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CNN's Rick Sanchez Fired
Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 6:26 am
by Cyclenall
CNN's Sanchez out after controversial comments
Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -- CNN anchor Rick Sanchez abruptly left the network Friday afternoon, just one day after making controversial comments on a satellite radio program.
"Rick Sanchez is no longer with the company," according to a statement from CNN. "We thank Rick for his years of service and we wish him well."
On Thursday, Sanchez appeared on the XM Sirius radio program "Stand-Up with Pete Dominick." During the interview with Dominick, Sanchez called "The Daily Show's" Jon Stewart "a bigot" and then said that he was bigoted against "everybody else who's not like him. Look at his show, I mean, what does he surround himself with?"
Link: http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/10/01/cnn.sa ... =allsearchI didn't like him so I don't mind it. He also hit a person drunk driving in November 1990 and the guy he hit in 1995 died partly because of it. The fact he got off free for that is disgusting.
Re: CNN's Rick Sanchez Fired
Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 9:07 am
by abajan
Cyclenall wrote:... He also hit a person drunk driving in November 1990 and the guy he hit in 1995 died partly because of it. The fact he got off free for that is disgusting.
This is the first time I’ve heard about that. Nevertheless, I used to like listening to him on
Rick’s List.
Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 11:26 am
by RL3AO
He got fired for that?
Re: CNN's Rick Sanchez Fired
Posted: Sun Oct 03, 2010 6:48 pm
by Cyclenall
abajan wrote:Cyclenall wrote:... He also hit a person drunk driving in November 1990 and the guy he hit in 1995 died partly because of it. The fact he got off free for that is disgusting.
This is the first time I’ve heard about that. Nevertheless, I used to like listening to him on
Rick’s List.
I didn't either until recently.
Re: CNN's Rick Sanchez Fired
Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2010 3:42 pm
by somethingfunny
Rick Sanchez gave us classic on-air lines such as "I always thought Iceland was too cold for volcanoes"
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Posted: Mon Oct 04, 2010 3:51 pm
by thetruesms
RL3AO wrote:He got fired for that?
It was probably more the implied anti-semitic reference to the people running the network for which he formerly worked that got him axed.
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Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2010 5:15 am
by abajan
RL3AO wrote:He got fired for that?
Jon Stewart couldn’t believe it either. At least that’s what he said on Larry King Live.