Why did Rick Sanchez lose his job?
I was watching a bit of coverage about Rick Sanchez's dismissal from CNN. Granted, the meaning behind what he said was much more than the simple words, devoid of context, would imply, and absolutely struck an inappropriate and anti-Semitic tone, but I was struck by how similar his remarks were to others that I have heard, and about which there has been no outcry.
I guess I'm not so worried about Rick losing his job, as I am about the many other media figures who have said far more reprehensible things, but targeted groups where we are not as sensitive to slurs and insults. Why does Rick lose his job, when any number of figures, largely on the right (but not exclusively), are able to get away with calling this or that group of Americans traitors, or accusing one or another ethnic subgroup of the most hideous things. Why do we tolerate people spewing anchor-baby nonsense, or the stories about welfare queens in luxury cars? Why do we allow righties to call lefties traitors and scum, and why do we allow the more fiery lefties to reply in kind? Is the difference mostly that Sanchez had the poor sense to pick on a group that has the resources to fight back, or am I missing something? Thoughts?
I guess I'm not so worried about Rick losing his job, as I am about the many other media figures who have said far more reprehensible things, but targeted groups where we are not as sensitive to slurs and insults. Why does Rick lose his job, when any number of figures, largely on the right (but not exclusively), are able to get away with calling this or that group of Americans traitors, or accusing one or another ethnic subgroup of the most hideous things. Why do we tolerate people spewing anchor-baby nonsense, or the stories about welfare queens in luxury cars? Why do we allow righties to call lefties traitors and scum, and why do we allow the more fiery lefties to reply in kind? Is the difference mostly that Sanchez had the poor sense to pick on a group that has the resources to fight back, or am I missing something? Thoughts?