beck.

:D

[David Zephyr]

5. Good.

I'm glad they did it and did it quickly.

[Akoto]

6. I can already hear his upcoming radio broadcast, or perhaps FOX visit ...

"The Jews got to me! I tried to tell you!"

[Island Blue]

7. How long before he takes a job at FOX? n/t

[NightWatcher]

8. I guess that tazer zap did some permanent damage

[LostInAnomie]

9. Wonder if Faux would do the same thing if one of their anchors...

... :rofl:

I couldn't even finish the thought.

[BurtWorm]

10. He got what was coming to him. Nice and fast.

PS: President Obama, this is what you do to assholes who work for you who say things that offend a large one of your constituencies.

[hlthe2b]

11. As despicable as this entire incident, I take no pleasure...

from seeing this guy obviously self-destruct. The degree of damage to himself is so inexplicable I have to wonder if something else might be going on. How did he manage to get this far, if he harbored this attitude and belief?

[TwilightGardener]

25. He always seemed a bit of a doofus to me, but decent. I also don't

get any joy from his self-destruction. What a disturbing flame-out.

[K8-EEE]

28. I admit -- I thought he was cute!

I never really watched his show or anything but i'm a sucker for hunky Cubano guys in general. Too bad he's such an idiot!

[TwilightGardener]

33. Yep, definitely not a bad-looking guy--as you say, too bad he's an idiot.

[Whisp]

105. I agree.

I never thought he was very bright and dislike him actually, but something is strange. Something else must be bothering him to make such a jackass of himself.

I think of his kids too, it's never only the person you think deserves being fired, there are families and kids involved. Savanna was one of his kids names, he talked about them a bit on his show and I'm sure is feeling pretty shitty right now.

[ejpoeta]

12. i thought this must be a joke. which part i wonder got him fired...

the part hwhere he calls stewart a bigot or the part where he implies the media is run by jews? i can't believe he got canned.

[SoCalDem]

43. my guess..."part where he implies the media is run by jews" n.t.

[BootinUp]

13. ..."and then he walks it back a bit"

you are killin me. ROFL.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

14. we should start a pool-bet

columns are the dates...rows are the times (15 minute intervals). Twos dollars a square...winner gets to pick the charity for the winnings...

[Happyhippychick]

15. Faux noise will hire him.

[IntravenousDemilo]

16. And to dull the pain, Rick will be going bar hopping with Mel Gibson tonight.

There is much joy in Freeperville about it as well. Yay, something in common...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2600027/posts

[tigereye]

17. OMG!

:wow:

[City Lights]

18. Ha! Best news I've had in awhile!

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :beer: :beer: :beer: :woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

[Patsy Stone]

19. K&R

[warrior1]

20. Whaatt?

[11 Bravo]

22. Alpha Mike Foxtrot

[arbusto_baboso]

24. ROFL Exactly!

[ProdigalJunkMail]

32. well put... n/t

[BootinUp]

37. Is there a specific meaning to that sign-off I didn't know? nt

[11 Bravo]

44. It's the military phonetic alphabet. It stands for "Adios mother-fucker", at least it did ...

in the US Army way back in the early '70s.

[arbusto_baboso]

47. Still did into the 90s.

[Raine]

87. THANKS

for that interesting bit of info! :rofl: :thumbsup:

[IcyPeas]

23. Good for CNN.....

If only this would happen on the fux noise channel - they say these kinds of things and worse ad infinitum

[K8-EEE]

26. What is this fad for bigots to call everyone ELSE bigots and then

Say ridiculous bigoted things? Glenn Beck-itis!

[whathehell]

97. I think it's like the term "Special Interests".....

Everbody has one..but claims the other side are the only ones pandering to "the special interests".:eyes:

[blondeatlast]

99. Damn good analogy, yup. nt

[whathehell]

107. Thank you, Blondeatlast. n/t

[muffin1]

27. Great news!

Sanchez is nothing but a self-important jerk.

[Taverner]

29. Somebody tell me - WTF was Sanchez thinking?

Seriously - this seems totally out of character for him

[SoCalDem]

48. not really.,. his big mouth has gotten him fired before..in FL and from MSNBC

He thought he could say anything he wanted to.. he could.. but it got him fired :evilgrin:....again..

his poor wife & kids..

