Video: Rick Sanchez, David Shuster retract phony Limbaugh slavery quote
posted at 6:30 pm on October 16, 2009 by Allahpundit
Actually, only Sanchez retracts it and even he’s content to say that CNN’s simply been unable to verify it, which kinda sorta leaves it up to the viewer to decide whether Rush said it or not. Still, watch these two as a study in contrast. Sanchez reproaches himself, admits they shouldn’t have reported it, and apologizes. Shuster’s take? “So, just to clarify.”
Funny how both of these networks found a quote that happened to be useful in bludgeoning a prominent conservative too good to check. I wonder when was the last time they got the same fact wrong when reporting a political story. Can’t happen too often, can it? Must be Limbaugh’s dumb luck. Click the image to watch.
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A lie can travel half way around the earth while the truth is still putting on it’s shoes.
- Mark Twain
MB4 on October 16, 2009 at 6:33 PM
Gee, I wonder why Fox news is beating them on viewership…in fact whooping their arse…
right2bright on October 16, 2009 at 6:33 PM
“I did not confirm whether or not I was drunk when I climbed in my car and killed your son. My bad.”
-Rick Sanchez
BadgerHawk on October 16, 2009 at 6:33 PM
I like how its “unconfirmed” and not “a lie that has no basis whatsoever”
Richard Bushnell on October 16, 2009 at 6:34 PM
Two guys about to lose every penny they have.
noblejones on October 16, 2009 at 6:34 PM
weasels
rob verdi on October 16, 2009 at 6:34 PM
I want Rush to sue their a$$es into the ground.
Sarjex on October 16, 2009 at 6:35 PM
Too little Too Late.
There should be consequences. I’ve had it with “Being a lib means never having to say you’re sorry”
Iblis on October 16, 2009 at 6:35 PM
And these are the “real news networks” as opposed to “Faux News”. LOL
ddrintn on October 16, 2009 at 6:35 PM
Does Shuster always have that smirk on his face, or is it just in screen caps?
BadgerHawk on October 16, 2009 at 6:35 PM
The Rick “I drove drunk and killed a guy” Sanchez sing-along.
tetriskid on October 16, 2009 at 6:37 PM
At least Sanchez ‘manned-up’. Schuster was a tool.
clorensen on October 16, 2009 at 6:37 PM
Too late. The damage has been done.
newton on October 16, 2009 at 6:38 PM
Those two dirtbags couldn’t survive anyplace other than that MSNBC garbage disposal.
rplat on October 16, 2009 at 6:38 PM
If they were so sorry they “fake-quoted”, maybe they should have thought about it before they did it in the first place.
newton on October 16, 2009 at 6:39 PM
I have it on good sources that Shuster sleeps with sheep.
Oh wait, I retract that statement but I still say he’s morally bankrupt.
stldave on October 16, 2009 at 6:39 PM
Financial damages are financial damages. The jury can hear the apologies from the two networks’ counsels and ombudsmen.
Picture this if you can: Rainbow PUSH Coalition Executive Director Rush H. Limbaugh III.
KingGold on October 16, 2009 at 6:40 PM
Oh but this is a victory! They made admissions on air.
Not everything we wanted, but a firm base to later hammer them ten years down the line and every chance in between.
Liam on October 16, 2009 at 6:41 PM
David Shuster makes my skin crawl. I can’t even stand the freeze frame of him.
portlandon on October 16, 2009 at 6:42 PM
The wiki entry for Jeffrey has been deleted. Hmm….
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Smuzinick
Ugly on October 16, 2009 at 6:42 PM
Too late. Rush is going to have them in the fetal position, sucking their thumbs and crying for mama by the time this is over.
