Fri Oct 1, 6:17 pm ET
CNN fires host Rick Sanchez over controversial remarks
By Michael CalderoneCNN host Rick Sanchez came under fire Friday after making controversial remarks the previous day on a satellite radio show.
Sanchez called out Comedy Central host Jon Stewart as a "bigot" for mocking him, and complained that Jews — like Stewart — don't face discrimination. He also suggested that CNN, and perhaps the media industry more broadly, is run by Jews and elitists who look down on Hispanics like himself.
Clearly, those comments didn't sit well with the network, which put out a terse statement around 6 p.m. Friday.
"Rick Sanchez is no longer with the company," the CNN statement read. "We thank Rick for his years of service and we wish him well."
So far, Sanchez hasn't spoken out about the explosive interview Thursday on "Stand Up! with Pete Dominick." On the radio show, the now-former CNN star didn't just make a single impolitic statement, but spoke at length — for roughly 20 minutes — about Stewart and a media world he believes to be filled with "elite Northeast liberals" who consider Hispanic journalists "second tier." Sanchez is a Cuban-American.
He specifically called out Stewart as someone with "a white liberal establishment point-of-view" who "can't relate to a guy like me." Also, Sanchez claimed that Stewart is "upset that someone of my ilk is at, almost, his level."
Sanchez also has yet to address the controversy via Twitter, where he is a frequent user. He even made the social media platform a signature part of his afternoon show, "Rick's List." Sanchez didn't appear on his 3 p.m. show on Friday, but CNN's public relations department put out word that he was going to be at a book signing at the CNN Center in Atlanta. It's unclear whether he attended it.
Sanchez joined CNN in 2004 after working as an anchor in Miami. Prior to that, Sanchez worked as a correspondent at MSNBC, providing breaking news updates at CNBC, and at other local stations.
CNN plans to air "CNN Newsroom" in the "Rick's List" time slot, weekdays from 3 to 5 p.m.
You can listen to part of Sanchez's rant against Stewart and his dismissive comments about Jews below:
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For all the Gentiles reading this, the following reflect how the Israelis and those of Israeli descent, really feel about us:
1. "There is a huge gap between us (Jews) and our enemies, not just in ability but in morality, culture, sanctity of life, and conscience. They are our neighbors here, but it seems as if at a distance of a few hundred meters away, there are people who do not belong to our continent, to our world, but actually belong to a different galaxy." Israeli president Moshe Katsav. The Jerusalem Post, May 10, 2001
2. "Our race is the Master Race. We are divine gods on this planet. We are as different from the inferior races as they are from insects. In fact, compared to our race, other races are beasts and animals, cattle at best. Other races are considered as human excrement. Our destiny is to rule over the inferior races. Our earthly kingdom will be ruled by our leader with a rod of iron. The masses will lick our feet and serve us as our slaves." - Israeli prime Minister Menachem Begin in a speech to the Knesset [Israeli Parliament] quoted by Amnon Kapeliouk, "Begin and the Beasts," New Statesman, June 25, 1982
3. "Every time we do something you tell me America will do this and will do that . . . I want to tell you something very clear: Don't worry about American pressure on Israel. We, the Jewish people, control America, and the Americans know it." - Israeli Prime Minister, Ariel Sharon, October 3, 2001, to Shimon Peres, as reported on Kol Yisrael radio.
4. "We Jews, we are the destroyers and will remain the destroyers. Nothing you can do will meet our demands and needs. We will forever destroy because we want a world of our own." (You Gentiles, by Jewish Author Maurice Samuels, p. 155).
5. "We will have a world government whether you like it or not. The only question is whether that government will be achieved by conquest or consent." (Jewish Banker Paul Warburg, February 17, 1950, testifying before the U.S. Senate).
6. "You know very well, and the stupid Americans know equally well, that we control their government, irrespective of who sits in the White House. You see, I know it and you know it that no American president can be in a position to challenge us even if we do the unthinkable. What can they (Americans) do to us? We control congress, we control the media, we control show biz, and we control everything in America. In America you can criticize God, but you can't criticize Israel." - Israeli spokeswoman, Tzipora Menache - 0 users liked this comment Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 users disliked this commentlazy lady Report Abuse
where in the world did all these Nazi sounding people come from? I am shocked at the comments.
