Rick Sánchez

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Riónchez de Reinaldo, a Cuban-American journalist, radio presenter, and author, born July 3, 1958.

He has worked as a senior reporter for Spanish language network Mundo Fox and Fox News Latino and previously worked as a columnist for Fox News and Fox News Latino. Sanchez, the lead local anchor on Miami's WSVN, then went into cable news, first as a daytime anchor at MSNBC and then as a CNN anchor, where he began as a reporter and later rose to become a reporter.

He hosted his own show Rick's List and served as a contributor to Anderson Cooper 360° and CNN International, where he frequently reported and translated between English and Spanish.

Following derogatory remarks he made on a radio show, Sanchez was fired from CNN on October 1, 2010.

Sanchez was hired by Florida International University in July 2011 to be a color commentator for the school's football team's radio broadcasts.

Since October 2018, he has been hosting News with Rick Sanchez on RT America.

Early life

Sánchez was born in Guanabacoa, Cuba, a township of Havana, and emigrated with his parents at the age of two to the United States. He grew up in Hialeah, Florida, a suburb of Miami, and attended Mae M. Walters Elementary School, Henry H. Filer Middle School, and Hialeah High School, graduating in 1977. In 1979, Sánchez won a football scholarship to Minnesota State University Moorhead and then moved to the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis as part of a CBS/WCCO Journalism Fellowship.

"I grew up not speaking English, dealing with real prejudice every day as a child," Sánchez said of his childhood; watching my dad work in a factory, wash dishes, and drive a truck. "I've been told that I can't do certain things in life simply because I was a Hispanic." Rather than using his birth name, Rick Sánchez prefers to be named Rick Sánchez rather than using his first name. In a newscast in 2009, he said, "I want to be respectful of this wonderful world that welcomed us as Hispanics to visit here," and "I think it's much simpler if someone knows me by Anglicizing my name."

Family life

Suzanne Sánchez and his partner, Suzanne, have three sons and one daughter.

Sánchez, a resident of Sánchez, was struck by a man who jumped into the path of his car on December 10, 1990. After being struck, the guy became ill.

Sánchez was not charged with causing the accident, but he was charged with driving under the influence (DUI) and pleaded no contest.

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Career

Sánchez began his television work at WCCO's satellite sister station KCMT (now KCCO-TV) in Alexandria, Minnesota, while still enrolled in college. He began working at then-NBC affiliate WSVN (formerly WCKT) in Miami in 1982 and became a weekend anchor shortly thereafter. In 1983, he received an Emmy Award for his series When I Left Cuba. Sánchez left WSVN in Houston in 1986 and went back to WSVN, then two years later, and assumed an afternoon anchor position with the station, which will shift to Fox the following year. In 2001, Sánchez was hired at MSNBC. Sánchez, a 2003 graduate of MSNBC, has returned to the Miami/Ft. On WTVJ, he hosted a local talk show in Lauderdale, Florida. Sánchez became anchored on then-WB affiliate WBZL (now WSFL) before joining CNN.

In 2004, Sánchez joined CNN for the first time. Sánchez reported on CNN both domestic and international newspapers. On January 18, 2010, he began hosting his own two-hour show in the afternoons, Rick's List, where viewers were encouraged to express their views and questions on social media. The Newseum in Washington, D.C., acknowledged his use of social media tools to develop a citizen-driven news service.

Sánchez appeared on Sirius XM's radio show Stand Up With Pete Dominick on September 30, 2010. Sánchez's interview took place on the final day of his program in the 8 p.m. time slot, and he was reported to be chastised about being replaced by CNN's latest Parker Spitzer talk show as well as occasional The Daily Show parody jokes made at his expense.

Sánchez reretracted the word "bigot" and described Stewart as "prejudicial" and "uninformed" after Dominick questioned him, but he denied discrimination by arguing that Stewart is "not just a comedian." He can make and break careers." Sánchez responded when asked whether Stewart likewise belonged to a minority group due to his Jewish faith.

CNN revealed that Sánchez was no longer employed with the company a day after his words.

According to certain reports, Sánchez's departure was motivated by other causes. Jonathan Klein, a Sánchez supporter and who had earned him more air time, was dismissed just a week before Sánchez's dismissal, prompting others to believe that Sánchez's dismissal was motivated by other causes in addition to the remarks. "The rumors that Sánchez was already on his way out after former CNN president Jonathan Klein's ouster from the company has been circling the Sánchez story," a New York reporter wrote.

During his CNN appearance, Sánchez once branded President Barack Obama a "cotton-picking president," a remark for which he regretted. Sánchez said he grew up in the South, where the word was a colloquialism. He had also incorrectly attributed quotes to Rush Limbaugh, for which he later regretted.

Despite his demotion, Sánchez said, "I want to go on record to say that I have nothing but the highest regard for CNN and my six wonderful years with them." "I love every chance that they have given me, and it has been an amazing journey working for them."

Sánchez apologised several times in the days following the incident. "I said some things I shouldn't have said" during an interview with George Stephanopoulos on Good Morning America. They were wrong. They weren't only wrong, they were offensive." "I apologised and it was wrong for me to be so careless and so inartful," he said. ... Well, it happened, but I can't take it back, and, well, now I have to stand up and be responsible."

Sánchez apologised to Stewart personally. He released a statement in which he expressed regret for his "inartful" remarks, saying, "I am strongly opposed to hate and intolerance, in any way, and I have often spoken out against bigotry." Sánchez should not have been fired for what Sánchez said in the radio interview; Stewart called the firing "complete insanity" and said he was not "personally wounded" on October 20, 2010.

Sánchez wrote, "There are no words strong enough for me to write my regret and sadness over what I said in a letter to Abraham Foxman, the head of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). It was offensive, and I sincerely and unequivocally apologize for the pain that I had caused. I tell my children that if they make a mistake, they should take responsibility, atone, and work to fix what they have done. ... I'm unable to undo the offence or cause; all I can do is try and learn from this experience and strive to be a better person."

Sánchez will now "put the matter to rest," Foxman said, adding that he hopes that Sánchez will continue to live and work.

In late 2010, Orthodox Rabbi Shmuley Boteach Sánchez of Manhattan hosted a public event where he said: "Our neighborhood has enough problems without worrying about anti-Semitism where it doesn't exist." Rick Sánchez was shamed and his image was tarnished by the mud. ... According to the Jewish faith, a man's most coveted possession is his good name. Rick deserved to reclaim his dignity." Sánchez and Rabbi Boteach talked for almost two hours.

Sánchez visited Israel in 2011 as part of an ADL-sponsored trip for Latino journalists. Sánchez spoke at the ADL's National Executive Committee Meeting in 2012, where Sánchez described, "the long and fascinating journey [and] personal journey that led me to a man I now refer to as a friend... [and] lead me to a man I now regard as a friend [and] who has inspired me to discover myself and inspired me to grow in unexpected ways."

Sánchez had started working as a radio announcer for Florida International University on July 27, 2011. Sánchez's report began in September 2011 and included the FIU football team.

Rick Sánchez, a columnist on Fox News Latino, has returned to cable news in September 2012. Sánchez was given a short-term contract with the website. Since joining Fox News Latino, he has been a contributor to the Fox News Channel. At the beginning of 2012, he began as a MundoFox news reporter. Sánchez returned to South Florida in 2013 with a weekday show on Clear Channel-owned Newsradio 610 WIOD. Sánchez, a replacing Todd Schnitt in the afternoon drive time, appeared on a morning show that culminated in The Rush Limbaugh Exhibition. The program was eventually cancelled due to poor ratings.

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