I look forward to seeing these morons on the unemployment line, right next to the red headed chick with the cell phone.
milwife88 on October 16, 2009 at 6:42 PM
It’s a feature…just means they are interchangable. You can get the same
newslefty hit jobs from either NBC or CNN. And boy howdy, is it paying off for them in the ratings…AUINSC on October 16, 2009 at 6:43 PM
Oh and my last post was meant as a reply to tetriskid
Ugly on October 16, 2009 at 6:43 PM
Its too late. The damage has been done. Limbaugh and his attorneys must proceed and with the settlement they might consider the formation of a new football league. There’d be plenty of partners eager to get in on that. Darvin Dowdy
Darvin Dowdy on October 16, 2009 at 6:44 PM
Has NBC declared this a Civil War yet?
faraway on October 16, 2009 at 6:44 PM
Those admissions must have been vetted by company lawyers. But they’ll still play well at the trial.
GarandFan on October 16, 2009 at 6:44 PM
Some say that Shuster sleeps with goats. Or stares at them, I’m not sure.
faraway on October 16, 2009 at 6:45 PM
Mmmm mmm mm!
BadgerHawk on October 16, 2009 at 6:46 PM
Sanchez’s wiki page, amazingly, has no mention of the incident.
BadgerHawk on October 16, 2009 at 6:47 PM
Sanchez is the drunk driver/ killer right?
Just checking.
LtE126 on October 16, 2009 at 6:47 PM
What good does that do?
Its not like they won’t do it again
macncheez on October 16, 2009 at 6:49 PM
Michael Wilbon is an incredible racist. I can’t believe the post and espn employ such a divisive figure. I know that he is divisive even though I never listen to him or read him because I did read him once and then other people who don’t listen to him or read him either say he is a racist. Except my son who says he is a douch-bag.
Haunches on October 16, 2009 at 6:49 PM
Sanchez admitted to not verifying a quote that can harm Rush. So can’t Rush sue CNN and Sanchez for malice?
cubachi on October 16, 2009 at 6:49 PM
The sole reason that these “pseudo-apologies” are coming out now, is probably on the advice of the Legal Department over at CNN is trying to do a little ex post facto CYA.
If it gets into the courtroom, CNN can say “Well, we retracted our erroneous statements and appropriate apologies from the news reporters/commentators were made.”
I do hope Rush is working on his legal options…from what I have read, there are indeed copious grounds for a civil libel action, with damages.
coldwarrior on October 16, 2009 at 6:49 PM
cubachi on October 16, 2009 at 6:49 PM
He can sue for whatever he wants. I suspect he will.
CWforFreedom on October 16, 2009 at 6:51 PM
Retrieved from Google Cache:
Mary in LA on October 16, 2009 at 6:53 PM
And Jeffrey’s was deleted just yesterday. Hmm and Hmm.
Google cache of wiki page
Ugly on October 16, 2009 at 6:53 PM
Real journalists confirm their stories before they go on the air or into print, unlike last place CNN and on life support CBS.
They won’t be on the air long with their ratings. Ad buyers want eyeballs.
Hmmm wouldn’t it be cool if Rush sued and ended up owning CNN?
That would be seriously cool.
dogsoldier on October 16, 2009 at 6:54 PM
Rick Sanchez is a pathetic hunk of sh$$. He took every opportunity to repeat the Quotes attributed to Rush as he reported Rush’s denial.
rjoco1 on October 16, 2009 at 6:54 PM
Typos in original. “Stuck” in the first paragraph should of course be “struck”. “”Plead” is incorrectly used in the last paragraph; the past tense of “plead” is “pled” or “pleaded”. No comma should appear after Jeffrey Smuzinick’s name in the last paragraph.
It’s juuuust possible the page was pulled for editing… Nah, prolly not.
Mary in LA on October 16, 2009 at 6:56 PM
Damage is already done. Saying you can’t find the source, isn’t an apology, and hardly a retraction. Sue em, Rush!!! Sue them BIG TIME!
capejasmine on October 16, 2009 at 6:56 PM
Great minds think alike, Ugly! :-)
Mary in LA on October 16, 2009 at 6:57 PM
Hit-and-run Sanchez’s ‘apology’ isn’t good enough for me.
He needs to be fired or, better, resign. At least Nixon had the guts to resign and, since Lefties are so much better than Nixon, they should follow that lead all the sooner.
Liam on October 16, 2009 at 6:57 PM
Sanchez,you idiot,there is an ongoing,neverending campaign against Conservatives and all Republicans as I type,as Rush
has stated!!
