CNN's Sanchez Again Bashes Fox News, 'Pudgy-Faced' Glenn Beck

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CNN anchor Rick Sanchez again attacked Fox News on Monday’s Newsroom, implying the channel wasn’t a “real news organization,” and bizarrely labeled Glenn Beck “pudgy-faced.” Unsurprisingly, Sanchez continued his silence concerning his own network’s left-wing bias [audio clips from the segment are available here].

The anchor began the segment by summarizing his attack on the Fox News Channel from the September 18 edition of Newsroom, and then dropped his hint that his competitor was not a genuine news outlet: “Real news organizations- real news organizations- are not supposed to stage events, nor should they promote news events, nor should they hype news events. Otherwise, they lose their ability to be impartial. They’re no longer even remotely objective if they do that, nor are they being ‘fair and balanced.’”

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After noting how a “pudgy-faced” Fox News anchor (he never specifically used Beck’s name during the segment) “used his radio show to tell people to go to these rallies,” Sanchez played a clip of a correspondent from the Rupert Murdoch-owned network who reported live from the Tea Party during a special edition of Beck’s TV show. He then pointed out the behind-the-scenes Fox News producer who “raise[d] her arms to get the crowd to hoop and howl on command” while the correspondent gave his report.

Susan Roesgen, Former CNN Correspondent | NewsBusters.orgWhile Sanchez pointed out how Fox News apparently isn’t “remotely objective,” the anchor didn’t raise any objections when former CNN correspondent Susan Roesgen lashed out on-camera at Tea Party protesters at an April 15 rally in Chicago. Sanchez must think that CNN retains its status as a “real news organization” even when one of his colleagues loses her “ability to be impartial,” as Roesgen clearly did when she labeled the Tea Party “not really family viewing” and how it was being “highly promoted by the right-wing conservative network Fox.”

The transcript of the relevant portion of the segment, which began 42 minutes into the 3 pm Eastern hour of Monday’s Newsroom:
RICK SANCHEZ: When I said Friday that we covered the Tea Party rally in Washington, it was only because Fox News had taken out a full-page ad in The Washington Post telling millions of people that we didn’t cover the rally- and that was a lie, and lies should be exposed. And here’s something else that should be exposed. Real news organizations- real news organizations- are not supposed to stage events, nor should they promote news events, nor should they hype news events. Otherwise, they lose their ability to be impartial. They’re no longer even remotely objective if they do that, nor are they being ‘fair and balanced.’ Case in point again: Fox News, and that’s where we begin ‘Fotos [del Dia].’

Rick Sanchez, CNN Anchor | NewsBusters.orgSANCHEZ (voice-over): This is the pudgy-faced anchor, like me- who, by the way, is not a journalist- not like me- who has used his radio show to tell people to go to these rallies. This is the news reporter who says the protestors are- among others- doctors. But wait, here’s the best part. This is the producer who tells the crowd when to cheer at a rally. Watch as she raises her arms to get the crowd to hoop and howl on command at a news event- keyword, news. Now, for your viewing pleasure, here it is all together.

GLENN BECK: Fox’s Griff Jenkins is there now in Washington, D.C.

GRIFF JENKINS, FOX NEWS CORRESPONDENT: They’re old, they’re young, they’re black, they’re white, they’re male, they’re female, they’re farmers, they’re miners, they’re doctors.

SANCHEZ: And more- Fox News says the producer in question will be disciplined. As for my request that they apologize for lying about CNN not covering the story, still no apology, though a Fox executive did say I was a ‘sucker.’ Not quite sure exactly what that means, but I’m still waiting for that apology.

—Matthew Balan is a news analyst at the Media Research Center.


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→ Sanchez is jealous

Rick is just jealous that Beck found his way to sobriety before killing somebody with his car.

Maybe Sanchez could run for Senator in Massachusetts.

A Democrat killed Harvey Milk, Nancy!

That does seem to be a prerequisite for running for senator in

Massachusetts.

for shame

drinking is a distant third. Murder and Lying are more desirable

sanchez is jealous

Massachusetts would be proud to have sanchez as their senator.Which is a sick thought, but considering their character or lack there of, it fits.

