CNN fires news anchor
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October 3, 2010, Sunday
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CNN fired news anchor Rick Sanchez on Friday, a day after he called Jon Stewart a bigot in a radio show interview where he also questioned whether Jews should be considered a minority.
Sanchez, who was born in Cuba and had worked at CNN since 2004, was host of the two-hour "Rick's List." He did a prime-time version of that show in recent months, but that ended this week because the time slot is being filled by a new show.
Stewart had frequently poked fun at Sanchez on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show," most recently for saying on the air that his show had received a tweet from House Republican leader John Boehner. Stewart called it a case of "send a twit a tweet."
"He's upset that someone of my ilk is almost at his level," Sanchez said during a radio interview with Pete Dominick. Interview details were posted on the Mediaite website.
Sanchez said that Stewart is bigoted toward "everybody else that's not like him."
Sanchez, who was born in Cuba and had worked at CNN since 2004, was host of the two-hour "Rick's List." He did a prime-time version of that show in recent months, but that ended this week because the time slot is being filled by a new show.
Stewart had frequently poked fun at Sanchez on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show," most recently for saying on the air that his show had received a tweet from House Republican leader John Boehner. Stewart called it a case of "send a twit a tweet."
"He's upset that someone of my ilk is almost at his level," Sanchez said during a radio interview with Pete Dominick. Interview details were posted on the Mediaite website.
Sanchez said that Stewart is bigoted toward "everybody else that's not like him."
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