Sunday, October 10, 2010

Rick Sanchez made an appearance on Good Morning America five days after

his "inartful" remarks got him fired from CNN. What his ranting proved is that if you are a minority, you don't have to offer a clear cut apology.

Love means never having to say you're sorry was the famous line in the 1970 movie Love Story. In our 21st century world of political correctness, being a minority means never having to say you are really sorry.

First, his wife tweeted how over tired her husband had been. If you never had an offensive thought about a person or a group of people, would it come out when you were tired?

Secondly, when Sanchez appeared with George Stephanopoulos, he pitched his book more than he apologized. This is America, and you can hawk your wares every chance you get. But if you want to protect your message, protect your value, and truly apologize for your words, would you be raising your book to the camera twice during one apology?

Most interesting was his "they made me do it" defense. Flip Wilson first offered the "devil made me do it" defense. Sanchez basically said he made his remarks because prime time news was devoid of minorities, the networks in essence made him do it. It was as though he took back his I'm sorry with his defense.

It took him five days to come up with "inartful". How about just plain wrong?