Friends of Rick Sanchez | Get the Whole Story | Judge for yourself. Find out the truth about his radio interview, what he really said to Pete Dominick, being fired by CNN, his apologies and outreach to the Jewish community, & the opinions of Jon Stewart, Christopher Hitchens, Lou Dobbs, the ADL's Abe Foxman

Feb 20th, 2012

Rick Addresses the ADL’s 2012 National Executive Committee Meeting

Rick was privileged to speak at the ADL's National Executive Committee Meeting. He discussed his trip to Israel and the personal journey that led him to Abe Foxman and the ADL.

May 14th, 2011

Rick & Abe Foxman Attend Yankees Game

Rick and the Anti Defamation League’s Abe Foxman attended a Yankees game, where they were guests of New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez.

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.

Mar 16th, 2011

Abe Foxman of the ADL: Controversy “Put to Rest”

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 31st, 2010

Rick & Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: A Public Dialogue

Rabbi Shmuley Boteach: "Our community has enough problems without looking for anti-Semitism where it doesn’t exist. Rick Sanchez was humiliated... The Jewish religion says that a man’s most cherished possession is his good name. Rick deserves the opportunity to reclaim his."

Dec 29th, 2010

Hear it YOURSELF — What Rick Really Said During the Interview

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

Rick’s Official Statement: Apologizes to Jon Stewart & Others

Rick personally apologized to Jon Stewart and released an official statement apologizing for his remarks.

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

Jon to Larry King: HIRE RICK BACK

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

Jon Stewart Sanity Rally: Rick is not a Bigot

"If we amplify everything, we hear nothing... Not being able to distinguish between... real bigots and Juan Williams or Rick Sanchez is an insult..."

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

Headlines versus the Truth

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

Jon Stewart: Rick Didn’t Believe What He Said

"...if they [CNN] fired him for making some intemperate statements... I gotta tell you, I’m not even sure Rick Sanchez believed what he was saying."

Dec 29th, 2010

The Nation: Tasing Rick Sanchez, Bullying & Double Standards

Leslie Savan, a three-time Pulitzer Prize finalist, argues that what happened to Rick was just bullying, poor and simple.

Dec 29th, 2010

Color TV: Where are the minorities in primetime?

Washington Post: "Is Rick Sanchez Right?" Short answer: yes. There's a stunning lack of diversity in prime time cable news.

Dec 29th, 2010

The Right to Be Wrong

What happened to honest discourse, even if it may be hurtful or wrong? "I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."

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 27th, 2010

Journalism FAIL: Reporters Miss Boat

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 27th, 2010

Rick: Pioneer of Social Media in News

Did you know that Rick was the first news anchor to use Twitter? In fact, he was the first to create a newscast driven by viewers.

Dec 26th, 2010

Washington Post: Rick Referring to White Liberal Elites

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."

Dec 26th, 2010

Fair & Balanced? That’s Rick

Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right... Here I am, stuck in the middle. alone? With Rick off the airwaves, we’ve lost an important voice, a fair voice, a moderate voice. And all sides in the political debate—left, right and middle—are poorer for it.

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."