I hope he;s been saving that money.. He;ll need it for the COBRA payments

[Taverner]

50. Again - WTF was he thinking?

He should have been fired

But I've watched his show before and this is a total jump from his 'character' on CNN.

[SoCalDem]

52. He was doing a radio interview & apparently thought "no one was listening"

:rofl:

[Taverner]

57. Aw shit - yeah he did fuck up big time

:rofl:

what an idiot!

[blondeatlast]

100. I listened to it yesterday from a link another DUer provided.

The cyber-air was thick with teh stoopid and the interviewer just let him keep digging a bigger hole.

[csziggy]

92. He was on a tear yesterday - got all bent out of shape about MSNBC

Because the President said good things about Olbermann and Maddow. But Sanchez labeled the anchors as well as the entire network as crazy simply because Obama was positive about them. :wtf:

Maybe Sanchez was off his meds yesterday?

[whathehell]

93. I thought he was off the air yesterday...No?

.just interested in when and where you heard this...I knew about the Stewart-Jews run the media bit, but I hadn't heard this.

[blondeatlast]

101. Here's the damning interview; disturbing stuff (but the interviewer just sat back

and let Sanchez hang himself):

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=9237247&mesg_id=9237247

[whathehell]

108. Thanks, again!...

Ya better watch it..I'm going to be putting you on my Buddy List!

[csziggy]

111. Mypost was written Friday night - so the bit I saw was on Thursday in the afternoon

Unless somebody posts it on YouTube, I doubt the video would be up anywhere. The Huffington Post had an bit about it Friday with video linked, but the video was not working. Here's the Huff link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/01/rick-sanchez-and-keith-ol_n_746607.html The video seems to be working now.

[xchrom]

30. Awesome! Nt

[joeybee12]

31. Eh, he'll make more money on Faux! n/t

[MrScorpio]

34. Looks like Rick's mouth wrote a check that his ass couldn't cash

"Insufficient Funds".

[DeschutesRiver]

84. Hah, that was enjoyable to read. nt

[PassingFair]

35. Rick Sanchez is a straight up IDIOT.

I'm surprised this hasn't happened before.


On edit: Had to remove link, on closer
scrutiny, it was a right wing news site....

On edit's edit:

Better link (kind of...)

http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/2010/03/rick_sanchez_made_an_ass_of_hi.php

[ixion]

36. Watch for Rick soon on FAUX

[Ozymanithrax]

38. Maybe he can get a job working with Helen Thomas...

Good jobs CNN.

[CreekDog]

39. I wonder who he blames for his firing?

so many to choose from! :rofl:

[SoCalDem]

40. Next stop....... FOX

He was fired from MSNBC...and now CNN


His wife must be a saint

[nonconformist]

41. I'm guessing he'll be on Fox News before the year is up. nt

[Quantess]

45. I don't think so... he seems too moderate for FOX.

[nonconformist]

46. But he's crazy, and they love the crazy over there. nt

[SoCalDem]

54. Maybe he'll grow a moustache & team up with Geraldo nt

[Raine]

89. Yeah but they got their quota of crazy

with Beck etc. :crazy: I don't think they have room for yet another one.

[dorkulon]

42. Well that didn't take long. /nt

[deaniac21]

49. I'm very sad. The comedy will truly be missed.

[sakabatou]

51. Huzzuh!

[digitaln3rd]

53. Why would CNN fire him?

Sounds like Rick has grounds for a lawsuit.

If he had said those things on CNN TV, perhaps I'd agree, but I don't understand why he was fired if he said it on his own time. AFAIK, the show he made the comments on airs on Sirius Radio. Does he not have free speech to say what he wants when he isn't on television? If Sirius Radio had no issue with the content of his comments, what is the big deal?

Sure it was stupid of him to say but is it really grounds for dismissal?

[dgibby]

55. I'd be willing to bet he violated his contract. n/t

[KharmaTrain]

56. He Blasted His Own Company

My bets are there's a clause in Mr. Sanchez's contract against appearances on other broadcast outlets without the consent of his employer. He spoke as a representative of the network and just as much as he has the right to say what he wants, CNN has the reason to fire him. Now he has plenty of time to say whatever he wants to whomever he wants.