 "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." -Winston Churchill

Bless those "sensitive" 

Bless those "sensitive"  liberals....they just can't criticize someone without throwing in a gratuitous personal insult.

And hey, Rick, Beck is not an "anchor" like you.  He is a commentator....a pundit, if you will.

And why should they apologize?

I say they should just run a tiny print "correction" across the bottom of the screen at midnight....in a week or so.

He Doesn't Have To Run

He doesn't have to run! They're going to change the law back now that a Democrat is Governor. He can be appointed with a babge of honor! Why don't they rename Massachussets KennedyDumpSport?

CNN

So a "real" news network is not supposed to "stage things"? Mr. Sanchez, how, precisely, would you classify that disgrace known as the "Republican You-Tube Debate," wherein CNN used planted questions and Hillary supporters (remember that "gay general guy?)?

Sanchez the drunk, name calling homocide driver...

Wow, he calls himself an objective journalist?  LOL!

Perhaps he would be more believable if he hit the sauce hard before doing the show...

He needs to send an apology

for being a face-ist!! 

 

Proud member of the MOB - Move Over Barack, we want our country back! 

There is no sense in being stupid, if you can't prove it! - my dad V

“pudgy-faced.” Wha

“pudgy-faced.”

What is Sanchez. Back in the 8th grade?

Okay,  it might not be nice, we're allowed to mock, say, Rosie O'Donut as as a fatso slattern as anonymous posters on a blog...

But isn't he supposed to be a serious "reporter" on a news network?

Liberal nutjobs shouting 'racist conspiracy' to anyone criticising Barack Obama are all WACKY... RACERS

FAT, FATTY, FAT-SO...

 Look Jack, nobody gives a damn what this tool says. So what if he calls Beck "pudgy-faced"? I hear Stu & Pat Grey going after Glenn for being fat all the time, on his own show. They also give him crap about things like cake, twinkies, ice cream, & other fatty foods. They did that today in fact. It all very funny. As for Sanchez, his low ratings are very funny.

Remember, if it's not 140 characters or less, Rick has problems with it. The other thing Sanchez should keep in mind, the root word in "Twitter" is TWIT. Rick is too involved with "Twitter" to actually engage in same actual journalism. You say you are a journalist Rick, start reporting the news, you jack@$$.

 

"...How blind can you be, don't you see...

...that the gambler lost all he does not have..."  

Nightwish

This is rich!

Rick Sanchez has the IQ of a door knob (no insult to door knobs...) and behaves like he is a five year old holding a temper tantrum.  Why with his qualifications, he might qualify as the next Heidi Fleiss.

Sanchez....a

Sanchez....a "journalist"......bwahahahahahahahah!

Why does it matter if Beck

Why does it matter if Beck has a dang "pudgy face?" Just another case of attacking the messenger.

 

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"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."                    (Edmund Burke)                                                 

It's TRUE!!!

Rick Sanchez is a Sucker!

 

Sucker?

I always thought he was a top?!?   lmao

Sanchez, others on CNN,

Sanchez, others on CNN, msnbc etc do not have a clue evidently of how to really compete...they just keep attacking the messenger with the highest ratings like 3-4 year old children, instead of learning from them, realizing what people want to see, why they majority of people in the country navigate to Fox.

I swear, the left just keep eating the pages...

It's all the better for us though in the long run...if they want to keep up their agenda first and foremost...let them...their ratings will stay in the toilet...

I hope to see the day they are flushed from the system once and for all.

'Go Green...Recycle Congress'

Rick needs the short course in Journalism 101

Hey Rick, real news organizations don't sent reporters out to rallies and then start repeating administration progaganda to the ralliers.  Real news organizations don't have the hired help calling protesters "tea baggers".  Real news organizations are willing to hold the powerful accountable not trying to degrade those who actually are.  Real news organizations can't be pigeonholed as liberal or conservative, they just report the news. Real news organizations are told by this administration they won't be coming to their Sunday show because they're afraid they're going to be asked the tought questions.

Alas, the Obama Administration had no problem coming to CNN for their token questions and otherwise love fest treatment, on Sunday.

