This situation reminds me of radio talk show host Don Imus. He is most remembered for making remarks about black women on a basketball team. (“That’s some nappy-headed hos.”)
Recall that all this started by Sanchez being upset as the butt of Stewarts’ comedy line. I listened to the Pete Domenick interview. At the end of the day Rick Sanchez suffers with problems of his own feelings inadequacy. He really doesn’t have any inadequacies. He will likely say he was fired because he is Cuban or non-white or not Jewish. Many people of minority groups play the “victim card” for their failings. He won’t conclude that he was fired for voicing his bigotry.
“Sanchez is among the many cable-news guys and gals Jon Stewart regularly pokes fun at on “The Daily Show,” but Sanchez couldn’t laugh off the treatment; instead, he was humiliated by the teasing in a way that clearly tapped into earlier slights and ongoing self-doubt.”
Melinda Henneberger at aol.com discusses the whole ugly episode.
Follow-up on October 8, 2010: Ex-CNN host Rick Sanchez says he ‘screwed up’
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