New York, Oct. 2: Mr Rick Sanchez, an anchor at CNN, was fired on Friday, a day after he told a radio interviewer that Mr Jon Stewart was a bigot and that “everybody that runs CNN is a lot like Stewart.”
The latter comment was made shortly after Mr Stewart’s faith, Judaism, was invoked. CNN said in a statement on Friday, “Mr Rick Sanchez is no longer with the company. We thank Rick for his years of service and we wish him well.”
Mr Sanchez’s comments came on Thursday during a contentious conversation with comedian Mr Pete Dominick. Mr Sanchez, repeatedly suggested that he had experienced subtle forms of discrimination in his television career.