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Twitter Users Chime in on Rick Sanchez Firing by CNN

Posted by Timothy Warren on Oct 4th, 2010 and filed under Entertainment. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry

Rick Sanchez Fired by CNN

Rick Sanchez Fired by CNN

It’s been a few days since Rick Sanchez made anti-semitic comments in a radio interview, and 2 days since he was fired by CNN.

The world of twitter seems to feel that the actions by CNN were justified. Here are some recent comments made on Twitter about Rick Sanchez being fired:

*maroubey – Would Rick Sanchez be hired by Fox?
*jacksmith023 – Dear @CNN: Andrew Breitbart has said made exponentially worse *statements than Rick Sanchez’s
*WaddupJesh – Rick Sanchez is an idiot!
*freedommary – Rick Sanchez deserves to be fired. He is not a tru journalist. He is a right wing commentator since his early days in Miami TV news.
*xtegra2001 – Dear Rick Sanchez: You are not being held back for your *ethnicity. You are being held back for your stupidity.
*vtocce – So this is what life is like without Rick Sanchez.
*johnejay1 – Hey, Rick Sanchez! If you’re claiming so many people are bigots, doesn’t that make you a bigot, too? Just curious…
*ReformForum – Rick Sanchez forgot to read off his telepromptr. I think he was reading Mel Gibson’s.
*theDivine_MissM – Rick Sanchez is a public figure and needs to be held accountable for his actions. Termination was the only solution
*NicWirtz – A1 Did CNN overreact? Possibly. Did they inadvertently prove Rick Sanchez correct? Possibly.

What do you think? Was CNN too quick to act, or did they do the right thing in firing Rick Sanchez?

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  • Anonymous

    I am a producer, announcer and writer and have my own company. Rick Sanchez was raised poor in Cuba and had direct experience of prejudice personally and towards his father. I believe that there is still hurt within him for that. Jon Stewart is a comedian but mean spirited. Rick Sanchez responded to Stewart’s persistent goading in a human way. I don’t think that this should be held against him forever. I believe Sanchez should be forgiven. I don’t think he should have been fired because his reaction was human and could have happened to anyone. It shows he’s not a ‘player’. I would rather see Jon Stewart off the air for going over the edge with humor that is not really meant to be satirical but to do emotional and personal harm. He accomplished his aim with Rick Sanchez. He got him kicked out of his job and Stewart is gloating over it like a true unempathetic, domineering narcissist. Rather than let Rick Sanchez explain his feelings and get back on the air, Stewart continues to go overboard and no one is immune to his hurtful tactics. He now has the power to destroy people’s jobs! Kick him off the air! He’s not funny anyway!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Anna-Anderson/100001026828294 Anna Anderson

    i was thinking the same…not that i am a fan of either but when you are heckled on more than one occasion and are a human being with any kind of pride for yourself, your bound to have a reaction. Of course im only speculating but i would bet he had tried totalk to someone at cnn and got a lousy response and felt he had to defend himself….just a thought

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