Who controls the US media?
The Statue of Liberty symbolizes that spirit. Freedom of expression is one of the most fundamental rights that an individual must enjoy even if he can't enjoy one square meal. It is fundamental to the existence of democracy and freedom.
WE HAVE been fed a lesson since our childhood that freedom of expression is the corner-stone of American policy; that Americans are the conscience keepers and guardians of civil liberty and democracy in the world. Don't go away !So the story goes on. We want to believe so many things that sometimes the choice becomes very difficult. We had not yet forgotten the DISGRACEFUL dismissal of Octavia Nasr CNN’s senior editor for Middle East news after she had published a Twitter message that said she respected a Lebanese Shi'ite cleric branded a terrorist by the United States. Nasr made her comments after the death of the Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah, one of Shi'ite Islam's highest religious authorities and an early mentor of the militant group Hezbollah. We have already discussed in detail about the forced fall of one of the world’s most respected journalist Helen Thomas in these columns.
And now we have the latest victim of Freedom of Expression Rick Sanchez. The statement from CNN says Sanchez is no longer with the company. The network also thanked Sanchez for his years of service and wished him well.
Poor Sanchez, the host of "Rick's List" had done an interview on the satellite radio show "Stand Up! With Pete Dominick" on September 30, 2010 . Sanchez called Jon Stewart a "bigot." Jon Stewart (born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz) is an American political satirist, writer, television host, actor, media critic and stand-up comedian. He is widely known as host of The Daily Show, a satirical news program that airs on Comedy Central. When queried on the issue of whether Stewart likewise belonged to a minority group on account of his Jewish ethnicity, Sanchez responded, "yeah, very powerless people. He's such a minority. I mean, you know, please. What are you kidding? I'm telling you that everybody who runs CNN is a lot like Stewart and a lot of people who run all the other networks are a lot like Stewart. Sanchez remarked that Jon Stewart was prejudiced against those who disagree with his "white liberal establishment point of view" and scoffed at the notion that Jews were "an oppressed minority." Also in the interview, Sanchez had mocked a suggestion that Jews are a minority. Stewart, born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz, is Jewish. Sanchez claimed that American news networks are run by Jews, and that therefore American Jews cannot experience anti-Jewish prejudice. Sanchez also vented his negative feelings about Jon Stewart's portrayal of him in Stewart's news-oriented show on Comedy Central, The Daily Show. He was shown the door.
So, the lesson of the story - Every story has two sides !
And now we have the latest victim of Freedom of Expression Rick Sanchez. The statement from CNN says Sanchez is no longer with the company. The network also thanked Sanchez for his years of service and wished him well.
Poor Sanchez, the host of "Rick's List" had done an interview on the satellite radio show "Stand Up! With Pete Dominick" on September 30, 2010 . Sanchez called Jon Stewart a "bigot." Jon Stewart (born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz) is an American political satirist, writer, television host, actor, media critic and stand-up comedian. He is widely known as host of The Daily Show, a satirical news program that airs on Comedy Central. When queried on the issue of whether Stewart likewise belonged to a minority group on account of his Jewish ethnicity, Sanchez responded, "yeah, very powerless people. He's such a minority. I mean, you know, please. What are you kidding? I'm telling you that everybody who runs CNN is a lot like Stewart and a lot of people who run all the other networks are a lot like Stewart. Sanchez remarked that Jon Stewart was prejudiced against those who disagree with his "white liberal establishment point of view" and scoffed at the notion that Jews were "an oppressed minority." Also in the interview, Sanchez had mocked a suggestion that Jews are a minority. Stewart, born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz, is Jewish. Sanchez claimed that American news networks are run by Jews, and that therefore American Jews cannot experience anti-Jewish prejudice. Sanchez also vented his negative feelings about Jon Stewart's portrayal of him in Stewart's news-oriented show on Comedy Central, The Daily Show. He was shown the door.
So, the lesson of the story - Every story has two sides !
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