- 0 users liked this comment Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 users disliked this commentAFIKOMEN Report Abuse
SANCHEZ PROVES THAT IF YOU ARE A BIMBOSPICK HOLMES AND
YOUR HAIR IS SUFFICIENTLY BLOWDRIED AND YOU HAVE AN IQ
LOWER THAN THAT OF HUGO CHAVEZ YOU CAN BECOME A CNN
MALE BIMBO.
BIMBOSANCHEZ WAS NOT FIRED FOR HIS COMMENTS, WHICH
OTHERS HAVE MADE AS WELL, HE WAS RIGHTLY FIRED FOR BEING
AN AIRHEAD AND A F*CKING STUPID BIMBO PUTZ. THE MAN IS
A MORON EVEN BY CNN'S LOW BAR FOR STUPIDITY. - 0 users liked this comment Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 users disliked this commentSaulo Pena Report Abuse
I have love for the Jews. However, Rick was telling the truth. Everyone knows the media is owned and controlled by the Jews. Nothing wrong with it. He just has to understand one thing in the Jewish community the truth is secondary to their interest. They have no place for the truth in their hearts. Thats why they crucified Christ and keep looking for the Messiah when he has already come. @#$% em Rick. Do ur thing homie.
- 0 users liked this comment Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 users disliked this commentAFIKOMEN Report Abuse
SANCHEZ PROVES THAT IF YOU ARE A BIMBOSPICK HOLMES AND
YOUR HAIR IS SUFFICIENTLY BLOWDRIED AND YOU HAVE AN IQ
LOWER THAN THAT OF HUGO CHAVEZ YOU CAN BECOME A CNN
MALE BIMBO.
BIMBOSANCHEZ WAS NOT FIRED FOR HIS COMMENTS, WHICH
OTHERS HAVE MADE AS WELL, HE WAS RIGHTLY FIRED FOR BEING
AN AIRHEAD AND A F*CKING STUPID BIMBO PUTZ. THE MAN IS
A MORON EVEN BY CNN'S LOW BAR FOR STUPIDITY. - 0 users liked this comment Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 users disliked this commentAFIKOMEN Report Abuse
SANCHEZ PROVES THAT IF YOU ARE A BIMBOSPICK HOLMES AND
YOUR HAIR IS SUFFICIENTLY BLOWDRIED AND YOU HAVE AN IQ
LOWER THAN THAT OF HUGO CHAVEZ YOU CAN BECOME A CNN
MALE BIMBO.
BIMBOSANCHEZ WAS NOT FIRED FOR HIS COMMENTS, WHICH
OTHERS HAVE MADE AS WELL, HE WAS RIGHTLY FIRED FOR BEING
AN AIRHEAD AND A F*CKING STUPID BIMBO PUTZ. THE MAN IS
A MORON EVEN BY CNN'S LOW BAR FOR STUPIDITY. - 0 users liked this comment Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 users disliked this commentAFIKOMEN Report Abuse
SANCHEZ PROVES THAT IF YOU ARE A BIMBOSPICK HOLMES AND
YOUR HAIR IS SUFFICIENTLY BLOWDRIED AND YOU HAVE AN IQ
LOWER THAN THAT OF HUGO CHAVEZ YOU CAN BECOME A CNN
MALE BIMBO.
BIMBOSANCHEZ WAS NOT FIRED FOR HIS COMMENTS, WHICH
OTHERS HAVE MADE AS WELL, HE WAS RIGHTLY FIRED FOR BEING
AN AIRHEAD AND A F*CKING STUPID BIMBO PUTZ. THE MAN IS
A MORON EVEN BY CNN'S LOW BAR FOR STUPIDITY. - 0 users liked this comment Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 users disliked this commentGwennie Report Abuse
Finally, someone in the media told the truth--nd got fired for it! The truth--a liberal can say whatever he wants to about anyone at any time and get away with it; a conservative can say the exact same thing and is labeled (or fired). and John Stewart IS an elitist who thinks he knows better than anyone else simply because of where he lives. I could know the same things and live in Alabama and he would judge me a fool. Sanchez said let's make the playing field even and hold everyone to the same standard. Shame on CNN. But what else is new.
- 0 users liked this comment Please sign in to rate this comment up. Please sign in to rate this comment down. 0 users disliked this commentThomas Report Abuse
wow. now we see hispanics acting like blacks with their racist comments. ahahaha. it never ends. theres always someone who thinks everyone else is racist. all the time.
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