Oh, by the way, one more thing, real news organizations don't hire people like Rick Sanchez. 

Election 2008-God's way of showing us that elections count.  

The entire raison

The entire raison d'etre of journalism is no longer to be informed - to acquire well furnished information and familiarize oneself with the events of the day - but to become stupid by elevating a means to an end.

This is where CNN and MSNBC come through in spades: resorting to name-calling.  Heaven forbid they should challenge anyone on FOX in an intelligence or a sense of humor contest without having to invoke something stupid, sexual, or scatalogical.

Beck, like Groucho Marx, hits opponents with wit and with self-deprecating humor.  Something Sanchez, et. al., could never do because they lack the brains, the balls, and the ambition to even have a sense of humor.

The Tone

Funny how fringe media people like Sanchez decry the bitter tone of the protestors and then engage in name calling.

They think no one notices.

This twit puts more energy

This twit puts more energy into ranting and raving, crying, name calling, boozing it up, lieing, typical lib IMO.  If he channeled all that energy to "real fact finding and reporting" he might have half the show Glenn does. But you also have to have a good work ethic and half a brain, 

XXXXXXXXXX thanks for playing ricky you loose.

Well, that leaves out CNN

"Real news organizations- real news organizations- are not supposed to
stage events, nor should they promote news events, nor should they hype
news events
."

REAL news organizations are suppose to report news, like the news that CNN had direct evidence of Saddam's torturers yet withheld it because they were  more worried about keeping their studio than exposing the crimes.  So,  Sanchez, you can cry about REAL news organizations all you want, the evidence is that you're not working for one of them!

The Citizens of each State shall be entitled to all Privileges and Immunities of Citizens in the several States.
The US Constitution

Unless you're a fetus.
The US Supreme Court

Relax and enjoy the comedy, folks.

When the Cuban Ted Baxter tries a new song and dance, the ratings are in. the. toilet.

 This is the dude who resorted to "Vice President Cheney and Karl Rove and Sarah Palin are AFRAID to do my show". 

Hey Rick Sanchez

 I know you are but what am I?

 

 

(see how silly you sound Richardo?)

 

 

 

 

"The American Republic will endure, until politicians realize they can
bribe the people with their own money." – Alexis de Tocqueville

Fox News rejected your

Fox News rejected your resume, Rick...get over it already!

“Real news organizations-

“Real news organizations- real news organizations- are not supposed to
stage events, nor should they promote news events, nor should they hype
news events."

Hey Rick,

Ever hear of something called "Operation Tailwind", jackass?

 

Start each day with a smile, then get it over with. - W.C. Fields

Ricky reveres "real

Ricky reveres "real reporters" like Peter Arnett. 

[pardon me while I clean up the beverage that just exploded out my nose...] 

"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me

"This is Rick Sanchez,

"This is Rick Sanchez, reporting live from inside my own fragile ego." 

"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me

REAL NEWS? AT CNN?

A real "news" organization like the one that reported a pretend training excercise, as a terrorist attack? Or the kind that reads news releases from the white house and liberal organizatiions and "reports" them unfiltered by truth and unquestioned? That kind of real news organization? THAT is uninformed, irresponsable and propaganda, Rick. You puddgy faced, propagandist, news reader.

It's not about fox ..hln Beck cnn

Its even not about 'fair and balanced'.....IT'S ABOUT THE TRUTH!!!!!

I'd love 2 have newsbusters as my homepage...not gonna happen,,,I'd love 2 have newsbusters as every1s homepage...not gonna happen    WE conservatives have 2 start standing up 4 ourselvse......we don't hate blacks, gays, or green men from mars. I should save this bcuz I've said it a million times.

newsbusters as every1s homepage...not gonna happen

? Why? Because you dont know how, or is there a more sinister reason?

 

My Gov. thinks I am dangerous, so be careful

"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg

Hold on....wait a

Hold on....wait a minute.......lets see.....did I read?  ..uhhh, yea, I think I did....I read Sanchez say....

"....they lose their ability to be impartial. They’re no longer even remotely objective if they do that......"

mmmmkay.

 

Really...he just proved

liberalism is a mental disease...he actually believes what he just said. That is the truth in his little world.

