CNN fires Rick Sanchez after host’s rants against Jon Stewart and Jews in the media: sources
Statement from network says, “Rick Sanchez is no longer with the company. We thank Rick for his years of service and we wish him well.”
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CNN’s Sanchez fired on Stewart comment
CNN has fired news anchor Rick Sanchez, a day after he called Jon Stewart a bigot in a radio show interview.
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CNN’s Sanchez gone after Stewart comment
CNN says that anchor Rick Sanchez is ‘no longer with the company,’ after he called Jon Stewart a bigot.
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Question by Paul Johnson: Isn’t “The Daily Show” a better source for political news than most media outlets?
Also, I think they should expand the show to one hour and put the first run on live at 8pm eastern. They should have no more breaks, just maybe have a guest host if Jon needs the day off. Maybe we could get a petition going for this.

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Answer by Princess
Yes. I love the Daily Show and feel that it covers the news better than the major news stations. Pretty sad that it outdoes the rest because the Daily Show supposed to be a comedy, not accurate news…

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Blagojevich starts media tour
Former governor heads to New York for appearances on TV, radio Ex-Governor Rod Blagojevich is taking his post-trial story to the networks and to radio and to anyone else who will listen.
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Local students earn degrees, academic honors
More than 6,000 students received degrees during the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s spring commencement ceremonies, May 14-16, 2010.
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Matt Wilstein: Top 5 Funniest Videos of the Week (via Gotcha Media)
In the week following the convention, two videos chronicling alternatives to Comic-Con arose, both outdoing the main event.
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Colbert could be an icehole
He dislikes sports, and disparages Canada at every opportunity, despite having what appears to be Canadian genes and a name that sounds suspiciously like a French Canadian hockey player.
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Fox News Gets a Front-Row Seat at the White House
In a case of musical chairs, Fox’s correspondent will take The A.P.’s former front-row seat, and National Public Radio will move up one row to Fox’s old second-row seat.
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Sri Lanka: Put a stop to media intimidation, IFJ appeals to Colombo
In a press alert issued by International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), a media watchdog, appealed to the Government of Sri Lanka “to act quickly to investigate the latest threat against a Sri Lankan media outlet after a threatening letter was sent to the Colombo office of Lanka-e-News,” and called on Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapakse to “investigate and punish the perpetrators of the …
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Nic Cage Will Take Acting Lessons From Anyone
Nicolas Cage isn’t one of those guys who just comes in and starts telling people what to do. That isn’t the man’s style. Actually, the Oscar winner kinda wants you to tell…
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Sri Lanka: Appeal To End Media Intimidation
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) calls on the Government of Sri Lanka to act quickly to investigate the latest threat against a Sri Lankan media outlet after a threatening letter was sent to the Colombo office of Lanka-e-News on July 2.
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