October 2, 2010
Rick Sanchez fired from CNN
CNN anchor Rick Sanchez has been fired for some incredibly dumb remarks he made on a satellite radio show about Jon Stewart - and Jews.First, he called Stewart a bigot: Appearing Thursday on the Sirius radio program "Stand Up! With Pete Dominick," Sanchez, who was born in Cuba and grew up in Florida, repeatedly took aim at Stewart, calling him a "bigot."When pressed by Dominick as to what he meant specifically, Sanchez gave the following explanation."I think he looks at the world through his mom, who was a schoolteacher, and his dad, who was a physicist or something like that," Sanchez said, according to transcripts provided by the radio program's blog. "Great, I'm so happy that he grew up in a suburban middle-class New Jersey home with everything you could ever imagine."Dominick then asked what group it was that Stewart held a prejudiced view toward."Everybody else who's not like him," Sanchez responded. "Look at his show, I mean...(Read Full Post)