Mar 23rd, 2011
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.
Mar 16th, 2011
Rick met with Abe Foxman, head of the Anti-Defamation League, and apologized for his comments. Foxman accepted Rick's apology and said that the controversy surrounding Rick's comments, "can be put to rest."
Dec 29th, 2010
To read the headlines, Rick's interview was a "meltdown" or some conspiracy theory filled diatribe. In reality, it was none of those things. Listen for yourself.
Dec 29th, 2010
Jon on Rick: "[T]he idea that they would have fired him [Rick] for calling me a bigot. I think if that's the reason, hire him back tomorrow..."
Dec 29th, 2010
"[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
Media outlets ran devastating, incorrect headlines that Rick had said or implied "Jews run all media." The problem is that Rick never said that.
Dec 29th, 2010
"I said some things I shouldn't have said. They were wrong. Not only were they wrong, they were offensive."
Dec 27th, 2010
Journalists got it wrong: "...it was widely reported, inaccurately, that Sanchez said Jews 'control' the news media, and accordingly, that his words were therefore anti-Semitic." Adding insult to injury, they didn't do any reporting on the substance of what Rick discussed.
Dec 26th, 2010
Looking at the context of Rick's remarks, Rick was: "...referring not to Jews, but to snooty white liberal elites who don't understand minorities."