And,thats a fact,
you Jack*ss!!
*(In case trolls become confused,the Donkey,er Jack*ss,
is Team Liberals mascot,just to clarify,or to be clear)
canopfor on October 16, 2009 at 6:58 PM
Nah it was scrubbed because Jeffrey wasn’t ‘important’ or ‘significant’.
Ugly on October 16, 2009 at 6:58 PM
Charles Krauthammer said in a court of law, this is still slander. “You’re implying that if you were a Woodward or Bernstein, you could confirm he said it.”
Marcus on October 16, 2009 at 6:59 PM
I have always clicked over to CNN, and every other channel, too…I’m a news junkie…and the first time I saw Rick Sanchez…I didn’t know anything about him.
But, I couldn’t stomach him for more than 5 minutes. He is so full of himself….and the more I’ve seen..full of s$&* as well.
I cannot STAND that guy.
If he’s on, I won’t watch. I can stomach most everyone else on CNN, but not this guy.
bridgetown on October 16, 2009 at 7:00 PM
I wonder if anybody at SNL, having been on the receiving end, feels like mocking them for this?
Nahhhhh.
Jim Treacher on October 16, 2009 at 7:01 PM
My head kicks into gear once in a while. But the clutch is a little worn ;)
Ugly on October 16, 2009 at 7:01 PM
Pretty strong stomach ya got there. Even that Jack Cafferty blow hard? :-)
coldwarrior on October 16, 2009 at 7:02 PM
You did what the libs. aka bho, wanted you to say rick. Now live with it. You and all those who HATE Rush and all of us who LOVE Rush do not really give a hoot what you have to say now. You did what you were told to say and you did a bang up job! Do you really think we American’s do not know what y’all are up to? Come on, bho and team, give us America’s a tiny bit of working brain cells! Rush has many more people who love him than does rick.
L
letget on October 16, 2009 at 7:02 PM
Schuster’s just busy trying to get the hook up on his Saturday Night teabagging.
HornetSting on October 16, 2009 at 7:03 PM
These two tools confirmed Rush’s assertion of the “drive-by media” with their behavior this week. Drive on by and fire, forget and move on. No facts, just hearsay.
ted c on October 16, 2009 at 7:05 PM
One of our resident scumbag trolls will be along any minute to bring up Laura Bush, so let’s compare and contrast:
Rick Sanchez: Driving drunk. Laura Bush: Driving sober.
Rick Sanchez: 32 years old at time of accident. Laura Bush: 16 years old at time of accident.
Rick Sanchez: Fled the scene. Laura Bush: Apparently behaved responsibly, as there is no record of her behaving otherwise.
Rick Sanchez: Pled down to a DUI to avoid a hit-and-run charge. Laura Bush: No charges filed.
Rick Sanchez: Runs off his mouth continually and displays no shame. Laura Bush: Lives quietly and is apparently still so remorseful that she can’t talk about the accident.
Mary in LA on October 16, 2009 at 7:06 PM
Forgot a biggie…
Laura Bush exemplifies class.
Sanchez probably never attended class.
coldwarrior on October 16, 2009 at 7:09 PM
From the look on Sanchez face, I think his diaper’s full.
silenced majority on October 16, 2009 at 7:09 PM
Thanks, coldwarrior! You’re right.
Mary in LA on October 16, 2009 at 7:09 PM
I’d like to know what Dan Rather has to say about all this ?
Has he made any comment yet?
macncheez on October 16, 2009 at 7:11 PM
Waiting for Mapes to hand him the script?
coldwarrior on October 16, 2009 at 7:13 PM
A few more wordies
macncheez on October 16, 2009 at 7:14 PM
Rick Sanchez, a.k.a. jacka$$.
Special K on October 16, 2009 at 7:15 PM
Shuster is alllllmost as slimy and despicable as Olberdouche.
marklmail on October 16, 2009 at 7:16 PM
Ya know,it is very interesting to note,that prior to the
“Won,that ALL Liberals were waiting for”,and even before
the Liberal Primaries,and even,about a year or so before
the Presidential election,
RACE and RACISM,was not even on the radar screen,not one
blip,for that matter,everything was tickety-boo,America
was getting along,kumbaya so to speak!!
