Register Now!
SIGN IN WITH YOUR
LOG IN  |  SIGN UP
SCANNER

Jon Stewart mocks Rick Sanchez at Comedy Central taping last night

By Lindsay Cutler on Oct 3rd, 2010  |  Comments (5)

Rick Sanchez was fired from his CNN anchor job last week because of his nebulously anti-semitic, completely paranoid remarks about Jon Stewart and "everyone like him" on a radio show last week. Jon Stewart didn't fire back right away with a statement. He waited until Saturday during a taping of the Comedy Central autism fundraiser "Night of Too Many Stars" to bring up the controversy -- without mentioning Sanchez's name and in front of hundreds of like-minded friends. (Sanchez was right! Kidding.)

Stewart, who hosted the event, asked everyone to donate as much as possible to the cause. He added, "If you went on radio and said the Jews control the media...you may want to hold on to your money."

Letterman made a surprise appearance later in the evening and joked that he was in because he was “helping Rick Sanchez clean out his office.”

You can watch all these vehemently anti-Cuban remarks on October 21st on Comedy Central.

FIND MORE
"The Daily Show" Is Like Scream Therapy For Jon Stewart


Comments ( 5 )

The Jews don't control the media, Rupert Murdoch does, with his all-powerful media ray.

bearman33 commented on Oct 03 10 at 12:46 pm

Rick Sanchez' 15 minutes of fame should have ended long ago. Didn't he run over and kill someone in south Florida?

Publius commented on Oct 03 10 at 2:22 pm

Yeah, Dirty Sanchez did run over and kill a drunk guy when he was drunk himself, like 20 years ago. But even worse than that is the fact that all his sons' names begin with the letter "R".

bearman33 commented on Oct 04 10 at 10:25 am

You know, I just listened to the Sanchez interview, and it's pretty interesting. He's trying to express something and at times he veers into some seriously problematic territory, but when he gets called on it he is willing to back off and admit that he's gone too far. Is his basic thesis: that a lower class latino faces more prejudice than a middle class white jewish man when working in the modern media industry, is that really wrong? Sure it'll get you fired for saying it, but...

KS commented on Oct 04 10 at 8:23 pm

Not so sure that white Hispanics of Cuban origin (as the Census would label them) are such an oppressed minority group.

Redme commented on Oct 04 10 at 9:26 pm

Leave a Comment