Rick Sanchez
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Somewhere along the line, that never seems to be broken for some people. It's like, if all I got to do to be a good communicator is get tight with the mayor's office, the police chief, and then as you grow, maybe you end up at CNN. Now it's the State Department.
CIA. As a journalist, I represent power. And somewhere along the line, somebody needs to slap the shit out of all of us and say, no, you don't. No, you don't. Your job is not to represent. Your job is to represent the people down there, the workers, the people who pay the taxes. Those people, they are the people you need to work for. Your audience, the average American. And they're not.
CIA. As a journalist, I represent power. And somewhere along the line, somebody needs to slap the shit out of all of us and say, no, you don't. No, you don't. Your job is not to represent. Your job is to represent the people down there, the workers, the people who pay the taxes. Those people, they are the people you need to work for. Your audience, the average American. And they're not.
CIA. As a journalist, I represent power. And somewhere along the line, somebody needs to slap the shit out of all of us and say, no, you don't. No, you don't. Your job is not to represent. Your job is to represent the people down there, the workers, the people who pay the taxes. Those people, they are the people you need to work for. Your audience, the average American. And they're not.
They're like, yeah, the average American's here, but the people that I really want to impress are over here, because that's what gives me access, and access is everything. Access is growth, and it gets me the next job. And that's a strange little thing that we've developed in this country.
They're like, yeah, the average American's here, but the people that I really want to impress are over here, because that's what gives me access, and access is everything. Access is growth, and it gets me the next job. And that's a strange little thing that we've developed in this country.
They're like, yeah, the average American's here, but the people that I really want to impress are over here, because that's what gives me access, and access is everything. Access is growth, and it gets me the next job. And that's a strange little thing that we've developed in this country.
Pentagon reporters are usually salutes.
Pentagon reporters are usually salutes.
Pentagon reporters are usually salutes.
And when you challenge her, when she's on your show, which I'm sure you had this happen, because I had this happen at CNN. I, you know, have the Pentagon reporter on and I challenge her on a question. She would complain to management and then management would call me in and say, hey, take it easy with your questioning and what you were doing. Are you serious?
And when you challenge her, when she's on your show, which I'm sure you had this happen, because I had this happen at CNN. I, you know, have the Pentagon reporter on and I challenge her on a question. She would complain to management and then management would call me in and say, hey, take it easy with your questioning and what you were doing. Are you serious?
And when you challenge her, when she's on your show, which I'm sure you had this happen, because I had this happen at CNN. I, you know, have the Pentagon reporter on and I challenge her on a question. She would complain to management and then management would call me in and say, hey, take it easy with your questioning and what you were doing. Are you serious?
Oh, I remember John Klein calling me, the president of CNN. Do you remember John? Do I remember John? Yeah. Do we want to go into a rabbit hole here?
Oh, I remember John Klein calling me, the president of CNN. Do you remember John? Do I remember John? Yeah. Do we want to go into a rabbit hole here?
Oh, I remember John Klein calling me, the president of CNN. Do you remember John? Do I remember John? Yeah. Do we want to go into a rabbit hole here?
But John would call me and say, Rick, such and such says you got to really back off on this stuff. It's like, why? It's a perfectly legitimate question.
But John would call me and say, Rick, such and such says you got to really back off on this stuff. It's like, why? It's a perfectly legitimate question.
But John would call me and say, Rick, such and such says you got to really back off on this stuff. It's like, why? It's a perfectly legitimate question.
Well, that... That little moment, that half a second on the phone of silence must have been... I don't want to be that person.