 Judgement Day - Nov. 2, 2010

Sucker

Sucker

LAS FOTOS DEL DIA

Uhm.....Que?

The Pot Calls the Kettle Black

It is not good for Fox to stage such events, but for CNN to criticize this is laughable.  After CNN planted questioners in presidential debates, their credibility is exactly nil when it comes to this subject.

I guess Sanchez doesn't think the WaPo is real either since they sell access to politicians and influence peddlers.

Rick, Please

Hold you breath and the apology will be forthcoming. Wait for it... Here it comes.... 

If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you can read it in English, You're welcome - Deskpilot, AM(H)1 (AW), USN (Ret)

AV Club in High School

Ricky must have been in the AV Club in High School.  He's excellent at projection.

I'm guessing they call him Dick or maybe 'The Dickster'.

Drawing the line

Real news organizations draw a clear line between news and opinion.  Beck has never pretended to be an objective journalist.  Sancheeze constantly pretends to be an objective journalist. 

“Always love your country — but never trust your government!" -- Bob Novak (1931-2009)

Don't know him

This guy, as with most I read about here are not known to me or most folks I know. Reason, none of us watch CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, NBC...I don't care to see what they have to say, as the slant is too much to take these days.

On a side note, the Kansas City Star, local paper called again today (about the 5th time in three months trying to sell the paper on another special.) When I explained why I would not take the paper again, she informed me that is what she hears all the time. They won't change the paper, so..they lose readership..Sink the boat to save face I guess.

Maybe Sanchez should check his employers ratings.

Nobody watches you Sanchez. Get over it.

I actually saw Rick for a

I actually saw Rick for a few moments today, then I flushed.

And Now

And now you know how I feel about Hussein and his ''speechifying''.

Game over

The ratings show that the public hates your, and CNN's. guts Rick. People know you're out there, they just can't watch that crappy network any longer. Look for Obama to impose taxes on Fox News viewers. I'm only 1/2 joking here.

What about the ratings?

Ratings don't lie Rick. 

"Not for fame or reward, not for place or rank, not lured by ambition or goaded by necessity.  But in simple obedience to duty." - From the barracks at Ft. Benning

Gee, could little Ricky be

Gee, could little Ricky be feeling the axe on his neck? 

With such poor ratings somethings got to give, so why not get rid of the pretend "journalist"?

The Obama Administration: THE most fiscally irresponsible Administration EVER

ScuDu

Could it be that's he's as mad as hell and he's not going to take it anymore?

Kinda works for Olby.

Or maybe he's hitting the

Or maybe he's hitting the bottle again.  Maybe he's a belligerent drunk.  :  )

The Obama Administration: THE most fiscally irresponsible Administration EVER

Awwww, isn't that cute?

little Ricky thinks he's a BIG BOY news commentator!

(tussels Rick's hair)

 Maybe some day he'll be watched and taken seriously by a real live viewing audience! 

 

→ It's gotta hurt

Ricky finds himself in a position of bashing a success.

Wonder if Ricky and Glenn ever shared words when Glenn was being muffled by CNN censors?

A Democrat killed Harvey Milk, Nancy!

Lil ricky

Is probably too stupid to realize what a whiny little ass clown he looks like. 

"If the man, with the power, can't keep it under control...some heads are gonna roll." -Judas Priest

Mr. DUI

Rick Sanchez:  In order to be a real news organization, you need VIEWERS!  Fox News Channel has viewers. CNN does not! And the only thing real about you is your driving record. "And it ain't very good".

Let's hope Ricky stayed in

Let's hope Ricky stayed in Atlanta so the folks at the COLTS/DOLLFINS game are safe tonight.

DIRTY BIRDS...

Sounds like Falcons fans should be on the lookout for this fool. They should have a great season, & I will say that Micheal Vick going down for dogfighting was the best thing that happened to them. They are out from under his $100million plus contract, they got a QB now in Matt Ryan that can actually manage the game & throw a forward pass.

BTW, Colts win, 27-23 over the Dolphins. 

 

"...How blind can you be, don't you see...

...that the gambler lost all he does not have..."  

