Rick Sanchez v Jon Stewart

[Park Life 71]

CNN anchor fired after Jon Stewart rant

Rick Sanchez rails against Jews, calls 'Daily Show' host a 'bigot' in radio interview

 

Rick Sanchez is no longer employed by CNN after the anchor went on a political radio show and ripped his perceived enemies — CNN brass, Jon Stewart and Jews.

 

By Hunter Walker

 

 

CNN has fired anchor Rick Sanchez following a radio rant Thursday night where he called Jon Stewart a "bigot," blamed CNN brass for discrimination against him and insinuated that the media industry is controlled by Jews. The network announced Sanchez's dismissal in a statement early Friday evening:

 

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

 

Sanchez's controversial interview occurred on the final day of his show in the 8 p.m. time slot, where he was replacing Campbell Brown, who departed in May. Angry about being replaced by CNN's new "Parker Spitzer" talk show and the constant jokes made at his expense on the "Daily Show," he lashed out on at his perceived enemies — CNN brass, Jon Stewart and Jews.

 

Sanchez went on Pete Dominick's Sirius XM show to promote his new book, "Conventional Idiocy." While on air, he called Stewart a "bigot," implied that CNN is controlled by Jews and that the network passed him over for promotion because he's Latino.

 

Sanchez's controversial comments began when he suggested that he had been marginalized by CNN brass because they're "elite Northeastern establishment liberals" who won't let him anchor because they reserve the top jobs for "the high-profile white guys."

 

Here's what Sanchez had to say about his experiences with prejudice at CNN:

 

"It's not just the right that does this. 'Cause I've known a lot of elite, Northeast establishment liberals that may not use this as a business model, but deep down, when they look at a guy like me, they look at a ... they see a guy automatically who belongs in the second tier and not the top tier ... White folks usually don't see it, but we do, those of us who are minorities ... Here, I'll give you my example, it's this, 'You know what, I don't want you anchoring anymore. I really don't see you as an anchor, I see you more as a reporter. I see you more as a Jon Quinones.' You know, the guy on ABC. That's what he told me, he told me he saw me as Jon Quinones. Now, did he not realize that he was telling me, 'when I see you I think of Hispanic reporters?' 'Cause in his mind, I can't be an anchor, an anchor's what you give the high profile white guys."

 

 

Transcript of Sanchez interview

 

In his interview with Dominick, Sanchez went on to say that prejudice and discrimination "happen all the time" in the media establishment and he pointed at the "Daily Show."

 

 

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/39464138/ns/...-entertainment/

[Billy Castell 0]

I like Jon Stewart's Daily Show. Does that make me part of Mossad and the Jewish conspiracy?

[Park Life 71]

I like Jon Stewart's Daily Show. Does that make me part of Mossad and the Jewish conspiracy?

 

If you listent to the actual interview it seems he's bringing attention to a people like Stewart who "are part of a liberal left priveledged intelligencia" and he's saying that the can't really relate to the minorities in Amerinca. He's also saying that the JS show isn't really comedy but it's actually news (as a Time poll showed or summat). What he actually said was Jews aren't really a minority as say hispanics etc - this was prompted by the host. Sanchez is correctly pointing out that most of the major media in the US is filled in major roles by Jews and its a false comparison to him a working class, hispanic etc...He has also had enough of JS picking on him cause he can't pronoumce certain words. He makes a lot of intersting observations about the US media from a very under represented position ie working class hispanic.

[Kevin S. Assilleekunt 1]

I think the Daily Show has its moments but quite a bit of it is fairly weak stuff, especially compared to proper satirical shows like Brass Eye and the like. Also JS tries to have his cake and eat it, when people have criticized the daily show's content he says 'I didn't realise people looked to a comedy show for their news' but then he'll try - and fail miserably - to interview John Yoo seriously and 'nail him' over waterboarding.

Edited October 2, 2010 by Kevin S. Assilleekunt

[Park Life 71]

I think the Daily Show has its moments but quite a bit of it is fairly weak stuff, especially compared to proper satirical shows like Brass Eye and the like. Also JS tries to have his cake and eat it, when people have criticized the daily show's content he says 'I didn't realise people looked to a comedy show for their news' but then he'll try - and fail miserably - to interview John Yoo seriously and 'nail him' over waterboarding.

 

In the interview Sanchez is saying more or less the same thing, but I guess insinuating that JS is more devisive than is commonly appreciated.

[Cid_MCDP 0]

Colbert Report FTW if you ask me.