If you don't already know, CNN's Rick Sanchez was fired on Friday due to some off-the-wall comments he made during an interview on a satellite radio show. Sanchez's show, Rick's List, aired from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. and he basically ad-libbed about current events and breaking news stories. The purpose of his show was to be entertaining and informative.
Just to summarize, Sanchez's comments during this interview indicated that the Jewish run the media, including CNN. Let's not forget he called Jon Stewart a bigot.
Anyway, the moral of the story here is one of my favorites: Don't bite the hand that feeds you. However, I can't help thinking that he has a right to his opinion (even if that opinion is utterly ridiculous). What he doesn't have the right to do--it seems--is spread that opinion to listeners and viewers, defaming people in the process.
Whether we know it or not, society expects a certain level of intelligence, accuracy, and objectivity from the people who report the news (or at least I do). Even though Sanchez has a book, everyone knows him from CNN. In other words, he's still CNN's Rick Sanchez when he's interviewed for other media outlets.
I guess what I'm trying to get at is, during this interview, he was still a journalist. One of CNN's employees to be exact, and what he said was just completely out of line. Spread your insane opinions on your on time, not when you're representing your employer/company/network. or there will be repercussions.
**The title of this blog post is a link to a CNN discussion about this event.**
3 comments:
This week, you beat me to a story. Now we are even. -JG
Yes! Lol!
Apparently, the folks at CNN did not see the need to extend mercy in this case. Foot in mouth disease often has severe side effects.
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