Nightwish

CNN needs to cover the news

CNN needs to cover the news, and not fash itself over what FOX News does. "Reporting" on another network is not covering the news.

relevance-envy isn't pretty

Sanchez has exceeded his sour-grapes allowance for the month with this.

¡Que viva Glenn Beck!

Sour grapes

makes a bitter whine. :)

"If the man, with the power, can't keep it under control...some heads are gonna roll." -Judas Priest

Still waiting for that apology...

...oh, look! Ricky's turning blue!!!

Oh, now I get it!  This is

Oh, now I get it!  This is that greasy-haired anchor from CNN...

"Beauty is only skin deep, but liberal's to the bone." - me

He sounds like he is in

He sounds like he is in Middle School.

Oh Rick

Just because your van was there doesn't mean you covered it. I was there and folks were taking their pictures with anti-media signs beside the CNN bus. Yes, there were anti-media bias signs and all other types of grieviences. One was protesting media coverage being biased but admitted it was because we elected a black man :0) People were buying food and commiserating with the "Black family Reunion" on the other end of the mall. I guess they didn't realize they were African-American, huh?

Across the street from CNNs bus was a hearse labeled "official pace car of the Obama Health Plan"... which is silly because in reality Obama doesn't actually HAVE a health plan.

CNN calling someone biased?...really?  no seriously?...

BWAAAA HAAAAA OH MY I may spew this coffee all over the screen.

The use of the

The use of the "pudgy-faced" comment seems to be yet another example of media "talking points". If you recall, in the Time Magazine article, the author referred to Beck as "the pudgy, buzz-cut, weeping phenomenon of radio, TV and books."

I caught it there, because it occurred to me that the left can't seem to HELP but categorize people, and do it in a vaguely demeaning way if the object of the article is not a lib.

So, saying "pudgy" is to make sure the audience knows he is "fat" (fat people are not as good as thin people, right?) and buzz-cut lets the viewer know that the guy is either a hillbilly, or a neo-nazi - right? ((Code-words, people - the left LOVES code-words!))

So, now we have that other phenonenom - the media "parrot". I love it when Rush does his montages of the lefties using the buzz-words. Well, Mr. Sanchez is starting it, apparently. 

What difference does Beck's appearance make? All we are interested in is his thoughts. But the left can't understand that even an iota. 

AND, I would hardly consider Beck "fat", or even pudgy. But then, I don't focus on what people look like.

"I would rather be historically accurate than politically correct" ~ My husband's T-Shirt

All I know is I watch Glenn Beck (via DVR) Monday...

through Friday and I barely know who Rick Sanchez is.  You can always tell the losing side because they like to "name call".  "Pudgy-Faced" men of America arise, you have nothing to lose but your waist size!  Jim Webster

LOL

Or your FACE size.

              

                 Don't hold your breath, Sanchez. If not for Fox News, we wouldn't have even known about the protests. Fox tells both sides of a story. CNN tells what GE & Soros want them to. Sell-outs, every one of them.......                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Glenn calls himself a "fat fatty"

I don't think fat disses will faze Glenn. Of course, The One did not deign to notice the ACORN "thing," but what is up with O'Reilly saying they aren't getting "much" from the govt --only billions were earmarked for their "help" with the census--but then saying a half a million IRS lien against ACORN--half a mllion--lint---was big stuff because he had initiated it. Bill, Bill--you are all over the place on this one. AND  THERE WERE MORE THAN 75,000 PEOPLE IN DC! GOT THAT?

Ricky has been drinking again!

He's seeing the world through Scotch-colored glasses again. Rick I have a question for you: Would you rather be "pudgy-faced" and a huge success in everything you do, or a drunk who runs over and kills innocent pedestrians? Put down that Gin bottle and type your answer here:

Personal attacks

Whenever liberals cannot defend their stand with the truth and facts, they fall back (predictably so) on personal attacks.  If I were Glenn Beck, I would consider it proof that I was right....  Good for Glenn.  He's rattling the liberals a little more each day...(not that that is all that hard to do....)

