Rick Sanchez, a Cuban-born news anchorman with the American channel CNN, is fired by the network after calling comedian Jon Stewart a "bigot", saying Jews are not an oppressed minority in the United States, and implying the people who run CNN and other news media are Jewish. [https:--www.bbc.co.uk-news-11458523 (BBC)] [http:--timesofindia.indiatimes.com-world-us-CNN-fires-anchor-Rick-Sanchez-for-calling-Jon-Stewart-a-bigot-articleshow-6671109.cms ("The Times of India")] [http:--www.nzherald.co.nz-world-news-article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10677702&ref=rss (AP via "The New Zealand Herald")]date=August 2019