And then,the Chicago thug,Father Plager,and Rev Wright,
came along,seemingly out of nowhere,and the RACISM BAND
WAGON got hitched,and all the RACIST SH*T DISTRUBERS,plan
ning and plotting all the way to Washington,and then met
up with AYERS,the PROFESSOR OF HATE!
Then,all of the MSM,turned into the STATE RUNNED SOCIALIST MEDIA,and it also got onboard the RACISM BANDWAGON,and voil
a,on a dime,overnight,
because an African American was running for President,
AMERICA WAS RACIST ONCE AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PURE BULLSH*T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Like anything the LEFT does,its MANUFACTURED!!!!!!!!!
canopfor on October 16, 2009 at 7:17 PM
macncheez on October 16, 2009 at 7:14 PM
You got that right!
silenced majority on October 16, 2009 at 7:19 PM
Here’s the most important news of the day, and it’s from El Rushbo himself.
Buy Danish on October 16, 2009 at 7:19 PM
Mary in LA on October 16, 2009 at 7:06 PM
Forgot a biggie…
Laura Bush exemplifies class.
Sanchez probably never attended class.
coldwarrior on October 16, 2009 at 7:09 PM
coldwarrior: Or school!:)
canopfor on October 16, 2009 at 7:20 PM
FIFY ;)
redridinghood on October 16, 2009 at 7:20 PM
Shuster is a putz, can’t listen to him, he’s annoying as all get out…
cmsinaz on October 16, 2009 at 7:24 PM
I swear to everything good and holy in this world: I truly hope, more than words can say, that Rush sues the absolute bejesus out of everyone who spewed these vile lies.
It really, now more than ever, needs to happen. The Republican’s keep walking around like a broken record saying, “elections have consequences, elections have consequences, elections have consequences, rinse, repeat.” Yeah, well so does slandering a private citizen.
Rush needs to do this. Sue the hell out of them.
Fish on October 16, 2009 at 7:25 PM
Even more important is that the Obama White House was involved.
I read something a while back, something about high crimes and misdemeanors.
coldwarrior on October 16, 2009 at 7:27 PM
Hey leave Sanchez alone. He may go on to “greatness” as the Hispanic Ted Kennedy. They have SO much in common.
Jeff from WI on October 16, 2009 at 7:30 PM
Here’s the most important news of the day, and it’s from El Rushbo himself.
Buy Danish on October 16, 2009 at 7:19 PM
Buy Danish:
It is telling that the Liberals are busy chasing after their enemys on the RIGHT,and the main porpose of Obama’s
Administration,along with Rahm and Holder,is their system
atic tracking and targetting,and re-targetted of their enemy
as at will,with their ever helpful friends in zee media!!!!!
And really,besides Rush,SarahCuda,or Beck,who else is being
watched and are in the cross-hairs!!
This smells of East Berlin Secret Police Operations,and
KGB Missions,by Team Liberal,
in AMERICA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:)
canopfor on October 16, 2009 at 7:31 PM
Damage is done but this isn’t about Rush getting to sit in the Owner’s booth anymore, it’s about the integrity of journalism and slander of conservatives. If CNN really wants to apologize (MSNBC is hopeless) they should put their resources to work in finding out who exactly put those quotes out there. I’m sure the culprit hangs out in the same circles as them and will probably spill the beans drunk at a cocktail party one day.
Farthest anyone has gotten to tracking the comments is that New York Law Firm. Work from there.
Daemonocracy on October 16, 2009 at 7:33 PM
Rick,
You are a
drunk(my bad) punk.Love,
Janie
seejanemom on October 16, 2009 at 7:35 PM
David Schuster has syphilis.
I can’t verify that that’s true, just to clarify.
Tuning Spork on October 16, 2009 at 7:38 PM
Trolls haven’t punched their time cards yet?
Nothing?
