Tag Archives: comments

Mar 23rd, 2011

Rick’s Letter to Abe Foxman of the ADL

After their meeting several weeks ago, Rick sent the following letter to Abe Foxman, National Director of the Anti-Defamation League, and once again apologized for his comments last September.

Dec 29th, 2010

Howie Kurtz: An Unreliable Source

Howie Kurtz--the media watchdog who hosts CNN's "Reliable Sources"--covered Rick's firing. When compared with Kurtz's coverage of Juan Williams' firing, it's clear there was a bias against Rick. In fact, Kurtz made factual errors which he has never bothered to address or correct to this day. Turns out Kurtz is not a reliable source.

Dec 29th, 2010

Hitch: Rick’s Comments “Uncontroversial”

"[W]hat has to strike the eye about both sets of [Rick's] remarks is how uncontroversial they are... He didn't descend into saying that there was Jewish control of the media..."

Dec 29th, 2010

Dobbs: Would Not Fire Rick

"...if everyone at CNN — all of the anchors had been fired for stupid things, they wouldn’t have anyone to fill up the air... I think people need to just kinda back up and relax a little bit."

Dec 29th, 2010

Rick Apologizes on Good Morning America

"I said some things I shouldn't have said. They were wrong. Not only were they wrong, they were offensive."

Dec 27th, 2010

Double Standard: Juan Williams

Imagine for just one moment if someone uttered the following words on national television: "I got to tell you, if I see people who are Black, I get worried. I get nervous." Would we call this racial profiling, or even worse?

Dec 26th, 2010

Rick: I was wrong

"In a strange way, I was feeling like Jon Stewart wasn't respecting me... and that's why I lashed out and I was wrong."