Paul Cooper Takes on Smarmy Sanchez
Given the success that we’ve had with David Forsmark’s “Meltdown with Keith Olbermann” and the Birkels’ “Spoonful of Saccharine” critique of Rachel Maddow, it only makes sense to institute a new ongoing series when we come across a new anchor who needs our attention.
NewsReal’s Paul Cooper will be focusing on CNN’s Jon Stewart-wannabe, the clownish embarrassment Rick Sanchez. As can be seen from the work Paul has done thus far Sanchez is perhaps as much of a journalistic menace as Maddow and Olbermann. In fact one could argue that in a sense he’s even more dangerous since he’s not out in the open in primetime. He’s not as obvious a target as MSNBC’s primary offenders.
Here are the previous installments in Paul’s “Smarmy Sanchez” series:
Part 1: CNN Joins the NFL Players Association in Calling Rush a Racist
Part 2: Time for CNN to Dump Fake Journalist Rick Sanchez
Part 2 Update: CNN Anchor Rick Sanchez Apologizes for Using Fake Quote Against Limbaugh
Part 3: At it again: Sanchez Calls Sheriff Joe Arpaio another Bull Connor
Part 4: Smearing Lincoln to Support Obama
Part 5: Desperate For Reasons to Attack SC Republicans
Part 6: Trying to Deflate Focus on Radical Islam By Focusing on Fred Phelps
Part 7: Sanchez Hides Facts in Support of Ventura’s Immigration Stance
Part 8: Rick Fumbles Report on Chris Henry’s Death
I prefer Rush’s moniker-Rick ‘Hit n Run’ Sanchez. Back in the 90s ‘Hit n Run’ Sanchez ran over a pedestrian-Jeffrey Smuzinick- while driving home drunk from a Dolphin’s game. ‘Hit and Run’ Sanchez left the scene and then returned a couple hours later where he blew a 0.15 but wasn’t charged with a DUI (according to some reports he was friends with the officer on the scene).
Jeffrey Smuzinick was paralyzed by the accident and after five years of battling to stay alive and a long coma encurred by his injuries died at the age of 36 in a nursing home.
I would hope in the future that for the sake of his victim-Jeffrey Smuzinick-you might mention Sanchez’ history of Hit and Run and Drunk Driving. (Miami Herald, Nov. 2, 1995)
MSM: if you have nothing to say good about your fellowmen, say it, anyway, the worse, the better, a system of educating the masses to cater to, say, a pigsty.
Recommendation:
Send sandchez back to his godfather in miami
I am aware of that event. It just doesn’t seem right to use that name as a title for my series. It is an event from almost 20 years ago. It is so sad and not worthy of using for a humorous title.
Yeah, there’s no reason to blog about that. It would be an ad hominem attack on his character and would make us look bad. We don’t do that at NewsReal.
Its not sad its a great injustice perpetrated by a major media figure who spends a majority of his time in the spot light highlighting and judging other people’s failings and supposed injustices.
Its apathy like yours that rewards injustice. In relegating his crime to the past you are in fact condoning it and stating that 20 years makes a wrong into a right.
Maybe when you lose a love one to a drunk-driver then you might have a different tone or viewpoint.
Ryan,
I’m not sure rejecting a title that makes light of Sanchez’s crime proves our apathy or disrespect for the lost life. It’s the other way around. Exploiting the man’s death for a cheap shot is no way to honor the dead. I hope you understand that is the opposite of apathy and in no way makes a wrong into a right.