Rick Sanchez, a daytime anchor at CNN, was fired on Friday, a day after telling a radio interviewer that Jon Stewart was a bigot and that "everybody that runs CNN is a lot like Stewart." The latter
comment was made shortly after Stewart's faith, Judaism, was invoked. Sanchez's comments came Thursday during a contentious conversation with the comedian Pete Dominick on satellite radio. By Friday
afternoon, a recording of the conversation had circulated widely on the Internet. CNN said in a statement Friday evening, "Rick Sanchez is no longer with the company. We thank Rick for his years of
service and we wish him well."
Stewart has made jokes about Sanchez more than 20 times in the last five years, according to a search of the show's Web site. But he wasn't the only one: Others
mocked Sanchez, who was once tasered on camera for a segment on CNN. He was a polarizing figure within CNN, but under the channel's former president, Jonathan Klein, he was rewarded with more air
time. However, Klein was fired last week.
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