Oreilly

is behind the eight ball on Acorn, as much as he likes to bloviate about how ''we'' exposed them. Beck led that charge. I'd love to know more about the personality dynamics with the Fox broadcasters. I sense that OReilly may be a tad jealous of Beck's success, just as Geraldo is jealous of O'Reilly's. Ever notice how it seems like Bill can't wait to get Geraldo off?

Re BOR

Interesting yes. I've noticed that BOR regularly has Beck on, but I don't see BOR ever stooping as he would see it to appear on Beck's show. BOR sees himself as the big dog on Fox News. Truth is, in a better time slot Beck would crush BOR.

There's also an interesting dynamic between BOR and Cavuto. You can see the frustration in Cavuto in dealing with the thick-headed BOR. Cavuto knows business and economics and BOR is totally out of his element there. Cavuto is like a physicist trying to teach a four-year old. Don't know why he bothers.

BOLD FRESH...

O'Reilly actually did appear on Beck's show. He sat there & watched Glenn use a carton of eggs as props. I think he is amazed by Glenn's use of just about any object as a prop to make a larger point. Eggs, dead fish, cake, whatever, Beck will use it.

Actually, I think O'Reilly tries too hard to be fair, Beck does'nt hide what he believes & is more willing to be more "out there" then most other cable hosts. Beck is doing damage to Obama's credability, & he is a threat to the political left, he just does it in a class-clown sort of way.

 

"...How blind can you be, don't you see...

...that the gambler lost all he does not have..."  

Nightwish

Real journalists do not behave in a partisan manner

.I was in the USA when the Honduras kicked out that bum Zelaya. I was forced to watch CNN at the hotel where I was staying. To my utter disgust, I watched the CNN reporter behaving in a most partisan manner, even participating with the leftist communists (a very small crowd) as Zelaya attempted his return - it was disgusting.

 If that is real reporting then I think it is time that a lot of these "journalists" were fired because they are behaving worse than the CIA when it comes to subversive activity in other countries. 

 Of course, Ted Turner is a communist with ties to ACORN.....

Is there an age limit for "reporters/anchors?"

 Sanchez sounds like he's about 12 yrs. old.

Frankly, all libtards come across like this.

"How strangely will the Tools of a Tyrant pervert the plain Meaning of Words!"  Sam Adams 

Beck, O'Reilly, and Hannity

Beck, O'Reilly, and Hannity regularly engage in self-deprecation.  Beck is the first one to admit he's pudgy.  When Chuck Norris teased him about laying off of the cupcakes and M&Ms if he wanted to be macho like him, Beck took it good naturedly and in fact purposely set himself up for that.

These elitist Libtards are just oh so damn perfect, I don't know how they can stand their bad selves.

One of the 34% who thinks George W. Bush was a great President. One of the 86% who wants to bring back the stock and pillory.

CB: Jon Stewart '07: What'll Be Sanchez's Next Challenge? Beck

Jon Stewart 2007: What Will Be Rick Sanchez's Next Challenge? 2009 Glenn Beck.
http://chickaboomer.blogspot.com/2009/09/jon-stewart-2007-what-will-be-rick.html

Hey Sanchez, how about

Hey Sanchez, how about looking in the CNN mirror first.

 CNN is a 'real news organization' that has admitted that it self censors news on Cuba in order to maintain a bureau in Havanna.

 http://www.mrc.org/press/2002/press20020509.asp

 

Eason Jordan, a chief news executive at CNN, covering up 'Maniac' Saddam's atrocities in order to keep access to Iraq.

 Lets not forget CNN also was so biased during the Clinton adminstration in covering for the president that it was nicknamed the "Clinton News Network".

 

A well-known CNN reporter, Richard Quest, had been arrested in New York's
Central Park with drugs in his pocket, a rope around his neck that
was tied to his genitals, and a sex toy inside his boot.

Or who could forget  CNN's Peter Arnett, Saddam personal friend, inventing a story about US troops using nerve gas in Vietnam. This resulted in multiple producers being fired from CNN and an apology from CNN News Group Chairman Tom Johnson to Vietnam vets.

 I could go on and on about the daily journalistic malpractice at CNN but you get the point.

→ Dirty Sanchez

What?  Gwen Ifill thread?

Sorry.  I'll take a free ride on this one.