*Crickets*
Shiny_Tiara on October 16, 2009 at 7:41 PM
I believe that same source reported that he got it from his mother.
Mojave Mark on October 16, 2009 at 7:50 PM
Only blacks can be forgiven. remember that.
johnnyU on October 16, 2009 at 7:59 PM
Be sure to call that punk Goodell’s office and leave a message (as polite as you can–I know, it’s a challenge) on the NFL comments line. The number is 1-212-450-2000. I did and feel ever so much better.
Mae on October 16, 2009 at 8:04 PM
Fake but accurate?
SagebrushPuppet on October 16, 2009 at 8:06 PM
Interesting how the retractions have come after the damage was done. Almost as if it were, oh I don’t know, orchestrated?
You think maybe Axelrod or Soros is slipping them a little walkin’ around money?
SagebrushPuppet on October 16, 2009 at 8:09 PM
Orchestrated from the WH just what I thought.
Caper29 on October 16, 2009 at 8:15 PM
I hope that Rush plans legal action against the individuals and corporations that uttered these slanderous statements. To do nothing leaves other conservatives open to the same slime bucket ways. I know we hate to get down in the gutter with the trash but sometimes you have to get to their level and push back.
red131 on October 16, 2009 at 8:19 PM
“Rick and David come on in. The water is fine. So glad you could join me.”
Dan Rather
Dire Straits on October 16, 2009 at 8:26 PM
I am sure Woodward and Bernstein are all over this connecting the dots…
Seven Percent Solution on October 16, 2009 at 8:40 PM
Yep. Ultimately, this is a turnout-the vote-effort by a W.H. which is worried that the folks won’t turn out again in 2010 or 2012. It’s going to be nastier and dirtier than anything we’ve ever seen.
Buy Danish on October 16, 2009 at 8:43 PM
Rick Sanchez killed someone driving drunk? I heard it on the internet. Is it the same Rick Sanchez at CNN? I should have mentioned it in my email to CNN today. Missed opportunity. *sigh*
elclynn on October 16, 2009 at 8:44 PM
Juan Williams was told to “get back on the porch”
That’s just racist and ugly.
elclynn on October 16, 2009 at 8:47 PM
*Huge sigh…*
lovingmyUSA on October 16, 2009 at 8:47 PM
Is Shuster a little special, or is it just me? The guy is not bright. And that mouth.
Dirty Sanchez may be back on the sauce.
therightwinger on October 16, 2009 at 9:01 PM
I love that quote. Not to go all off topic, but I still am amazed at Twain’s way with words. It is really remarkable.
reaganaut on October 16, 2009 at 9:03 PM
Rick Sanchez was driving home drunk one night from a party. His wife leans over and says “Rick we are getting closer to the city”. Rick replies back “How can you tell”? She then replies “We are hitting more people”.
Dire Straits on October 16, 2009 at 9:06 PM
I think this only happened because Rush and his lawyers made these guys an offer they couldn’t refuse!!
landlines on October 16, 2009 at 9:26 PM
The thing about dirtball Sanchez stating that CNN can’t “verify” the quote is that it is completely dishonest. Saying that they “can’t verify” the quote is to leave open the possibility that it MIGHT yet be true – when CNN knows without question that it is false.
But, who expects more from these vermin?
seanrobins on October 16, 2009 at 9:31 PM
I think Juan Williams has been learning the truth over the past couple of years about being a black journalist who at least occasionally stopped suckling at the teat of his liberal masters . . . even HE gets excoriated for having an independent, slightly un-Lib thought.
Sometimes, the MSM don’t give a guy anywhere to go BUT the porch.
seanrobins on October 16, 2009 at 9:34 PM
I stole your quote a number of times, with great glee. Sanchez’s illiterate, drunk fans have been treated to it on every post he has on his blog.
Jaibones on October 16, 2009 at 9:40 PM
Trolls are cowards.
chewydog on October 16, 2009 at 9:41 PM
Hey Shuster when the jury says we find for the plaintiff Mr Limbaugh in the amount of 150,000,000 will you still have that stupid look on your face?
thmcbb on October 16, 2009 at 9:47 PM
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