CNN fires host Rick Sanchez over controversial remarks
This article was about Rick Sanchez, a Cuban American journalist who was fired for making several inflammatory remarks on TV. Sanchez verbally attacked Comedy Central host Jon Stewart, calling him a 'bigot' and accusing Jews of being elitists who ran CNN and the media in general. When he was due to appear for his show "Rick's List", he didn't show up.
Normally, I would defend Sanchez' statement under the rights provided by the First Amendment, but I believe Sanchez was out of line. CNN was right to fire him, because it is remarks like this that can cause problems between people of different faiths and backgrounds. Furthermore, Sanchez has no evidence proving there is some kind of 'conspiracy' inside the media, and his accusations are completely groundless. In my opinion, Sanchez only made the accusations because he wanted to earn his fifteen minutes of fame.
Next time, Sanchez would be better off expressing his opinions in the form of writings or something that cannot be censored. However, making baseless accusations on live television isn't simply tasteless, it's ignorant.
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