[digitaln3rd]

58. That makes sense!

Thank you for explaining it!

[Nevernose]

65. The Constitution only applies to the government

That's the funny thing about exercising ones rights: he has the right to say whatever he wants, whenever he wants. In the contract he signed, his employer probably retained the right to fire him for saying stupid shit.

If I owned a company, I'd do the same thing. Nothing in the Constitution requires a private employer to retain bigoted assholes.

[WinkyDink]

75. Hello? He is a media personality. He lives or dies by image. Google "Joe Garagiola".

As a CITIZEN, he has Freedom of Expression. Notice RS was not arrested?

As an EMPLOYEE (do you not have a job?), he is NOT so free without possible repercussions.

[Radical Activist]

81. Maybe CNN is uncomfortable with

having a conversation about the class and race biases in their organization and the national media in general, which is what the comments were really about.

[1955doubledie]

82. According to your logic...

If you went up to your boss every day and called him an asshole, and his wife a whore, and he fires you, you have grounds for a lawsuit?
:rofl:

[blondeatlast]

109. Generally, one can't go off dissing one's employer in public, especially if one is a public figure.

Sanchez damn near invited this upon himself.

[Drix]

59. Funny

[mmonk]

60. Smoked.

:)

[Maru Kitteh]

61. His page is still up @ CNN. ricksanchez.blogs.cnn.com/

http://ricksanchez.blogs.cnn.com/

[otohara]

95. Gone Today

ouch, they disappeared him.

[SidDithers]

62. ...

Sid

[WitchyWoman57]

64. Fox?

What's with all the comments re Sanchez going to Fox? He's an idiot...no argument from me. But he's not a conservative idiot. Liberals have to own this one.

[marmar]

66. "Liberals have to own this one"

:wtf:

[WitchyWoman57]

68. WTF yourself.

NT

[BootinUp]

71. Clearly we are responsible for everything Sanchez does

because he is not on Faux.

[Name removed]

67. Deleted message

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[marmar]

69. Enjoying your night at DU?

nt

[Maru Kitteh]

70. I really hope you have a nice time here.

Really. No matter how long it does or does not last.



Really.

[1955doubledie]

79. Links?

:shrug:

[Dappleganger]

80. No anti-semites on Fox?

Apparently you've never watched Bill-O and Hannity, not to mention the unstable Beck.

Enjoy your pizza!

[WinkyDink]

76. Liberals are known for bigotry? Yeah, fly that one up another flagpole.

[Maru Kitteh]

88. Perhaps we should include directions for where to put the flagpole too?

[WinkyDink]

104. Heh. Look, I cannot abide the Liberal bashing of Israel, but even those Liberals do not believe as

Rick Sanchez does.

[1955doubledie]

77. Yeah! Saying "CNN is owned by Jews" is THE ultimate liberal platitude!

:eyes:

Jesus, how desperate people grasp at straws!

[WinkyDink]

73. Wow! Those Jews are FAST!

It's a JOKE, people!

[rucky]

103. We had an emergency meeting last night.

[mucifer]

106. shhhhhh!! you're not supposed to share that information!

[Dappleganger]

83. Sanchez just released a book a month ago

"Conventional Idiocy" is on Amazon. Some of the reviews are pretty interesting, but I do agree with the observation that he can be quite condescending.

[Raine]

85. I wonder if he fell off the wagon

the way he let it "all hang out".

[grantcart]

86. This is what happens when some people wait to long to get their booster 'taser' shot.

He should have gone in last month for his 6 month taser update. He improved so much after the last one.

[TexasObserver]

94. recommend

[MurrayDelph]

96. Ironic

Stewart told FOX to go fuck themselves, but Sanchez actually did.

[ecstatic]

98. Why did it take so long for them to fire Lou Dobbs? nt

[CrispyQ]

110. He should have been fired for talking to his audience like they were third graders.

Multiple hours of Sanchez followed by multiple hours of Blitzer . . . :banghead: